Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 501 Films to Buy & Rent
Very Bad Things (1998)
- 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…
Your Friends and Neighbours (1998)
- Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Jason Patric, Amy Brenneman, Nastassja Kinski…
- Both elegant and caustic, this dark, dark comedy from Neil LaBute mingles with a pack of handsome, sexually carnivorous and frustrated urbanites…
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)
- 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)
- 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…
Curdled (1997)
- Dir. Reb Braddock
Feat. Angela Jones, William Baldwin
- Confident black comedy with an uncurdled premise – an innocent yet morbidly–fascinated senorita joins a Miami cleaning agency…
Dream with the Fishes (1997)
- Dir. Finn Taylor
Feat. David Arquette, Brad Hunt, Cathy Moriarty
- Two mismatched loners on the ultra–hip road to oblivion or redemption – whichever comes first. The excursion is more perceptive and…
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…
For Roseanna (Roseanna's Grave) (1997)
- Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Mercedes Ruehl, Jean Reno
- Terminally–ill Mercedes Ruehl's dying wish is to be buried in the local cemetary, but the plots are filling up fast, thus sending off her…
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
- Dir. George Armitage
Feat. John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd…
- Sporting a sideways sense of humour, this sardonic comedy has likeable, babbling hitman John Cusack shyly fronting up to his 10–year highschool…