Top 5 Black Comedies

Death Becomes Her--- reminding me that Meryl Streep can also do very good comedy


and i thought black comedy meant it had a dark theme, usually jokes about death?

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since i couldn't copy and paste it, here is a link to the definition of what a black comedy is...hope this helps


definition of black comedy

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not a film but Buffy the vampire slayer series, i dont say the film because it wasnt funny so therefore not a black comedy

Basically all Danny DeVito directed movies top the list, and I haven't seen Dr. Strangelove yet. I was watching Fight Club today with the Edward Norton/Brad Pitt/David Fincher commentary on, and they kept referring to Fight Club as a dark comedy. So I'd add that too.

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That's funny. I actually posted a definition and then everyone is like "what does black comedy mean"
Susan posts one...
Ah well. There's one already posted and it right above Nebbit's post, okay?
I also liked Nebbit's choice of Secretary. I LOVED that movie. Sexy and romantic. James Spader proved he still has "it".

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1. M A S H
2. Trainspotting
3. Arsenic and Old Lace
4. Monty Python's Life of Brian
5. The Great Dictator

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I can only think of Fargo and Pulp Fiction. At least i think Pulp Fiction would fall under that catagory.

I can't believe I forgot The Monster, so I'm updating my list already.

1. Arsenic and Old Lace
2. Addicted to Love
3. A Fish Called Wanda
4. The Monster
5. Nurse Betty

Black comedies, by my understanding of the term, rating in my top 5 are -

Drowning Mona (Danny DeVito, Bette Middler)
Little Shop Of Horrors (Rick Moranis, Steve Martin)
Shaun Of The Dead (Dylan Moran, Simon Pegg)
Death Becomes Her (Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door (German - Til Schweiger, Moritz Bliebtreu with Rutger Hauer)
There you go...

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I love black comedies.

1. Very Bad Things
2. Heathers
3. Death Becomes Her
4. Bandits (The German one with Jasmin Tabatabai)
5. And yeah, Knockin' On Heaven's Door is a good one, too.

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Dr Strangelove
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Catch 22
To Die For
The Player

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1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
2. Election
3. Barton Fink
4. American Beauty
5. Rushmore

if I were tho go top 10 the Coen's wolud absolutly dominate my list
oh well I guess I will
6. Fargo
7. The War of the Roses
8. The Big Lebowski
9. Raising Arizona
10. The Royal Tennenbaums

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Cable Guy??? (ducks, awaiting tomatoes) but I love that film.

It's not an awful choice. I can see how some people liked it. For me it was just too over the top. It lacked the delicate touch that makes well done dark comedy so good.

Agreed! I loved War of the Roses and Death to Smoochy. "We're gonna get you off that crack, get that monkey off your back..."

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Can't say I was impressed with Duplex. I think he piked out. It just seemed like a mess and the ending I think was tacted on. I think originally the old women does die. But it looks like the back tracked. It really didn't work at all which is a shame.

I've seen some excellent foreign films that are blacker than a lot of main stream USA films.

If you haven't seen these yet, they are worth getting (and get the foregin sub titled version - NOT the voiced over. Trust me!! )


The Closet - Daniel Auteiul

The Dinner Game - Thierry Lhermitte

Tais-Tois! (shut up) - Jean Reno


* All quite black but very very funny.

Man Bites Dog
Happiness
Brazil
American Beauty
Dr Strangelove

I don't know, this is tough.

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Clockwork Orange
Bamboozled
Death To Smoochy

Brain fart. I like dark comedies to. Wait....

Darkness - I know this couldn't have been a serious attempt at filmmaking. It's probably supposed to be an example of just how ridiculous some production companies are. And to prove this these writers came up with the lamest story and made a crap movie and once it was in theaters they said, "Look. See how much bullsh_t is in Hollywood? Here's our example." So it's kind of funny to me....

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How about Ghost World? Thats a bit dark, no?
Also would anyone agree with me that O Brother Where Art Thou, The Big Lebowski, and Donnie Darko are all sort of dark?

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