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Four Lions
Four Lions (2010) is Chris Morris's debut feature, a British satirical comedy about an inept Sheffield jihadist cell, written with Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, based on three years of research, BAFTA-winning for Outstanding Debut.
Frank (film)
Frank (film) is a 2014 comedy-drama directed by Lenny Abrahamson, where Michael Fassbender stars as Frank, an enigmatic musician in an avant-garde band loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom.
Giants and Toys (巨人と玩具)
Giants and Toys (巨人と玩具, Kyojin to gangu, aka The Build-Up) is a 1958 Daiei satire directed by Masumura Yasuzo from Kaiko Takeshi's novel, in which three caramel companies wage an advertising war and build a teenage girl into a manufactured celebrity.
Good Bye, Lenin!
Good Bye, Lenin! is a 2003 German tragicomedy by Wolfgang Becker starring Daniel Brühl and Katrin Sass, in which a son fakes the GDR's survival for his comatose mother; it won six European Film Awards and sold over six million tickets in Germany.
Gosford Park
Gosford Park (2001) is Robert Altman's ensemble country-house murder mystery, written by Julian Fellowes, set in November 1932 at a shooting party, told from the servants' viewpoint; it won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and the BAFTA for Best British Film.
Greed (2019 film)
Greed (2019) is a British satirical comedy-drama directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Steve Coogan as fashion billionaire Sir Richard 'Greedy' McCreadie, a thinly veiled Philip Green, premiered at TIFF 2019 and released by Sony Pictures Classics in 2020.
Hollywood Hong Kong (香港有个荷里活)
Hollywood Hong Kong (香港有個荷里活), 2001 Fruit Chan black comedy, second of his Prostitute Trilogy after Durian Durian; set in Tai Hom Village shantytown beside Plaza Hollywood, starring Zhou Xun; Venice competition, 2002 Golden Horse Best Director.
Hollywood Shuffle
Hollywood Shuffle is Robert Townsend's 1987 satirical comedy, co-written with Keenen Ivory Wayans, about a Black actor offered only stereotypical roles. Made for about $100,000 partly on credit cards, it grossed over $5 million and became an independent Black cinema landmark.
How I Won the War
How I Won the War (1967) is Richard Lester's British absurdist anti-war comedy, adapted by Charles Wood from Patrick Ryan's 1963 novel, starring Michael Crawford as Lt. Goodbody and featuring John Lennon as Gripweed in his only non-musical film role.
Hukkle
Hukkle (Hungarian for "hiccup") is a 2002 dialogue-light Hungarian debut feature by György Pálfi, a village murder mystery about arsenic poisonings, shot in Ozora with locals, winner of the 2002 European Discovery Fassbinder Award.
Hyenas
Hyenas (Hyènes, 1992) is Djibril Diop Mambéty's second and final feature, a Wolof-language Senegalese adaptation of Dürrenmatt's The Visit, in which a rich woman offers her village a fortune to kill her former lover; screened in Competition at Cannes 1992.
I Am Not Madame Bovary (我不是潘金莲)
I Am Not Madame Bovary (我不是潘金莲) is Feng Xiaogang's 2016 satirical comedy adapted from Liu Zhenyun's novel, starring Fan Bingbing as Li Xuelin, a woman petitioning for twenty years to deny she is Pan Jinlian; Golden Shell winner.
I Love You Phillip Morris
I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 black comedy by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, starring Jim Carrey as con artist Steven Russell and Ewan McGregor as his prison lover Phillip Morris, based on Steve McVicker's 2003 book.
I'm All Right Jack
I'm All Right Jack: 1959 British satirical comedy by the Boulting brothers, sequel to Private's Progress, starring Peter Sellers as shop steward Fred Kite; BAFTA-winning film satirizing British industrial relations.
I'm Still Here (2010 film)
I'm Still Here (2010) is Casey Affleck's mockumentary, co-written with Joaquin Phoenix, staging Phoenix's 2008 retirement from acting and pivot to rap; presented as a documentary, it was admitted to be fake days after release.
If....
If.... is Lindsay Anderson's 1968 British satire starring Malcolm McDowell as rebel schoolboy Mick Travis at an English public school; it won the 1969 Palme d'Or at Cannes and spawned O Lucky Man! and Britannia Hospital.
In the Loop
In the Loop is a 2009 British political satire comedy directed by Armando Iannucci, a spin-off of The Thick of It, starring Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, and James Gandolfini; Oscar-nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Intermission (film)
Intermission (2003) is an Irish ensemble black comedy-drama, John Crowley's feature debut, written by Mark O'Rowe, starring Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald, Shirley Henderson and Colm Meaney; a Dublin breakup triggers interlinked crime and romance stories.
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum is a 2005 British black comedy directed by Niall Johnson, written with Richard Russo, starring Rowan Atkinson, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Patrick Swayze as a serial-killer housekeeper in Little Wallop.
Kika
Kika is Pedro Almodóvar's 1993 Spanish-French comedy, his tenth film, starring Verónica Forqué as a makeup artist; produced by El Deseo and Ciby 2000, released 25 October 1993, Goya winner for Best Actress.
Kiss Me, Stupid
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) is Billy Wilder's sex farce starring Dean Martin, Kim Novak, and Ray Walston, set in Climax, Nevada; condemned by the Legion of Decency, a box-office failure later reassessed.
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997 film)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997), Thomas Jahn's German road movie crime comedy with Til Schweiger and Jan Josef Liefers as two dying men driving to the sea; Germany's top 1997 film, Selig soundtrack, distinct from the Cowboy Bebop film and Dylan song.
Kontroll
Kontroll (Control) is a 2003 Hungarian thriller, Nimród Antal's debut feature, set entirely in the Budapest metro, following ticket inspector Bulcsú (Sándor Csányi) amid a serial killer; it won the Cannes Youth Award and was Hungary's top 2003 draw.
La Comunidad
La Comunidad (Common Wealth) is a 2000 Spanish black comedy by Álex de la Iglesia starring Carmen Maura as an estate agent who finds 300 million pesetas in a dead neighbor's Madrid flat; it was Spain's top-grossing Spanish film of 2000 and won three Goyas.
La Dolce Vita
La dolce vita, Federico Fellini's 1960 Italy-France black-and-white comedy-drama starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg; unanimous 1960 Palme d'Or winner, source of the word paparazzi and the Trevi Fountain scene.
La Escopeta Nacional
La escopeta nacional (The National Shotgun) is a 1978 Spanish satirical comedy by Luis García Berlanga and Rafael Azcona, first of the Leguineche trilogy, about a Catalan industrialist staging a hunt to sell intercoms to Franco-era elites; 2,063,043 admissions.
La Grande Bouffe
La Grande Bouffe (La grande abbuffata, The Grande Bouffe, Blow-Out) is Marco Ferreri's 1973 French-Italian black comedy in which Mastroianni, Piccoli, Noiret, and Tognazzi eat themselves to death; a Cannes 1973 scandal that won FIPRESCI.
La Ley de Herodes
La ley de Herodes (Herod's Law) is Luis Estrada's 1999 Mexican black-comedy satire in which a naive PRI mayor becomes corrupt in 1949; it was censored by IMCINE, then won 10 Ariels and became a box-office hit.
Le Père Noël est une ordure
Le Père Noël est une ordure is a French farce by the troupe Le Splendid, first staged in 1979 and best known through its 1982 film.
Let the Bullets Fly (让子弹飞)
Let the Bullets Fly (让子弹飞) is Jiang Wen's 2010 action comedy adapted from Ma Shitu's 夜谭十记, starring Jiang Wen, Chow Yun-fat, and Ge You; it earned 659 million yuan, won Golden Horse screenplay and cinematography awards, and opened Jiang Wen's Republic trilogy.