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Plot Summary:
Michel, a psycho-analyst, falls asleep while listening to his patient Olga, a kleptomaniac and a sexual pervert, tell him how she likes her husband beating her. When he wakes up, he finds Olga having been choked to death. He now has to deal with a body, with Olga's rich husband who thinks she stole money from him, and with all his patients' insanity that haunts him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller, Crime
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: surreal, absurd, psychotronic, buddy comedy, erotic
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The Bone Man (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set in a sleepy Austrian mountain village, ex-detective Simon Brenner has grown weary of his job repossessing cars and embarks on an extended getaway to the countryside. But before long he becomes embroiled in the convoluted world of the locals of a supposedly quiet town.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, sincere, detective, offbeat
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Themroc (1973)
Plot Summary:
Made without proper language, just gibberish and grunts, "Themroc" is an absurdist comedy about a man who rejects every facet of normal bourgeois life and turns his apartment into a virtual cave.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, erotic, intellectual, experimental, controversial, cult classic, absurd, avant garde
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Ferpect Crime (2004)
Plot Summary:
A playboy has the tables turned on him when he finds himself being used as a plaything by an undesirable woman in this black comedy from Spain.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, surreal, funny, black comedy, cynical, hilarious, sexy, talky, suspense
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Salt and Pepper (1968)
Plot Summary:
London nightclub owners (Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford) play spy and foil a military madman out to overthrow the government.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, stylized, semi serious, slapstick
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The Accidental Detective (2015)
Plot Summary:
Dae-man is a crime enthusiast who runs a power blog about the country’s biggest cold cases. He aspired to be a homicide detective but after years of failed attempts, he now runs a comic store. He walks on eggshells around his wife for failing to provide for the family. But he cannot help himself making daily trips to the police station. One day, his best friend and detective, Jun-su, is charged with the murder. Dae-man sets out to investigate to prove his friend’s innocence. Only the washed up Detective Noh offers to help his colleague in trouble. A cold case specialist blogger’s theory coupled with field experience of a seasoned detective and the two launch a joint investigation into their friend’s alleged murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful
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Hot Target (1985)
Plot Summary:
Wife of successful NZ businessman is seduced by fellow American after "chance" meeting in park. However, Greg has more than love-making with the beautiful Christine in mind.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, New Zealand
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, erotic, independent film, cult film
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The Octopus (1998)
Plot Summary:
Gabriel, dit Le Poulpe (The Octopus) is a laid-back private investigator who works on cases for his own pleasure. He is drawn to the fictional Loire Valley port of Angerneau, with his lover Clotilde who has been summoned by the police concerning the defacement of a deceased relative's grave. Since Angernau is her home town, she wants to leave it as soon as possible to avoid old acquaintances, but Gabriel stumbles on intriguing events concerning the cargo of a ship in port.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 773
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, detective, perverse, black comedy, weird
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Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
Plot Summary:
Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of them begins a series of pranks on the other to suggest a real threat. Then they find that a real psychopath is interested in them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, absurd, dark comedy, disgusting, realistic, semi serious, tragic ending, black comedy, psychological
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The Devil and Ms. D (1999)
Plot Summary:
Psychiatrist Cora is in a professional crisis, two of her patients have succumbed to each other. Stanislaus Nagy appears in her practice, a strange young man possessed by Maria Callas. But Cora has anything but a harmless Callas admirer. The man suddenly claims to be the bodily devil and, hidden inside his poodle, has directed the life of the opera dives. Nagy also gains a strange power over Cora's fate.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: non-linear
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Bill Burr: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fresh, unflinching and devastatingly honest, Bill Burr lets loose in this feature length comedy special. Burr shares his essential tips for surviving the zombie apocalypse, exposes how rom-coms ruin great sex and explains how too many childhood hugs may be the ultimate downfall of man.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, funny, light, humorous, suspense, melancholic, witty, black and white, tense, thought provoking
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Happy End (1967)
Plot Summary:
A 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 motivations.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: experimental, black comedy, absurd, dark fantasy, avant garde, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, dark comedy, metafiction, alternative comedy
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Guest House Paradiso (1999)
Plot Summary:
Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famous Italian filmstar, Gina Carbonara, who is in hiding from a fiance she doesn't want to marry, arrives at the hotel, things get very interesting!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, disturbing, disgusting, funny, surreal, dark comedy, offbeat, slapstick comedy
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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Plot Summary:
Larry Donner is a author and writing professor who tutors people who want to write books. Larry's life has become a misery when his Ex-wife has published a book he wrote under her name and has gotten rich over it. Owen Lift, one of Larry's students offers Larry to kill Larry's Ex-wife and in return Owen wants Larry to kill his horrible mother. Larry thinks it is a joke, until he learns Owen killed his Ex-wife and he has become the prime suspect.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, exciting, semi serious, funny, suspense, dark, clever, parody
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Exit to Eden (1994)
Plot Summary:
Elliot is going to the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but inadvertently photographs diamond smugglers at work. Smugglers, and detectives, follow him to the island, where they try to retrieve the film. Elliot begins falling in love with Lisa, the head mistress of the island, and Lisa must evaluate her feelings about Elliot and her own motivations.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, sexual, teen sex comedy, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sex comedy
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Violet & Daisy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surreal, melancholic, intense, absurd, freeze frame, cult classic, rough, offbeat, humorous, serious
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Buffet Froid (1979)
Plot Summary:
An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surreal, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, mindfuck, anthology, cult classic, offbeat, witty
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R.S.V.P. (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young man invites a group of his closest friends to a party, where he proceeds to discreetly kill them all.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense, surprise ending, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
Plot Summary:
An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage film makers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: cynical, satirical, absurd, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic, independent film, humorous, underground film
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The Voices (2014)
Plot Summary:
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: black comedy, surreal, psychological, dark comedy, disturbing, humorous, dark, offbeat, suspense, independent film
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Pink Flamingos (1972)
Plot Summary:
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, disturbing, controversial, underground film, black comedy, grindhouse, dark comedy, surreal, erotic, disgusting
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Mr. Freedom (1968)
Plot Summary:
A pro-America superhero destroys France to prevent Communists from taking over.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: black comedy, mind bending, psychedelic, political, surreal, satirical, psychotronic, spoof, avant garde, parody
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Birthday Girl (2001)
Plot Summary:
A shy bank clerk orders a Russian mail order bride, and finds his life turned upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, harsh, tense, suspenseful, suspense, dark comedy, enigmatic, realistic, erotic, black comedy
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Jawbreaker (1999)
Plot Summary:
3 of Reagan High School's most popular girls pretend to kidnap their friend by shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. Now the leader of the pack will do anything to keep the accident a secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, teen, black comedy, absurd, humorous, cult classic, parody, dark, teen horror, gothic
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The Ladykillers (2004)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, absurd, bad ending, hilarious, clever, light
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Get Shorty (1995)
Plot Summary:
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, clever, intense, light, suspense, entertaining, witty, talky, dark comedy
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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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Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
Plot Summary:
Sergei and Simon have to deliver a suitcase full of heroin to Mikhalych or else they will be killed. There is one minor detail: the only problem-solving technique they are familiar with is a shot in the head. There are more than 20 Russian-movie stars in the film, but you will not be able to recognize them immediately since they are all in disguise.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: black comedy, realistic, buddy comedy, dark comedy, serious, suspenseful
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The Family (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 122000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, funny, stylized, cynical, suspense, hilarious, satirical, parody, romantic
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Delicatessen (1991)
Plot Summary:
This bizarre surrealistic black comedy takes place in a small fictitious post-apocalyptic town where food is scarce and butcher Clapet has the macabre business of using human flesh to feed his customers. Yet when his daughter falls in love with his next slaughter victim things turn into chaos.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, atmospheric, art house, visual, cult classic, dark fantasy, apocalyptic, futuristic
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Micmacs (2009)
Plot Summary:
A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers. Avid movie-watcher and video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco and one fateful night a stray bullet from a nearby shootout embeds itself in his skull, leaving him on the verge of instantaneous death. Losing his job and his home, Bazil wanders the streets until he meets Slammer, a pardoned convict who introduces him to a band of eccentric junkyard dealers including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist. When chance reveals to Bazil the two weapons manufacturers responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, he constructs a complex scheme for revenge that his newfound family is all too happy to help set in motion.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surreal, light, atmospheric, cult classic, humorous, absurd, funny, touching, sweet, visual