Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 494 Films to Buy & Rent
Peep Show (TV Series) (2003-2015)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. David Mitchell, Robert Webb
- Warped comedy about two perpetual adolescents and their oddball adventures told inventively with off kilter point–of–view and voice overs…
Perfect Strangers (2003)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck
- Thriller of possessive love, set effectively on the rugged coastline of New Zealand’s West Coast, that changes tack mid–way into blackly…
Rick (2003)
- Dir. Curtiss Clayton
Feat. Bill Pullman, Aaron Stanford, Agnes Bruckner…
- A faithful and somewhat underrated adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", updated into the modern office world, where a top executive…
Vodka Lemon (2003)
- Dir. Hiner Saleem
Feat. Romen Avinian
- The residents of a diminishing Armenian village eke out meagre living in this sombre, if delightfully deadpan post–communist…
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2003)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson
- 'Dogme' film by way of Scotland, that surveys the doings of four childlike adults, achieving a curious dual tone of whimsical drama and gallows…
Work of Director Spike Jonze, The (2003)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Spike Jonze
- Before his successful foray into feature films, director Spike Jonze made his name as the pre–eminent music video director of the 1990s. He…
Barbershop (2002)
- Dir. Tim Story
Feat. Ice-Cube, Sean Patrick Thomas
- Set on the last day of business for a Chicago barbershop, this spins much engaging chatter, discourse and comedy between barbers and their black…
Cabin Fever (2002)
- Dir. Eli Roth
Feat. Justin Ladd, James DeBello, Rider Strong
- More a horror ‘tribute’ than a horror movie, this indie effort from David Lynch protégé Roth steals knowingly from every other…
Death to Smoochy (2002)
- Dir. Danny DeVito
Feat. Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener…
- An exuberantly mean–spirited send–up of kids’ television, where lewd, foulmouthed clown Robin Williams declares "death to Smoochy", a…
Divine Intervention (2002)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Elia Suleiman
Feat. Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader
- A rare cinematic glimpse into life in Ramallah, on the Palestine–Israel border, with its daily challenges presented through a series of…