Richard Pryor Movies

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he...

A thoughtful and humorous navigation of personal conversations on mental health, through the lens of a group therapy session led by some of today's...

This documentary treats movie fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Superman III, a more comical take on the superhero story in which the...

This oddball counterculture comedy/drama follows Zalman King through a series of kooky misadventures while he searches for his life's purpose in New...

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.

A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose...

For fans of comedy, Sam Kinison needs no introduction. His scathing comedy tackled tough topics no other comedian dared to touch. Fed up and...

Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' is the first stand-up act of Richard Pryor to be filmed out of the four that were released in total. This film was...

Called “quite possible the most intuitively funny woman alive” by the New York Times television critic Jack Gould, this in-depth...

A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.

Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of...

Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse.

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.

A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television. This film was...

A two-hour television special on the life of Richard Pryor featuring interviews by those close to him, focusing on his contributions to standup...

Flip Wilson's stand-up special.

A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.

In the late 1950s, a fresh, unconventional style of standup comedy emerged in sharp contrast to the standard "Take my wife, please" approach. It...

This documentary praises comedian Richard Pryor by showing fragments of various shows Pryor made and having famous comedians talk about the...

Using a 35mm strip of motion picture slug featuring the recently deceased American comedian Richard Pryor, this extended Rorschach assault on the...