Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 497 Films to Buy & Rent
House That Dripped Blood, The (1970)
- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott…
- Juicy if variable four–part portmanteau film written by PSYCHO scribe, Robert Bloch, and adorned by the Cushing/Lee double–act as well as…
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…
Plot Against Harry, The (1969)
- Dir. Michael Roemer
Feat. Harry Plotnik
- Repentent racketeer Harry Plotnik is released from jail, but his plans to go legit in New York's Jewish community become inadvertently thwarted by…
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.…
No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal…
- Macabre cat–and–mouse thriller from the pen of suspense–master William Goldman (MARATHON MAN), about a psychotic master of disguise…
Fearless Vampire Killers, The (1967)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate
- Typically twisted spoof oddity on vampire movies, with Polanski's then wife Sharon Tate.
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.
Sadisterotica (1967)
- Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. Janine Reynaud, Rosanna Yanni, Adrian Hoven
- Eurotrash comedy–thriller about a foxy private eye whose insignia is imprint of her red lips!? She teams with another babe to pursue a nasty…