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Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series)Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series) (1972-1974) Recommended
Feat. Warren Mitchell
Contentious, well remembered BBC sitcom is a comedy firebrand about a narrow–minded Cockney geezer whose racist diatribes were intended to be…
Little MurdersLittle Murders (1971)
Dir. Alan Arkin
Feat. Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd
Actor Alan Arkin directs this black comedy about a girl who brings her boyfriend home to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of…
Pink FlamingosPink Flamingos (1971) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey
John Waters' creative pinnacle (or nadir!) remains the ultimate statement in bad taste – a pure, unadulterated exercise in shock value!…
Harold and MaudeHarold and Maude (1970) Aro Favourite
Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon
Director Hal Ashby's much–adored black comedy about a wealthy but lonely teenager who finds a soulmate in the form a 79–year–old…
Where's Poppa?Where's Poppa? (Going Ape) (1970) Recommended
Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman
George Segal becomes determined to hurry along the demise of his ultra–demanding, super–senile 87 year–old mom (Ruth Gordon). Few…
Magic Christian, TheMagic Christian, The (1969)
Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Richard Attenborough
From Terry Southern's novel, a wildly loopy satire about an eccentric multi–millionaire (Peter Sellers) who adopts a destitute son (Ringo…
MASHMASH (M*A*S*H) (1969) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt
Dir. Robert Altman's biggest commercial success came with this irreverant and influential black comedy that spawned the more famous, but less daring…
Witness, TheWitness, The (A Tanú) (1969)
Dir. Peter Bacso
Feat. Ferenc Kállai
In a suitably grey version of Communist Hungary, A humble dike–keeper is arrested for butchering his family pig. It being a serious offense to…
For Love of IvyFor Love of Ivy (1968)
Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Beau Bridges, Carroll O'Connor
A well–heeled black family find their maid is about to leave, so contrive to engineer a romance for her with a local truck–driver.…
How I Won the WarHow I Won the War (1967)
Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. John Lennon, Michael Crawford
John Lennon and Michael Crawford do service in this black satire on military lunacy.

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