Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Comedy > Black Comedy: 40 Films to Rent on VHS
- 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…
- Carriers Are Waiting, The (Les Convoyeurs Attendent) (1999)
- Dir. Benoit Maraige
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Morgane Simon, Bouli Laners
- When journalist Benoit Poelvoorde decides his family MUST win top prize in local competition (which involves training his reluctant son to break the…
- Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series) (1999)
- Genuinely amusing clay–mation generated by MTV, stages fantasy bouts–to–the–death between various celebrity pairings, like:…
- It's the Rage (1999)
- Dir. James D. Stern
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Gary Sinise…
- This caustic, precocious black comedy/satire of America's obsession with guns is a roundelay of violent and volatile confrontations that eventually…
- Picking Up the Pieces (1999)
- Dir. Alfonso Arau
Feat. Sharon Stone, Woody Allen, Cheech Marin…
- When the pieces of a dismembered Sharon Stone are dumped on the Mexican border one of her hands goes astray and is soon being worshiped by the locals…
- Dead Man's Curve (1998)
- Dir. Dan Rosen
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell, Dana Delaney
- Taking malicious advantage of a school–policy loophole, two desperate students conspire to dress up the murder of their room–mate as a…
- Home Fries (1998)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson
- Drew Barrymore continues to style herself as a wise yet perky cutsie–pie, here as a pregnant Burger–Matic waitress dodging the vindictive…
- Jawbreaker (1998)
- Dir. Darren Stein
Feat. Rose McGowan
- A trio of teen–queens (incl. Rose McGowan), used to inflicting tongue–lashings on their classmates go onto the back foot when they…
- Last Yellow, The (1998)
- Dir. Julian Farino
Feat. Mark Addy, Charlie Creed-Miles, Samantha Morton
- Dishevelled rogue Mark Addy (THE FULL MONTY) and none–too–bright sidekick Charlie Creed–Miles learn lessons of loyalty and…
- 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…