Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Black Comedy: 284 Films to Rent
- Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006)
- Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Geoff Pierson
- A disturbing dalliance with her pet pooch comes back to bite a newly engaged woman in this disarmingly frank indie rom–com that is certain to…
- Actress, The (2005)
- Dir. Zak Hilditch
Feat. Matt Hardie, Catlin Higgins, Steve Mccall…
- An observational black comedy centering on a Perth household of three sex–starved 20–somethings who invite a seductive actress to be…
- Adam's Apples (2005)
- Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen…
- Roguishly sardonic Danish black comedy about a sanguine country vicar (CASINO ROYALE’s Mikkelsen) who encounters resistance from a neo–Nazi…
- Corpse Bride (Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) (2005)
- Dir. Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Feat. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson
- An animated tour–de–force from dir. Burton which fuses spindley puppetry and subtle CGI for its mythic tale of a sallow young bridegroom…
- Daltry Calhoun (2005)
- Dir. Katrina Holden Bronson
Feat. Elizabeth Banks, Johnny Knoxville, Beth Grant…
- 'Bachelor father' black comedy set in Tennessee sees ordinary Southern lad Calhoun (Knoxville) have his life turned upside down by the appearance of…
- Ferpect Crime (Crimen Ferpecto) (2005)
- Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Guillermo Toledo, Monica Cervera
- A spunky Spanish black comedy set almost entirely in a department store, where an obnoxious playboy salesman is blackmailed by a…
- Icemaker (Diamond Zero) (2005)
- Dir. Annelie Wilder, David Gaz
Feat. Bronson Pinchot, Leo Rossi, Tippi Hedren…
- Dark comedy centred around the idea of turning the deceased into diamonds involves an enterprising doctor latching onto this invention with the idea…
- Keeping Mum (2005)
- Dir. Niall Johnson
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith…
- In the best English tradition of addled and yet deadly black comedy, this unravels the goings–on in a cute village, where the vicar (Atkinson)…
- Pretty Persuasion (2005)
- Dir. Marcos Siega
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Ron Livingston, James Woods…
- A malicious student (Evan Rachel Wood) connives with her cowed classmates to lay a false claim of sexual harrassment against a drama teacher…
- Thick of It, The (TV Series) (2005)
- Dir. Armando Iannucci
Feat. Chris Langham, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison…
- Coruscating political satire examines the bumbling drones who work inside government as they blunder their days away under the watchful eye of the…