::DARK COMEDIES WITH PESKY CORPSES, BOTCHED KIDNAPPINGS, MURDEROUS BLUNDERS & ACCIDENTAL DEATHS::
THE GIST OF THE LIST: Dark comedies where a dead body proves to be a very pesky problem, mistaken identities often lead to mistaken kidnappings and murders, and some deaths happen to be just freak accidents...
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CAMMANDO (MEN-ON-A-MISSION) THRILLERS
CON THRILLERS
COURTROOM THRILLERS
CULT EUROPEAN SUPERHERO MOVIES
DARK COMEDIES WITH PESKY CORPSES, BOTCHED KIDNAPPINGS, MURDEROUS BLUNDERS & ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
DEALS WITH THE DEVIL
DINNER PARTIES FROM HELL
DON'T PERFORM THE AUTOPSY! I'M NOT DEAD!
GOTHIC HORROR
HEIST THRILLERS
HEROIC BLOODSHED + BULLET BALLET + GUN-FU
HOLLYWOOD GIALLO (+ ITS OTHERS)
INNOCENT FUGITIVE ON-THE-RUN THRILLERS
ITALIAN GIALLO (+ ITS OTHERS)
LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES + IMPOSSIBLE CRIMES
LO-FI SCI-FI
ONE ROOM THRILLERS
PARALLEL UNIVERSES, ALTERNATE REALITIES, FEVERISH DREAMS
POLICE PROCEDURALS
PRISON ESCAPE THRILLERS
RURAL-COUNTRY THRILLERS
THEOLOGICAL FILMS
THRILLING SHORT FILMS
THRILLING TV EPISODES
THRILLING TV MOVIES
UNKNOWN + UNAVAILABLE THRILLERS
VANISHED PERSON THRILLERS
[LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER]
OTHER LISTS:
CAMMANDO (MEN-ON-A-MISSION) THRILLERS
CON THRILLERS
COURTROOM THRILLERS
CULT EUROPEAN SUPERHERO MOVIES
DARK COMEDIES WITH PESKY CORPSES, BOTCHED KIDNAPPINGS, MURDEROUS BLUNDERS & ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
DEALS WITH THE DEVIL
DINNER PARTIES FROM HELL
DON'T PERFORM THE AUTOPSY! I'M NOT DEAD!
GOTHIC HORROR
HEIST THRILLERS
HEROIC BLOODSHED + BULLET BALLET + GUN-FU
HOLLYWOOD GIALLO (+ ITS OTHERS)
INNOCENT FUGITIVE ON-THE-RUN THRILLERS
ITALIAN GIALLO (+ ITS OTHERS)
LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES + IMPOSSIBLE CRIMES
LO-FI SCI-FI
ONE ROOM THRILLERS
PARALLEL UNIVERSES, ALTERNATE REALITIES, FEVERISH DREAMS
POLICE PROCEDURALS
PRISON ESCAPE THRILLERS
RURAL-COUNTRY THRILLERS
THEOLOGICAL FILMS
THRILLING SHORT FILMS
THRILLING TV EPISODES
THRILLING TV MOVIES
UNKNOWN + UNAVAILABLE THRILLERS
VANISHED PERSON THRILLERS
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- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsFrançoise RosayMichel SimonJean-Pierre AumontIn Victorian London, a crime novelist and his wife fake their disappearance in order to hide from an uptight Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against the "evils" of crime fiction.
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsEdward G. RobinsonJane BryanAllen JenkinsFormer bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.A terrific oldie that's based on a stage play... many of these early screwy dark comedies that deal with pesky corpses, mistaken identities, confused kidnappings, and accidental deaths are based on plays.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsCarole LombardJack BennyRobert StackDuring the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.Plays out like a screwball comedy directed by Alfred Hitchcock - mistaken identities, clever escapes, and a dead body that proves troublesome for his look a-like who is very much alive. Probably my all time favorite screwball comedy.
Remade in 1983, to less effect, by Mel Brooks. - DirectorFrank CapraStarsCary GrantPriscilla LaneRaymond MasseyA Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.As above, this is based on a stage play... and is probably the best example of a play doing this sort of stuff!
- DirectorAlbert HermanStarsJ. Edward BrombergIsabel RandolphFrank JenksA feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackmailing McDonald ends up murdered and his corpse planted in the trunk of Kruger's car.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsFred MacMurrayHelen WalkerMarjorie MainProfessional pollster Pete Marshall gets more than he bargained for when he heads deep into the Ozarks to investigate the disappearances of several of his colleagues.Hillbilly hijinks mixed up with murder, stashed loot, and other zaniness.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMady CorrellAllison RoddanA suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.
- DirectorCarlo RimStarsFernandelBerthe BovyGermaine KerjeanThe aunt of Alfred Puc, a meek tax-collector in Paris, dies while riding in a moving van. The driver, not wishing to be bothered by a police interrogation, hides her corpse in a cupboard before notifying Alfred. But the van is stolen. Alfred, being the heir of a rich lady, begins a frantic search to locate the missing van and the cupboard because one can't claim an inheritance if there is no 'corpus delecti.' In his search, he gets caught up in an underworld web and finds the body of a murdered gangster in his room. He finally locates the cupboard but promptly loses it again. But, wait, it isn't "finis' time, yet.
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsRex HarrisonLinda DarnellRudy ValleeA man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.
- DirectorRobert HamerStarsDennis PriceAlec GuinnessValerie HobsonA distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.A man wants to be a duke... so naturally he murders all the heirs to leave himself the only surviving member! A fine, dignified, classic comedy that just so happens to dabble with a murder spree.
- DirectorSacha GuitryStarsMichel SimonJean DebucourtJacques VarennesThrough a series of circumstances and plot twists an enterprising man manages to get away with murdering his wife, even though he cheerfully admits his guilt in court.
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsFernandelFrançoise RosayMarie-Claire OliviaA group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving a soporific soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard. The story unfolds as the monk tries to save the guest's lives without violating the holy secrecy of the confession.The manager of the inn confesses to a monk whose staying overnight that he has a nasty habit of poisoning the guests with soup... The monk obviously tries to warn the other guests that their lives are in danger, but the twist is that he can't break the holy secrecy of confession! What to do?!
- DirectorMario MonicelliStenoStarsGina LollobrigidaMay BrittPierre CressoyAn industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce and marry the model he's fallen in love with. This leads to a series of thefts, blackmail and a suicide as well.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsErnesto AlonsoMiroslavaRita MacedoThe delirious journey of a mentally disordered man, who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAlec GuinnessPeter SellersCecil ParkerFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.Another classic comedy about a group of thieves who are tempted to murder their landlady out of fear she knows too much... but when the begin to fear one another, the bodies begin to pile up.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJohn ForsytheShirley MacLaineEdmund GwennHarry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.Hitchcock's take on this peculiar sub-genre... a proper, dignified comedy about a corpse who simply seems to pop up in the most inconvenient places...
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockCedric HardwickeJohn WilliamsMr. Princey's daughter has just murdered the schoolmaster. A murderess in the family? That won't do. It's up to Mr. Princey to frame someone else for her crime.An episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" where a father has the thoroughly unsavory duty of disposing a body... and the unquestionably unpleasant task of finding someone to blame in order to protect his daughter... after all, we can't have a murderer in the family, can we now?
- 1955–196230mTV-147.5 (749)TV EpisodeDirectorJules BrickenStarsAlfred HitchcockDorothy StickneyCarmen MathewsCissie Enright is not exactly thrilled with the idea of poisoning the real estate man. But her sister, Joanna, insists that it's the only way.Two old ladies meticulously plot the poisoning of a rather horrid man... Their plan works... but forget they never planned on what to do with the corpse!
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockDavid WayneSteve BrodieSam Jacoby has his wife's corpse in the trunk of his car, and is menaced by a motorcycle cop, who nags him about a taillight.
- 1955–196230mTV-146.9 (589)TV EpisodeDirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockPeter LorreGeorge PeppardA married couple stands to inherit 30,000 British pounds when the wife's aunt riding with them dies, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen.
- DirectorPaul HenreidStarsAlfred HitchcockJoan TetzelScott McKayA murderer holding a bickering married couple at gunpoint, tries to decide which one to kill, but their constant arguing over who should die confuses him.
- 1955–196230mTV-148.3 (1.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockBarbara Bel GeddesHarold J. StoneAfter Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsAlfred HitchcockSteve ForrestJoanna MooreA wife refuses to let her husband squander away the money from a 133,000-dollar sweepstakes ticket inherited from her first dead spouse, so he plans on killing her.
- 1955–196230mTV-146.9 (554)TV EpisodeDirectorJames NeilsonStarsAlfred HitchcockDennis MorganEstelle WinwoodA handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.
- DirectorRobert DayBasil DeardenStarsAlastair SimGeorge ColeTerry-ThomasAn assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.An assassin can't quite seem to kill his target and a man tries to stop the assassin but no one quite seems to believe him.
- DirectorNigel PatrickStarsNigel PatrickCharles CoburnWendy HillerThe impoverished Clitterburn family live on a grand English estate but times are hard and the head of the household, Sir Henry, seizes upon news of the impending arrival of their rich Canadian Uncle George as the solution to their financial troubles.British comedy.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsGlenn FordDebbie ReynoldsCarl ReinerTV writer Elliott Nash buries something under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let it rest there.Another clever comedy about a husband who accidentally (or rather, intentionally but accidentally) kills (or rather, causes indirectly but purposefully) a death of a man... and now faces the pesky problem of hiding it from the eyes of his wife... A perfect time to start work on that new gazebo!
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsAlberto SordiVittorio GassmanNino ManfrediA randomly formed group of Italians gets deeply involved in a crime in Montacarlo.
- DirectorRogelio A. GonzálezStarsArturo de CórdovaAmparo RivellesElda PeraltaA taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after fifteen years of hellish marriage.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsMarcello MastroianniDaniela RoccaStefania SandrelliA married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsFrancis MatthewsLisa DanielyIan FlemingA stubborn couple plan to defend a treasured lamp from those who want to remove it from its rightful place.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsVincent PricePeter LorreBoris KarloffDishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.A funeral parlor has bills to pay so they go to stir up some more customers... through murder! Richard Matheson wrote this gem!
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsLino VenturaBernard BlierFrancis BlancheA dying mob boss hands over his business to an old friend, Fernand. The boss' assistants want to get rid of the latter. But are the Volfoni brothers and Théo real threats? Ensuing fights and shootouts are more comical than deadly.French gangster comedy with a series of comical killings...
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsSylva KoscinaSergio FantoniScilla GabelLaura is the victim of a blackmail, asks for help to her childhood friends Renata, Marina and Giovanna in the meantime become a nun to collect the amount requested.
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsMichel SerraultMaurice BiraudLouis de FunèsJockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. He somehow manages to parry the gangster's knife attack backstage at a theatre and the latter ends up dead being put into a double bass case. A day later the gangster mysteriously has disappeared, but it turns out that he was carrying a bet ticket for a horse race now worth over a million. A turbulent run for the money begins.
- DirectorFernando Fernán GómezStarsCarlos LarrañagaTota AlbaLina CanalejasPaquita and her brother Venancio, both single and childish, live in a small town near Madrid. Their bossy eldest sister Ignacia, also an old maid, dominates them. One night, Paquita hears her sister tell somebody about her intention to sell all the family wealth. Once the money is gathered, she wishes to travel to Paris with the mysterious person and get rid of her brother and sister. Paquita and Venancio are terrified...
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsLeo McKernJanet MunroMaxine AudleyAn English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least have a good laugh.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsJack LemmonVirna LisiTerry-ThomasA dedicated bachelor drunkenly marries a young woman and immediately lives to regret it.
- DirectorGianni PucciniStarsFranco FranchiCiccio IngrassiaRosalba NeriSix sketches with as many ways of murdering someone, and getting away with it.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsRobert MorseJonathan WintersAnjanette ComerSatire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.A black comedy from Tony Richardson ("Tom Jones") about a funeral parlor and its many strange employees...
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsShirley JonesStella StevensHonor BlackmanFast climbing Arthur Tate rose to his fame, wealth and respectability quickly from a beginning as a naive constable His rise was also due to 3 women: dressmaker Violet Lawson, Lily, the Baroness von Lukenberg, and movie producer Marigold Marado, His rise was also due to Mrs. Tate, who always seemed to have an extra bit of information which would make her suggest to the people that her son Arthur be provided a position where he could do more good. Perhaps Mrs. Tate had a grander plan for herself.
- DirectorKen HughesStarsTony CurtisRosanna SchiaffinoLionel JeffriesNick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!A husband tries to kill his wife for her money. His wife plans the same for him. Hilarity ensues.
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsLino VenturaMireille DarcJean LefebvreAntoine helps two former acquaintances escape the country, who repay him with a debt transfer. All he has to do is collect from some Léonard Michalon, but for that he will have to go into much trouble to keep the man alive.
- DirectorSven MethlingStarsHelle VirknerMaria GarlandElse-MarieBettina Eriksen, manager of her Uncle Teodor's nursing home, is being framed for murder. With the help of 2 older ladies, Bettina sets out to find out the murderer's identity and motive.
- DirectorT.L.P. SwicegoodStarsWarrene OttJames WestmorelandMarty FriedmanAn undertaker and his two friends, who are restaurateurs, make business by going out on town and killing people; the restaurateurs use body parts for their menu, the entrepreneur buries the rest.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsJohn MillsMichael CaineRalph RichardsonIn Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other, or can be made to have seemed to do so.A corpse is mistaken for at least three different individuals, causing mayhem in this British romp... Bryan Forbes ("Seance On A Wet Afternoon", "The Stepford Wives") directs this cult classic!
- DirectorJirí MenzelIvo NovákLadislav RychmanStarsLubomír LipskýJan PreucilPetr KostkaThree short story omnibus. The main hero and connecting link is Lieutenant Boruvka, created by Lubomír Lipsky. He deals with the murder case between climbers, the death of the dancer in the music theater and the strange disappearance of the mathematics professor.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsSid CaesarRobert RyanAnne BaxterSid Caesar stars as the bumbling right-hand man of mob boss Robert Ryan, who is sent to find a corpse buried in a suit lined with stolen mob money.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsRex HarrisonSusan HaywardCliff RobertsonIn Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy ex-girlfriends into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.
- 19671h 26mNot Rated4.8 (324)DirectorRichard QuineAlexander MackendrickStarsRosalind RussellRobert MorseBarbara HarrisA domineering mother and her sheltered son fly face first into love, murder, and the meaning of family in this black comedy based on Arthur Kopit's Broadway play.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinBernard GirardStarsGeraldine PageRuth GordonRosemary ForsythAn aging widow hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to keep buried.Housekeepers keep on disappearing from a widower's house in this black comedy...
- DirectorMichel AudiardStarsAnnie GirardotBernard BlierMireille DarcHousemaid Georgette (Girardot) loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsBeryl ReidHarry AndrewsPeter McEnerySloane, a manipulative lodger, joins Kath's household. Kemp recognizes Sloane as a murderer. Sloane kills Kemp. The story takes an unexpected turn regarding Sloane's fate, deviating from conventional justice.
- DirectorKnut BohwimStarsAud SchønemannArve OpsahlThorleif ReissCleaning lady Lilly Hansen finds her employer, managing director Martinsen, with a knife in his back. The police is summoned and Chief Inspector Bakker is put on the case, despite suffering from the flu. When he arrives at the scene, the body is gone, to Lilly Hansen's dismay. Shortly after a body is found in nearby Palace Park...
- DirectorHarold PrinceStarsAngela LansburyMichael YorkAnthony HigginsIn post-war Austria, young, handsome country lad Konrad Ludwig (Michael York) charms his way into a butler position at the castle of the widowed (and destitute) Countess von Ornstein (Angela Lansbury). He is soon running the entire household--and all the bedrooms, as he starts affairs with the countess' son Helmuth (Anthony Higgins) and Anneliese Pleschke (Heidelinde Weis), the daughter of wealthy businessman Herr Pleschke (John Gill). From this, Konrad decides to get his twp lovers to marry each other and restore the countess' finances.
- DirectorElaine MayStarsWalter MatthauElaine MayJack WestonHenry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder. So he intends to marry a rich woman and - murder her.
- DirectorJean GiraultStarsLouis de FunèsClaude GensacMichel GalabruA writer of detective stories desperately trying to hide a corpse in his house - and at the same time to know exactly who he killed accidentally.
- DirectorOldrich LipskýStarsLubomír LipskýJirina BohdalováIva JanzurováTwo criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer and cunningly uses his horrifying reputation to get the respect and heart of his beloved Sabrina, a journalist from a local newspaper. But this game turns out to be risky and in the end, both gangs don't hesitate to seize the check at all costs, including an improvised operation.
- DirectorVáclav VorlícekStarsIva JanzurováOlga SchoberováEduard CupákAfter a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic serial killer Fany Stubová. They also manage to kill king's astrologer Stuart Hample, who warns the king. Accidentally, Hample's brain is implanted into assassin's body, actress Keleti is killed and chaos begins.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsPeter O'TooleAlastair SimArthur LoweA member of the House of Lords dies, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son thinks he is Jesus Christ. Their other, somewhat more respectable family members plot to steal the estate from him; murder and mayhem ensue.A man thinks he's Christ... then Jack the Ripper... and there are musical numbers (?!)
- DirectorJean-Louis TrintignantStarsJacques DufilhoLuce MarquandFranco PesceA father plans to kill, in the same day, the nine members of the jury who had condemned his son to the death sentence.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsLino VenturaJacques BrelCaroline CellierMilan must kill Louis Randoni before he testifies in a court of law. He is disturbed by his depressed roommate François Pignon who commits suicide by hanging himself from the toilet pipe flooding Milan's room. Here he is stuck in problems.A hit man tries to keep a low profile but his suicidal neighbor keeps on trying to bump himself off in the most attention-grabbing ways...
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsJames CaanPeter BoyleSally KellermanA car thief gets out on parole from a penitentiary and intends to go straight. Nonetheless, he ends up in a wild goose chase for stolen cash, together with a small-time bandleader and his wife, and a friendly free-spirited woman.
- DirectorAlejandro GalindoStarsDavid ReynosoGonzalo VegaCelia ViverosWhen a union leader dies in a sleazy hotel room, his wife, mistress, co-workers flock to the hotel with the police, reporters, colleagues, and political figures--each with their own intentions.
- DirectorLarry YustStarsPeter BroccoFrances FullerWilliam HansenWhen a group of pensioners learns that their homes are to be torn down, they take action. An attempt to discourage soon escalates into murder of construction workers.
- DirectorFrancis GirodStarsMichel PiccoliRomy SchneiderMascha GonskaA cunning French legal adviser teams up with an unemployed German girl and her sister to commit murders in Marseille.French comedy with a dead body, a bath tub, and a bottle of acid.
- DirectorMichel AudiardStarsJean CarmetBernard BlierMaria PacômeThree thieves, Henri-Pierre, Bob and Dimitri decide to take on Frankie Strong, a wealthy businessman.
- DirectorDean HargroveStarsGabriel DellWill GeerAnjanette ComerA chicken hatchery owner (and novice private eye) tries to solve the arrow murder of local milkman, philanderer and animal fetishist.Spoof of Film Noir.
- DirectorStanislaw BarejaStarsKrzysztof KowalewskiWojciech PokoraJanina TraczykównaModest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast made by a Gypsy woman, that at evening time he will murder a mysterious brunet. He is trying to escape the destiny, but to no avail...
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsKaren BlackBruce DernBarbara HarrisA phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.Hitchcock incorporates dark humour with a story about a couple who stumble upon some serial kidnappers!
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsDagmar HavlováIlja PracharVít OlmerIn a white jeep the waitress Gita from the hotel Bobí vrch reproaches to the driver who has not left his wife yet. She gives him an ultimatum: if he does not do all according to her wish, she will announce to the police his machinations with foreign currency. The driver does not like her blackmailing and therefore he runs her over on an empty mountain road.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsGene WilderRichard PryorJill ClayburghOn a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.A spoof of Hitchcock, complete with kidnappings, vanished bodies, and accidental deaths!
- DirectorRobert MooreStarsPeter FalkAlec GuinnessPeter SellersFive famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.Neil Simon's zany murder mystery screwball comedy!
- DirectorColin HigginsStarsGoldie HawnChevy ChaseBurgess MeredithA San Francisco librarian picks up a hitchhiker whose car has broken down, which leads to her being stalked and hunted by shady individuals. A cop she briefly met during a function eventually comes to her rescue.Another spoof of Hitchcock films...
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsGeorge SegalJacqueline BissetRobert MorleyOne by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. Each chef murdered in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest Chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.Wacky, zany murder mystery with bodies disposed of the most interesting ways...
- DirectorBertrand BlierStarsGérard DepardieuBernard BlierJean CarmetAlphonse lives in an empty building. Empty but for one neighbour, the police captain Morvandieu. When the man who have killed Alphonse's wife appears, the three men will be thrown in a serie of event in a surrealist world.
- DirectorBob SpiersStarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsOne of the guests has died in his sleep, but Basil thinks it's due to serving him spoiled food.An episode from the show "Fawlty Towers" - a guest dies (perhaps due to the "kipper" being not so fresh) and the keepers of the inn need to keep this quiet from the other guests...
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsMichael CaineChristopher ReeveDyan CannonA Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.Michael Caine wants to steal a young writer's stage play... by murdering him and taking all the credit!
- DirectorPaul BartelStarsMary WoronovPaul BartelRobert BeltranA relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.How to get rid of all the dead bodies you keep accumulating? Cannibalism, naturally...
- DirectorJean-Marie PoiréStarsAnémoneJosiane BalaskoMarie-Anne ChazelTwo neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.The dead body may not appear until the last third of the film, but when it does it becomes the focal point of the picture... and just how they dispose of this pesky corpse is utterly audacious!
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJerry LewisDiahnne AbbottA passionate yet unsuccessful comedian stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.Psychotic stand up comedian kidnaps talk show host to get on his show...
- DirectorAlan JohnsonStarsMel BrooksAnne BancroftRonny GrahamAt the onset of WW2, a Polish actor's family and the Polish Resistance help the troupe of a theatre escape Poland and the invading Nazis.A remake of the Ernst Lubitsch classic. Not as good, but the scenes with Charles Durning occasionally capture the magic of the original - his Oscar nomination was well deserved.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJohn GetzFrances McDormandDan HedayaThe owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.The Coen brothers seem to be the master of this peculiar genre... a mistaken murder and a corpse who doesn't seem to want to be buried highlight this classic dark comedy/thriller.
- DirectorBruce R. CookStarsGreg MullaveyMeredith MacRaeGarrett MorrisExasperated by his intrusions, a family shoots a census taker and tries to hide his body from a detective.Strange film that is like "Who's Afraid Of The Virginia Wolf?" but with laughs and a dead body. Timothy Bottoms is hilarious and his role seems to foreshadow Kevin Kline's role in "A Fish Called Wanda" (they even look and act the same in both films).
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsKatsuya KobayashiMitsuko BaishôYoshiki ArizonoAfter moving into a new house, a family starts acting crazier and crazier.Surreal satire that culminates in the family trying to bump off one another.
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsDudley MooreNastassja KinskiArmand AssanteA composer who suspects his wife of cheating plots to kill her and frame her lover.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsGriffin DunneRosanna ArquetteVerna BloomAn ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.Paul Hackett meets a woman, goes to her apartment, and finds her dead... just the beginning of his nightmarish journey!
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsSusan SarandonRaul JuliaEdward HerrmannAn ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
- DirectorJonathan LynnStarsEileen BrennanTim CurryMadeline KahnSix guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up."Nobody. No body, that's what we mean. Mr. Boddy's body, it's gone."
- DirectorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsBette MidlerDanny DeVitoJudge ReinholdA couple cheated by a vile businessman kidnaps his wife in retaliation, not knowing that their enemy is delighted that they did.A kidnapping gone wrong scheme with Danny DeVito!
- DirectorMika KaurismäkiStarsKari VäänänenRoberta ManfrediJean-Pierre CastaldiFinlander Alex works as a taxi-driver in Berlin and is married to an Italian. One night, two men get into his taxi with a briefcase full of money. Unluckily for Alex, they are being chased by gangsters whose money was stolen. They get killed in a shoot-out and Alex must get rid of their bodies.Finnish (!) dark comedy about a taxi cab finding a suitcase full of cash and two dead bodies to go with it... What to do? Keep the cash and dispose of the bodies... a job that proves nearly impossible!
- DirectorNorman MailerStarsRyan O'NealIsabella RosselliniDebra StipeWriter, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.
- DirectorDanny DeVitoStarsDanny DeVitoBilly CrystalKim GreistA bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off?Another Danny DeVito vehicle... takes a Hitchcockian idea of swapping murders and plays it for laughs!
- DirectorCharles CrichtonJohn CleeseStarsJohn CleeseJamie Lee CurtisKevin KlineIn London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.A cult classic. Hilarious how Michael Palin continually fails in trying to kill an old woman.
- DirectorNikola-Kole AngelovskiStarsDimce MeskovskiVladimir-Dadi AngelovskiDjordji JolevskiVery black and grotesque comedy about the little office-worker Tase and his death wife Kata. She died in hospital in Skopje, the capitol of Macedonia, but the nurses mixed bodies of deaths. Then he must make exchange of bodies with Klime, the banker. But Tase lives in Prilep and Klime lives even in Ohrid... Then it becomes tragicomedy!The title says it all!
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsWinona RyderChristian SlaterShannen DohertyAt Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.High school outcasts murder the popular students and make them look like suicide... doesn't sound funny, but it is!
- DirectorJerry StoeffhaasJeff UrelesStarsJudson CampJohn GalateoClarke GordonThe owner of a sleazy hotel, along with his friend, decides to videotape a room that is rented by a sexually active couple. Inadvertently recording their murders, the men are soon faced with a dilemma as the killers come looking for the tape.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsBernard HillJoan PlowrightJuliet StevensonThree generations of women share the same problem--marriage woes--and want to put an end to it.
- DirectorMalcolm MowbrayStarsJohn LithgowTeri GarrLaura AlcaldeSunny is married to Ernie and their marriage is on the rocks. One evening drunken Ernie and Dave have a fight which results in Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he dies during the night.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsTom HanksBruce DernCarrie FisherAn overstressed suburbanite and his neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block is part of a murderous Satanic cult.Tom Hanks thinks there is a cannibalistic cult in their suburban neighborhood!