English-language black comedy films

2011 film by William Friedkin

The 'Burbs is a 1989 American dark comedy film directed by Joe Dante and written by Dana Olsen. It stars Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson and Gale Gordon.

2020 film by J Blakeson

1982 film by Wes Craven

1998 film directed by Todd Solondz

2006 film directed by Richard Kelly

1993 British film directed by Mike Leigh

2025 film directed by Wes Anderson

2014 film directed by Kevin Smith

2000 film by Nick Gomez

2001 American film by Dennis Dugan

1972 animated film by Ralph Bakshi

11:14 is a 2003 neo-noir black comedy thriller film written and directed by Greg Marcks (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Rachael Leigh Cook, Ben Foster, Clark Gregg, Colin Hanks, Shawn Hatosy, Barbara Hershey, Stark Sands, Hilary Swank, Patrick Swayze, and Henry Thomas. It follows five different storylines that all lead up to a series of events that happen one evening at 11:14.

Die My Love is a 2025 American psychological drama film directed by Lynne Ramsay, who co-wrote the screenplay with Enda Walsh and Alice Birch. Based on the 2012 novel by Ariana Harwicz, it follows a young mother in rural Montana whose severe postpartum depression and psychosis unravel her marriage to her husband and her grip on reality. The supporting cast includes LaKeith Stanfield, Nick Nolte, and Sissy Spacek.

2019 film directed by Dan Gilroy

2016 film by Mark Waters

2018 film directed by Susanna Fogel

2021 film directed by Matthias Schweighöfer

Eddington is a 2025 American satirical neo-Western thriller film written and directed by Ari Aster, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O'Connell, Micheal Ward, Austin Butler, and Emma Stone. Set in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd protests, the film examines the political and social turmoil in the fictional town of Eddington, New Mexico caused by the contested mayoral election fought between Sheriff Joe Cross (Phoenix) and Mayor Ted Garcia (Pascal).

2023 film directed by Kristoffer Borgli

1986 film by Michael Ritchie

1996 animated film directed by Mike Judge

1997 film directed by Danny Boyle

1991 film by Dennis Dugan, Brian Levant

2022 film directed by Tommy Wirkola

2001 film by Harald Zwart

1987 film directed by Bruce Robinson

1997 film directed by George Armitage

2011 film directed by Adam Wingard

2018 film by Jeff Tomsic

1984 film by Alex Cox

2012 film by Fisher Stevens

1964 film by J. Lee Thompson

2011 film directed by Jason Reitman

Saved! is a 2004 American satirical black comedy film directed by Brian Dannelly and starring Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Heather Matarazzo, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan, and Mary-Louise Parker. Its plot follows a teenage girl (Malone) at a Christian high school who has sex with her boyfriend in an attempt to "cure" him of his homosexuality. She becomes pregnant as a result and is ostracized by her schoolmates. It was filmed in British Columbia.

2004 film directed by Joel Zwick

2001 film by Tom Green

1992 film by Bob Rafelson

1985 comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn

1984 film by Michael Cimino, Stuart Rosenberg

1996 film directed by Steven Baigelman

2002 film by Danny DeVito

Caught Stealing is a 2025 American black comedy crime thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Austin Butler as a former star baseball player-turned-bartender who unwittingly runs afoul of New York City's criminal underbelly while pet sitting for his neighbor. Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'Onofrio, Benito Martínez Ocasio, Griffin Dunne, and Carol Kane appear in supporting roles. The film is based on a 2004 novel of the same name by Charlie Huston, who adapted it for the screenplay. The film's score was written by Rob Simonsen and recorded by the British post-punk band Idles.

2016 film directed by Nacho Vigalondo

1972 film by Elaine May

1967 film directed by Richard Lester

1993 film by E. Max Frye

1996 film by Jim Wilson

2017 film directed by Matt Spicer

2009 film by Jody Hill

2010 film directed by James Gunn

Pillion is a 2025 romantic dark comedy drama film written and directed by Harry Lighton, based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones. The film stars Harry Melling as a timid gay man and Alexander Skarsgård as an enigmatic biker who start a BDSM relationship.

2008 film directed by Nick Park

2000 film by Andrew Dominik

1984 film by Pedro Almodóvar

2016 film by Ben Wheatley

2014 film directed by Pascal Chaumeil

1994 film by Ted Demme

2002 film directed by Morgan J. Freeman

1995 film by Stacy Title