Top Dark Comedy Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Andrew Garfield

Riley Keough

Topher Grace

Callie Hernandez

Under the Silver Lake (2018)

6.3 1.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 139 min.

Audience: R

Story: Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

Plot: secret society, seduction, dark comedy, surrealism, dream sequence, voyeur, part animation, mysterious, ...

Cast

Blanca Suu00e1rez

Mario Casas

Carmen Machi

Secun de la Rosa

The Bar (2017)

6.3 1.4K votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Country: Spain

Duration: 102 min.

Story: In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

Plot: sniper, evacuation, dark comedy, disappearance, fear, cafe, trapped, sewer, ...

Cast

Sivakarthikeyan

Vinay Rai

Priyanka Arul Mohan

Yogi Babu

Doctor (2021)

6.3 58 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 150 min.

Story: An army doctor helps his love interest's family to find their kidnapped daughter.

Plot: kidnapping, human trafficking, nerd, dark comedy

Cast

Kenichi Endo

Shungicu Uchida

Kazushi Watanabe

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Jun Mutu00f4

Visitor Q (2001)

6.3 548 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror

Country: Japan

Duration: 84 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures.

Plot: rape, sexual abuse, marriage crisis, psychopath, married couple, dark comedy, sodomy, sexual violence, ...

Shut Eye (2016) TV Show

6.3 62 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A darkly comedic look at the world of Los Angeles storefront psychics and the organized crime syndicate that runs them. Former magician Charlie Haverford oversees a number of fortune telling parlors on behalf of his violent and domineering Romani kingpin boss, until a blow to the head jars him into a new mindset, making him question everything he has ever believed.

Plot: con man, dark comedy, organized crime, los angeles, california, psychic

What a Girl Wants (2003)

6.3 1.7K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG

Story: American Daphne Reynolds heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her boho mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost father is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.

Plot: daughter, london, england, parent child relationship, election campaign, culture clash, paparazzi, politician, ...

Place: england

Cast

Leslie Mann

John Cena

Ike Barinholtz

Kathryn Newton

Blockers (2018)

6.3 2.2K votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.

Plot: parent child relationship, loss of virginity, house party, prom, teenage girl, teen comedy, teenage sexuality, woman director, ...

Cast

Jonathan Haze

Jackie Joseph

Mel Welles

Dick Miller

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

6.3 470 votes

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 73 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Seymour works in a skid row florist shop and is in love with his beautiful co-worker, Audrey. He creates a new plant that not only talks but cannot survive without human flesh and blood.

Style: absurd

Plot: flower shop, aggression, dark comedy, bloodthirstiness, carnivorous plant, black and white, killer plant, dismemberment, ...

Cast

Saif Ali Khan

Akshay Oberoi

Isha Talwar

Sobhita Dhulipala

Kaalakaandi (2018)

6.3 32 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 112 min.

Story: Unfolding through a course of a night in Mumbai, Kaalakaandi showcases three parallel tracks — a man who discovers he has terminal illness decides to let go of his principles and live a little; a woman involved in a hit-and-run seeks redemption and two goons must decide if they can trust each other.

Plot: dark comedy

Cast

Josh Hartnett

Charithra Chandran

Katee Sackhoff

Marko Zaror

Fight or Flight (2025)

6.3 395 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: R

Story: A mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect that target when they're surrounded by people trying to kill both of them.

Plot: chase, mercenary, dark comedy, betrayal, shootout, criminal underworld, misadventure, fight or flight, ...

Cast

Odessa Young

Hari Nef

ABRA

Suki Waterhouse

Assassination Nation (2018)

6.2 902 votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: 18

Story: After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four high school seniors at the center of the maelstrom.

Style: provocative

Plot: high school, patriotism, feminism, dark comedy, hysteria, revenge, social satire, female protagonist, ...

Cast

James Franco

Jonah Hill

Seth Rogen

Jay Baruchel

This Is the End (2013)

6.2 6.9K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

Style: claustrophobic

Plot: friendship, monster, panic, painting, exorcism, dark comedy, possession, satire, ...

Cast

Nicolas Cage

Andrea Riseborough

Linus Roache

Ned Dennehy

Mandy (2018)

6.2 2.2K votes

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: NR

Story: The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.

Style: intense

Plot: rescue, nightmare, kidnapping, narcissism, dark comedy, lsd, surrealism, hallucinogen, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Stefano Accorsi

Carolina Crescentini

Elena Cucci

Tea Falco

There's No Place Like Home (2018)

6.2 743 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Italy

Duration: 103 min.

Story: An extended family reunites on an idyllic island to celebrate their grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. However, a storm causes them to get stuck in there longer than expected, causing secrets and long-held grudges to break out.

Plot: dark comedy, big family, family secrets, cheat on husband, family relationships, family reunion, screaming, divorced parents, ...

Cast

Parker Posey

Josh Hamilton

Tori Spelling

Freddie Prinze Jr.

The House of Yes (1997)

6.2 117 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Duration: 85 min.

Audience: R

Story: Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend — and she's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that her obsession with Jackie Kennedy is nothing compared to her obsession with her brother, and she isn't the only member of the family with problems.

Plot: the white house, hurricane, thanksgiving, dark comedy, john f. kennedy, based on play or musical, dysfunctional family, family relationships, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Divine

David Lochary

Mary Vivian Pearce

Mink Stole

Multiple Maniacs (1970)

6.2 120 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: 18

Story: The Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak show, acts as a front for Divine, who is out for blood after discovering her lover's affair.

Plot: jealousy, rape, fetishism, dark comedy, church, cannibal, blasphemy, underground film, ...

Cast

Santiago Segura

Gabino Diego

Fernando Esteso

Carlos Areces

Torrente for President (2026)

6.2 131 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: Spain

Duration: 103 min.

Story: Years have passed since his last adventure, but José Luis Torrente, the most politically incorrect former cop in Spain, still sees himself as a national hero.

Plot: dark comedy, political satire, political corruption, political comedy, amused, scathing

Cast

Robin Williams

Holly Hunter

Giovanni Ribisi

Tim Blake Nelson

The Big White (2005)

6.2 330 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: Canada, Germany

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: 15

Story: To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.

Plot: hitman, businessman, kidnapping, dark comedy, insurance fraud, murder, tourette syndrome, life insurance, ...

Place: alaska

Cast

Katie Douglas

Carson MacCormac

Kevin Durand

Dylan McEwan

Clown in a Cornfield (2025)

6.1 578 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.

Plot: small town, based on novel or book, beheading, dark comedy, rifle, slasher, weight lifting, severed hand, ...