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
Good Stuff! Alice's dark comedy delights await below.
Serial Mom (1994)
6.7/10
Director: John Waters
Starring: Ricki Lake, Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Suzanne Somers
A humourous satire about the perfect housewife (Kathleen Turner) who has a darker sideline in murder. Of course, she only kills people who are rude, b... Read more
Series 7: The Contenders (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Daniel Minahan
Starring: Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Michael Kaycheck, Richard Vent...
Trenchant satire of America's obsession with Reality TV shows follows a game show called "The Contenders," in which five contestants are filmed huntin... Read more
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
7.2/10
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Christopher Walken, Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Rockwell, Tom Waits, Woody Harrelson...
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved... Read more
Shallow Grave (1994)
7.3/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, Ewan McGregor, Keith Allen
Danny Boyle's feature film debut is a compelling and darkly humourous tale of three flatmates in a predicament after finding their newly acquired four... Read more
Shallow Grave ( Blu-ray ) (1994)
7.3/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston
Danny Boyle's feature film debut is a compelling and darkly humourous tale of three flatmates in a predicament after finding their newly acquired four... Read more
Shane Maloney: The Brush-off (2004)
Director: Sam Neill
Starring: David Wenham, Mick Molloy, Bruce Spence, Steve Bisley
Sam Neill takes the helm for this adaptation of Shane Maloney's novel. When a dead artist is being fished from the ornamental moat outside an art gall... Read more
She's the Man (2006)
6.4/10
Director: Andy Fickman
Starring: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Robert Hoffman, Jonathan Sadowski, A...
This contemporary teen take on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night sees Viola (Amanda Bynes) assuming her brother Sebastian's identity so she can play on the... Read more
Shine (1996)
7.7/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, John Gielgud
Geoffrey Rush's upset win for the Best Actor Oscar was the jewel in the crown for this wonderful, moving little film portraying the torrid true story... Read more
Shine ( Blu-ray ) (1996)
7.7/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, John Gielgud
Geoffrey Rush's upset win for the Best Actor Oscar was the jewel in the crown for this wonderful, moving little film portraying the torrid true story... Read more
Short Cuts (1993)
7.7/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Matthew Modine, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Andie MacDowell, Jack Lemmo...
The visions of two great American artists merge in "Short Cuts", maverick director Robert Altman's kaleidoscopic adaptation of Raymond Carver short st... Read more