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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Fortune (2009)
6.6/10
Director: Peter Scarf
Starring: Scott Cohen, Keir Dullea, Jason Shaw
Entertaining and well-written film, set in New York, about a suicidal psychiatrist interrupted during his attempt to end his life by the son of his we... Read more
Four Lions (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Chris Morris
Starring: Arsher Ali, Kayvan Novak, Riz Ahmed, Nigel Lindsay, Adeel Akhtar
A black comedy directed by satirist Chris Morris, 'Four Lions' sends up a group of inept jihadists and would-be suicide bombers. Riz Ahmed plays Omar,... Read more
Four Lions ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
7.3/10
Director: Chris Morris
Starring: Arsher Ali, Kayvan Novak, Riz Ahmed, Nigel Lindsay, Adeel Akhtar
A black comedy directed by satirist Chris Morris, 'Four Lions' sends up a group of inept jihadists and would-be suicide bombers. Riz Ahmed plays Omar,... Read more
Freaky Deaky (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Charles Matthau
Starring: Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Billy Burke, Roger Bart, Br...
Just when Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke) transfers out of bomb squad, life gets a lot more explosive. While investigating the rich and inebriated Woody... Read more
Freeway (1996)
6.9/10
Director: Matthew Bright
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Hedaya, Amanda Plummer, Brooke Shields
This 'bent, punk retelling of Little Red Riding Hood' stars Reese Witherspoon as a disenchanted teen who flees her trailer trash mum (Brooke Shields)... Read more
Fresh Meat (2012)
5.4/10
Director: Danny Mulheron
Starring: Temuera Morrison, Kate Elliott, Nicola Kawana, Hanna Tevita
In this Kiwi mash-up of comedy, horror and action, a prison breakout goes violently wrong for a dysfunctional gang of criminals and they need a hideou... Read more
Frontline: Series 1 (1994)
8.6/10
Director: Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy
Starring: Rob Sitch, Bruno Lawrence, Jane Kennedy, Tiriel Mora, Alison Whyte, Santo Cilaur...
Bitingly satirical and cruelly funny, this Australian 'mockumentary' series takes a perfectly aimed swipe at current affairs television as it goes beh... Read more
Frontline: Series 2 (1995)
8.6/10
Director: Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy
Starring: Rob Sitch, Kevin J Wilson, Jane Kennedy, Tiriel Mora, Alison Whyte, Santo Cilaur...
Kevin J Wilson steps into Bruno Lawrence's producer shoes in the second season of this acclaimed current affairs spoof. He's a no-nonsense guy, but h... Read more
Frontline: Series 3 (1996)
8.6/10
Director: Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy
Starring: Rob Sitch, Steve Bisley, Jane Kennedy, Tiriel Mora, Alison Whyte, Santo Cilauro
The final series of this excellent spoof sees the current affairs team hitting the big time ratings, though Mike starts to feel their stories are too... Read more
Fun at the Funeral Parlour: The Complete Series (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Christine Gernon, Peter Boyd MacLean
Starring: Paul Whitehouse, Tony Way, Alex Lowe, Rhys Thomas
Aiming to do for Welsh undertakers what 'Father Ted' did for Irish priests, this series follows a family who try to get their business of the ground,... Read more