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Italian black comedy films

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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 film by Luis Buñuel
Divorce, Italian Style
1961 Italian film
8 Women
2002 film by François Ozon
The Phantom of Liberty
1974 film by Luis Buñuel
Weekend
1967 film by Jean-Luc Godard
The Trial
1962 film by Orson Welles
The Idiots
1998 film by Lars von Trier
The Day of the Beast
1995 film by Álex de la Iglesia
The Palace
2023 film directed by Roman Polanski
L'emmerdeur
'''''L'emmerdeur''' (literally The Troublemaker, with the English title of A Pain in the Ass, often promoted as A Pain in the A__) is a 1973 French-Italian black comedy film, starring Jacques Brel, appearing in his tenth and final feature film. Directed by Édouard Molinaro and co-starring Lino Ventura, Caroline Cellier, and Jean-Pierre Darras, L'emmerdeur'' is an adaptation of Francis Veber's 1971 play Le contrat.
Cemetery Man
1994 film by Michele Soavi
Dr. Popaul
1972 film by Claude Chabrol
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972 film by Ettore Scola
The Time That Remains
2009 film directed by Elia Suleiman
Todo modo
1976 film by Elio Petri
Parenti serpenti
1992 Italian black comedy film by Mario Monicelli
Black Journal
1977 film by Mauro Bolognini
Put Grandma in the Freezer
2018 film by Giancarlo Fontana
Totò Diabolicus
1962 film by Stefano Vanzina
Action
1980 film directed by Tinto Brass
Thrilling
1965 film by Carlo Lizzani, Ettore Scola, Gian Luigi Polidoro
Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello
1971 film by Sergio Corbucci
Roma Bene
1971 film by Carlo Lizzani
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
1964 film by Ottavio Alessi
Oh, Grandmother's Dead
1969 film by Mario Monicelli
Nerosubianco
Nerosubianco, styled as nEROSubianco and also released with the international title Attraction, is an Italian black comedy (part collage film) directed by Tinto Brass. The film deals with a variety of contemporary themes such as sexual freedom, racial tensions, and political radicalism from the perspective of a young upper-class Italian woman. The film has also been titled rather exploitatively like The Artful Penetration of Barbara and as Black on White, a literal translation of the Italian title.
La supertestimone
1971 film by Franco Giraldi
Il... Belpaese
1977 film by Luciano Salce
La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone
1975 film by Pupi Avati
Mondo candido
1975 film by Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Family Therapy
2024 film by Sonja Prosenc
Black Humor
1965 film by José María Forqué
I Killed Napoléon
2015 film by Giorgia Farina