Top Black/Dark Comedies/Satire
Some are as black as oblivion -- maybe 1% comedy -- and others are a little more campy/true comedy, but needless to say, you wont find Tommy Boy on here (thats on my next list: top (straightforward) comedies ;) ). And some will overlap lists (like The Cable Guy and Monkeybone). Someday, as anally retentive as I am, I may break this list up into the three subgenres listed above, but for now theyre all going together.
You may not agree with everything on this list as far as "qualifying" as the list's title, and thats fine, I welcome comments, but please dont be a dick about it
You may not agree with everything on this list as far as "qualifying" as the list's title, and thats fine, I welcome comments, but please dont be a dick about it
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- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsNicolas CagePatricia ArquetteJohn GoodmanHaunted by the patients he failed to save, a monumentally burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three increasingly turbulent nights.Please bring back I-i-i-i-i B Bangin' Lord-ah!
Dont make me take off my sunglasses
Ill fire ya tumahruh - DirectorSkip WoodsStarsThomas JaneAaron EckhartPaulina PorizkovaA former L.A. drug dealer has moved to Houston to make a new life for himself as a married architect. Everything falls apart when he is suddenly visited by one of his former cohorts who comes carrying heroin.Better sign him now. His value is about to go up
They got the wong house. Get it? The Wong House. They got the WONG House - DirectorHal HartleyStarsThomas Jay RyanJames UrbaniakParker PoseyAn introverted garbageman writes his thoughts in a notebook after Henry Fool, writer and ex-con, rents the basement and gives him a notebook and the idea. He writes poetry and Henry helps him along.Simon, I just made love to your mother about half an hour ago and now Im beginning to think that it *wasnt* such a good idea
- DirectorHal HartleyStarsParker PoseyJeff GoldblumLiam AikenFay Grim heads to Paris in pursuit of her deceased husband's notebooks, which could contain information that compromises the security of the U.S. But she's not the only one who is after them, and she's forced into a life-changing decision.The sequel to Henry Fool. Dont have any memorable lines to share as Ive only seen it once, but its brilliant!
- DirectorAri KirschenbaumStarsDesmond AskewKatheryn WinnickMichael PanesA man believes that his ex, shrink and colleagues are out to get him and that he's being followed by someone or something.There once was a wolf name Lupold...
- DirectorMary HarronStarsChristian BaleJustin TherouxJosh LucasA wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.I like to dissect girls. Did you know that Im utterly insane?"
I have to return some videotapes - DirectorVincent GalloStarsVincent GalloChristina RicciBen GazzaraAfter being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit.Is this a shifter car? I cannot drive a shifter car [...] Have you ever heard of a luxury car? You know what luxury means? Ever heard of Cadillac [...] I drive cars that *shift* themselves.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.Look at me: jerking off in the shower. *This* will be the highlight of my day. Its all downhill from here
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.I.want.you.to.hit.me.as.hard.as.you.can
- DirectorBen StillerStarsJim CarreyMatthew BroderickLeslie MannA designer makes a grievious mistake when he rejects the friendship of a borderline cable guy.He who hesitates, masturbates...
Who told you that, what is his name? I want it [...] Youre offering me a bribe. What you have just done is illegal and in this state, if convicted you could be fined up to 5,000 dollars or spend 6 months in a correctional fathcilllllity!
Welcome....to Medieval Tiiiiymes!
Youre going DOWN red knight!!" Down down down...red knight going down.
Preferred customer MY ASS!! - DirectorJake KasdanStarsBill PullmanBen StillerRyan O'NealThe world's greatest detective Daryl Zero aided by his associate Steve Arlo investigates a complex and mysterious case of blackmail and missing keys for shady tycoon Gregory Stark who is less than forthcoming about what is really happening!There arent evil guys and innocent guys. Its just... Its just... Its just a bunch of guys
You cant buy silence, you can only rent it
What doesnt kill you defines you - DirectorJoe DanteStarsTom HanksBruce DernCarrie FisherAn overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.Red rover, red rover, send Ray on over!
God I love this street!
The Pizza dude's here! - DirectorClark GreggStarsSam RockwellAnjelica HustonKelly MacdonaldA sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.What would Jesus *not* do?
- DirectorLucky McKeeStarsAngela BettisJeremy SistoAnna FarisA socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.May? Do you like pussy?
I need more parts
kitty live now - DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsRay WinstoneBen KingsleyIan McShaneBrutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.I really hope whoever entered the quote onto imdb got the right amount of no's cuz I cant be arsed to play the movie right now and count them LOL:
Not this time, Gal. Not this time. Not this *beep* time. No. No no no no no no no no no! No! No no no no no no no no no no no no no! No! Not this *beep* time! No *beep* way! No *beep* way, no *beep* way, no *beep* way! You've made me look a right *beep* - DirectorWes AndersonStarsGene HackmanGwyneth PaltrowAnjelica HustonThe eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.I dont think youre an *beep* Royal, I just think youre kind of a son of a bitch
- DirectorJean-Claude LauzonStarsMaxime CollinGinette RenoGilbert SicotteThe story of a young Canadian boy who tries to escape mentally from his disturbed family thanks to his fantasy and imagination.Leh-olo Lauzoneh!
- DirectorSteve BaldersonStarsBrooke BaldersonAmy KellyJennifer DreilingCherry wants to be a prom queen. Trouble is, she's not nominated. Double trouble is, she's not like the other girls. She'll stop at nothing, not even murder and mayhem, to get what she wants.She is SO *beep* downtown!
Scare-uh Terra! - DirectorMatthew BrightStarsNatasha LyonneMaría CeledonioDavid Alan GrierA teenage prostitute escapes from a juvenile prison with a 16-year-old serial killer and both go on a destructive road trip to Mexico in this twist on the "Hansel and Gretel" fairy tale.Let me see your wiiieener!
Bitch! I am a minister of death! - DirectorDavid DobkinStarsJoaquin PhoenixVince VaughnJaneane GarofaloAfter hearing that his wife sleeps with Clay, Earl kills himself, making it look like Clay shot him. The widow doesn't like it when Clay starts sees another woman instead. Bodies start piling up.Your depuy's name is Barney? Great.
Barney, could you *not* poke the body with a stick, please?
Promise me something. Promise me youll stop finding dead people - DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya TsukamotoAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.Just a little torture
There's no love in your violence
Damn. Nobody left to kill me - DirectorJason ReitmanStarsAaron EckhartCameron BrightMaria BelloSatirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year old son.Brad, I'm his *father*. Youre the guy *beep* his mom.
The great state of Vermont will not apologize for its cheese! - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohnny DeppBenicio Del ToroTobey MaguireAn oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.There he goes. One of god's own prototypes. Some kind of high-powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die
- DirectorJan EglesonStarsMichael CaineElizabeth McGovernPeter RiegertWhen electrocuted by the fuse box at home, Graham gets ideas concerning his nagging wife and the guy, who got Graham's promotion at the office.
- DirectorAdam SimonStarsBill PullmanBill PaxtonBud CortIn a showdown of man versus machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation.