# Your favorite dark comedies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223 "2008-03-30T00:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/21 "2008-03-30T05:33:13Z")
To pick a new one–In Brughes. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/22 "2008-03-30T05:36:54Z")
_The Wrong Box_ > **[The Wrong Box](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Box)** > > The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes and starring John Mills, Ralph Richardson and a large ensemble cast. The screenplay was by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. It was made by Salamander Film Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. > In the early 19th century, a lawyer tells a group of boys that a tontine has been organised; £1,000 has been invested for eac... With > [@](#): > > John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Peter Sellers, Irene Handl and Tony Hancock. Very obscure movie with very dark British humor. (More than 10 people die even before the main characters are introduced) Favorite bit to me is when the criminal and absentminded doctor played by Peter Sellers is asked to fill a false death certificate. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJbwtyHSu6E/hqdefault.jpg "The Wrong Box - Dr. Pratt - Epilogue") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJbwtyHSu6E) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/23 "2008-03-30T05:40:29Z")
Clue. If you can call it a “dark” comedy. Gotta love that ending. In that same vein, I really liked “Little Shop of Horrors” the musical. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/24 "2008-03-30T05:42:00Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] That’s a mere frippery comapred to [Man Bites Dog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Bites_Dog_%28film%29). [/QUOTE] Oh man, yes, masterpiece. And of course\* Miami Blues\*–“Bray-king-and—en-ter-ing” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/25 "2008-03-30T14:48:06Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] Would **The Producers** (both versions) be considered a dark comedy or is it too broad? [/QUOTE] Way too broad. Saw a new one last night: [_Married Life_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0804505/) (hm, not that new, it’s got an '07 copyright). It’s not a rollicking rib-tickler, but I laughed out loud a whole bunch of times. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/26 "2008-03-30T14:49:39Z")
**Brazil** Has anybody seen Sam Lowry? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/27 "2008-03-30T14:51:32Z")
[QUOTE=Clothahump] Dead Like Me. I sure wish more than two seasons had been made. [/QUOTE] There’s more coming. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079444/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079444/) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/28 "2008-03-30T15:58:27Z")
Clay Pigeons is a great, underrated dark comedy with Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, and Janeane Garofalo. You can watch it for free at [Hulu.com](http://Hulu.com). ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/29 "2008-03-30T16:46:49Z")
Black Books ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/30 "2008-03-30T18:24:40Z")
Scorsese’s [_After Hours._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Hours_%28film%29) Ever so '80s! ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/31 "2008-03-30T18:28:57Z")
[_Baxter_.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094713/) I don’t know if it’s actually good or not in the pantheon of black comedies, but it sure is enjoyably weird. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/32 "2008-03-30T18:30:15Z")
If you want to go a lot further back, not to a movie but a play, try Shakespeare’s _Measure for Measure_. ---
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/33 "2008-03-30T18:39:23Z")
How To Get Ahead in Advertising. I think that was the title. British. Another one was, jeez, can’t remember the actual name: Wainright and Me? Wicken and Me? Waltrout and Me? Someone will know, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/34 "2008-03-30T18:45:37Z")
[Harold and Maude](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_Maude). Any film featuring an E-Type Jaguar converted into a hearse gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/35 "2008-03-30T18:50:09Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] [Harold and Maude](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_Maude). [/QUOTE] Thank you. 33 posts and nobody mentions this. The mind boggles. [QUOTE=Peter Morris] There’s more coming. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079444/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079444/) [/QUOTE] Sadly, without the illustrious Mandy Patinkin. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/36 "2008-03-30T18:51:37Z")
[QUOTE=vison] Another one was, jeez, can’t remember the actual name: Wainright and Me? Wicken and Me? Waltrout and Me? Someone will know, I’m sure. [/QUOTE] Maybe [Withnail & I](http://imdb.com/title/tt0094336/)? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/37 "2008-03-30T19:12:50Z")
[QUOTE=Brown Eyed Girl] Thank you. 33 posts and nobody mentions this. The mind boggles. [/QUOTE] yea. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/38 "2008-03-30T19:31:24Z")
[_Consuming Passions._](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094907/) (Screenplay by Michael Palin and Terry Jones.) ---
**Author:** ![silly\_ringtones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@silly\_ringtones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silly_ringtones)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/39 "2008-03-30T20:11:03Z")
Shallow Grave - a British film that’s so over the top you can’t take it seriously. Unexplained bodies, unexplained money, paranoid roommates, and a good dose of “wacky roommate” humor. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223/40 "2008-03-30T22:26:17Z")
[The Trouble With Harry](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048750/) with a young John Forsythe, and a younger Shirley MacLaine. Funny black comedy from Hitchcock. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-dark-comedies/443223.md?page=3)