Black Humour
"Black comedy...also known as 'black humour' or 'dark comedy', is a sub-genre of comedy and satire where topics and events that are usually treated seriously – death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, rape, war etc - are treated in a humorous or satirical manner." - Wikipedia
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Dexter: Season 5 (2010)
8.1/10
Starring: James Remar, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, Michael C Hall, Jennifer Carpente...
The fifth season finds Dexter (Michael C. Hall) struggling with the guilt over Rita's death. He seeks solace in his old killer ways and embarks on an... Read more
Dexter: Season 6 (2011)
8.7/10
Starring: James Remar, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, Michael C Hall, Jennifer Carpente...
An outbreak of gruesome killings based on the Book of Revelations and the emergence of the Doomsday Killer puts Dexter and Miami Homicide on the hunt... Read more
Dexter: Season 7 (2012)
8.7/10
Starring: James Remar, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, Michael C Hall, Jennifer Carpente...
Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall returns as the Miami forensics expert with blood on his hands - only now, he's finally forced to come clean to his... Read more
Dexter: Season 8 ( aka The Final Season ) (2013)
8.7/10
Starring: James Remar, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, Michael C Hall, Jennifer Carpente...
Dexter is a crime drama about Dexter Morgan, a man who leads a double life as an incredibly likeable forensics expert for the Miami Police Department... Read more
Diagnosis: Death (2009)
4.9/10
Director: Jason Stutter
Starring: Raybon Kan, Jessica Grace Smith, Suze Tye, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby, Jemaine Cl...
Raybon Kan is an unethical high school teacher who has fallen for one of his students in this horror spoof. As fate would have it, both of them are di... Read more
Dinner Rush (2001)
7.3/10
Director: Bob Giraldi
Starring: Eduardo Ballerini, Sandra Bernhard, Mark Margolis, Vivian Wu, Danny Aiello
For New York restauranteur Danny Aiello, a conflict with his son over turning the family bistro's menu from traditional Italian fare to nouvelle cuisi... Read more
Dirt: Season 1 (2007)
7/10
Starring: Courteney Cox, Ian Hart, Laura Allen, Jeffrey Nordling, Shannyn Sossamon
Enter the secret and salacious world of show business through the back door. Courtney Cox stars as Lucy Spiller making the headlines as the woman Holl... Read more
Distant ( aka Uzak ) (2003)
7.7/10
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Mehmet Emin Yoprak, Muzaffer Ozdemir
Mahmut is a 40-year-old independent photographer living in Istanbul, and in a deep existential depression following his wife's departure. He's used t... Read more
District 9 (2009)
7.9/10
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi, Euge...
Peter Jackson produced this wry sci-fi flick about an alien refugee camp in South Africa. 28 years after the aliens first made contact they are housed... Read more
District 9 ( Blu-ray ) (2009)
7.9/10
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Starring: David James, William Allen Young, Kenneth Nkosi, Sharlto Copley, Louis Minnaar,...
Peter Jackson produced this wry sci-fi flick about an alien refugee camp in South Africa. 28 years after the aliens first made contact they are housed... Read more