Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Black Comedy: 287 Films to Buy & Rent
- Pink Flamingos (1971)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey…
- John Waters' creative pinnacle (or nadir!) remains the ultimate statement in bad taste – a pure, unadulterated exercise in shock value!…
- Harold and Maude (1970)
- Dir. Hal Ashby
Feat. Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon
- Director Hal Ashby's much–adored black comedy about a wealthy but lonely teenager who finds a soulmate in the form a 79–year–old…
- Where's Poppa? (Going Ape) (1970)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman…
- George Segal becomes determined to hurry along the demise of his ultra–demanding, super–senile 87 year–old mom (Ruth Gordon). Few…
- Magic Christian, The (1969)
- Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Richard Attenborough…
- From Terry Southern's novel, a wildly loopy satire about an eccentric multi–millionaire (Peter Sellers) who adopts a destitute son (Ringo…
- MASH (M*A*S*H) (1969)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt…
- Dir. Robert Altman's biggest commercial success came with this irreverant and influential black comedy that spawned the more famous, but less daring…
- For Love of Ivy (1968)
- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Beau Bridges, Carroll O'Connor
- A well–heeled black family find their maid is about to leave, so contrive to engineer a romance for her with a local truck–driver.…
- How I Won the War (1967)
- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. John Lennon, Michael Crawford
- John Lennon and Michael Crawford do service in this black satire on military lunacy.
- Wrong Box, The (1966)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine…
- A classic black farce where two Victorian siblings (Richardson and Mills) scramble tooth and nail to collect a massive legacy, each trying to outwit…
- Fists in the Pocket (1965)
- Dir. Marco Bellochio
Feat. Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Mase
- A ferocious intensity pervades this bitter yet utterly startling tale of a family afflicted with epilepsy, blindness and frustration, unafforded the…
- Loved One, The (1965)
- Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer…
- Satirical take on the funeral business in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Doing for funerals what that DR…