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Guide | Film Listing
Black Comedy
Dark, sardonic humour has proved a popular mechanic for filmmakers wishing to examine the bleakest, most controversial or political of topics. Whether it be poking fun at the banality of office life or exploring the mindset of a murderous psychopath, satirical comedy is edgy and insightful.
1996,
Joel & Ethan Coen, DVD
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Returning to a small town setting reminiscent of the Coen Brothers' first film, b...
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1991,
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro, DVD
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Jeunet & Caro's smash hit futuristic comedy, Delicatessen is a surreal and entertaining tale abou...
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1963,
Stanley Kubrick, DVD
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When lunatic General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden) launches a nuclear attack on Russia, Presid...
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1990,
Elijah Moshinsky, DVD
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Written by Malcolm Bradbury and based on the novel by Kingsley Amis, The Green Man delves into th...
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1985,
Peter Smith, DVD
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Set on New Year's Eve at a run-down club in Liverpool owned by the local gangland boss, No Surren...
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1930,
Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali, DVD+Blu-ray
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More than 80 years on, this masterpiece of cinematic surrealism remains as brilliantly witty and ...
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2009,
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, DVD
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Black comedy from the Coen brothers, set in the American mid-west in 1967, that is bleak and hila...
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1995,
Emir Kusturica, DVD
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The post war history of Yugoslavia played as a farce that deservedly won the Palme D'Or at Cannes...
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1947,
Henri-Georges Clouzot, DVD
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A classic French film noir set around the dancehalls of 1940s Paris. Singer Jenny...
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2006,
Corneliu Porumboiu, DVD
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A comedy satire punctuated by laugh-out-loud moments and underscored by a mordant...
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1961,
Luis Bunuel, DVD
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Bunuel's notorious black humour, anti-clericalism and scathing satire are used to perfection in t...
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2009,
Armando Iannucci, DVD
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This razor-sharp political comedy satirising the inner mechanics of the ‘special relationship’ be...
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1995,
Jim Jarmusch, DVD
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A second collection of films from Jim Jarmusch. Features Mystery Train (1989), Ni...
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2009,
Sebastien Silva, DVD
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A beautifully observed and darkly comic satire of domestic politics and class tensions in Chile, ...
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1965-86,
Various (TV), DVD
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A collection of some of the best work from Dennis Potter, covering twenty years o...
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1996,
Joel & Ethan Coen, DVD
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Returning to a small town setting reminiscent of the Coen Brothers' first film, b...
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2006,
Jiri Menzel, DVD
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This delightful black comedy, written and directed by Jiri Menzel (Closely Observ...
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1955,
Alfred Hitchcock, DVD
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The Trouble with Harry is that he is dead. Everybody seems to feel responsible for his death and ...
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2009,
Chris Morris, DVD
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A black comedy directed by satirist Chris Morris ('Brass Eye', 'The Day Today'), Four Lions sends...
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1979,
Hal Ashby, DVD
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Peter Sellers plays a simple, innocent gardener, isolated all his life in a Washington DC townhou...
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1998,
Woody Allen, DVD
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Something of a return to form is underway, as evidenced by Allen's recent films, and this is one ...
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