For those who like their comedy black

I mentioned in a previous post that Fargo is one of my favourite Coen Brothers movies. The mention of the film has inspired this post which is for those who like black comedies.

For those unfamiliar with the term, black comedies are generally ones that take a serious issue and make humour of it which often creates an unsettling or disturbing effect on the viewer.

Stanley Kubrick's Dr Strangelove or How I learned to Stop Worrying a Love the Bomb is a classic example of black humour and is definitely worth a watch for anyone that hasn't seen it.

Other films that I believe most people will enjoy that fit into this genre include:

• Thank you for Smoking
• Man Bites Dog (definitely for those that are into the television series, Dexter)
• Series 7: The Contenders (makes Survivor and Big Brother look like child's play in terms of reality television)
• Bad Boy Bubby 
• Harold and Maude 
• Heathers
• MASH (movie not TV series although both are timeless)
• To Die For (one of Nicole Kidman's better films)
• Delicatessen
• Igby goes down (This film really deserves to be seen)
• 50/50 (Not sure if I would call it a black comedy as such but definitely worth a watch and given its central theme is given a comic treatment have included it here)
• Grosse Point Blank (a personal favourite not to be confused with the short lived television series Grosse Point - definitely for those who have a soft spot for 80s/90s indie music and John Cuzack)
• Little Miss Sunshine (Toni Colette is one of the most underrated actresses of her time - generally she is never in a bad movie... ditto Greg Kinnear as an underrated actor)

I am not going to pretend that the list is by any means a list of all of the black comedy films out there worth watching but definitely one to start on for those interested in these types of films.

What is your favourite Black Comedy? Let me know.