::DARK COMEDIES WITH PESKY CORPSES, BOTCHED KIDNAPPINGS, MURDEROUS BLUNDERS & ACCIDENTAL DEATHS::
by Schwenkstar | created - 14 Oct 2011 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicTHE 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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101. Parents (1989)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects that his parents are cannibalistic murderers.
Director: Bob Balaban | Stars: Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Bryan Madorsky
Votes: 8,584 | Gross: $0.87M
How does mum and pop keep on having the finest of prime rib every evening?
102. The War of the Roses (1989)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Romance
A married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht
Votes: 57,380 | Gross: $86.89M
Another Danny DeVito film!
103. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Two idiots try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser
Votes: 62,912 | Gross: $30.22M
I am not a fan but it does have a cult following... Followed by a sequel of such poor quality that I can not bring myself to add it to this list...
104. Death in Brunswick (1990)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Carl Fitzgerald is down-on-his-luck until he meets Sophie, a beautiful Greek girl. He gets a job as a cook, but accidentally kills a fellow worker. He turns to his unscrupulous best friend for help and they attempt to dispose of the body.
Director: John Ruane | Stars: Sam Neill, Zoe Carides, John Clarke, Yvonne Lawley
Votes: 1,445
105. Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime
A wife surprises her cop husband in bed with her kid sister. In the ensuing struggle, the wife is accidentally killed. Can they keep it a secret?
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Elizabeth Perkins, Judge Reinhold, Jeffrey Jones, Maureen Mueller
Votes: 542
106. I Love You to Death (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime
Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) owns a pizza parlor, and is married to Rosalie (Tracey Ullman). He's also a serial womanizer. Rosalie goes to extremes when she finds he has been cheating.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, William Hurt, Joan Plowright
Votes: 15,555 | Gross: $16.19M
Your husband is cheating on you? Kill him.
107. A Shock to the System (1990)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
When electrocuted by the fuse box at home, Graham gets ideas concerning his nagging wife and the guy, who got Graham's promotion at the office.
Director: Jan Egleson | Stars: Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert, Swoosie Kurtz
Votes: 5,854 | Gross: $3.42M
Pissed off at work? Kill your co-workers one by one in a clever plan of revenge...
108. Deja vu (1990)
108 min | Comedy, Crime, History
During the Prohibition, Chicago mob send a hitman after a traitor. The only problem is that his traces lead to Odessa, and no one hitman can overcome the hardcore Soviet bureaucracy.
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Galina Petrova, Nikolay Karachentsov, Vladimir Golovin
Votes: 1,542
109. Sibling Rivalry (1990)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy
A frustrated woman's life gets even more frustrating once she gets into an affair with a man who suffers a fatal heart attack after their fling.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Jami Gertz
Votes: 2,992 | Gross: $17.85M
A man dies during the act of lovemaking, a blind man thinks he did it, the police think its suicide... this film isn't all that good.
110. Dai yûkai (1991)
TV-PG | 120 min | Comedy, Crime
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place between captors ... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Tôru Kazama, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Katsuyasu Uchida, Shigeru Kôyama
Votes: 221
111. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy
Five siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz, Josh Charles
Votes: 38,014 | Gross: $25.20M
The babysitter dies... what do you do? Don't tell anyone, especially mom!
112. Missing Pieces (1991)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Eric Idle, Robert Wuhl, Lauren Hutton, Bob Gunton
Votes: 289
113. Guilty as Charged (1991)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime
A female parole officer discovers a secret death row prison under a meat plant, that's being run by the plant's unhinged vigilante owner and his reverend friend. A politician with a shady past becomes its latest "guest". But is he guilty?
Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Rod Steiger, Lauren Hutton, Heather Graham, Lyman Ward
Votes: 441
114. Hikinige Family (1992)
100 min | Comedy
It was a dark and rainy night. Momentarily distracted, salaryman Motomura runs over a young lady on a bicycle, panics and flees the scene. In discussion with his family, they all agree to ... See full summary »
Director: Toshiyuki Mizutani | Stars: Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Mie Nakao, Chiharu, Mitsunaro Hashimoto
Votes: 20
The father runs over a cyclist and wants to turn himself in... but the wife thinks that having a convicted felon in the family will never do! Tut! Tut! Cover up the dirty deed and think nothing more of it! Why, even the cover-up is bringing the family together! If only those pesky neighbors would stop wondering what those noises were coming from the garage...
115. Nero (1992)
100 min | Comedy, Crime
As a favor to his new girlfriend Francesca Federico visits her ex-lover's apartment and finds him dead. Desperately he tries to cover up the murder and attempts to get rid of the body which involves much more than he bargained for.
Director: Giancarlo Soldi | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Chiara Caselli, Carlo Colnaghi, Luis Molteni
Votes: 156
Nothing like finding a body in a suitcase...
116. Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Phoebe and a fellow American in Rome find a dog with a $5000 reward. They take a train to the owner in Monte Carlo. She turns up murdered. They run and become suspects just as 3 other Americans on the train.
Director: Eugene Levy | Stars: John Candy, Jim Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young
Votes: 5,315 | Gross: $8.67M
Comedy-Mystery from Eugene Levy...
117. Out of Order (1992)
110 min | Comedy
A minister plans a secret rendez vous with a woman from the far right opposition, when a dead body turns up in his hotel room.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Rolv Wesenlund, Nils Vogt, Kari Simonsen, Solfrid Heier
Votes: 240
118. The Paint Job (1992)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Thriller
About a love triangle, involving a house painter, his boss, and the boss's sensitive, vulnerable wife. The film turns into a picture of hidden desires, romantic dreams, and dangerous obsessions.
Director: Michael Taav | Stars: Will Patton, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Pastorelli, Casey Siemaszko
Votes: 227
119. The Player (1992)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 65,801 | Gross: $21.71M
A writer kills another writer and proceeds to try and get away with it...
120.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
What's Cookin'
(1992)
Not Rated | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Married couple Fred and Erma's restaurant has seen better days. But things change once a stranger walks in, with a rather unique steak recipe...
Director: Gilbert Adler | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Bess Armstrong, Art LaFleur, Meat Loaf
Votes: 1,194
121. Falling Down (1993)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin
Votes: 206,700 | Gross: $40.90M
The scene where Michael Douglas orders breakfast at McDonald's with an uzi is funny...
122. Home Fries (1998)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pregnant Sally unknowingly falls for the stepson of the deceased father of her baby and has to deal with his homicidal family.
Director: Dean Parisot | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Catherine O'Hara, Jake Busey
Votes: 8,928 | Gross: $10.44M
123. Head Above Water (1993)
97 min | Comedy, Thriller
Einar and Bjørn leave Lene on the island for a fishing trip, when her former lover, Gaute, appears drunk and falls asleep in her bed.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Lene Elise Bergum, Svein Roger Karlsen, Morten Abel, Reidar Sørensen
Votes: 1,242
A wonderfully tricky black comedy - from the oscar-nominated director of "Pathfinder" (1987).
124. So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A San Francisco poet who fears commitment suspects his girlfriend may have a knack for killing off her significant others.
Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer
Votes: 42,859 | Gross: $11.59M
Mike Meyers thinks he may have married an axe murderer!
125.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
Two for the Show
(1993)
Not Rated | 27 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
A man murders his beautiful younger wife when she threatens to leave him. He then packs her body in a big suitcase and boards a train, where he is stalked by an inquisitive detective.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: David Paymer, Vincent Spano, Traci Lords, John Kassir
Votes: 763
126. Deadly Advice (1994)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Advised by the ghosts of five notable British killers, small town librarian Jodie sets out to murder her domineering mother, Iris, and anyone else who stands in her way to happiness.
Director: Mandie Fletcher | Stars: Jane Horrocks, Brenda Fricker, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce
Votes: 347
Girls plan to kill their domineering mother in this British black comedy.
127. The Monster (1994)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After a series of bizarre actions, Loris is mistaken for a serial killer. Jessica, a policewoman in undercover, will try to induce him to commit a murder.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Michel Blanc, Nicoletta Braschi, Dominique Lavanant
Votes: 11,316 | Gross: $0.64M
Hilarious giallo-hitchcock spoof concerning an idiot mistaken for a sex-crazed killer.
128. Pulp Fiction (1994)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
Votes: 2,220,651 | Gross: $107.93M
129. The Ref (1994)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.
Votes: 26,554 | Gross: $11.44M
Dennis Leary kidnaps a squabbling couple... now he just wants to get rid of them!
130. Serial Mom (1994)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
She's the perfect all-American parent: a great cook and homemaker, a devoted recycler, and a woman who'll literally kill to keep her children happy.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 32,658 | Gross: $7.88M
An over-protective mom who won't stop at nothing - even murder - to keep her family's lifestyle they way she wants it to be kept!
131. Shallow Grave (1994)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott
Votes: 66,238 | Gross: $2.88M
This is a razor-sharp thriller with very - very - dark humour.
132. Swimming with Sharks (1994)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.
Director: George Huang | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes, Benicio Del Toro
Votes: 25,018 | Gross: $0.38M
Kevin Spacey is the boss from hell... so wouldn't just love to kidnap your boss, tie him up, give him paper cuts, and then pour lemon juice on them?
133. Coldblooded (1995)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A bookie is promoted to Hitman and seemingly excels at his new found job.
Director: Wallace Wolodarsky | Stars: Jason Priestley, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Peter Riegert, Robert Loggia
Votes: 4,089
134. The Last Supper (1995)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Director: Stacy Title | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Ron Perlman
Votes: 15,639 | Gross: $0.44M
A politically-charged comedy about liberals who murder conservatives...
135. The Michelle Apts. (1995)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Alex arrives in a small town to audit the largest employer, Turnbull Chemicals. All the hotel rooms are full with a convention, so he stays at the run-down Michelle Apartments, in the room ... See full summary »
Director: John Pozer | Stars: Henry Czerny, David Sparrow, Richard McMillan, Maria Vacratsis
Votes: 76
136. Mushrooms (1995)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
In the tradition of Arsenic and Old Lace, comes this morbidly funny Australian tale of murder and mayhem at the hands of two charming old ladies.
Director: Alan Madden | Stars: Julia Blake, Simon Chilvers, Lynette Curran, Brandon Burke
Votes: 277
137. Reckless (1995)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
On Christmas Eve, a regretful husband admits to his high-spirited wife that he has hired a contract killer to take her out. She immediately flees. A nice couple offers her shelter, but everyone have dark secrets in this wacky movie.
Director: Norman René | Stars: Mia Farrow, Tony Goldwyn, Juana Barrios, Mike Heibeck
Votes: 520 | Gross: $0.10M
138. To Die For (1995)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck
Votes: 52,990 | Gross: $21.28M
139. Wild Horses (1995)
Unrated | 122 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A road movie that begins when a man tries to rob a bank and the bank's clerk, a yuppie, pretends the thief has kidnapped him to help him run away. While they're running away, they meet a girl who becomes part of the team.
Director: Marcelo Piñeyro | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Cecilia Dopazo, Fernán Mirás
Votes: 1,799
Spanish road movie with bank-robbing hijinks.
140. Bernie (1996)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
A 30 year old orphan finds his life's official version hard to swallow. His parents couldn't possibly have abandoned him in a trash can as a baby. No, they were victims of a mafia plot and today, if they're still alive, they need his help.
Director: Albert Dupontel | Stars: Claude Perron, Albert Dupontel, Roland Blanche, Hélène Vincent
Votes: 4,038
Dark French comedy...
141. Mor, vida meva (1996)
Comedy, Crime
Four jilted women band together to try and kill the man who did them all wrong.
Director: Mar Targarona | Stars: Georges Corraface, Loles León, Isabel Mestres, Ángela Castilla
Votes: 54
142. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Charlize Theron
Votes: 21,743 | Gross: $11.11M
143. Getting Away with Murder (1996)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A moral college ethics professor plans to kill his neighbor, a Nazi death camp commander.
Director: Harvey Miller | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Dan Aykroyd, Lily Tomlin, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 1,468 | Gross: $0.20M
144. Faithful (1996)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Mazursky
Votes: 2,267 | Gross: $2.10M
Cher is kidnapped in a mediocre movie!
145. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 726,796 | Gross: $24.61M
Coen brothers are at it again - probably with their most iconic work - this time using a wood chipper to dispose of a pesky body...
146. Head Above Water (1996)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Thriller
A prominent judge, his wife, her ex-lover, and their neighbor encounter a dead body that complicates their lives.
Director: Jim Wilson | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Cameron Diaz, Craig Sheffer, Billy Zane
Votes: 8,232 | Gross: $0.03M
Horrible remake of "Hodet Over Vannet"
147. Just Your Luck (1996 Video)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the remaining late-night dining regulars will get ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Auerbach | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Virginia Madsen, Carroll Baker, Bill Erwin
Votes: 442
148. Love Serenade (1996)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In Sunray, a backwater town on Australia's Murray River, there's little to do but fish or listen to the local radio station. D.J. Ken Sherry arrives from the hustle of Brisbane to run the ... See full summary »
Director: Shirley Barrett | Stars: Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shevtsov, John Alansu
Votes: 1,664 | Gross: $0.58M
Australian anti-romantic comedy that takes quite a dark turn in the final act involving murder and body disposal.
149. Panique au Plazza (1996 TV Movie)
130 min | Comedy
During a long night session at the parliament a deputy sneaks to meet his mistress in a nearby hotel.
Directors: Renaud Le Van Kim, Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Christian Clavier, Consuelo De Haviland, Gérard Lartigau, Christian Pereira
Votes: 18
150. 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
R | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A mob bagman finds that his luggage, containing the proof of his gang's latest hit, has been switched.
Director: Tom Schulman | Stars: Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson, George Hamilton
Votes: 11,115 | Gross: $3.56M
151. The House of Yes (1997)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A mentally unbalanced young woman - who is convinced she is Jackie Kennedy - flies into a murderous rage when her brother returns home to reveal he is engaged.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr.
Votes: 8,832 | Gross: $0.62M
152. I Went Down (1997)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Irish action comedy. An ex-con is forced into taking on a new task by a ruthless crime-boss, but finds he is hindered by the partner he has been teamed up with. However, he soon realizes they must work together if they are to survive.
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Antoine Byrne, David Wilmot
Votes: 2,278 | Gross: $0.41M
153. The Wrong Guy (1997)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Thriller
After his boss is murdered, Nelson is on the run for fear of prosecution. He hides out in a small town to avoid the police, which should be easy because they know he didn't do it and they aren't looking for him.
Director: David Steinberg | Stars: David Foley, David Anthony Higgins, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Flaherty
Votes: 4,014
154. Junk Mail (1997)
83 min | Comedy, Thriller
A lazy postman puts his nose where it doesn't belong.
Director: Pål Sletaune | Stars: Robert Skjærstad, Andrine Sæther, Per Egil Aske, Eli Anne Linnestad
Votes: 2,126
A completely inept mail man continually opens up the letters he delivers and pries into the lives of people... which soon get him mixed up in robbery and murder!
155. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.
Director: George Armitage | Stars: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack
Votes: 99,625 | Gross: $28.01M
A hitman at a high school reunion... mayhem ensues!
156. Kiler (1997)
104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An innocent cab driver Jurek Kiler is mistaken for a contract killer and imprisoned. Soon, he is sprung by a mob boss who needs "Killer" for a few more jobs.
Director: Juliusz Machulski | Stars: Cezary Pazura, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Jerzy Stuhr, Janusz Rewinski
Votes: 7,800
Polish comedy about a taxi driver who is mistaken for a hit-man called "Kiler" who has no idea how to go about killing anybody...
157. A miniszter félrelép (1997)
105 min | Comedy
A Minister and the Secretary of the Opposition party go to a 5 star hotel to conduct a secret affair. Their plans are ruined when they discover a corpse lodged in the window of their room.
Directors: András Kern, Róbert Koltai | Stars: András Kern, Róbert Koltai, Sándor Gáspár, Judit Hernádi
Votes: 2,725
Another "get ride of a pesky corpse" scenario where hilarity ensues...
158. Posutoman burûsu (1997)
110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A postman is mistaken for a dangerous criminal by the police.
Director: Sabu | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Keisuke Horibe, Ren Ôsugi, Kyôko Tôyama
Votes: 1,888
159. Suicide Kings (1997)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A group of youngsters kidnap a respected Mafia figure.
Director: Peter O'Fallon | Stars: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Mark Watson
Votes: 29,184 | Gross: $1.69M
Another "kidnapping goes wrong" film with murderous complications and laughs at the expense of others...
160. Thursday (1998)
R | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A former L.A. drug dealer has moved to Houston to make a new life for himself as a married architect. Everything falls apart when he is suddenly visited by one of his former cohorts who comes carrying heroin.
Director: Skip Woods | Stars: Thomas Jane, Aaron Eckhart, Paulina Porizkova, James Le Gros
Votes: 20,060 | Gross: $0.00M
161. Divorcing Jack (1998)
Not Rated | 110 min | Thriller, Comedy
Black romantic comedy set around the troubled "peace process" and its effect on a cynical Belfast hack.
Director: David Caffrey | Stars: David Thewlis, Rachel Griffiths, Adam Black, Simon Magill
Votes: 2,173
162. 6ixtynin9 (1999)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A woman, fired from a financial coorporation during the Asia crisis, returns home with no money. However, she finds a box with a fortune in front of her door, and decides to keep it. ... See full summary »
Directors: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tom Pen-Ek Ratanaruang | Stars: Tasanawalai Ongartittichai, Black Phomtong, Lalita Panyopas, Sirisin Siripornsmathikul
Votes: 2,411
A woman finds a bag full of money in front of her door... and keeps it, naturally. When people start knocking on her door asking for the dough, the bodies start piling up...
163. A Simple Plan (1998)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Three blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn't long before complications and mistrust weave their way into the plan.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe
Votes: 76,161 | Gross: $16.31M
For the most part, this is a dark thriller, but there's certainly dark humor woven throughout the fabric of the film (it is from the director of the Evil Dead trilogy, after all).
164. The Big Lebowski (1998)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 860,496 | Gross: $17.50M
The dude gets involved with a kidnapping of a millionaire's wife... but the dude only wants his rug replaced!
165. Clay Pigeons (1998)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime
After hearing that his wife sleeps with Clay, Earl kills himself, making it look like Clay shot him. The widow doesn't like it when Clay starts sees another woman instead. Bodies start piling up.
Director: David Dobkin | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo, Gregory Sporleder
Votes: 12,142 | Gross: $1.79M
Your friend blows his brains out in front of you, it looks like you did it, you hide the body in the lake, the body is found while fishing, and this is just the beginning of your troubles...
166. Dead Man's Curve (1998)
R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two college students kill their roommate and make it look like a suicide.
Director: Dan Rosen | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, Randall Batinkoff, Keri Russell
Votes: 6,391
Kill your college roommate, make it look like suicide, and then get straight As... not a bad plan! Too bad the film isn't as clever as its interesting premise.
167. Dead Man on Campus (1998)
R | 96 min | Comedy
Two college roommates go out and party, resulting in bad grades. They learn of the clause that says, "If your roommate dies, you get an A," and decide to find someone who is on the verge, so to speak, to move in with them.
Director: Alan Cohn | Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro
Votes: 16,355 | Gross: $15.06M
The same exact premise as above - find a roommate (for a limited time only) to ensure straight As... this one plays more for laughs but it too isn't as clever as its interesting premise.
168. Judas Kiss (1998)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A couple and two hired hands kidnap a business owner for a four million dollar ransom. A woman is killed. Collateral damage? The F.B.I. gets involved.
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez | Stars: Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Carla Gugino, Simon Baker
Votes: 4,181
Yet another "a kidnapping gone-wrong" comedy... This is a rather routine affair.
169. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham
Votes: 616,402 | Gross: $3.90M
Guy Ritchie's British ganster comedy...
170. The Quiet Family (1998)
101 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A family opens a mountain inn where their first guest commits suicide. Suddenly all their guests befall horrible fates.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Park In-hwan, Na Moon-hee, Song Kang-ho, Choi Min-sik
Votes: 5,998
A family runs a country inn where all their guests seem to turn up dead...
171. Serial Lover (1998)
83 min | Comedy, Crime
Four men meet one woman. Not a balance of power.
Director: James Huth | Stars: Michèle Laroque, Albert Dupontel, Elise Tielrooy, Michel Vuillermoz
Votes: 1,523
Later remade in Korean as Femme Fatale.
172. Very Bad Things (1998)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau
Votes: 49,009 | Gross: $9.80M
Prostitute turns up dead at bachelor party... what would a bunch of amoral and irresponsible men do? Call the police? Hell, no! Get rid of it at any cost!
173. The Octopus (1998)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A private investigator (nicknamed Octopus after his long arms) travels to the small town of Angernaud with his bisexual girlfriend to collect the money he spent for the reconstruction of ... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Clotilde Courau, Stéphane Boucher, Julie Delarme
Votes: 782
174. Dying of Laughter (1999)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Santiago Segura, El Gran Wyoming, Álex Angulo, Carla Hidalgo
Votes: 3,683
175. Tri istorii (1997)
105 min | Comedy, Crime
A man goes to see his former schoolmate working at a boiler house and persuades him to burn in the furnace the corpse of his communal flat neighbor whom he has just murdered after a quarrel... See full summary »
Director: Kira Muratova | Stars: Sergey Makovetskiy, Leonid Kushnir, Zhan Daniel, Renata Litvinova
Votes: 824
176. Adrenaline Drive (1999)
Unrated | 112 min | Comedy
A bullied employee has a run-in with yakuza, a shy nurse, and a stuffed suitcase. So begins his new life of excitement and adventure with the nurse.
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Masanobu Andô, Hikari Ishida, Chikara Ishikura, Kirina Mano
Votes: 954 | Gross: $0.08M
177. Delivered (1998)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
College droupout Will Sherman works as a pizza delivery boy. One night he delivers a pizza at the house where the guy who ordered pizza was just killed. The murderer, Reed, soon realizes that Will is a witness and begins to follow him.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Ron Eldard, David Strickland, Leslie Stefanson, Scott Bairstow
Votes: 239
178. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
A small-town beauty pageant turns deadly as it becomes clear that someone will go to any lengths to win.
Director: Michael Patrick Jann | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney
Votes: 40,807 | Gross: $10.56M
A mother would do anything to make her daughter win the beauty pageant... and I mean anything!
179. Go (1999)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
The aftermath of a drug deal as told from three different points of view.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf, Taye Diggs
Votes: 75,156 | Gross: $16.84M
Pesky situation of disposing a body that isn't quite dead yet...
180. In China They Eat Dogs (1999)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two brothers, one cold and ruthless, the other sensitive and reluctant, and their brutal misadventures.
Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Dejan Cukic, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Tomas Villum Jensen
Votes: 23,046
181. Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Thriller
The story of a girl who is willing to do anything to become Valedictorian, even if it means murdering the teacher that stands in her way.
Director: Kevin Williamson | Stars: Helen Mirren, Marisa Coughlan, Katie Holmes, Jeffrey Tambor
Votes: 21,715 | Gross: $8.95M
A student wants to be valedictorian so she kidnaps the one teacher who gave her a bad grade... supposedly a comedy, but it's just really dumb.
182. The Creator (1999)
90 min | Comedy
A successful author, Darius sees posters announcing his new play. Suddenly panicked, he remembers that he forgot to write it. Darius then begins to panic and finds no inspiration.
Director: Albert Dupontel | Stars: Claude Perron, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Uchan, Michel Vuillermoz
Votes: 1,134
183. Two Hands (1999)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, David Field, Tom Long
Votes: 13,667
184. American Psycho (2000)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage
Votes: 715,687 | Gross: $15.07M
Very... Very... Very... VERY dark humour!
185. Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy
An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Bae Doona, Lee Sung-jae, Kim Ho-jung, Byun Hee-Bong
Votes: 10,330
Korean dark comedy featuring a man who kidnaps dogs to cook them, a boyfriend who tries to kill his girlfriend's annoying dog, and a serial killer running around an apartment building for no apparent reason.
186. Chain of Fools (2000)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime
Salma Hayek plays an avid detective assigned to the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.
Directors: Pontus Löwenhielm, Patrick von Krusenstjerna | Stars: Steve Zahn, Salma Hayek, Jeff Goldblum, Elijah Wood
Votes: 4,342
Elijah Wood as a 17-year-old hitman is a hoot!
187. Common Wealth (2000)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The accidental discovery of a big fortune hidden in the apartment of a deceased man will fill the heart of a real estate agent with greed and dreams of a luxurious life, but the neighbours think otherwise.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Carmen Maura, Eduardo Antuña, María Asquerino, Jesús Bonilla
Votes: 12,876
Alex De La Iglesia's tale about a real estate agent finding 300 million pesestas hidden in a dead man's house... and all the neighbors wanting a cut!
188. Drowning Mona (2000)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.
Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis
Votes: 15,571 | Gross: $15.43M
Danny DeVito again!
189. Flickering Lights (2000)
Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A gang of 4 Danish criminals are ordered by Færingen to steal a bag from a safe. When they see DKK4,000,000 in the bag, they keep it for themselves and head for Spain. They end up in a ruin of an old restaurant on Jutland and renovate it.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Votes: 24,211
190. Jakarta (2000)
92 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A heist movie about three groups of thieves who independently plan to rob the same bank on the same day, which causes no end of pandemonium and confusion, or does it?
Director: Cho-Sin Jung | Stars: Kim Sang-jung, Yoon Da-hoon, Chang Jung Lim, Jin Hee-kyung
Votes: 205
Twisty Korean comedy-thriller about a bank robbery, a kidnapping, and murder...
191. Mandei (2000)
100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A simple funeral turns a man's world topsy turvy.
Director: Sabu | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Ren Ôsugi, Masanobu Andô
Votes: 2,393
The Japanese director "Sabu" makes many of these comedies with dark situations. Here, a simple funeral turns a man's world topsy-turvy.
192. Nurse Betty (2000)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Comedy about a widow's post-traumatic obsession with a soap star.
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear
Votes: 36,192 | Gross: $25.17M
Charlie and Wesley threaten a guy, scalp him and kill him. Well, Charlie only kills him because Wesley scalps him - and then what are you gonna do?
193. Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Woody Allen, David Schwimmer, Angélica Aragón, Sharon Stone
Votes: 3,924
A severed hand in the desert is mis-interpreted as a miracle when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it...
194. Snatch (2000)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 911,063 | Gross: $30.33M
Another Guy Ritchie gangster comedy...
195. Stranger Than Fiction (2000)
R | 90 min | Thriller, Comedy
Lives spiral out of control when four friends cover up a murder.
Director: Eric Bross | Stars: Mackenzie Astin, Todd Field, Dina Meyer, Natasha Gregson Wagner
Votes: 1,353
Four friends attempt to cover up a murder... dark comedy ensues.
196. The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime
A struggling dentist's life is turned upside down when a famous gangster moves in next door, and his wife convinces him to inform a notorious mob boss about the gangster's whereabouts.
Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 129,169 | Gross: $57.26M
A hitman moves into suburbia... mayhem ensues.
197. With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Harry knew Michel in high school; they meet again by accident, Harry inserts himself in Michel's life... and things take a sinister turn.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Laurent Lucas, Sergi López, Mathilde Seigner, Sophie Guillemin
Votes: 11,959 | Gross: $3.82M
Harry wants to be such a good friend that he will "take care" of problems for you... whether you like him to or not!
198. Animal (2001)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
When rancher Alberto meets "Fanny", a sheep on his farm, a love is born and Baa-aa-ad things begin happening.
Director: Sergio Bizzio | Stars: Carlos Roffé, Cristina Banegas, Carolina Fal, Walter Quiroz
Votes: 120
199. Crimes et déguisements (2001)
12 min | Short
Director: Tristan Schulmann | Stars: Fred Testot, Pierre Carlier, Stéphanie Pasterkamp
A bored horror-film buff decides to have some fun and scare his friend while wearing a skull mask - suffice to say, things don't go well.
200. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida
Votes: 10,027
Remake of "The Quiet Family" by Takashi Miike... as such, it is insane!
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