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More Similar british black comedies

posted 13 years ago by ericbabe1987
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I love this movie along with hot fuzz and shuan of the dead. Anyone more like them? Also was a fan of Hitchhiker's Guide of the Galaxy.

[–] omfgitsrohit 12 years ago

Thanks, Hot Fuzz is the next movie for me.
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[–] TheNachoMan666 11 years ago

Big Nothing.
It's a great dark comedy with Simon Pegg and David Schwimmer.

[–] Lucious-Nightingale 10 years ago

You mean dark comedy, when you say black it's like your talking about black British people.

[–] Anorensic 10 years ago

I think OP's mistaking the 2007 original with 2010 remake..

[–] margotdashwood 9 years ago

No, black humor is also a correct term, but I suppose Dark comedy is most often used.

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[–] ericbabe1987 9 years ago

I for sure mean black as in dark comedy and I don't know where you're from but black comedy is the term I hear the most not dark.

[–] Mstreselena 9 years ago

You should try the tv show Black Books, hilarious. Bill Bailey is amazing and Dylan Moran in the lead - hysterical! Bill Bailey is often on QI which you can find on youtube. Do what I do, find an actor that intrigues you then find other things that they've done and continue on. Have you watched Spaced? Spaced is the show that brought Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost together as a comedy force, though Jessica Hynes nee Stevenson helped make the show groundbreaking.

[–] chilone 9 years ago

The obvious suggestion would be Trainspotting.

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[–] kingkoopa77 9 years ago

Another for Black Books (TV), Nathan Barley (TV), Angelas Ashes (Irish) and of course the no1 - Withnail & I,
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[–] sublime2419 7 years ago

I know this thread is several years old, but after seeing the movies listed in your post, I just have to say I absolutely love every one of them.

I just watched Death at a Funeral for the first time tonight. I do enjoy British comedies, but I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this one. TBH I was just scrolling through the Amazon Prime app to find something to fall asleep to. Well needless to say, I did not fall asleep. I enjoyed absolutely every second of this movie and was crying with laughter. This has just made the list of my favorites, which doesn't often happen after just one viewing.

[–] dirkgently-16467 7 years ago

The World's End is a good one, try Four Lions, Guest House Paradiso, and Meaning of Life (Monty Python)

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[–] london777 7 years ago

Some good movies recommended here, but I don't think any of them resemble "Death at a Funeral" (2007) in style.

A closer match would be the old Ealing Studios comedies like "The Ladykillers" (1955), though the modern film benefits from more liberal censorship regulations.

[–] raf-33 7 years ago

Withnail and I
Trainspotting
Twin Town
A Fish Called Wanda
Human Traffic
In Bruges

These all have a similar take of regular life mixed with a surreal situation.

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