Any tips of any other really good dark comedies?

if you haven't watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or any other film by Michel Gondry, especially The Science of Sleep, I would highly recommend them based on your appreciation for this film. Eternal Sunshine even shares something besides dark comedy with BJM, the title comes from a poem by Alexander Pope based on the same story depicted in Craig's puppet show in the beginning of the film (Eloise and Abelard).

Or watch the Royal Tenenbaums.

Have you seen Adaption? It is another Charlie Kaufman film. Like Being John Malkovich I think the ending is a little weak but other than that it is a great film. Synecdoche, New York wasn't as good as his earlier work.

A google search gave this list:
10. Inglourious Basterds - Great
9. American Psycho - Never seen it.
8. Fight Club - First half is great, second half is dumb.
7. Little Miss Sunshine - Never seen it.
6. American Beauty - okay, not as great as some think.
5. Heathers - Good.
4. Kind Hearts and Coronets - Old movie (1949)
3. In Bruges - Never seen it.
2. Fargo - Great
1. Dr. Strangelove - Great.


I would add Pulp Fiction, The Big Labowski, Boondock Saints, and Raising Arizona although I am not sure if any qualifies as a "dark" comedy.

And The Weather Man

Some of my favourite dark comedies, besides BJM:

Fargo (a timeless classic)
Brazil (the visuals and set designs are characters in themselves)
American Beauty (corny in places, and not as edgy as it's supposed to be)
Happiness (do not watch it with your parents or kids)
Delicatessen (similar to Brazil, it's a visual masterpiece as well as a solid script)
The Bothersome Man (Den Brysomme Mannen - a surreal Norwegian film, highly recommended)
Wild at Heart (probably the closest thing David Lynch has made to a comedy)

In Bruges is a pretty good dark comedy

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There is some darkness and ironic comedy in Ricky Gerais' "The Invention of Lying."
Even better: "Lars and the Real Girl" with Ryan Gosling.
And saving the best for last: Peter Sellers last movie "Being There."

Here are some favorites from my collection. I would say they are either dark comedies or contain a lot of dark comedy, but in many cases their principle genre may be something else (satire, thriller, social comment, or whatever).

The amount of "dark" varies from gentle, even affectionate, fun to savage, and the amount of comedy varies from laugh-out-loud to an ironic curl of the lips.

Adaptation 2002 Charlie Kaufman (screenplay) 
A Serious Man 2009 Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
About Schmidt 2002 Alexander Payne
After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese
American Splendor 2003
Bad Santa 2003 get the unrated version (Badder Santa)
Barton Fink 1991 Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Beat The Devil 1953 John Huston
Bob Roberts 1992 Tim Robbins
Burn After Reading 2008 Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Catch-22 1970 Mike Nichols
Clockwise 1986 Michael Frayn (screenplay)
Cold Comfort Farm 1995 John Schlesinger
Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 Woody Allen
Dead Man's Bluff 2005
Death at a Funeral 2007 (Don't buy the awful 2010 remake)
Deconstructing Harry 1997 Woody Allen
Delicatessen 1991 Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Dr. Strangelove 1964 Stanley Kubrick
Ed Wood 1994 Tim Burton
Ghost World 2001
Hot Fuzz 2003
I Served the King of England 2006 Jirí Menzel
In Bruges 2001
In the Loop 2007
Inherent Vice 2014 Paul Thomas Anderson
Iron Sky 2012
Killer Joe 2002 William Friedkin
Kung Fu Hustle 2004
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1962
Lolita 1999 Stanley Kubrick
Micmacs 2009 Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Nebraska 2013 Alexander Payne
No Man's Land 2001
O Lucky Man! 1973 Lindsay Anderson
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman
Raising Arizona 1987 Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Shadows and Fog 1991 Woody Allen
Shallow Grave 1994 Danny Boyle
Sideways 2004 Alexander Payne
Stranger Than Fiction 2006
Stranger Than Paradise 1984 Jim Jarmusch
Thank You for Smoking 2005 Jason Reitman
The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder
The Big Picture 1989
The City of Lost Children 1995 Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese
The Man Without a Past 2002 Aki Kaurismäki
The Paper 1994
The Weather Man 2005
The World's End 2013
Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle
Very Bad Things 1998
Volver 2006 Pedro Almodóvar
Wag the Dog 1997
Waking Ned Devine 1998