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- The genre makes light of our darkest ruminations on life, blending comedy and the macabre to elicit a back-and-forth of emotions for audiences that heightens the laughs in a way that straight comedy cannot.
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The 60 Best Black Comedies, Ranked By Tomatometer. Let’s say you’re the type to laugh while handling the darkest subject matters: Murder, doomsday, blackmail, and maybe even a lil’ tasty...
- Friday. Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long. 1,687 votes. Friday, a hilarious cult classic, stars Ice Cube and Chris Tucker as Craig and Smokey, two friends trying to make it through a crazy day in their South Central Los Angeles neighborhood.
- Coming to America. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos. 1,234 votes. Coming to America finds Eddie Murphy in probably one of his most iconic roles, playing Prince Akeem from the fictional country of Zamunda, who travels to the U.S. in search of a bride.
- Rush Hour. Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson. 989 votes. Rush Hour, the first in a trilogy, brings together comedy heavyweights Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as they work to solve a kidnapping case while maneuvering their vast cultural differences.
- Life. Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde. 969 votes. Life, a hidden gem of Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, tells the story of two men wrongly convicted of murder who form a bond in Mississippi's notoriously brutal prison system.
- Dr. Strangelove (1964) Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden. Comedy, War (1h 35m) 8.4 on IMDb — 98% on RT.
- The Death of Stalin (2017) Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor. Comedy, Drama, History (1h 47m) 7.2 on IMDb — 94% on RT.
- The Favourite (2018) Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz. Biography, Comedy, Drama (1h 59m) 7.5 on IMDb — 93% on RT.
- Fargo (1996) Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi. Crime, Thriller (1h 38m) 8.1 on IMDb — 94% on RT.
- 20 Withnail and I
- 19 Delicatessen
- 18 Heathers
- 17 Palindromes
- 16 in The Company of Men
- 15 Serial Mom
- 14 Fargo
- 13 Mars Attacks
- 12 Cable Guy
- 11 Death Becomes Her
One of the great British comedies of the 80s, Bruce Robinson's classic, Withnail and I, combined sardonic wit with a virtuoso performance by Richard E. Grant and remains one of the great black comedies of the decade, one of the more fertile periods for the genre. With a design by the great Ralph Steadman, Grant's hilarious performance as the alcoho...
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's brilliant collaboration, Delicatessen, used the language of Sweeney Todd to create a post-apocalyptic France where a murderous butcher lures his victims into hilarious deaths using classified ads. It taps the unique slapstick talents of Dominique Pinon to reference early comedies like those of Buster Keaton, and e...
The popularity of 80s teen comedies made by the likes of John Hughes was turned on its head in 1989, with the release of the pitch-black Heathers. At the height of Winona Ryder's it-girl status and Christian Slater's teeny-bopper magazine covers, the two actors combined to show a different side, as their oft-bullied characters overthrew the status ...
No director ventures farther out of bounds than Todd Solondz, who pokes fun at everything from 9/11 to abortion in his troubling film Palindromes. The film is very experimental, with several actors playing the main character Aviva, and it's hard to tell at times when it's appropriate to laugh. Solondz appears dead set on instilling discomfort in hi...
Neil Labute adapted his play, In the Company of Men, for the screen to delirious effect, with the film being a clear commentary on the plague of male chauvinism and its toxicity. Aaron Eckhart gives a cringe-worthy performance as the prototypical alpha male in an office, as he and a co-worker plot to target a deaf female employee to play out a sick...
Possibly the greatest dark comedy director ever, John Waters, seems to have made Serial Momentirely for his own amusement. Kathleen Turner is perfectly cast as the Baltimore housewife-turned-serial-killer, and her edgy screen presence makes for sidesplitting laughs in the tailor-made role. Controversial cameos by the likes of Patty Hearst and Traci...
Likely the most cerebral film on this list, the Coen Brothers 1996 masterpiece Fargoused the bleak, snowy setting of an Upper Midwest winter to illuminate their Oscar winning screenplay about murder, extortion and greed gone wrong. They contrast the silly dialects and small town sensibilities with an undercurrent of murderous contempt, and Frances ...
Tim Burton's 1996 adaptation of a Topps trading card series, Mars Attacks!, was quite an ambitious attempt to expand on the universe of alien invasion movies from the 50s and 60s, and pulled together an all-star cast headed by Jack Nicholson that poked fun at American jingoism to hilarious effect. Though not an outright success, the film made good ...
Cable Guy, the dark tale of an obsessive stalker, represented a new avenue for Jim Carrey, whose earlier, family-friendly comedies may have generated bigger box office returns, but less range than Carrey displayed in this film. The film's multi-talented director Ben Stiller followed up the success of Reality Biteswith expert direction of Carrey, wh...
It's funny to think that an actress of such prestige as Meryl Streep would have ever acted in a film this zany, but Death Becomes Her remains her greatest comedic performance. It's also hard to imagine that Robert Zemeckis would have ever taken on the film, save for the fact that he, too, was in a career lull two years before Forrest Gumpreturned h...
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- Coming to America (1988) Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley. Directed by: John Landis. In one of his most iconic roles, Murphy plays Prince Akeem, the wealthy African prince of Zamunda.
- Friday (1995) Cast: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tiny "Zeus" Lister Jr., Regina King. Directed by: John Landis. After Craig gets fired from his job for stealing, he spends his Friday hanging out with his best friend and drug peddler, Smokey.
- Do the Right Thing (1989) Cast: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson. Directed by: Spike Lee. Not only does this have laughs, but it also offers some thought-provoking commentary about race relations in America.
- House Party (1990) Cast: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Robin Harris. Directed by: Reginald Hudlin. You may recognize Kid and Play from the popular hip-hop duo, Kid 'n Play.
Dec 14, 2022 · The first quarter of the 21st century has seen some darkly hilarious black comedy movies, from 'The Menu' to 'Parasite'.
Feb 22, 2019 · From ‘Dr Strangelove’ to ‘Bad Santa’ via ‘Withnail and I’, these are the movies that some sections of the audience just didn’t get. Graeme Ross chooses the 10 best.
