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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.5
/148813/
75
/9189/
73
/2551/
3.8
/253208/
98
/306/
88
/1351/
86
/47/
cc age 15+

The Big Sick (2017)
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
poster
75
6.7
/18682/
68
/1346/
64
/403/
3.4
/25162/
98
/135/
69
/391/
83
/30/
cc age 16+

Don't Think Twice (2016)
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
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Starz Apple TV Channel
74
7.3
/10480/
71
/212/
68
/129/
3.5
/3020/
82
/130/
77
/2112/
69
/33/
cc age 16+

Talk to Me (2007)
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
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Kanopy
74
6.7
/26920/
67
/1160/
64
/449/
3.5
/53546/
90
/165/
72
/514/
76
/35/
cc age 17+

Obvious Child (2014)
An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
73
8.3
/1656419/
80
/57075/
81
/27030/
3.8
/4054258/
68
/598/
89
/23598/
59
/60/
cc age 16+

Joker (2019)
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.7
/40198/
68
/3349/
67
/476/
3.2
/55803/
90
/62/
79
/235/
67
/10/
cc age 16+

Deep Cover (2025)
Kat is an improv comedy teacher beginning to question if she’s missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop offers her the role of a lifetime, she recruits two of her students to infiltrate London’s gangland by impersonating dangerous criminals.
poster
72
7.4
/142342/
73
/3453/
72
/1899/
3.8
/107218/
64
/121/
79
/3115/
58
/34/
cc age 16+

Man on the Moon (1999)
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
poster
70
6.6
/25973/
69
/684/
64
/483/
3.5
/23490/
81
/37/
69
/1115/
58
/12/
cc age 16+

Fame (1980)
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
poster
69
6.8
/1207/
58
/8/
57
/25/
3.3
/498/
78
/18/

How I Killed My Father (2001)
When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
69
6.7
/14766/
68
/342/
65
/250/
3.7
/21525/
71
/35/
75
/382/
61
/23/

Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
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Kanopy
68
6.4
/5436/
69
/422/
69
/100/
3.1
/10779/
69
/98/
92
/62/
57
/16/
cc age 15+

Ezra (2024)
Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife. When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son's future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both their lives.
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Hoopla
67
6.0
/1242/
61
/137/
52
/25/
3.0
/1056/
80
/20/
83
/49/
cc age 16+

The Opening Act (2020)
The film follows Will Chu whose true life passion is to become a stand-up comedian. He is given the opportunity to emcee a comedy show, opening for his hero, Billy G. Chu has to decide if he wants to continue the life he has set up or to pursue his dream, the life of a comedian.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
6.3
/2438/
69
/81/
63
/33/
3.4
/3034/
58
/19/
80
/45/
65
/8/

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.
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Starz Roku Premium Channel
67
6.6
/15626/
67
/386/
64
/253/
3.1
/8023/
60
/108/
72
/1357/
64
/28/
cc age 14+

Something New (2006)
Career-minded corporate accountant Kenya McQueen is set up on a blind date with sexy, free-spirited landscape architect Brian Kelly, but backs out when she realizes that he is white. Impressed with his work on a friend's mansion, she hires Brian to design her new home's backyard -- and he sweeps her off her feet. But after a disagreement, her brother's mentor, executive Mark Harper, unexpectedly calls and she starts dating her seemingly ideal man. Kenya must choose between the type of man she always dreamed she wanted or giving in to life's little surprises.
poster
66
6.9
/7422/
66
/234/
66
/88/
3.5
/5478/
77
/91/
69
/302/
62
/28/

Comedian (2002)
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.
poster
74
65
7.2
/5297/
68
/126/
70
/125/
3.7
/14141/
86
/4756/

Hana & Alice (2004)
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
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Kanopy
63
6.5
/10834/
69
/885/
61
/244/
3.2
/5192/
77
/115/
59
/181/
61
/28/
cc age 16+

The Hero (2017)
Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.
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Netflix
62
6.8
/36493/
72
/2375/
69
/534/
3.1
/260849/
48
/23/
71
/192/
49
/6/
cc age 14+

The Life List (2025)
When her mother sends her on a quest to complete a teenage bucket list, a young woman uncovers family secrets, finds romance — and rediscovers herself.
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Kanopy
71
61
6.5
/2752/
70
/157/
62
/80/
3.5
/10608/
90
/40/
75
/25/
70
/9/

Benjamin (2019)
Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.
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Netflix
56
6.3
/33957/
62
/620/
61
/646/
3.0
/19976/
40
/136/
44
/612/
43
/37/

Anything Else (2003)
Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda isn't like anything else at all.
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Hulu
53
5.4
/4779/
61
/540/
64
/43/
2.4
/15939/
50
/16/
45
/26/
cc age 15+

F Marry Kill (2025)
When true-crime junkie Eva Vaugh is shoved into the dating app world by her besties on her 30th birthday, she suddenly finds herself at the center of a real-life murder case. As new details about the murders are revealed on her favorite podcast, she realizes that one of the three men she’s dating could be the infamous "Swipe Right Killer" terrorizing the city.
poster
51
6.3
/6929/
64
/109/
61
/114/
3.1
/900/
34
/91/
47
/123/
45
/29/

Levity (2003)
Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a mysterious minister and two needy women— finds him.
poster
The Roku Channel
47
5.8
/8522/
68
/725/
57
/167/
2.6
/3200/
24
/112/
28
/108/
40
/37/
cc age 17+

The Comedian (2016)
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.
poster
44
5.4
/25547/
60
/739/
55
/416/
2.7
/9560/
18
/94/
40
/945/
32
/28/
cc age 14+

Down to Earth (2001)
Struggling comic Lance Barton knows what it's like to die on stage. But when his life takes an unexpected turn - straight to heaven - Lance is sure there's been a mistake. Miraculously, he's right! An angel tells Lance he was taken prematurely but assures him he can be returned to Earth - in the aged body of a ruthless white billionaire. In this improbable reincarnation, Lance begins a hilarious quest to realize his showbiz dream...and, along the way, discovers the person he never imagined he could be.
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Britbox Apple TV Channel
67
40
6.9
/2175/
63
/49/
62
/35/
3.2
/546/
77
/40/
cc age 16+

Gideon's Daughter (2005)
Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring and summer of New Labour's election victory and Diana's death. Nighy is a PR guru who has to stop and re-evaluate his world when his daughter threatens to leave his life, perhaps as revenge for his serial infidelities. Richardson plays a mother trying to bury her grief in an unconventional way after the loss of her young son.
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Hoopla
60
34
6.1
/323/
60
/16/
48
/6/
63
/19/
74
/36/
58
/9/

Acts of Worship (2001)
Alix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.
poster
Kanopy
51
34
6.0
/2534/
58
/69/
53
/51/
3.2
/319/
42
/31/
34
/122/
48
/15/

Wonderful World (2009)
Ben Singer is a failed children's folk singer, a career proofreader, a less-than-extraordinary weekend dad, and perhaps the most negative man alive. Floundering in all aspects of his life, Ben's only comfort comes from regular chess games and friendly debates on game theory with his Senegalese roommate Ibou. When Ibou is suddenly struck ill, Ben's pessimistic worldview seems unequivocally confirmed. It takes an extended visit from Ibou's sister Khadi for Ben to realize that cynicism may be all a matter of perspective.
poster
49
30
4.7
/1821/
53
/41/
42
/33/
2.5
/973/
54
/1051/

Night Patrol (1984)
Melvin White, a neurotic, accident-prone cop who gets demoted to the night shift, secretly moonlights as the Unknown Comic, an anonymous stand-up comedian who performs with a paper bag over his head. When someone using the same guise commits a string of bar robberies in town, some begin to suspect that White is the culprit.
poster
The Roku Channel
69
25
7.6
/1572/
73
/118/
68
/26/
3.4
/220/
62
/4/

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with Love (2015)
The Postables, Oliver, Shane, Rita and Norman, explore the mystery of true love as they deliver divorce papers to one couple the same day Oliver's missing wife reappears.
poster
49
21
5.6
/202/
20
/1/
33
/3/
80
/335/

The Souler Opposite (1998)
Barry (Christopher Meloni) is a bitter, sexist thirtysomething stand-up comic with a penchant for aggravating the wrong people. When his act provokes a knuckle sandwich one night, the sensible, idealistic and much younger Thea (Janel Moloney) picks him up. Although the two have nothing in common, that doesn't stop them from falling in love. Romance is rough, however, when opposites attract in this thoughtful romantic comedy.
poster
The Roku Channel
60
19
6.2
/1050/
56
/31/
55
/27/
3.2
/297/
64
/9/

Madtown (2016)
A stand-up comedian confesses to a murder on-stage at an open mic night to a shocked audience - his crime the result of a deadly triangle formed between his older sister, just released from prison after a 20-year stay for the murder of their parents, the loving bond he now shares with a caring surrogate family, and the ultimate choice he must make between them - his dysfunctional blood ties with his own sister, or his picturesque view of the ideal family.
poster
43
16
2.8
/4475/
55
/6/
44
/20/
2.3
/367/

Audacity (2015)
Aspiring comedian Peter is encouraged by his friend Ben to perform at the local comedy club. But stage fright isn’t Peter’s only fear. When confronted with one of today’s most divisive issues, he feels compelled to speak, but can he? Challenged by his coworker Diana to defend his convictions about homosexuality and gay marriage, will he have the courage to stand for what he believes—even at the risk of losing a friendship?
poster
45
14
5.5
/381/
58
/19/
43
/12/
44
/16/
26
/5/

The Comedian (2012)
Set in the immediate and random background of today’s London. THE COMEDIAN is a fresh, dramatic and funny debut feature about choices and how not to make them.
poster
46
13
5.5
/805/
44
/13/
50
/12/
3.1
/748/
21
/10/

The Clairvoyant (1982)
Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and draws - the killer's crimes before they're committed.
poster
71
12
7.1
/314/
68
/19/
80
/6/
67
/12/

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.
poster
54
11
4.2
/228/
59
/30/
55
/17/
3.1
/232/

Pápa Piquillo (1998)
Papá Piquillo is a gypsy grandfather who makes a living singing and dancing in the streets of Madrid with a monkey, a goat and his six grandchildren. Things get complicated when one of the children suffers an accident and the police prevent them from continuing to perform.
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Hoopla
48
8
5.7
/346/
55
/13/
45
/9/
38
/10/

Who's the Caboose? (1997)
A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless people. However, they quickly find the film too depressing. Ducking into a nightclub, they discover a young Manhattan comedienne and decide instead to follow her as she makes the circuit of auditions in L.A. as she tries to get a TV pilot. Unfortunately, she has failed to tell her boyfriend of this move. He decides he will trail her out west. There, the boyfriend runs into an old friend who has already made a break on a TV pilot. Seizing the opportunity, the actress turns her attentions to the established actor. However, the actress goes nowhere in auditions, but her ex-boyfriend is suddenly noticed and becomes the next hot prospect.
poster
38
5
3.7
/553/
36
/9/
26
/8/
2.8
/239/

Weekend Pass (1984)
Four Navy recruits fresh from boot camp graduation in San Diego spend a weekend pass together out on the town in Los Angeles before shipping out for further training.
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?
4.9
/23/

Latter-Day Night Biscuit (2005)
Stand-up comedian JOHNNY BISCUIT stars in this feature-length comedy film, bringing his trademark wit and searing insight to LDS culture! The Biscuit riffs on everything from handcarts to handicrafts to the everyday oddities found in Mormon culture. Replete with laugh-out-loud moments, LATTER-DAY NIGHT BISCUIT will leave you in stitches!
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?
10
/1/

Comedienne (1984)
Follows two women in the New York comedy scene in the early 80s.
poster
?
6.1
/89/

Knock ❛em Dead (2008)
An offbeat tale about a down and out hit man, "P.S." Esposito, who dreams about making it big as a stand up comedian. One thing is for certain, PS is determined to make everyone around him believe in him...even if he has to knock 'em dead trying.
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?
8.2
/58/
20
/1/

Love... And Other Reasons to Panic (2015)
What are the odds of finding true love in your own backyard?
poster
?
7.1
/21/
58
/3/

Just Like Me (2009)
'Just Like Me' is the story of Bobby Green, a comedian who thinks he has to be more serious, and Marv Holtz, a serious Psychologist who thinks he needs to lighten up. They both meet Barbara Kelly who isn't quite sure what she wants. It all leads up to some funny circumstances when the three come face to face with each other.
poster
21
?
3.5
/110/
8
/2/

Laughing Matters... More! (2006)
Laughing Matters...More! is a reality-based romp that blends the routines from four of lesbian stand-up comics with personal interviews. It features Elvira Kurt, a Second City alum named Canadian Female Comic of the Year and writer for Ellen DeGeneres; Sabrina Matthews, a regularly featured performer on Comedy Central; Renee Hicks, the first African- American woman nominated Best Female Stand-up at the American Comedy Awards; and the Southern-Baptist-lesbian-mom-turned-crossover-comic, Vickie Shaw. This film takes a "reality" approach to showcasing the comics, capturing their on-stage performances, and their personas off-stage in behind-the-scenes footage, one-on-one interviews and recurring segments where all four converge for spontaneous and improvised discourse.
poster
?
7.0
/9/

Paul Smith: Live (2017)
One of the largest breakthrough comedian sensations of recent years in the UK Paul Smith brings you his hilarious debut special. This natural and affable funny man delights with tales from his life all filmed live at the world famous Hot Water Comedy Club.
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Amazon Prime Video
60
?
5.5
/274/
63
/24/
63
/12/

The Proposal Spot (2023)
The owner of a café where everyone falls in love could lose everything when a major celeb proposes and gets dumped, so she vows to get him and his would-be fiancée back together, only to wind up falling in love with him herself.
poster
Hoopla
?
7.2
/24/

The Comedy Club (2016)
When a fire destroys Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, defiant owner Tom Sawyer and his crew of comedians rebuild it, hoping to revive the struggling indie comedy scene.
poster
?
10
/1/

Miss Richfield 1981: Fall on Your Knees Christmas Extravaganza (2005)
Holiday comedy show from Minnesota's Mistress of Mayhem! This camp production showcases a spectacle of variety, live on stage from her sold out show, and comes with music. Includes Miss Richfield's candid interaction with audience members at a pre-show celebration.


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