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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Matador (1986)
7/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Carmen Maura, Assumpta Serna, Nacho Martinez, Eva Cobo
An adventurous black comedy about a retired bullfighter and a female lawyer finding they have similar interests, which happens to be that each attains... Read more
Matando Cabos (2004)
7.6/10
Director: Alejandro Lozano
Starring: Tony Dalton, Ana Claudia Talancon, Pedro Armendariz, Kristoff , Raul Mendez
This dark Mexican comedy is a satirical look at a kidnapping gone awry when a couple of incompetent crims accidentally nab the janitor instead of the... Read more
Mean Girls (2004)
7/10
Director: Mark Waters
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams, Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler,...
Based on the book by Rosalind Wiseman, Lindsay Lohan is a young girl who, after being home schooled in Africa by her zoologist parents, suddenly winds... Read more
Meantime (1983)
7.2/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Marion Bailey, Phil Daniels, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Alfred Molina
From one of Britain's finest directors comes this witty, compelling black comedy of life on the dole. For the permanently unemployed Pollack family, e... Read more
Midnight Run (1988)
7.6/10
Director: Martin Brest
Starring: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto
Robert De Niro plays a bounty hunter assigned to find and return Charles Grodin to a sleazy L.A. bail bondsman. Grodin embezzled millions from the Mob... Read more
Milou en Mai ( May Fools ) (1989)
7.2/10
Director: Louis Malle
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Dominique Blanc
An entertaining comedy of manners set against the backdrop of the 1968 student uprising in Paris, the film follows the Vieu-sacs as they converge on t... Read more
Ministry of Fear (1944)
7.2/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Hillary Brooke
A dense, yet quirky espionage thriller with Ray Milland as a recently released patient from a mental asylum who unwittingly gets caught up in Nazi spy... Read more
Minor Mishaps (2001)
6.6/10
Director: Annette K Olesen
Starring: Jorgen Kiil, Maria Wurgler Rich, Jannie Faurschou
Annette K Olesen's entertaining comedy drama combines filmmaking elements from the Dogme manifesto with Mike Leigh's improvisational method. Following... Read more
Miss Firecracker (1989)
6.1/10
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Starring: Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins
Playwright Beth Henley adapts her acclaimed serio-comedy set in a small southern town gearing up for its annual beauty pageant. With Holly Hunter and... Read more
Moment of Truth (2009)
5.7/10
Director: Jake Goldberger
Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Keith David, M Emmet Walsh, Melissa Leo, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Th...
Aka "Don McKay". Edgy thriller in which Don McKay (Thomas Haden Church) flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. But 25... Read more