Genre: Black Comedy
Big Bad Wolves
Directed by Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado
After a girl goes missing in the woods and is later found beheaded, suspicion immediately falls on a timid religious …
Body
Directed by Margorzata Szumowska
“Balancing bleakness and mirth in equal measure, Body chronicles three haunted souls in Warsaw: an icy coroner who suspects his …
Drugstore Cowboy
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Van Sant’s acclaimed second feature is a daring and uncompromising look at outlaw junkie life based on the novel by …
Edward Scissorhands
Directed by Tim Burton
Tim Burton’s artistry is in full bloom in this enchanting tale of young Edward (Johnny Depp)—the unfinished creation of a …
Fritz the Cat
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
As the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, Bakshi’s film courted …
Hamlet Goes Business
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki
Deadpan humor abounds in this tongue-in-cheek noir adaptation of Shakespeare’s immortal Hamlet. When Hamlet (the delightfully named Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, munching …
Harold and Maude
Directed by Hal Ashby
A classic of the much-mythologized New American Cinema of the 1970s, Harold and Maude follows Harold (Bud Cort), a moneyed yet …
Krásno
Directed by Ondrej Sokol
A black comedy with a touch of detective genre begins with Michal and Adam, two childhood friends coming back to …
Men & Chicken
Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen
“The title might hint at where this brilliant new black comedy from the outrageous mind of Anders Thomas Jensen is going to …
Sátántangó
Directed by Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky
One of the greatest achievements in recent art house cinema and a seminal work of “slow cinema,” Sátántangó, based on …
Schneider vs. Bax
Directed by Alex Van Warmerdam
The twists and turns surprise in this unsparing, deadpan, black comedy. Schneider, a contract killer, gets a phone call from …
Sexy Beast
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Famed music video director (Radiohead, Blur) Jonathan Glazer’s first feature updates the classic heist film with equal doses of sharp …