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Many of Britain ’s funniest film maker tend to search blue subjects . Monty Python , Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris have all used humor to research Britain ’s attitude toward expiry , political corruption , spiritual zealotry and other topics which are n’t openly discussed as often as they should be . Britain has always had a benighted sense of humor , and this is reflected in some of the rural area ’s pet drollery movies .
drollery movie can easily cut through the line between funny and offensive , with many end up being too controversial for dissimilar reasons .
15The Double (2013)
Jesse Eisenberg Plays Against Himself
Richard Ayoade is a British histrion , TV donor and author , but he has also proven himself to be a great director when given the fortune . After his coming - of - age funniness - dramaSubmarine , Ayoade ’s 2d motion-picture show conform a lesser - known novelette by Fyodor Dostoyevsky . The Doublestars Jesse Eisenberg as a sheepish mankind stuck in a bleak office job whose small life gets usurped by his doppelgänger . Ayoade uses the low-spirited , cold-eyed industrial landscape as the setting for good deal of glowering witticism about identity and fate . as luck would have it , Ayoade is now making his long - awaited return to engineer with an adaptation of a George Saunders story .
14Death At A Funeral (2007)
Death At A Funeral Got An American Remake, But The British Original Is Best
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Death at a Funeraltracks the chaos that unfolds as a dysfunctional family are reunite following the destruction of their paterfamilias . chronological succession ’s Matthew Macfadyen is the middle shaver tasked with keep everything together while his extended household accidentally drug one another , and he is blackmailed by his father ’s former fan , play by Peter Dinklage . decease at a Funeralis a slapstick farce about the ways that the great unwashed , particularly British people , aggrieve for their loved ones . The funeral is a societal minefield , not allow the family a moment ’s rest .
13In The Loop (2009)
Armando Iannucci Delivers A Scathing Political Satire
In the Loopbridges the gap between Armando Iannucci ’s two bully political satires , The Thick of ItandVeep . Peter Capaldi ’s Malcolm Tucker is dead confront with an assortment of American " allies " for him to contend with as Britain and the USA weigh up the pros and cons of military intervention in the Middle East . The narration skewers the construct - up to the Iraq War , but the politician remain focused on their own public icon and their stature more than the potential personal effects of the warfare itself . James Gandolfini is outstanding as a brash American full general .
12Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Guy Ritchie’s Debut Is A Violent Delight
Guy Ritchie ’s best moviesare mostly crime caper , although he has had achiever in other genres . Lock , Stock and Two smoke Barrelswas Ritchie ’s debut , and he immediately established his confident style . The heist funniness have a complex web of unsavory characters collide and collude with one another on the bastardly streets of Ritchie ’s London . Funny nicknames and creative profanity abound , butLock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrelssaves its most tragicomical double for last , as one particularly hapless felon is left cling over the sharpness of a span , about to unwittingly dispose of the most valuable prize he has come across .
11Hot Fuzz (2007)
Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Revive Their Hilarious Chemistry
The second movie inEdgar Wright ’s Cornetto trilogytakes a step by from the horror music genre , but there is just as much death and panel . Hot Fuzzlifts the lid on quaint English pastoral life to reveal a violent cult running their pocket-sized Greenwich Village like a deplorable empire . Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are always a joyfulness to see , but formerJames Bondstar Timothy Dalton is just as hilarious as a mephistophelian supermarket baron . Hot Fuzzlovingly pokes fun at overblown natural process movies likeBad BoysandLethal Weapon , contrasting the American fancy of grinder cop with Britain ’s more ordinary law .
10The Ladykillers (1955)
Ealing Comedies Aren’t Afraid To Go Dark
American hearing mostly know Alex Guinness as Ben Kenobi in the originalStar Warsmovie , but he had a long and far-famed career in British cinema before becoming a Jedi . Guinness excelled in both dramatic and comedic roles , andThe Ladykillersis one of his most popular Ealing drollery . He play the loss leader of a crew of thieves who realize they must reluctantly kill an elderly woman before she shit them out to the police . They withdraw mickle to decide who should be burden with the undertaking , but these are not honorable men , and they apace turn against one another in a frantic power struggle .
9Four Lions (2010)
Chris Morris Proves That Even Terrorism Has A Funny Side
Chris Morris has been one of Britain ’s sharp satirists since satirize the sensationalist urges of newsworthiness media in the nineties withThe Day TodayandBrass Eye . Four Lionsis his directorial debut , and it attracted the variety of arguing that Morris must be accustom to by now . Four Lionsfollows a group of dim - witted wannabe terrorists as they undergo training and plan an attack on a endurance contest . The assumption seems to revel in bad taste , but in practice , Four Lionsis a full - hearted put-down of the backward logic of fanatism . Riz Ahmed is superb throughout , andBenedict Cumberbatch has an unforgettable role as a useless surety negotiant .
8The Death Of Stalin (2017)
A Star-Studded Satire About The Timeless Nonsense Of Political Bureaucracies
Armando Iannucci’sThe Death of Stalintells the true story of the petty infighting among Joseph Stalin ’s closest advisor and ally directly after his end . However , the dialog sounds by all odds modern-day , and the actors each utilize their natural accents . The idea is that there are batch of parallels to be seen between the absurd bureaucracy of the Soviet Union and the modern political machine in both the UK and the USA.The various scheming politician are play by bright comedic histrion from both sides of the Atlantic , but Jason Isaacs delivers the most surprising performance as the bullish loss leader of the U. S. Army .
7Trainspotting (1996)
Danny Boyle’s Dark Comic Masterpiece Explores The Horrors Of Addiction
Trainspottingfollows a group of heroin freak living in poverty in Edinburgh . When one of them has the chance to achieve something better with their life , either by sobering up or getting a occupation , the others invariably sweep up them back into their honest-to-god habit . Trainspottingis as dark as dark funniness gets , with characters glossing over the dire circumstances of their lives and the endless procession of tragedy which befall their modest , run - down community . When it weigh , Trainspottingalso oversee to extradite a annihilating excited finale .
6Withnail & I (1987)
Richard E. Grant Shines In This Twisted Tale Of Male Friendship
Withnail & Itells the story of the worst vacation conceivable , as two struggling actor take a fault from London to rest in a cottage in England ’s Lake District . The conditions is awful , they get in fights with the local , and one of them only narrowly avoids being sexually assaulted . Withnail & Ihas gain cult classic statusfor its infinitely quotable dialogue and its grim comedic tone . Richard E. Grant ’s Withnail is now a beloved British character , as the alcohol-dependent actor embody hedonism and self - indulgence without restraint .
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