Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 494 Films to Buy & Rent
Life Without Dick (2001)
- Dir. Bix Skahill
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Harry Connick Jnr.
- Mildly black comedy has a doe–eyed Sarah Jessica Parker accidently offing her boyfriend and resorting to hitman Harry Connick Jnr (who has…
Monkey Bone (2001)
- Dir. Henry Selick
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg
- Bizarre, original and at times downright nasty, this not–for–kids comedy concerns the life–and–death voyage of cartoonist…
Novocaine (2001)
- Dir. David Atkins
Feat. Steve Martin, Laura Dern, Helena Bonham Carter…
- Dentist Steve Martin is singled out for bad luck in this noir black comedy, that conflates Coen Bros–type weird mishaps, great casting and a…
Six Feet Under - Season 1 (TV Series) (2001)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Feat. Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy…
- The acclaimed, innovative HBO comedy–drama about an extremely dysfunctional family that operate a funeral home presided over by their deceased…
Storytelling (2001)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. John Goodman, Selma Blair, Franke Potente…
- Continuing to plumb the depths of controversy, the dir. of HAPPINESS tells more stories of the depressed and cruel inhabitants of American suburbia,…
Tanguy (2001)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Sabine Azema, Andre Dussollier, Laurent Chouchan
- A crowd–pleasing French comedy set around the efforts of a middle–aged couple to surreptitiously get their 28–year–old son to…
101 Reykjavik (2000)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Baltasar Kormakur, Victoria Abril
- An endearingly skewed yet unexpectedly poignant sex comedy moored in the 30–below temperatures of the Icelandic winter, about a…
Barking Dogs Never Bite (Flandersui gae) (2000)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Doona Bae
- An accomplished black comedy from Korea, which follows an unemployed lecturer's annoyance with the barking of neighbourhood dogs through to its…
Chuck and Buck (2000)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Chris Weitz, Mike White, Paul Weitz…
- Squirmingly funny independent film that makes exemplary use of its small budget with a sustained, original script and handsome digital videography.…
Human Remains (TV Series) (2000)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Feat. Rob Brydon, Julia Davis
- BBC black comedy mockumentary style series centred around six different offbeat couples, one per episode, candidly revealing their kooky home lives.…