Black comedy

  • Body

    Body

    2015

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    Olga, who is grieving for her mother and also anorexic, is sent to a psychiatrist who is dealing with her own losses in an unusual way.


  • Two Girls and a Boat

    Two Girls and a Boat

    2021

    13min

    12

    Twins Jade and Kaisa are going for a rowing trip. But social media influencer Jade actually has something else in mind.


  • Mondo Domino

    Mondo Domino

    2021

    6min

    12

    This burlesque action musical tragicomedy with a minimalist color palette criticizes consumerism to the sound of Ravel's Boléro.


  • The Lord Worked Wonders in Me

    The Lord Worked Wonders in Me

    2011

    2h.26min

    16+

    A road movie – on the trail of Don Quixote's mythical locations.


  • Welcome to the Dollhouse

    Welcome to the Dollhouse

    1996

    1h.28min

    16+

    Todd Solondz's key film of the 90s and Sundance winner manages the balancing act between coming-of-age and social criticism with sublime radicalism.


  • Initials S.G.

    Initials S.G.

    2019

    1h.33min

    16+

    Down on his luck, an aging Serge Gainsbourg wannabe struggles with his acting career, an affair he doesn't want, and a crime he didn't mean to commit.


  • YT

    YT

    2021

    1h.42min

    16+

    A crazy anthology from Yakutia consisting of seven funny, dramatic and complex stories about the relationships of families, neighbors and relatives.


  • Wild Zero OmU

    Wild Zero OmU

    1999

    1h.39min

    18 FSK

    Inspired by George Romero as well as The Ramones, this Japanese trash zombie rock 'n' roll film comes up with a surprisingly inclusive message.


  • Gasman

    Gasman

    2021

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    A melancholic, darkly humorous examination of the theater world and the culture industry.


  • Tadpole

    Tadpole

    2019

    16+

    TADPOLE is the rite of passage of parents-to-be Emma and Ben, who are waiting to meet the unknown entity, their unborn child. With 264 days to go until ...


  • Pig

    Pig

    2018

    1h.48min

    16+

    Filmmaker Hasan is seething with rage. He is banned from working and a serial killer is killing all the other directors in town. All except Hasan.


  • The Massacre of Anroechte

    The Massacre of Anroechte

    2021

    1h.0min

    16+

    This German indie film is a satirical declaration of love for the German small-town crime thriller.


  • Baghead

    Baghead

    2008

    1h.25min

    16

    Four unsuccessful actors retreat to a cabin in the woods to write a screenplay, but their concocted horror story suddenly becomes bitter reality.


  • Journey of the Tortoise

    Journey of the Tortoise

    2016

    1h.21min

    16+

    The crazy road trip of an even crazier Japanese family.


  • Tapeworm

    Tapeworm

    2019

    1h.18min

    12

    This offbeat comedy breaks with all expectations and hones in on the gross, the boring, the pointless, and the sad sides of being human.


  • Weather House

    Weather House

    2017

    1h.22min

    16+

    The weather goes completely crazy in a small house. Yes, in the house.


  • Cowboys

    Cowboys

    2013

    1h.44min

    16+

    The black-humored comedy about an inept theater troupe united only by their love of Westerns was Croatia's Oscar contender.


  • The Homecoming

    The Homecoming

    2015

    1h.46min

    0 FSK

    A self-help book author is confronted with a secret from his past when he meets his new daughter-in-law.


  • The Tree Feller

    The Tree Feller

    2017

    1h.22min

    0 FSK

    Andres gives up his ordinary life in the city. He moves to the quiet farm of his deceased parents and spends his days in the forest, aimlessly cutting ...


  • The Garbage Helicopter

    The Garbage Helicopter

    2015

    1h.35min

    12

    Somewhere in Sweden, a gigantic dumpster breaks free from a heavy chain suspended underneath a big helicopter.


  • The Family Jewels

    The Family Jewels

    2004

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    A man who loses a very personal part of his body to cancer, decides that he wants it back in this weird black comedy.


  • Don't Shoot Me Mr. Taliban

    Don't Shoot Me Mr. Taliban

    2015

    7min

    16+

    A bearded man with a backpack gets on an airplane and a beardless man without a backpack simply does what a man has to do.


  • The German Chainsaw Massacre

    The German Chainsaw Massacre

    1990

    1h.0min

    16 FSK

    Christoph Schlingensief's interpretation of German reunification resembles a cannibalistic slaughter house.


  • Plato's Academy

    Plato's Academy

    2009

    1h.43min

    0 FSK

    Stavros, a shopkeeper in the Akadimia Platonos district in Athens, spends his life complaining about foreigners and hanging out in front of his shop with ...


  • Hotel Ausschwitz

    Hotel Ausschwitz

    2018

    1h.15min

    16+

    A disavowed theatre group undertakes a research trip to what was once the largest extermination camp in the world and become their own downfall.


  • Family Film

    Family Film

    2015

    1h.35min

    12 FSK

    A couple embark on vacation. Left alone, their children cut loose until the boy gets caught for skipping school and things take an unexpected turn.


  • Lucky Loser

    Lucky Loser

    2017

    1h.34min

    0 FSK

    With Mike it's anything but round: flat away, job a one-way street, and to make matters worse, his little loser heart still beats for ex-wife Claudia.


  • Mondomanila

    Mondomanila

    2010

    1h.12min

    18 FSK

    Tony knows nothing but tough times, living in the bleak circus of the slums he calls home amongst denizens of the underworld.


  • Lockbuster

    Lockbuster

    2015

    9min

    16+

    When all his colleagues leave the office for exciting holidays, office clerk Joost locks himself in the storage room. The only way to escape is to unleash ...


  • Die Kleinen und die Bösen

    Die Kleinen und die Bösen

    2015

    1h.28min

    12 FSK

    Dark comedy about a german probation officer and some of his clients...


  • OK, Good

    OK, Good

    2012

    1h.19min

    16+

    A struggling actor faced with constant rejection is pushed to his limit. Meet Paul Kaplan, an unremarkable actor going nowhere.


  • Philanthropy

    Philanthropy

    2002

    1h.50min

    16+

    This black comedy tells the story of 35-year-old teacher and unsuccessful writer Ovidiu, in post-Ceausescu Romania.


  • Bearkittens

    Bearkittens

    2018

    1h.11min

    16+

    Seven female criminals have to work off their community service hours in a cursed forest.


  • Louise Hires a Contract Killer

    Louise Hires a Contract Killer

    2008

    1h.30min

    16 FSK

    Louise got laid off. What to do now? Louise hires a killer. A politically incorrect farce that seems to be the only antidote to irresponsible casino capitalism. Yesterday ...


  • Solomon's Stone

    Solomon's Stone

    2015

    25min

    12

    Black-comedy short SOLOMON'S STONE, directed by Ramzi Maqdisi, is adapted from the novel Blue Light by Hussein Barghouty.


  • Anhedonia - Narcisis

    Anhedonia - Narcisis

    2016

    1h.19min

    12 FSK

    Inexplicably, millions of first-world citizens experience an epidemic of "anhedonia," the inability to feel joy, pleasure, and contentment.


  • The Jackpot

    The Jackpot

    2015

    13min

    16+

    THE JACKPOT: 4.12 Billion Euro. Five hungry mouths. Nobody wants to share. A short film by Malte Wirtz (5 Stories in 4 Days).


  • Holy Motors

    Holy Motors

    2012

    1h.51min

    16 FSK

    From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the mysterious life of a mystical man called Monsieur Oscar.


  • Jakobs Bruder

    Jakobs Bruder

    2008

    1h.34min

    12 FSK

    Jakob and Lorenz are very different brothers. Jakob is a successful Michelin star chef, while Lorenz hasn't climbed the career ladder - but is obviously ...


  • Songs from the Second Floor

    Songs from the Second Floor

    2000

    1h.39min

    16 FSK

    An equally bitter, hilarious and poetic meditation on love, relationships and life itself. Awarded the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes.


  • Hirschen - Da machst was mit!

    Hirschen - Da machst was mit!

    2014

    2h.5min

    0 FSK

    In order to save their home village, the local pubs regulars from HIRSCHEN resort to questionable methods.


  • Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats

    Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats

    2014

    1h.46min

    12 FSK

    A Japanese slacker comedy about the loveable Fuku, who is too shy to speak to women.


  • Polterabend - Stag Party

    Polterabend - Stag Party

    2005

    22min

    16+

    As a patriarchal man, Norbert does not cope well with the fact that his beloved daughter is getting married.


  • Reykjavik

    Reykjavik

    2016

    1h.32min

    0 FSK

    Icelandic film legend Ásgrímur Sverrissons has created a laconic homage to the film nerd in all of us with his Drama Reykjavik.


  • Off the Map

    Off the Map

    2016

    1h.35min

    12 FSK

    Two women and a girl find unexpected strength in the forests of Finland, far away from the toxic men in their lives.


  • Kill Me Please

    Kill Me Please

    2010

    1h.32min

    16 FSK

    Here people are dying like flies. In the Belgian black comedy about euthanasia, Dr. Kruger lets his terminally ill or suicidal patients choose their own ...


  • Eldorado

    Eldorado

    2008

    1h.17min

    12 FSK

    Standing Ovations in Cannes for the winner of the Quinzaine: for an irresistible road movie with intoxicating images, absurd humor and a bitter sweet finale. Overweight ...


  • Die Eisbombe

    Die Eisbombe

    2008

    1h.34min

    12 FSK

    A family comedy that pokes fun at the quirks of granola eaters and organic food freaks. Director Oliver Jahn serves up a bizarre satire teeming with biting ...


  • I Follow You

    I Follow You

    2015

    3min

    12

    Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Anna is a digital-native. I FOLLOW YOU by Jonatan Etzler reveals the pitfalls of the post-modern information society.


  • A German Loves His Fatherland

    A German Loves His Fatherland

    2011

    20min

    16+

    In Nico Sommer's mockumentary a nazi loves a woman of color.


  • Hither And Thither

    Hither And Thither

    1985

    1h.20min

    6 FSK

    Douglas Wolfsperger presents the perils of small town life in black and white in his debut feature film HITHER AND THITHER.


  • MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment

    MPA - Medical Psychological Assessment

    2011

    6min

    6 FSK

    Robert Bohrer's short comedy looks at the bête noire of many a drunk driver in Germany, MPU - MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. Two years of preparing ...


  • Heirate Mir! - Marry Me!

    Heirate Mir! - Marry Me!

    1999

    1h.43min

    16 FSK

    A journey back in time to the early 2000s: In this quirky comedy starring Verona Pooth, a gravedigger searches for true love in Poland.


  • Déjà Vu

    Déjà Vu

    11min

    16+

    Popular author Patrizia D'Anhuite publishes a book that offers solutions for every problem imaginable - except maybe the problem of selling books...


  • Lilly - If you don't have one, you need one!

    Lilly - If you don't have one, you need one!

    2005

    32min

    16+

    Lilly is on the hunt for new customers. But when she meets Bob, even she is at her wit's end.


  • Overbooked

    Overbooked

    2012

    1h.40min

    16+

    In this black comedy a woman is stranded on a barren island and has to come to terms with the gnawing lighthouse keeper.


  • The Conquest of the Centre

    The Conquest of the Centre

    1995

    1h.17min

    16 FSK

    A funny and complex examination of the psychotherapy boom.