Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 501 Films to Buy & Rent
Storytelling (2001)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. John Goodman, Selma Blair, Franke Potente…
- Continuing to plumb the depths of controversy, the dir. of HAPPINESS tells more stories of the depressed and cruel inhabitants of American suburbia,…
Tanguy (2001)
- Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Sabine Azema, Andre Dussollier, Laurent Chouchan
- A crowd–pleasing French comedy set around the efforts of a middle–aged couple to surreptitiously get their 28–year–old son to…
101 Reykjavik (2000)
- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Baltasar Kormakur, Victoria Abril
- An endearingly skewed yet unexpectedly poignant sex comedy moored in the 30–below temperatures of the Icelandic winter, about a…
Barking Dogs Never Bite (Flandersui gae) (2000)
- Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Doona Bae
- An accomplished black comedy from Korea, which follows an unemployed lecturer's annoyance with the barking of neighbourhood dogs through to its…
Chuck and Buck (2000)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Chris Weitz, Mike White, Paul Weitz…
- Squirmingly funny independent film that makes exemplary use of its small budget with a sustained, original script and handsome digital videography.…
Human Remains (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Rob Brydon, Julia Davis
- BBC black comedy mockumentary style series centred around six different offbeat couples, one per episode, candidly revealing their kooky home lives.…
Meet the Parents (2000)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson…
- Meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time becomes nightmare for Ben Stiller, mostly due to Robert De Niro's politely hostile…
Nurse Betty (2000)
- Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock…
- Part fairy–tale comedy, part edgy thriller, this perhaps qualifies as the perfect date movie.
Due to the trauma of witnessing her…
Psycho Beach Party (2000)
- Dir. Robert Lee King
Feat. Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Kimberley Davies
- Kicking sand in the face of John Waters’ latest efforts, this parody of GIDGET and other 60s beach party movies gets fabulous mileage out of…
Series 7: The Contenders (2000)
- Dir. Daniel Minahan
Feat. Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke
- The scourge of ‘reality–TV’ gets its comeuppance (or homage?) in this ultraviolent satire. We’re in the near–future,…