Stand-up Comedy Movies, Movies about Stand-up Comedy

Here we've displayed a list of the best Stand-up Comedy films : Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth(1998), Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again(2004), Jellyfish(2018), The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe(1991), The Original Kings of Comedy(2000), Comedian(2002), Dying Laughing(2016), Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain(2013), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling(1986), The Aristocrats(2005), Mickey One(1965), Funny People(2009) ... ...

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Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

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 »

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Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again

The comedic stylings of four sort-of famous funnymen are brought to the big screen courtesy of this 2002 documentary.

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Jellyfish

A young carer discovers an unlikely talent for stand-up comedy.

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The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

This filmed version of Lily Tomlin's successful one-woman performance piece is sometimes classified as a "documentary."

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The Original Kings of Comedy

A concert film featuring four major African American stand up comedians.

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Comedian

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.

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Dying Laughing

The craft, creative process and complicated lives of stand-up comedians.

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Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain

Filmed at a sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden, comedian Kevin Hart delivers material from his 2012 "Let Me Explain" concert tour.

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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.

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The Aristocrats

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

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Mickey One

After the mob tries to kill him for an unknown reason, a comedian steals the identity of a homeless man and goes on the run.

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Funny People

When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.

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95 Miles to Go

The hilarious intimacy of two comedians locked in a car together for hundreds of miles. Together, they each struggle with Ray's obsessions, phobias and insecurities in this unscripted exploration of newfound fame.

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Love Come Down

Two brothers in their early 20s, one black, one white, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade old tragedy. Neville is a comedian struggling with his comedy, ... See full summary »

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The Jimmy Show

A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.

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Kevin Hart: What Now?

Comic Kevin Hart performs his stand-up routine in front of 50,000 people at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

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American: The Bill Hicks Story

Interviews and clever use of still photographs illustrate the life of a talented but often controversial comic who died of cancer at age 32.

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The Conversations

A disillusioned dentist moonlighting as a comedian tries to erase the memories of his blonde American muse.

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The Joker Is Wild

Singer Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra) turns nightclub comic in 1920s Chicago, with a socialite (Jeanne Crain) and a dancer (Mitzi Gaynor) for company.

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