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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Lake Placid (1999)
5.7/10
Director: Steve Miner
Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White
An investigative team of malcontents, armed with state-of-the-art equipment, high-powered weaponry and a biting sense of sarcasm, must work together t... Read more
Land of the Blind (2006)
6.6/10
Director: Robert Edwards
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Lara Flynn Boyle, Tom Hollander, Marc Warren,...
An unsusual blend of surrealism and satire, this political allegory is set in a fictional totalitarian country ruled by a vain and heartless dictator,... Read more
Last Life in the Universe (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Sinitta Boonyasak, Asano Tadanobu, Laila Boonyasak, Yutaka Matsushige, Riki Take...
A macabre, dead-pan comedy/drama chronicling the unlikely and all-too-brief romance that develops between two disparate loners. Kenji is a fastidious... Read more
Last of the Living (2008)
4.7/10
Director: Logan McMillan
Starring: Ashleigh Southam, Emily Paddon-Brown, Morgan Williams, Robert Faith
A highly contagious virus is spreading throughout the land. With one bite, it's only hours before victims turn into zombies and hunt for human flesh.... Read more
Law of Desire (1986)
7.2/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Bizarre and beguiling gender-flipping tale from Spain, detailing the quest for happiness and love by two siblings: one a successful gay theatre direct... Read more
Life During Wartime (2009)
6.4/10
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Ally Sheedy, Charlotte Rampling, Ciaran Hinds, Paul Reubens, Shirley Henderson,...
Controversial writer-director Todd Solondz described this darkly comic drama as his 'quasi-sequel' to 'Happiness,' in that it elaborates upon the stor... Read more
Life is a Miracle (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Emir Kusturica
Starring: Slavko Stimac, Vesna Trivalic, Vuk Kostic, Natasa Solak, Stribor Kusturica
In 1992, war is brewing in Bosnia, but the city fathers in the town of Golobuci are going ahead with their plans to build a railroad they hope will br... Read more
Life is Sweet (1990)
7.5/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner
Another slice of working-class life focusing on an endearing couple and their iconoclastic twin daughters - one of whom is waist-deep in self-loathing... Read more
Life is Sweet (Blu-ray) (1990)
7.5/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Alison Steadman, Claire Skinner, Jim Broadbent
Another slice of working-class life focusing on an endearing couple and their iconoclastic twin daughters - one of whom is waist-deep in self-loathing... Read more
Little Children (2006)
7.5/10
Director: Todd Field
Starring: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman, J...
Based on Tom Perrota's novel, and adapted for the screen by himself and director Todd Field, this darkly wry drama of suburban malaise, judgement and... Read more