American: The Bill Hicks Story (2010), Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998), Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016), Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (2003), Jellyfish (2018), Comedian (2002), The Original Kings of Comedy (2000), The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1991) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Stand-up Comedy movies.
Storyline: Interviews and clever use of still photographs illustrate the life of a talented but often controversial comic who died of cancer at age 32.
Plot Keywords: comedian, friend, filmmaker, family member, amusing, tender, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Comedian Lenny Bruce struck a subversive chord in an era of change in America. After getting his start as a conventional stand-up comic, Bruce's increasingly iconoclastic act transformed him into a leading figure of the 1960s counterculture. This is his story.
Plot Keywords: robert de niro, comedian, friend, mother, drug addict, tv personality, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Comic Kevin Hart performs his stand-up routine in front of 50,000 people at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
Plot Keywords: comedian, rock star, actress, friend, family member, audience member, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The comedic stylings of four sort-of famous funnymen are brought to the big screen courtesy of this 2002 documentary.
Plot Keywords: amusing, charming, stage, backstage, arizona, touring, comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Fifteen-year-old Sarah Taylor exists in the eye of the storm. The sole caretaker of her family, including precocious twin siblings and a manic-depressive mother who spends most of her time in bed, Sarah runs from school to home to work each and every day. Yet, despite her Herculean efforts to put food on the table and keep the electricity on, she is still forced to engage with more dehumanizing ways to make a few extra bucks-so it's no wonder that her back is up among her peers at school. Jellyfish tells the story of Sarah's discovery of an unexpected outlet for her frustration and quick-tempered wit: stand-up comedy. First-time feature film director James Gardner paints a dark and hard-edged picture of life in this grey seaside British town, and, in newcomer Liv Hill, he uncovers a revelatory talent. Thanks to her fiercely evocative and vulnerable depiction of Sarah, Hill gives the audience truly remarkable insight into a young woman living a life far beyond her years.—Liza Domnitz
Plot Keywords: teen girl, depressed person, bleak, engaging, seaside, town, school ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Fresh from the success of his sitcom, comedian Jerry Seinfeld decided to do the unimaginable: he completely retired his stand-up act, electing to start over again by developing entirely new material. "Comedian" follows Seinfeld through this process, as he rehearses in front of small comedy club audiences, meets with fellow comics and finally appears before a national audience.—Shannon Patrick Sullivan <shannon@mun.ca>
Plot Keywords: comedian, tv personality, audience, bartender, actor, hilarious, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: February 26 and 27, 2000, the Original Kings of Comedy play Charlotte, NC. The themes are Blacks and Whites, men and women, old-school and hip-hop. Steve Harvey emcees, celebrates '70s music and lyrics of love, and pokes at folks in the front row. D.L. Hughley mines racial differences and talks about his marriage. Cedric the Entertainer riffs on a Black president and on being grown up. Bernie Mac, who says he expresses what's in the back of our minds, closes with reflections on being 42 (new aspects to his sex life and his attitude toward children). Spike Lee's camera takes us backstage and off-stage with the Kings and into the crowd where everyone's laughing.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: comedian, audience, hilarious, fiery, north carolina, theater, stage ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This filmed version of Lily Tomlin's successful one-woman performance piece is sometimes classified as a "documentary."
Plot Keywords: comedian, performer, woman, hilarious, quirky, rousing, stage ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Whilst painters, writers, musicians even dancers are talked about as Artists, stand-up comedians are often regarded as mere entertainers - yet their work has possibly more direct effect on an audience than any other art form. These are social and cultural commentators who at their best can change the way we think about important matters whilst making us howl with laughter. A stand-up comedian must be the writer, the director and the star performer, and unlike any other performance there is no rehearsal, no practice, no safety net, the stand-up can only work in front of a live audience - with feedback being instantaneous and often brutal. For most people baring their soul to then have an audience boo or heckle them would be a life-changing trauma, for stand-ups it's a weekly challenge. DYING LAUGHING is a unique glimpse into the agony and ecstasy of performance along with an singular examination into the day-to-day life of a professional stand-up.
Plot Keywords: comedian, amusing, uplifting, witty, engaging, stage, studio ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Kevin is throwing a celebration party, but guests tell him that he has changed since his divorce. He tries to explain himself, but they will not let him, so he decides to do a show at Madison Square Garden letting him explain, which sold out with 30,000 people. The film also shows performances of his sold-out shows from all around the world..
Plot Keywords: comedian, audience, hilarious, engaging, stage, madison square garden, new york city ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends--who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg and Drew Carey to Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Saget, Paul Reiser and Sarah Silverman--to reminisce, analyze, deconstruct and deliver their own versions of the world's dirtiest joke, an old burlesque too extreme to be performed in public, called "The Aristocrats."—Sujit R. Varma
Plot Keywords: comedian, performer, actor, writer, hilarious, witty, disturbing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After incurring the wrath of the mob, a comic flees Detroit for Chicago taking the name "Mickey One" from a stolen Social Security card from a homeless bum he witnesses being beaten up and robbed. As he returns to the stage and becomes successful, he fears that the mob will track him down. He wishes to square himself with the mob, but doesn't know what he did to anger them or what his debt is.—<JeanneArmintrout@juno.com>
Plot Keywords: comedian, nightclub owner, tenant, woman, mobster, offbeat, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. As he lies unconscious in a hospital, his spiritual alter ego gets up and begins a journey of his own. He revisits his life, from growing up in a brothel as a child and struggling to beat the long odds to become a top rated comedian. However, his success brings new problems as he develops a tragic pattern of substance abuse that begins to screw up his life. All the while, Jo Jo's spirit watches these events and attempts to convince his past self to turn off from his path of self destruction.—Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@home.com>
Plot Keywords: comedian, young boy, mother, grandmother, father, emotional, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: George is a very successful stand up comedian who learns that he has an untreatable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live. Ira is a struggling up-and-coming stand up comedian who works at a deli and has yet to figure out his onstage persona. One night, these two perform at the same club and George takes notice of Ira. George hires Ira to be his semi-personal assistant as well as his friend.
Plot Keywords: comedian, mentor, old flame, friend, offbeat, quirky, witty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Stand-up comics Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst and Sebastian Maniscalco join actor Vince Vaughn in a series of live performances. Blending comedy, improvisational sketches and music along with surprise celebrity guests, the group travels approximately 6,000 miles to bring their unique show to audiences in the South, West and Midwest.
Plot Keywords: comedian, actor, audience, fan, hysterical, engaging, frenetic ...
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