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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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
8/10
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Martha Raye
Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin) is a dapper Parisian family man who loses his job as a bank clerk. In order to support his wife and child, he devis... Read more
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jone...
The Monty Python team embark on the holy grail of human understanding with a series of sketches aimed at discovering the meaning of life itself. Inclu... Read more
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life ( Blu-ray ) (1983)
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...
The Monty Python team embark on the holy grail of human understanding with a series of sketches aimed at discovering the meaning of life itself. Inclu... Read more
Motel Hell (1980)
6.1/10
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Nancy Parsons, Paul Linke, Rory Calhoun, Wolfman Jack, Nina Axelrod
Just what could be the secret ingredient that makes Farmer Vincent's sausages so tasty? Guests of his motel know the answer...or should we say are the... Read more
Murder Party (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Chris Sharp, Sandy Barnett, Macon Blair, Paul Goldblatt, Beryl Guceri
Social misfit Christopher figures he'll be home alone on Halloween when he finds an invitation to a 'murder party'. He slaps together a cardboard cost... Read more
Murmurs (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Elric Kane, Alexander Greenhough
Starring: Daniel Northcott, James Ashcroft, Gabrielle Millar, Kristin Smith
In their second low-budget, digital feature directors Elric Kane and Alexander Greenhough observe life in a Wellington flat over the course of one wee... Read more
My Winnipeg (2007)
7.7/10
Director: Guy Maddin
Starring: Ann Savage, Louis Negin, Amy Stewart, Darcy Fehr
Visionary Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin pays tribute to his beloved hometown with this goodbye letter and self-described 'docu-fantasia' that is equal... Read more
Mystery Train (1989)
7.6/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Masatoshi Nagase, Joe Strummer, Youki Kudoh, Screamin' Jay Hawkin...
Jarmusch continues to explore the theme of strangers in even stranger lands. This time he uses Memphis, Tennessee, as the backdrop for three interwove... Read more
Naked (1993)
7.9/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge
Lacerating tale of England's disaffected centers on Johnny, a scruffy, loquacious drifter whose visit to London to see an old girlfriend leads him int... Read more
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
6.9/10
Director: Jared Hess
Starring: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino, Diedrich Bader
Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) is a new kind of hero, complete with a tight red 'fro, sweet moon boots, and skills that can't be topped. Napoleon spend... Read more