Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Black Comedy: 287 Films to Buy & Rent
Last Yellow, The (1998)
- Dir. Julian Farino
Feat. Mark Addy, Charlie Creed-Miles, Samantha Morton
- Dishevelled rogue Mark Addy (THE FULL MONTY) and none–too–bright sidekick Charlie Creed–Miles learn lessons of loyalty and…
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Nick Moran…
- The independent hit of 1998 is a massively assured directing debut and an entertainment sensation.
Cocked with sharp dialogue, intricate plotting,…
Opposite of Sex, The (1998)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Don Roos
Feat. Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow…
- Teenage tearaway Christina Ricci sets off a wild goose chain of frantically convoluted events when she steals her gay half–brother's boyfriend…
Parting Shots (1998)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Chris Rea, Bob Hoskins, Ben Kingsley…
- Once–fashionable photographer Chris Rea finds out he only has months to live, and decides to get his own back at those that have made his life…
Royle Family, The (TV Series) (1998-2000)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Mark Mylod, Steve Bendelack
Feat. Ricky Tomlinson
- "Real–life" comedy that places the viewer as a fly–on–the–wall of the living room of an average working class family living…
Very Bad Things (1998)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Jon Favreau, Christian Slater, Cameron Diaz…
- Jon Favreau's (SWINGERS) stag party pals accidently kill a call–girl during a cocaine–fueled Las Vegas bender, and once they've…
Addicted to Love (1997)
- Dir. Griffin Dunne
Feat. Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick
- Acting serial monogamist Meg Ryan couples this time with Matthew Broderick for romantic revenge on their respective ex–partners who've become…
As Good As It Gets (1997)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
- Obsessive–compulsive Jack Nicholson has his fear and loathing neutered by the straight–shooting solo–Mum waitress, Helen Hunt, in…
Breast Men (1997)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Lawrence O'Neil
Feat. David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper
- Surgeons David Schwimmer and Chris Cooper negotiate the silicon–valleys (or is that hills?) of 60s America in this blackly comic history of…
Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
- Dir. Tom Schulman
Feat. Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson
- Mob bagman Joe Pesci must transport hard evidence of a mass slaying, but he loses the noggins and has to recoup them by any means necessary from a…