Black (or dark) comedies recomendations

[Spice_Weasel]

@Smid

Worlds Greatest Dad - I regard this as Robin Williams finest. A fathers horrible son kills himself in a sex accident, and he ends up writing his suicide notes to make him loved.

I liked this one. It’s not just dark for dark’s sake, but it has a solid theme about how we process the loss of people in our lives who are not that great. I appreciated this because I lost a relative that was just kind of an asshole to everybody. He died a stupid, pointless death, and it makes the grieving process complicated. This movie gets it. And it’s funny.

[Wesley_Clark]

Th tv show ‘after life’ with ricky Gervais is a good black comedy. The tv show louie is a dark comedy too. Watch s2e9 episode Eddie.

As for movies:

super (with rainn wilson), the voices, the art of self defense, visitor Q, i love my dad

[Tibby]

IMO, the Coen brothers corner the market in white-hot black comedy, but my favorite will always be Kubrick’s, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. It doesn’t get much darker than poking fun at nuclear holocaust. And, it doesn’t get much funnier than the comedic genius of Peter Sellers, combined with the out-of-character, unexpectedly masterful comedic acting chops of George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden. Scott’s war room rant scene is a stellar high point, in film peppered with high points. I laugh, and cry, just thinking about it:

My favorite George C. Scott performance ever - Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson from Dr. Strangelove

[eschrodinger]

@Smid

To me, there’s been a drift on the question, and the context starts with the original mentioned film, Filth. It’s DARK, subject matter might offend. But it’s led to a bunch of offbeat comedies, or a bit dark stuff, which isn’t really the genre. I’ve seen most of those films, and they’d not make my list.

Hmm. I see your point.

I submit the movie The Harder They Fall, and the limited series Godless.

Godless in particular can be hard to watch, and it’s also exceptionally excellent.

[Smid]

@eschrodinger

Godless in particular can be hard to watch, and it’s also exceptionally excellent.

Not on the comedy end, but that one is genuinely harsh watch. I suppose there’s another category to be had which could be “harsh but good dramas”, with a sub category of westerns.

Harshest watch I’ve had took me about three months to watch, I could only watch it in five minute chunks. Irreversible. It is designed to make you sick, the screen rocks and flips over, the soundtrack horrible. It’s filmed in chunks going backwards to a scene which causes it. Then the film ends with the nice life they had before the event.

In the genre of western bleak, I give you The Townsman.

[outlierrn]

Vulgar is so dark I’m not sure if it’s funny.
Vulgar (2000) - IMDb

Get Shorty is so funny I’m not sure if it’s dark.
Get Shorty (1995) - IMDb