English-language 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

2016 film directed by David Ayer

2002 film by Rob Marshall

1996 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

1996 film by Danny Boyle

2022 film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

1950 film by Billy Wilder

1979 film directed by Terry Jones

2000 film directed by Mary Harron

2018 film directed by David Leitch

2014 film by Matthew Vaughn

2021 film directed by James Gunn

2019 film directed by Taika Waititi

2008 film directed by Martin McDonagh

1985 dystopian film by Terry Gilliam

2006 film by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

2010 film directed by Matthew Vaughn

2000 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

1998 film by Guy Ritchie

1962 USA film by Stanley Kubrick

Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. The film's eleven-actor ensemble cast is led by Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, a famed private detective who is summoned to investigate the death of a bestselling author. Police think his death is a suicide but Blanc suspects foul play and investigates to ascertain the true cause of it. Johnson produced Knives Out with his longtime collaborator Ram Bergman. Funding came from MRC and tax subsidies from the Massachusetts state government.

2014 film directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

1997 film by Barry Levinson

2012 film by Larry Charles

2023 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

1998 film by Terry Gilliam

2008 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

1976 film by Sidney Lumet

1996 film directed by Tim Burton

2002 film directed by Alexander Payne

1970 film by Robert Altman

1991 film by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

1997 film directed by Peter Cattaneo

2002 film directed by Spike Jonze

2005 film by Terry Gilliam

2013 film by Rawson Marshall Thurber

2011 film by Todd Phillips

2015 film directed by Guy Ritchie

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.

2001 film by Danis Tanović

2011 film by Jake Kasdan

1933 film directed by Leo McCarey

1999 animated film directed by Trey Parker

1993 film by Tony Scott

1982 film by Martin Scorsese

2013 film directed by Todd Phillips

1990 US film by David Lynch

2022 film directed by Ruben Östlund

1994 film directed by Kevin Smith

2015 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

1999 film by Harold Ramis

2009 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

2006 film by Paul McGuigan

2011 American black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon