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Plot Summary:
A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful French wife, are initially the unwilling hosts to the criminals. Quickly, however, the relationships between the criminal, the wife, and the Englishman begin to shift in humorous and bizarre fashion.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: neo noir, black and white, art house, dark comedy, psychotronic, surreal, black comedy, cerebral, cult classic, psychological
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Divorcing Jack (1998)
Plot Summary:
He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as an independent state, Dan Starkey's life is about to change after he finds the young woman he has just made love to dead and his only ally is a nun.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, semi serious, independent film, black comedy, tension, suspense
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The Anniversary (1968)
Plot Summary:
Mrs Taggart always celebrates her anniversary with her grown sons. It’s a tradition practised since the death of her husband and she is determined for it to continue. None of her three sons have dared to cross their ruthless domineering mother but this anniversary they intend to try. With cruel and brutal twists, the family get-together becomes a social nightmare beyond endurance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, psychotronic, offbeat, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting
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Knife in the Water (1962)
Plot Summary:
On their way to a sailing trip, an aging husband and wife invite along an emphatic young hitchhiker out of sheer patronization.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: art house, psychological, road movie, suspense, minimal cast, tense, atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful, sexual
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Lansdown (2001)
Plot Summary:
In this dark comedy, defense lawyer Jake Jorgenson's carefully constructed life begins to unravel when he kills his wife's lover.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, witty, neo noir, independent film
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Head Above Water (1993)
Plot Summary:
Einar and Bjørn leave Lene on the island for a fishing trip. Then her former lover, Gaute, drops by unexpectedly. Drunk, he sleeps in the double bed. Lene sleeps on the couch and wakes up when the men come back. She tries to wake Gaute, but then discovers that he's dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, dark, cult classic, scary, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult film
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Out Cold (1989)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about an angry married couple, a private investigator, and a walk-in freezer.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 919
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, rough, clever, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious
Similar in 87%
What? (1972)
Plot Summary:
A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems right.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: black comedy, erotic, art house, sexy, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy, weird, grotesque
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The Stunt Man (1980)
Plot Summary:
While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. Both aided and endangered by the director (Peter O'Toole) he avoids both the police and sudden death as a stuntman. The mixture of real danger and fantasy of the movie is an interesting twist for the viewer as the two blend in individual scenes.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, atmospheric, intense, black comedy, suspenseful, semi serious, cult classic, dark comedy
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Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995)
Plot Summary:
Sir Hugo is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet. He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo brings home her betrothed, Sidney, who aspires to be a poet. The new butler, Fledge, provides Lady Harriet with the attention she's been missing and then seduces Sidney. Did he have a role in Sidney's disappearance as well?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: witty, cynical, semi serious, christmas horror, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, biting, independent film
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The Cable Guy (1996)
Plot Summary:
When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up -- and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the "friendship," Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behavior.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 175000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, funny, black comedy, parody, cult classic, hilarious, semi serious, witty, cynical
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Novocaine (2001)
Plot Summary:
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, suspenseful, tricky, humorous, captivating, clever, suspense, cult classic, offbeat
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Black Pond (2011)
Plot Summary:
The Thompson family is accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table. Six months later, family friend Tim visits freelance therapist Dr. Eric Sacks and the story finds it's way to the press. The facts are bent and the details spun as the Thompsons become known to the public as 'The Family of Killers'.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 967
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, mockumentary, clever, offbeat, realistic, witty
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Pulp (1972)
Plot Summary:
A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, neo noir, dark comedy, feel good, captivating, noir, detective, clever, realistic
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Dead Gorgeous (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Second World War has just ended and two old friends Rose and Antonia unexpectedly meet in London's Regent Street. Rose is a frustrated housewife married to civil servant with as many secrets as he has mistresses, while Antonia is sick of her rich husband and wants to marry her lover. They are both unhappy with their marriages and plot to kill their husbands.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, thrilling, humorous, neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy
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Restraint (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two fugitives land in hot water when they take a hostage who poses a threat to their well-being.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, serious, realistic, erotic, psychological thriller, romantic, suspense, mysterious, surreal
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Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Plot Summary:
An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings. The local coroner is in love with all three women and helps to disguise the murders.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: surreal, black comedy, dark comedy, art house, humorous, disturbing, witty, talky, erotic, postmodern
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Rancid Aluminum (2000)
Plot Summary:
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is bust and the only way out is to do business with the Russian mafia. His life and heart are on the line when he leave to restore the fortunes of the family firm.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, tense, sad, offbeat, realistic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Last Time (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ted Ryker is the top salesman in the New York office of a business machine company; the corporate stock lives by quarterly sales numbers, the competition is keen, and the economy may be in a downturn. Ted's company is marking time until a new product is ready - probably in a few months. Into the mix comes a new hire, a callow Midwesterner named Jamie, who's come East with his fiancée Belisa.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, realistic, talky, semi serious, surprise ending, cult classic, twisted, psychological, clever
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Montenegro (1981)
Plot Summary:
Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. While detained at airport customs for carrying pruning shears, she meets a young Yugoslav woman and goes with her to a Gypsy enclave where she's fought over, takes a lover, helps with the sordid entertainment at a bar, and returns home more dangerous than before. The film also tells parallel stories of Marilyn's daughter becoming a junior homemaker as the young immigrant practices her striptease.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, sexy, cult classic, humorous, surreal, sex comedy, black comedy, offbeat, realistic, semi serious
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To Die For (1995)
Plot Summary:
Suzanne Stone (Maretto) wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, sexy, disturbing, mockumentary, talky, captivating, erotic, stylized
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The Ice Harvest (2005)
Plot Summary:
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy, black comedy, suspenseful, intense, semi serious, witty, harsh, clever, spiritual
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Repulsion (1965)
Plot Summary:
In Roman Polanski's first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surreal, disturbing, black and white, cerebral, atmospheric, psychological, scary, suspense, art house, psychological thriller
Similar in 87%
The Acid House (1998)
Plot Summary:
THE ACID HOUSE is a surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche. Directed by Paul McGuigan, the film dramatises three stories from the book: 1- The Granton Star Cause, 2- A Soft Touch & 3- The Acid House.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, dark comedy, disturbing, humorous, absurd, independent film, clever, controversial
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The Tenant (1976)
Plot Summary:
A quiet and inconspicuous man (Trelkovsky) rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him into the last tenant so that he too will kill himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: psychological, black comedy, surreal, atmospheric, offbeat, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller, scary, mind bending
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With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
Plot Summary:
Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, dark comedy, black comedy, atmospheric, intellectual, stylized, scary, humorous
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After Hours (1985)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, black comedy, dark comedy, funny, atmospheric, realistic, disturbing, art house, grim, talky
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In Bruges (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 454000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: neo noir, humorous, atmospheric, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, tragicomedy, clever, witty, twist ending
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Bitter Moon (1992)
Plot Summary:
An embittered husband, paralyzed and in a wheelchair, buttonholes a complete stranger and begins to tell him the story of his marriage. The stranger would like to escape, but cannot. For one thing he grows fascinated by the story. For another he is mesmerized by the man's wife, who has perfected that trick of looking a man boldly in the eye until, by looking away, he concedes sexual supremacy.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, psychological, sexual, breathtaking, clever, controversial, art house, sensual, suspense
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Barton Fink (1991)
Plot Summary:
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, surreal, neo noir, dark comedy, cerebral, philosophical, atmospheric, black comedy, enigmatic, mind bending
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Wild Tales (2014)
Plot Summary:
Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 212000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, UK
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, dark comedy, tense, anthology, cynical, ironic, clever, twist ending, biting