Movies by Lists - Black Comedy and Satire (146 [148]) 
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| Addams Family, TheCon artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle. | 1991 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Comedy, Fantasy | 6.9 (148.9K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| After HoursAn ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho who he met that evening at a coffee shop. | 1985 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (66.5K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| American PsychoA 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. | 2000 | Mary Harron | Crime, Drama, Horror | 7.6 (546.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Arsenic And Old LaceA Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers. | 1943 | Frank Capra (*) | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 8.0 (69.5K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Assassination Bureau, TheA woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge. | 1969 | Basil Dearden | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.5 (2.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Attention, Papa Arrives! [Pappa ante Portas]After ordering enough typewriting paper for 40 years, just to get discount, Heinrich Lohse is forced to retire. The former manager has plenty of time now to spend with his wife and their 16 year old son. But - do they want that? | 1991 | Vicco von Bülow, Renate Westphal-Lorenz | Comedy, Family | 7.9 (5.3K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Bachelor Weekend, The [The Stag]A bachelor party weekend in the great outdoors takes some unexpected detours. | 2013 | John Butler | Comedy, Drama | 6.0 (4.4K votes) | 94 | 20220822 |
| Bakuchi-uchi - Inochi-huda [Fate Deals the Card of Death]Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. | 1971 | Hal Ashby (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.9 (76.2K votes) | 91 | 20220315 |
| BamboozledA frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit. | 2000 | Spike Lee (*) | Comedy, Drama, Music | 6.6 (11.4K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| BananasWhen a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion. | 1971 | Woody Allen (*) | Comedy | 7.0 (35.4K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Barton FinkA renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood. | 1991 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (118.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| BeetlejuiceThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out. | 1988 | Tim Burton (*) | Comedy, Fantasy | 7.5 (286.2K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Best in ShowA behind-the-scenes look into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners. | 2000 | Christopher Guest | Comedy | 7.5 (60.6K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Big Dig, The [Te'alat Blaumilch]A slapstick comedy lampooning bureaucracy and the madness of everyday life in Israel centers on an escaped lunatic who digs up the streets of Tel-Aviv with a drill. | 1969 | Ephraim Kishon | Comedy | 7.7 (626 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Bone Man, The [Der Knochenmann]Private Investigator Brenner is handling a case at the grill-station "Löschenkohl". There he finds - besides some chicken - also other meat...that doesn't belong in a good meal. | 2009 | Wolfgang Murnberger | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 7.5 (4.6K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Bright Young ThingsAn adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies", is a look into the lives of a young novelist, his would-be lover, and a host of young people who beautified London in the 1930s. | 2003 | Stephen Fry | Comedy, Drama, War | 6.6 (5.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Brothers' NestTwo brothers' murder plans go somewhat sideways in this Australian dark comedy. | 2018 | Clayton Jacobson | Comedy, Thriller | 6.4 (1.5K votes) | 102 | 20220822 |
| Butcher Boy, TheThe antisocial son of an alcoholic father and a bipolar mother grows up in 1960s Ireland. | 1997 | Neil Jordan | Comedy, Drama | 7.1 (10.9K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| ButterIn Iowa, a girl in foster care discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest. | 2011 | Jim Field Smith | Comedy, Drama | 6.2 (21.7K votes) | 90 | 20220822 |
| Catch-22A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions. | 1970 | Mike Nichols (*) | Comedy, Drama, War | 7.1 (24.9K votes) | 122 | 20220414 |
| Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, TheAt Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge. | 1989 | Peter Greenaway (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.6 (37.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Cul-de-sacIn search of help, two wounded gangsters on the run find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems. | 1966 | Roman Polanski (*) | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (12.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Dead BodiesThe return of a vengeful ex-girlfriend sets into motion a series of gruesome events for a hapless Irish bachelor in director Robert Quinn's grim black comedy. | 2003 | Robert Quinn | Comedy, Drama, Horror | 6.1 (1K votes) | 88 | 20220822 |
| Dead in a Week - Or Your Money BackAfter his ninth unsuccessful attempt on his own life, a young man outsources his suicide to an ageing assassin. ""If you're serious about ending it, you need professional help"" | 2018 | Tom Edmunds | Comedy, Drama | 6.2 (6.2K votes) | 90 | 20220822 |
| Death At A FuneralChaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family. | 2007 | Frank Oz | Comedy | 7.4 (113.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Death Becomes HerWhen a woman learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival. | 1992 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | 6.6 (113.9K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Death of Stalin, TheMoscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly thirty years, Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power. | 2017 | Armando Iannucci | Comedy, Drama, History | 7.3 (97.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| DelicatessenPost-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants. | 1991 | Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Comedy, Crime | 7.6 (83.9K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Divorce, Italian StyleA married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife. | 1961 | Pietro Germi | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.0 (12.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| DownsizingA social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor. | 2017 | Alexander Payne | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 5.7 (106K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Drop Dead GorgeousA small-town beauty pageant turns deadly as it becomes clear that someone will go to any lengths to win. | 1999 | Michael Patrick Jann | Comedy, Romance, Thriller | 6.6 (37.4K votes) | 97 | 20220822 |
| Drowning by NumbersThree generations of women all share the same problem: marriage woes, and they want to put an end to it. | 1988 | Peter Greenaway (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.2 (10K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| DuplexA young couple has a chance to move into a gorgeous duplex in the perfect New York neighborhood. All they have to do is bump off the current tenant, a cute little old lady. | 2003 | Danny DeVito | Comedy | 5.9 (57.3K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Easy VirtueA young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window. | 2008 | Stephan Elliott | Comedy, Romance | 6.7 (21.1K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| FaithfulA depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in. | 1996 | Paul Mazursky | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 5.9 (2.1K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| FargoMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. | 1996 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Thriller | 8.1 (654.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Fearless Vampire Killers, TheA noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress. | 1967 | Roman Polanski (*) | Comedy, Horror | 7.2 (31.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Film with Me in It, AA broke, jobless actor and a broke, jobless screenwriter set out to make a movie and then find that life starts imitating art. | 2008 | Ian Fitzgibbon | Comedy, Thriller | 6.7 (3.8K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| FilthA corrupt, junkie cop with bipolar disorder attempts to manipulate his way through a promotion in order to win back his wife and daughter while also fighting his own inner demons. | 2013 | Jon S. Baird | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.1 (106.7K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Final Curtain, TheA rivalry develops between a showbiz veteran and an upstart newcomer. | 2002 | Patrick Harkins | Drama | 5.7 (547 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| First Wives Club, TheReunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women. | 1996 | Hugh Wilson | Comedy | 6.4 (47.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Four LionsFour incompetent British terrorists set out to train for and commit an act of terror. | 2010 | Christopher Morris | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.3 (76.3K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Free FireSet in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival. | 2016 | Ben Wheatley | Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.3 (46.3K votes) | 91 | 20220415 |
| Ginger and Fred (Ginger e Fred)Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act on a TV variety show. | 1986 | Federico Fellini (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (5.1K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| God Bless AmericaOn a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill Frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16-year-old Roxy. | 2011 | Bobcat Goldthwait | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.1 (70.2K votes) | 105 | 20220806 |
| Going in StyleDesperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money. | 2017 | Zach Braff | Comedy, Crime | 6.6 (82.8K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Golden YearsFate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime. Refusing to take the loss of their pensions ly... | 2016 | John Miller | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama | 6.1 (1.2K votes) | 96 | 20220822 |
| GreedSatire about the world of the super-rich. | 2019 | Michael Winterbottom | Comedy, Drama | 5.8 (7.7K votes) | 2 | 20220912 |
| Green Man, TheAn assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him. | 1956 | Robert Day, Basil Dearden | Comedy, Crime | 7.2 (1.8K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Guard, TheAn unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an up-tight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. | 2011 | John Michael McDonagh | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (85K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Hail CaesarA Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line. | 2016 | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Comedy, Drama, Mystery | 6.3 (130.8K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Happy EndA dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motiv | 1967 | Oldrich Lipský (*) | Comedy, Crime | 8.0 (1.2K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Harold and MaudeYoung, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral. | 1971 | Hal Ashby (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.9 (75.9K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| HawksTwo terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time. | 1988 | Robert Ellis Miller | Comedy, Drama | 6.8 (1.1K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Hot FuzzA skilled London police officer, after irritating superiors with his embarrassing effectiveness, is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, as a string of grisly murders strikes the | 2007 | Edgar Wright | Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (490.1K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingA cynical advertising exec has a block at work leading to a meltdown. He's hilariously out of control. Getting a big, talking boil on his shoulder doesn't help. | 1989 | Bruce Robinson | Comedy, Fantasy | 6.9 (6K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen [Zabil jsem Einsteina, panove]This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, with the proposed solution of building a tim | 1970 | Oldrich Lipský (*) | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (503 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| IdiocracyPrivate Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he's easily the most intelligent person alive. | 2006 | Mike Judge | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (156.7K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| In BrugesGuilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be. | 2008 | Martin McDonagh | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (409.2K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| In Love with BarbaraIn the 1970s the redoubtable and eccentric Barbara Cartland, prolific author of hundreds of romantic novels, is interviewed on television, where she expresses anti-feminist views. Despite being reminded that she was a working jour... | 2008 | Tim Whitby | Drama | 7.0 (41 votes) | 0 | 20230806 |
| In Order of Disappearance [Kraftidioten]After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge. | 2014 | Hans Petter Moland | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (26.4K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| In the LoopA political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries. | 2009 | Armando Iannucci | Comedy | 7.4 (56.9K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Ingrid Goes WestAn unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and ingratiates herself into the life of an Instagram star. | 2017 | Matt Spicer | Comedy, Drama | 6.6 (40.9K votes) | 98 | 20220415 |
| Just BuriedA young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the place in business! | 2007 | Chaz Thorne | Comedy, Drama, Horror | 6.0 (2.1K votes) | 94 | 20220822 |
| Just Like Home [Hjemve]An unknown, naked man has been seen walking about late night in a Danish provincial town. This is blown out of proportion with fear, accusations, strike etc., affecting the whole town. | 2007 | Lone Scherfig | Comedy | 5.4 (421 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Keeping MumA pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair, and his children are up to no good. | 2005 | Niall Johnson | Comedy, Crime | 6.8 (34.3K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Kind Hearts and CoronetsA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession. | 1949 | Robert Hamer (*) | Comedy, Crime | 8.0 (36.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| King of ComedyRupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself. | 1982 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (98.8K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| LadyKillers, TheFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians. | 1955 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.7 (28.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Land of the BlindA soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government. | 2006 | Robert Edwards | Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (3.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Little Shop of Horrors, TheA clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it. | 1960 | Roger Corman (*) | Comedy, Horror | 6.3 (17.8K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Lobster, TheIn a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods. | 2015 | Yorgos Lanthimos (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.1 (246.7K votes) | 119 | 20220414 |
| Love and AnarchyWhen a friend is murdered by the Facists, a melancholy farmer takes up residence in a Roman brothel as he and an anarchist prostitute plot to assassinate Mussolini. | 1973 | Lina Wertmüller | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.8 (3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Love and DeathIn czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon. | 1975 | Woody Allen (*) | Comedy, War | 7.7 (37.9K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Man from Acapulco, The [Le magnifique]Writing his 43rd spy novel, François includes people from his life. He's the competent, sophisticated secret agent Bob in stark contrast to François. His cute neighbor is Tatiana who helps Bob in Acapulco. | 1973 | Philippe de Broca | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | 7.2 (5.4K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Manor, TheDuring a snowstorm, Patrick Roarke, a manservant, is found dead at the bottom of the main staircase in a gothic English mansion. Inspector Hatcher is sent to investigate the death. When he arrives, he finds a household consisting ... | 1999 | Ken Berris | Comedy, Mystery | 5.4 (290 votes) | 115 | 20220822 |
| Men Who Stare at Goats, TheA reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions. | 2009 | Grant Heslov | Comedy, War | 6.2 (130.8K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Men...A man's wife leaves him to take up with an artist, so the man responds by becoming the artist's roommate. | 1985 | Doris Dörrie | Comedy, Romance | 6.7 (1.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Miser, The [L'avare]An incredible miser fights against the whole world to multiply his wealth. | 1980 | Louis de Funès, Jean Girault | Comedy | 6.7 (4.4K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Monty Python and the Holy GrailKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles. | 1975 | Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 8.2 (525.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Most Fertile Man in Ireland, TheThe most fertile man in Ireland is in serious demand. | 2000 | Dudi Appleton | Comedy | 5.3 (599 votes) | 96 | 20220822 |
| Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven [Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel]Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The | 1975 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*) | Drama | 7.6 (1.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Mr. FreedomMr. Freedom is an all-American superhero that destroys everyone who even remotely disagrees with imperialism. The film accounts his latest assignment to save France from being taken over by the commies. | 1968 | William Klein | Comedy, Crime | 6.5 (1.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage WarAfter her husband's death and being forced into a nursing home, a woman starts looking for independence. | 2002 | Ian Sharp | Comedy | 6.4 (818 votes) | 106 | 20230806 |
| MysticsA dark comedy about two old-time con-men who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead. | 2003 | David Blair | Comedy | 5.8 (248 votes) | 90 | 20220822 |
| NovocaineA dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him & steals all of the drugs from his practice. | 2001 | David Atkins | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.8 (11.2K votes) | 95 | 20220822 |
| ÖdipussiGray-haired furniture retailer Paul Winkelmann still has his dinner cooked and his laundry done by his mother. He spends his evenings playing Scrabble with Mama's friends and discussing the role of women in society in his carnival cl | 1988 | Vicco von Bülow | Comedy, Romance | 7.4 (3.9K votes) | 88 | 20220414 |
| Oh! What A Lovely WarThe working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare. | 1969 | Richard Attenborough (*) | Comedy, Musical, War | 7.1 (3K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| Operation Grandma [Mivtza Savta]Mivtza Savta ("Operation Grandma") is a satirical Israeli comedy about three very different brothers trying to get around many obstacles to bury their grandmother on her kibbutz. The story takes place in Israel, in the fictional kibb | 1999 | Dror Shaul | Comedy | 8.1 (1.1K votes) | 54 | 20211228 |
| Orchestra Rehearsal (Prova d'orchestra)An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out. | 1978 | Federico Fellini (*) | Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.2 (4.6K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Party, TheJanet (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive, it becomes clear that not everything is going to go down as smoothly as the red wine. | 2017 | Sally Potter | Comedy, Drama | 6.6 (18.2K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Perfect Host, TheAn on-the-run convict looking for temporary cover finds it at the house of a very colorful character. | 2010 | Nicholas Tomnay | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (27K votes) | 93 | 20220723 |
| Perrier's BountyA gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies. | 2009 | Ian Fitzgibbon | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.3 (6.9K votes) | 88 | 20220822 |
| Policeman, The [Ha-Shoter Azulai]Azulai is a policeman in Jaffa, whose incompetence is only matched by his soft-heartedness. His superiors want to send him to early retirement, but he would like to stay on the force, and the criminals of Jaffa don't want to see him | 1971 | Ephraim Kishon | Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (734 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Prizzi's HonorTwo professional assassins fall in love. | 1985 | John Huston (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (24.1K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| PuckoonSpike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen. | 2002 | Terence Ryan | Comedy | 5.7 (377 votes) | 82 | 20220822 |
| PursuitA modern day Irish gangland version of the ancient Irish legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne. Gráinne is daughter of a major crime boss and is promised to marry the great warrior Fionn to help cement an alliance. However, she's in love wi | 2015 | Paul Mercier | Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller | 5.2 (132 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Question of Attribution, ASir Anthony Blunt, who was a Soviet agent for 25 years, is routinely questioned and gives no answers, but is knighted and works as Director of the Courtauld Institute, and presents his interrogator with a puzzle in the shape of a ... | 1992 | John Schlesinger (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, War | 7.6 (251 votes) | 70 | 20220723 |
| RatA woman becomes furious when her husband arrives home from the local pub and turns into a rat. | 2000 | Steve Barron | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | 6.0 (963 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Ref, TheA cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve. | 1994 | Ted Demme | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 6.9 (24.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| RossiniJakob Windisch has written THE number one bestselling novel. Since he is very shy, no-one has seen him except Uhu Zigeuner who is the designated director of the film adaption. Zigeuner is on the hunt for the woman of his dreams, a... | 1997 | Helmut Dietl | Comedy | 6.4 (2.4K votes) | 114 | 20240727 |
| RossiniJakob Windisch has written THE number one bestselling novel. Since he is very shy, no-one has seen him except Uhu Zigeuner who is the designated director of the film adaption. Zigeuner is on the hunt for the woman of his dreams, a... | 1997 | Helmut Dietl | Comedy | 6.4 (2.3K votes) | 114 | 20220822 |
| Ruling Class, TheA member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable, family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue. | 1972 | Peter Medak | Comedy, Drama, Musical | 7.4 (6.2K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| Russians Are Coming, TheWithout hostile intent, a Soviet submarine runs aground off New England. Men are sent for a boat, but many villagers go into a tizzy, risking bloodshed. | 1966 | Norman Jewison (*) | Comedy, War | 7.0 (8.7K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Ruthless PeopleA couple cheated by a vile businessman kidnaps his wife in retaliation, not knowing that their enemy is delighted that they did. | 1986 | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker | Comedy, Crime | 6.9 (27.8K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| S O BA movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off. | 1981 | Blake Edwards (*) | Comedy, Drama | 6.4 (6K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Sallah [Sallah Shabati]The sharp, often hilarious satire that became the most successful film in Israeli history (until that time) is about new immigrants Sallah and his family, who are left in a shack near their promised apartment and are abandoned for mo | 1964 | Ephraim Kishon | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (1K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Satan's Brew [Satansbraten]A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his dim-witted brother, and a murder investigation. | 1976 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (1.9K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| SchtonkThe slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries. | 1992 | Helmut Dietl | Comedy | 7.2 (3.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| ScoopA reporter is mistakenly sent to report from the war front. There he meets other reporters who are waiting for a scoop. When one notable reporter goes missing, they all presume he found a scoop and go looking for him. | 1987 | Gavin Millar | Drama | 6.1 (112 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Seduction of Mimi, TheMimí, forced to leave his family in Sicily, finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair. | 1972 | Lina Wertmüller | Comedy, Drama | 7.4 (2.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Seven PsychopathsA struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu. | 2012 | Martin McDonagh | Comedy, Crime | 7.2 (251.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Shaun of the DeadThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse. | 2004 | Edgar Wright | Comedy, Horror | 7.9 (540K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Shock to the System, AWhen 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. | 1990 | Jan Egleson | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 6.7 (4.9K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| SleepersAmidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been ""lost."" A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled i... | 1991 | Geoffrey Sax | Comedy, Drama | 8.3 (447 votes) | 52 | 20230806 |
| Start the Revolution Without MeTwo mismatched sets of identical twins, one aristocrat, one peasant, mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution. | 1970 | Bud Yorkin | Comedy, History | 6.5 (2.8K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Stepford Wives, TheThe secret to a Stepford wife lies behind the doors of the Men's Association. | 2004 | Frank Oz | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.3 (64.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Stiff Upper LipsAunt Agnes (Prunella Scales) vainly tries to force Emily (Georgina Cates) to marry boring Cedric Trilling (Robert Portal) by taking them to Italy and India hoping that Emily will forget about the handsome George (Sean Pertwee). | 1997 | Gary Sinyor | Comedy | 6.3 (1.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Stunt Man, TheA fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director. | 1980 | Richard Rush | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.1 (9.5K votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Sunshine CleaningIn order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister. | 2008 | Christine Jeffs | Comedy, Drama | 6.8 (71.4K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Take the Money and RunThe life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber. | 1969 | Woody Allen (*) | Comedy, Crime | 7.3 (29.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Third Generation, The [Die dritte Generation]A wildly anarchic satire of urban guerrilla warfare in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies. | 1979 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.9 (2.4K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriA mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit. | 2017 | Martin McDonagh | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 8.1 (478.7K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Toni ErdmannA practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach. | 2016 | Maren Ade | Comedy, Drama | 7.4 (47.3K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Trial & Error [The Dock Brief]An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer. | 1962 | James Hill | Comedy, Drama | 6.3 (556 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Tristram Shandy [A Cock and Bull Story]Director Michael Winterbottom (Northam) attempts to shoot the adaptation of Laurence Sterne's essentially unfilmable novel, ""The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman."" | 2005 | Michael Winterbottom | Comedy | 6.7 (12.8K votes) | 94 | 20220822 |
| Trouble with Harry, TheThe trouble with Harry is that he is dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the | 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Comedy, Mystery | 7.1 (37.4K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Under The Tree [Undir trénu]When Baldwin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of cont | 2017 | Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (4.5K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| VolverAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life. | 2006 | Pedro Almodóvar (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (98.9K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Waking Ned DevineWhen a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money. | 1998 | Kirk Jones | Comedy | 7.4 (26.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| War MachineAn idiosyncratic general confronts opposition from enemies, allies, and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuilding operation in Afghanistan. | 2017 | David Michôd | Comedy, Drama, War | 6.0 (45.9K votes) | 122 | 20220415 |
| War of the Roses, TheA married couple try everything to get each other to leave the house in a vicious divorce battle. | 1989 | Danny DeVito | Comedy, Romance | 6.8 (51.8K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| WaterA British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there. | 1985 | Dick Clement | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 6.0 (2.5K votes) | 115 | 20220822 |
| Whiskey Tango FoxtrotA journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan. | 2016 | Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Biography, Comedy, Drama, War | 6.6 (52.4K votes) | 112 | 20220415 |
| Whole Nine Yards, TheA struggling dentist's life is turned upside down when a famous gangster moves in next door, and his wife convinces him to inform a notorious mob boss about the gangster's whereabouts. | 2000 | Jonathan Lynn | Comedy, Crime | 6.7 (118.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Wilbur Wants To Kill HimselfThe chronically suicidal Wilbur and his good-hearted big brother Harbour are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow. | 2002 | Lone Scherfig | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.8 (7.8K votes) | 109 | 20220414 |
| Wild About HarryA sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again. | 2000 | Declan Lowney | Romance, Comedy, Drama | 6.0 (551 votes) | 91 | 20240222 |
| Wild TargetA hitman tries to retire, but a beautiful thief may change his plans. | 2010 | Jonathan Lynn | Action, Comedy, Crime | 6.8 (37.7K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Wings of FameA famous movie actor (Peter O'Toole) claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengenfully kills him but then dies as a result of an accident. Next, they both find themselves in after- | 1990 | Otakar Votocek | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 6.9 (905 votes) | 109 | 20220414 |
| Withnail and IIn 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous. | 1987 | Bruce Robinson | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (43K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Wrong Arm of the Law, TheIn London, when Australian gangsters disguised as "Bobbies" rob British criminals, the panicked British mobsters seek an alliance with Scotland Yard in order to eliminate the foreign competition and return things to "normal". | 1963 | Cliff Owen | Comedy, Crime | 6.8 (1.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Wrong Box, TheIn Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so. | 1966 | Bryan Forbes | Comedy, Crime | 6.8 (3.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Wrong Is RightA TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc. | 1982 | Richard Brooks | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | 5.7 (2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Your Past is Showing [The Naked Truth]A very British comedy about a blackmailer and his victims. | 1957 | Mario Zampi | Comedy | 6.8 (1.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Zero EffectThe 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 hap | 1998 | Jake Kasdan | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.9 (14.4K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| ZonadWhen the Cassidy family finds a red leather clad man passed out on their living room floor, they assume he's an alien. Zonad is more than happy to oblige. | 2009 | John Carney, Kieran Carney | Comedy | 5.2 (353 votes) | 75 | 20220822 |
| The Playboy of the Western World | 1974 | Alan Gibson | Comedy | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Die Einsamkeit der Krokodile | 2000 | Jobst Oetzmann | Comedy, Drama | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |