20 movies like Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, ordered by similarity : Dying Laughing(2016), Heckler(2007), Superstar(1990), Generation Wealth(2018), Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip(1982), Scott Walker: 30 Century Man(2006), A/K/A Tommy Chong(2006), The Draughtsman's Contract(1982), Good Hair(2009), Jane Fonda in Five Acts(2018), American: The Bill Hicks Story(2010), Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth(1998) ...
7.4/10
Documentary, Comedy, Biography
USA
2010
84 Minutes
Annie Sundberg Joan Rivers Jocelyn Pickett Bill Sammeth Larry A. Thompson Graham Reed Kevin Brennan
celebrity comedian daughter raw engaging new york city los angeles household joan rivers plastic surgery comedy entertainment wealth fame wretched excess rise fall 2000s
A documentary on the life and career of Joan Rivers, made as the comedienne turns 75 years old.
6.8/10
6.1/10
Comedy, Documentary
USA
2007
77 Minutes
comedian actor club owner author critic lighthearted engaging los angeles comedy club stage heckling comedy performance criticism quest rivalry discovery 2000s
A documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some questions ... See full summary »
Documentary
1990
85 Minutes
actor actress artist painter model engaging fascinating pittsburgh new york city warehouse artist's studio andy warhol pop art fame new york city art world rise fall wretched excess transformation
Filmmaker Chuck Workman profiles pop artist Andy Warhol through interviews with friends and colleagues.
6.7/10
Documentary
USA
2018
106 Minutes
Lauren Greenfield Bret Easton Ellis Paris Cronin Mijanou Bardot Sheldon Greenfield Patricia Greenfield
artist photographer filmmaker celebrity interviewee interviewer bleak intricate engaging positive profound powerful los angeles moscow dubai china interview materialism sex culture
A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.
7.7/10
Comedy
USA
1982
82 Minutes
comedian creative hilarious raw emotional hollywood palladium los angeles richard pryor drug addiction prison race relations comedy aging rise fall transformation 1980s
Richard Pryor performs his stand-up comedy act on the Sunset Strip.
7.2/10
Biography, Documentary, Music
UK
2006
96 Minutes
musician david bowie executive interviewee creative offbeat studio paris new york city music scott walker alcohol rise to stardom drugs performance rise transformation fall 2000s
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
Documentary
2006
78 Minutes
Lou Adler Paris Chong Shelby Chong Tommy Chong Peter Coyote Steven Hager
cheech marin comedian actor friend engaging wild los angeles household stage tommy chong marijuana injustice trial prison fame fall underdog 2000s
Tommy Chong, of "Cheech & Chong" fame, deals with the federal government following charges of selling drug paraphernalia.
Comedy, Drama
1982
103 Minutes
Anthony Higgins Janet Suzman Anne Louise Lambert Dave Hill Hugh Fraser Neil Cunningham David Gant David Meyer
artist wealthy woman mother wealthy man father daughter crafty intricate suspenseful sultry england estate house moat art infidelity murder schemes investigation wealth
An artist (Anthony Higgins) trades 12 drawings for sex with the mistress (Janet Suzman) of a 17th-century English estate.
6.9/10
Documentary
USA
2009
95 Minutes
daughter celebrity african-american woman chris rock al sharpton maya angelou engaging hilarious profound beauty salon competition hall temple factory house india racial issues african-americans hairdressing beauty father/daughter relationship
Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles.
8.0/10
Documentary, Biography
USA
2018
133 Minutes
actress celebrity tycoon fascinating engaging creative confident cool amusing spirited intense inspiring united states life story life's work fame scandal celebrity discovery transformation
A look at the life, work, activism and controversies of actress and fitness tycoon, Jane Fonda.
Documentary
2010
106 Minutes
Paul Thomas Bill Hicks Kevin Booth John Farneti Lynn Hicks Mary Hicks Steve Hicks Andy Huggins David Johndrow James Ladmirault Dwight Slade
comedian friend filmmaker family member amusing tender emotional new york city los angeles little rock, ark. fame childhood bill hicks stand-up comedy growing up transformation rise 1990s
Interviews and clever use of still photographs illustrate the life of a talented but often controversial comic who died of cancer at age 32.
7.9/10
Documentary
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Robert De Niro Lenny Bruce
robert de niro comedian friend mother drug addict tv personality rousing amusing fascinating disheartening new york city television studio nightclub strip club comedy club obscenity court battles stand-up comedy controversy lenny bruce
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 ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Documentary
USA
2002
82 Minutes
comedian tv personality audience bartender actor hilarious fascinating playful nightclub backstage united states stand-up comedy rise to stardom fame show business jerry seinfeld orny adams underdog rise quest
A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road.
Biography, Documentary
2005
207 Minutes
Bob Dylan Dick Kangas Liam Clancy Maria Muldaur John Cohen
musician girlfriend joan baez allen ginsberg pete seeger gutsy passionate new york city concert stage manchester, england bob dylan rock 'n' roll folk music performance fame rise transformation discovery growing up 2000s
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese traces Bob Dylan's evolution from folk troubadour to iconic rock star. Live concert footage and press conferences from the 1960s and a new interview with Dylan are used to draw a portrait of the legendary singer-songwriter.
8.0/10
Documentary, Biography
USA
2001
141 Minutes
Paul Mazursky Irene Kane James B. Harris Marie Windsor Richard Schickel Christiane Kubrick
director actor producer film critic daughter wife fascinating amusing inspiring los angeles bronx, n.y. movie set school house stanley kubrick filmmaking rise transformation 1990s
The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
6.9/10
Comedy, Documentary
USA
2000
115 Minutes
comedian audience hilarious fiery north carolina theater stage stand-up comedy culture race relations church relationships family rise 2000s
A concert film featuring four major African American stand up comedians.
6.6/10
Documentary, Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2011
98 Minutes
beauty pageant contestants pageant queen interviewee artist master of ceremonies judge fascinating engaging inspiring amusing campy confident england alternative lifestyles beauty pageant footage interview misfits fashion discovery
British artist and living legend Andrew Logan, loved the world over by celebrities and misfits alike, takes us under his glittering wing and inside his outrageous, anarchic and spectacular ... See full summary »
6.2/10
Comedy
UK
1971
90 Minutes
Sidney James Kenneth Williams Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey Hattie Jacques Bernard Bresslaw Kenneth Cope Patsy Rowlands Jacki Piper Richard O'Callaghan Bill Maynard
business owner daughter son husband wife bird amusing cheeky melodramatic quirky spirited witty warehouse factory city house business struggle money relationships
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up ... See full summary »
7.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
96 Minutes
Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Warren William Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers Sterling Holloway Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Agnew
showgirl singer songwriter theatrical producer wealthy man brother engaging playful rousing new york city apartment broadway theater poverty wealth show business romance deception song and dance underdog love
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.
7.5/10
Documentary
UK|Canada
2003
119 Minutes
filmmaker film critic film studio executive film editor actor actress confident cool fascinating engaging hollywood, calif. studio new york city film set hollywood cinema history counterculture youth influence changing times
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
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