Looking for dark comedies to change my mood

Submitted by Bolton_McThunderpecs t3_10ogy0j in movies

I absolutely love fucked up movies, but I think I overdid it today; after watching Funny Games, The House That Jack Built, and Speak No Evil, I feel super gross and am questioning my own humanity lol. Looking for some movies that are still kinda dark, but have comedic undertones and don’t have endings that are completely fucked up.

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imnotsteven7 t1_j6ei8or wrote

I found The Art of Self Defence to be pretty good.

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mavrodialo t1_j6ejs8i wrote

Dr Strangelove always makes me smile while contemplating mutually assured thermonuclear destruction …

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Dayofsloths t1_j6eky11 wrote

Death to Smoochy

Death Becomes Her (ending is kind of an existential nightmare)

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politebearwaveshello t1_j6elx7w wrote

Sick of Myself (2022) from Norway is batshit insane. The pitchest black of black comedies. It’s about a narcissist woman who willingly consumes a banned pharmaceutical drug with a horrible side effect so that she can earn sympathy and attention from her friends.

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5of1of2 t1_j6em40b wrote

Dead Alive its gross and fucked up but ultimately hilarious and has a happy ending

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LordXak t1_j6eoxun wrote

Dead Snow is a fun campy horror/comedy.

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ESTeaNtheOcha t1_j6es7cp wrote

After life on Netflix isn't a movie but is sad and dark while being funny.

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Foritified_5 t1_j6esp95 wrote

Give The Death of Stalin a shot. It's funny as shit while simultaneously conveying the terror and mistrust which surrounded Stalin, his closest advisors, and the Soviet Union in general.

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Serioli t1_j6etoxl wrote

Walk Hard, a story about a guy finding happiness after accidentally cutting his brother in half with a machete

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Archamasse t1_j6eun7v wrote

War of the Roses.

First half feels like any ol' meetcute movie romance of the era, with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. But it's not - it's a Danny Devito movie, and the black comedy emerges as the marriage starts breaking down and getting ugly. One of my favorite movies, because it's just so well written and Douglas and Turner subvert the kinds of roles they're both famous for brilliantly.

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satluvscheese t1_j6ewats wrote

"Problem Child"

"Game Night"

"Fargo"

"Little Miss Sunshine"

"Extract"

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Mortegro t1_j6ewu18 wrote

I'm surprised nobody has listed The Royal Tenenbaums yet.

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Ghanzos t1_j6f3xvq wrote

Villains, Housebound, True Romance, and Seven Psychopaths

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Gene_Phillips t1_j6feavz wrote

Triangle of Sadness Cabin Fever Evil Dead 2 Parasite In Bruges After Hours American Psycho Headhunters War of the roses

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Bobby9k t1_j6fl77u wrote

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

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mothershipq t1_j6fmjav wrote

Ari Aster the director of Midsommar considered that movie to be a dark comedy.

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dontry90 t1_j6fqijz wrote

Anything Todd Solondz, basically. Welcome to the Dollhouse, damn... I need to give this guy a rewatch!

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Seahearn4 t1_j6fxowc wrote

Being John Malkovich - And most other Charlie Kaufman or Spike Jonze movies.

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jsmys t1_j6fzb2d wrote

Banshees of Inisherin is funny and pretty dark.

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Level-Coast8642 t1_j6g6kg4 wrote

Throw Mama From the Train. The War of the Roses. Death to Smoochie.

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contaygious t1_j6gar04 wrote

Funny games is a comedy? Dear lord both versions are disturbing as shit lol

The plot involves two young men who hold a family hostage and torture them with sadistic games in their vacation home.

Try

Serbian Film Audition August Underground's Mordum Cannibal Holocaust Eraserhead Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer The Human Centiped

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Nicokenobeh t1_j6gf0gn wrote

Not a movie, but the White Lotus is great

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rsandovaljr2 t1_j6gfwwh wrote

while you’re at it add one more dark then cleanse soul

Soft & Quiet (2022)

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trevdak2 t1_j6gvavc wrote

Another vote for Triangle of Sadness. Don't watch the trailers, they reveal too much.

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Bodymaster t1_j6gxtp3 wrote

I've seen some good ones recently:

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

Triangle Of Sadness (2022)

The Kid Detective (2020)

Dinner In America (2020)

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Jouka t1_j6gyc3a wrote

Triangle of Sadness

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vynz00 t1_j6h0qza wrote

Silver Linings Playbook. Different kind of dark comedy.

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acuteredditor t1_j6hn305 wrote

Care to watch a new Malayalam Dark Comedy?

Mukundan Unni Associates

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Soyoulikedonutseh t1_j6hs9u6 wrote

I don't know if you consider Taratino's works as dark comdies But he does and I sure do to, some scenes get me laughing so hard

Hollywood, Basterds, Django and Pulp have some of the best comedic bits

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Odd-City7669 t1_j6i16ny wrote

Big Nothing (Simon Pegg & David Schwimmer) and Four Lions

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Alopecia_Diva t1_j6i6rf1 wrote

Watch “The Art of Self Defense” a dark comic take on toxic masculinity

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LauraPalmersMom430 t1_j6kgeqt wrote

  • The Lobster
  • Fresh
  • Barbarian
  • Infinity Pool
  • Sorry to Bother You
  • Under the Silver Lake
  • Zola
  • Secretary
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