Harold and Maude, which exemplifies the expression “it shouldn’t have worked, but it did” more than any movie I can think of,  is a romantic comedy, and also a very dark comedy. Harold (Bud Cort) is a depressed 19-year-old — though he could pass for 16 — who frequently pretends to commit suicide… Harold soon meets Maude, a 79-year-old, also a habitual funeral attendee, and they form an unlikely bond and an even more unlikely romance.  – Tilt

“…a charming hour and a half of black humor.”–Vogue