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Subgenre Sampler

 
Keeping MumKeeping Mum (2005) Recommended
Dir. Niall Johnson
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith
In the best English tradition of addled and yet deadly black comedy, this unravels the goings–on in a cute village, where the vicar (Atkinson)…
Pretty PersuasionPretty Persuasion (2005)
Dir. Marcos Siega
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Ron Livingston, James Woods
A malicious student (Evan Rachel Wood) connives with her cowed classmates to lay a false claim of sexual harrassment against a drama teacher…
Thick of It, The (TV Series)Thick of It, The (TV Series) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Armando Iannucci
Feat. Chris Langham, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison
Coruscating political satire examines the bumbling drones who work inside government as they blunder their days away under the watchful eye of the…
Weeds (TV Series)Weeds (TV Series) (2005-2012) Recommended
Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Justin Kirk
Tinkering with suburban values and the illusion they help maintain, this wry and caustic comedy of affluence trafficks the drug trade of a widowed…
Bubba Ho-TepBubba Ho-Tep (2004) Recommended
Dir. Don Coscarelli
Feat. Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis
Strangely brilliant horror–satire with an outlandish plot where Elvis Presley (living but aging and impotent) fights the evil of a reincarnated…
DuplexDuplex (2004)
Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Harvey Fierstein
Typically wicked premise from dir. De Vito, with Stiller and Barrymore as a duplex–owning young couple who are lumbered with an eccentric,…
Employee of the MonthEmployee of the Month (2004)
Dir. Mitch Rouse
Feat. Christina Applegate, Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn
Matt Dillon is dumped by his girlfriend (Applegate) and fired from his job in the same day. Thank goodness Steve Zhan is around to pull him out of…
EnvyEnvy (2004) Recommended
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz
Ben Stiller and Jack Black team together for the first time in a black comedy that, for all its waywardness, is refreshingly off the beaten track for…
EulogyEulogy (2004)
Dir. Michael Clancy
Feat. Ray Romano, Hank Azaria, Kelly Preston
A Rhode Island family come together for the funeral of their grandpa, but their various dysfunctions and inappropriate traits prove a continual…
League of Gentlemen, The - Series 3 (TV Series)League of Gentlemen, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (2004)
Dir. Steve Bendelack
Feat. Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith
Third series of the ghoulishly black comedy set in the sinister village of Royston Vasey.

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