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.
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
7.1/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine
The trouble with Harry is that he is dead. The trouble with his peers is that each one thinks they did it! The sharp Alfred Hitchcock humour and spect... Read more
The Vicious Kind (2009)
7/10
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: J K Simmons, Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, Alex Frost
There's nothing like a first love to bring family tensions to a boil in this riveting dark comedy! In a startling performance, Adam Scott stars as Cal... Read more
The Voices (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Marjane Satrapi
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver
Ryan Reynolds stars in this dark comedy thriller directed by Iranian graphic novelist and illustrator Marjane Satrapi ("Persepolis"). Reynolds plays J... Read more
The War Of The Roses (1989)
6.8/10
Director: Danny Devito
Starring: Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Marianne Sagebrecht, Sean Astin
A wickedly delightful screwball comedy about how Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner take their divorce to the battlefield and the house comes off the... Read more
The Weather Man (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Michael Rispoli, Gil Bellows, Gemmenne...
This darkly funny and moving tale of mid-life crisis stars Nic Cage as Dave Spritz, a successful weather man who feels his life is slipping away, refl... Read more
The Wife (1995)
6.3/10
Director: Tom Noonan
Starring: Julie Hagerty, Tom Noonan, Wallace Shawn, Karen Young
Actor/writer/director Tom Noonan and Julie Hagerty star as Jack and Rita, a couple trapped in a fragile marriage who share their lives and professions... Read more
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Jon Favreau, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Jean Dujardin,...
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more
The Wolf of Wall Street ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more
The Woods (2006)
5.7/10
Director: Lucky McKee
Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Bruce Campbell, Patricia Clarkson, Lauren Birkell
From the director of 'May', this stylish horror/thriller is set in 1965 New England where troubled teen Heather (Agnes Bruckner) has been sent to an i... Read more
The Worst Week of My Life: Series 1 (2004)
8/10
Director: Dan Zeff
Starring: Sarah Alexander, Janine Duvitski, Ben Miller, Emma Pierson, Alison Steadman, Geo...
This entertaining comedy series from the BBC follows the bumbling Howard as he lurches from one appallingly embarrassing disaster to the next in the w... Read more