Last Updated on 25 March 2024
I searched the Internet for lists of the best dark comedy movies of all time. Criteria included the movies being ranked, not just listed, and generally created by groups, whether teams or committees or based on general public voting (like Ranker.com).
I was able to find 12 lists. I took the 12 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every film. I ended up averaging the rankings each movie got (there were 103 that were on at least 2 lists) and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists that movie was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The movies that were on the most lists (out of 12) were:
- Fargo (1996) – 11 lists
- In Bruges (2008) – 10 lists
- Burn After Reading (2008) – 8 lists
- Heathers (1989) – 8 lists
- Dr. Strangelove (1964) – 7 lists
- Pulp Fiction (1994) – 7 lists
- American Psycho (2000) – 7 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- Chillopedia – 24 Nov 2022
- Mubi.com – 19 Sep 2022
- CBR.com – 28 Aug 2022
- Bored Panda – 5 Aug 2022
- Gizmo Story – 9 Jul 2022
- TheCinemaholic – 3 Jul 2022
- Men’s Health – 9 Mar 2022
- Ranker.com – 17 Feb 2022
- Studio Binder – 16 Dec 2020
- Rotten Tomatoes – 24 Apr 2020
- Independent (UK) – 22 Feb 2019
- ScoopWhoop – 6 Jun 2017