Comedy thriller
Film genre
Comedy thrillers are a hybrid genre that draw subject matter generally from comedy and thrillers.
Criteria
They often include a darker tone, relative to other genres, of humor.
List of comedy thriller films
Title | Release Year |
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Arabesque | 1966 |
The Big Fix | 1978 |
Charade[1] | 1963 |
Clue: The Movie | 1985 |
Crimewave | 1985 |
Deathtrap | 1982 |
Doctor | 2021 |
The Dream Team | 1989 |
Family Plot | 1976 |
Fargo | 1996 |
Foul Play | 1978 |
Fletch | 1985 |
Hanky Panky | 1982 |
Haunted Honeymoon | 1986 |
Hopscotch[2] | 1980 |
In Bruges[3] | 2008 |
The King of Comedy[4] | 1983 |
Kingsman: The Secret Service[5] | 2014 |
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang[6] | 2005 |
The Lady Vanishes[7] | 1938 |
The Ladykillers | 1955 |
Lucky Number Slevin[8] | 2006 |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith | 2005 |
Men at Work | 1990 |
Pulp | 1972 |
Radioland Murders | 1994 |
Silver Streak[9] | 1976 |
A Simple Favor[10] | 2018 |
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate[11] | 1996 |
The Thin Man | 1934 |
Welcome to Collinwood | 2002 |
Slither[12] | 1973 |
See also
- Social thriller
- Postmodernist film
References
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (December 6, 1963). "Screen: Audrey Hepburn and Grant in 'Charade':Comedy-Melodrama Is at the Music Hall Production Abounds in Ghoulish Humor". The New York Times. Movies. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ "Walter Matthau Sings! (and Other Delights of Hopscotch) | Current | The Criterion Collection".
- ^ Kitchen, Hal (July 2, 2021). "The Mistakes We Made In Bruges | Film Obsessive |". Film Obsessive.
- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (March 28, 2013). "A Restored 'King of Comedy' Will Close Tribeca Film Festival". The New York Times. ArtsBeat. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ "Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) - Matthew Vaughn, Adam Bohling | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "The DVD Journal | Quick Reviews: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". www.dvdjournal.com.
- ^ "My favourite Hitchcock: The Lady Vanishes". The Guardian (London), 24 July 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ Robertson, Campbell (March 23, 2006). "At a Screening of a Comedy Thriller About Revenge". The New York Times. New York / Region. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ "Silver Streak". prod-www.tcm.com.
- ^ "Why Paul Feig Aimed to Revive the "Hitchcockian Thriller" With 'A Simple Favor'". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 September 2018.
- ^ Baumgarten, Marjorie (April 19, 1996). "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (March 8, 1973). "Slither, 'Film of Illogical Events.:The Cast:". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
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