Movies: Stand up comedy

An original stand-up comedy special written and performed by comedian Tom Segura....

RAPE JOKES is an hourlong standup special centered on sexual assault from a survivor’s perspective. Written and performed by Cameron Esposito, proceeds from the special benefit RAINN, the United States’ largest anti-sexual violence organization....

In this stand-up special, Roy Wood Jr. delves into the unraveling of society, examining how the growing lack of connection has fueled a culture dominated by guns, protests, rude employees, and rampant self-interest....

An HBO special edited from three performances from Chris Rock's 2008 comedy tour: London (dark suit, dark shirt), Johannesburg (black suit, white shirt) and New York (shiny jacket). Topics include the ongoing presidential campaign, the possibility of...

In her fourth stand-up special, Whitney Cummings returns to her hometown of Washington, D.C., and riffs on modern feminism, technology and more....

Sarah Silverman appears before an audience in Los Angeles with several sketches, taped outside the theater, intercut into the stand-up performance. Themes include race, sex, and religion. Her comic persona is a self-centered hipster, brash and cluele...

Colin Jost and Michael Che, co-anchors of the wildly popular Saturday Night Live Weekend Update sketch, host a 60-minute live stand-up special featuring a mix of up-and-coming and established comics hand-selected and curated by the pair....

Hasan Minhaj delivers an unapologetic stand-up set about midlife identity struggles, race relations, political divides — and that fact-checking scandal....

Kyle Kinane explores themes of tolerance and rediscovering one's roots with self-deprecating humor in Dirt Nap. Cautious optimism and self-aware hope permeate the set....

This is a great performance. Through yelling and energetic story-telling, he talks about marriage, drugs, being arrested (thanks to his ex-wife), pleasing women, religion, and much, much more....

The bigger the audiences for Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim’s shows became, the less he had to do to make them laugh. In one early show, he suggested that the audience would be better off without him. So in 2016, he acted upon this suggestion with an ...

A television comedy special broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day 1992. Sketches, stand-up comedy and songs combine to create the latest daytime show to be hosted by a popular husband-and-wife team. There are tips on female problems like seriously sp...

After a DUI brings Arnold to rock bottom, living in his van gets worse when it breaks down outside of a raunchy underground comedy club. Now Arnold will chase a dream he never pursued - if he can earn the trust of the crazy family he never knew he ne...

Comedians and writers Steve Martin and Martin Short perform a live comedy set with music by The Steep Canyon Rangers and jazz pianist, Jeff Babko, at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina....

The HA Festival: The Art of Comedy Special is a non-stereotypical show with a predominantly Latinx cast and crew made with a real budget and for all audiences....

Short documentary / tribute to the late, truly great American stand-up comedian Bill Hicks, included as an extra in several box sets. Bill Hicks passed away in 1994, taken tragically young aged only 32. His legend and reputation, however, continue to...

Rodney Dangerfield wants the hottest up-and-coming comedians for his new HBO special, but as always, he gets no respect....

Red-hot actor/comedian Cedric the Entertainer stars in his first solo HBO special, a no-holds-barred 60-minute routine performed in front of a live audience at The Wiltern, the venerable Los Angeles theater. Spiced by several song-and-dance numbers f...

From his onstage tackle to the slap heard round the world, Dave Chappelle lets loose in this freewheeling and unfiltered stand-up comedy special....

TV special starring Lily Tomlin...