American black comedy films

1999 US film directed by Sam Mendes

The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical dark comedy crime film co-produced and directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Terence Winter, and based on Jordan Belfort's 2007 memoir. It loosely recounts Belfort's career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street, leading to his downfall. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort; Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff; Margot Robbie as his second wife, Naomi Lapaglia; Matthew McConaughey as his mentor and former boss Mark Hanna; and Kyle Chandler as FBI special agent Patrick Denham portraying Gregory Coleman. It is DiCaprio's fifth collaboration with Scorsese.

2014 film by Alejandro González Iñárritu

2016 film directed by Tim Miller

1964 British satire film directed by Stanley Kubrick

1992 film by Quentin Tarantino

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is a 2019 period action comedy film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is a co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, and China. It features an ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie. Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the film follows a fading actor and his adrenaline junkie stunt double as they navigate the rapidly changing film industry with the threat of the Tate murders looming.

1996 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

2022 film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

2000 film directed by Mary Harron

2017 film directed by Martin McDonagh

2018 film directed by David Leitch

2014 film by Matthew Vaughn

2021 film directed by James Gunn

2008 film directed by Martin McDonagh

2019 film directed by Taika Waititi

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.

2006 film by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

1998 film by Guy Ritchie

1962 USA film by Stanley Kubrick

2010 film directed by Matthew Vaughn

2012 film directed by Seth MacFarlane

1992 film by Robert Zemeckis

2012 film by Larry Charles

1997 film by Barry Levinson

2014 film directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

1994 film directed by Oliver Stone

2023 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

1998 film by Terry Gilliam

1991 film by Barry Sonnenfeld

2002 film directed by Alexander Payne

2012 film directed by Drew Goddard

1996 film directed by Tim Burton

2008 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

1976 film by Sidney Lumet

2011 film directed by Wes Craven

1970 film by Robert Altman

2002 film directed by Spike Jonze

1991 film by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

2013 film by Rawson Marshall Thurber

2011 film by Todd Phillips

1996 film by Ben Stiller

Sideways is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by Jim Taylor and Payne. A film adaptation of Rex Pickett's 2004 novel, Sideways follows two men in their forties, Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti), a depressed teacher and unsuccessful writer, and Jack Cole (Thomas Haden Church), a past-his-prime actor, who take a week-long road trip to Santa Barbara County wine country to celebrate Jack's upcoming wedding. Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen also star as women they encounter during their trip.

Gremlins is a 1984 American black comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo the Mogwai. It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force going back to World War II. The story follows Billy Peltzer, who receives Gizmo as a pet, who then spawns more of his kind that evolve into the titular imp-like monsters that wreak havoc on Billy's hometown during Christmas E

1999 animated film directed by Trey Parker

2011 film by Jake Kasdan

1993 film by Tony Scott

1933 film directed by Leo McCarey

1982 film by Martin Scorsese

2013 American comedy film directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

1994 film directed by Kevin Smith

1990 US film by David Lynch

1999 film by Harold Ramis

2013 film directed by Todd Phillips

2006 film by Paul McGuigan

2011 American black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon

2016 animated film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan

2009 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

2009 film by Karyn Kusama

1947 film by Charlie Chaplin