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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 …

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