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1. Billy Connolly: An Audience with Billy Connolly (1985 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a celebrity audience.
Director: Alasdair Macmillan | Stars: Billy Connolly, Barbara Bach, Barry McGuigan, Chris Quinten
Votes: 537
2. Billy and Albert: Billy Connolly at the Royal Albert Hall (1987 Video)
Comedy
Billy Connolly delivers his unique brand of humor in this Royal Albert Hall concert, filmed in July 1987.
Director: Nobby Clark | Star: Billy Connolly
Votes: 239
3. Billy Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum Live (1981 Video)
105 min | Comedy
From the days when he still had red hair and was rising to the peak of his career, this is one of Billy's legendary early performances. The culmination of a marathon British tour that ... See full summary »
Director: David Mallet | Star: Billy Connolly
Votes: 275
4. Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years (1999 Video)
103 min | Documentary, Comedy
The highlights from Billy Connolly's thirty years as a stand up comedian are collected together here, along with a previously unseen live performance in Glasgow by the Big Yin.
Stars: Billy Connolly, Sean Connery, Judi Dench, Whoopi Goldberg
Votes: 233
5. Billy Connolly: Live 2002 (2002 Video)
104 min | Comedy
Highlights from the Big Yin's 2002 stage tour of Belfast, Newcastle, London, Cardiff, Sheffield and Manchester - and, in particular, Dublin. Topics include the horrors of a prostrate ... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Taylor | Star: Billy Connolly
Votes: 237
6. Billy Connolly: Live in New York (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Billy Connolly's pathologically devoted fans have helped make him the best-selling comedian around the world. In this raucous special taped in New York, Billy Connolly brings his uncensored, uncut and unpredictable stand-up to the U.S.
Director: Steve Brown | Star: Billy Connolly
Votes: 324
7. Billy Connolly: The Pick of Billy Connolly (1982 Video)
58 min | Comedy
Highlights from the 'Pick of Billy Connolly' concerts at the Cambridge Theatre London.
Director: David Mallet | Star: Billy Connolly
Votes: 88
8. Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said? (2007 Video)
115 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
Billy Connolly brings more of his brand of observational comedy to the stage in a blistering comic commentary on daily life.
Director: Dennis Murphy | Star: Billy Connolly
Votes: 143
9. Jay and Silent Bob Get Irish: The Swearing O' the Green (2013 TV Movie)
Unrated | 240 min | Comedy
Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes take their podcast, 'Jay and Silent Bob get Old', to Ireland.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith
Votes: 453
10. Jay and Silent Bob Get Old: Tea Bagging in the UK (2012 TV Special)
Not Rated | 240 min | Comedy
Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith take their podcast, "Jay & Silent Bob Get Old" across the pond.
Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes
Votes: 889
11. Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under (2012 TV Special)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy
Kevin Smith is joined by his notorious cohort Jason Mewes in this off-the-cuff, uncensored hour is filled with ribald and cautionary tales about everything from Australian children's television to mythical Australian drop bears in Sydney.
Director: J.C. Reifenberg | Stars: David Berry, Sara Clifford, Jason Mewes, Jordan Monsanto
Votes: 758
12. Chappelle's Show (2003–2006)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy, Music
Comedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture.
Stars: Dave Chappelle, Donnell Rawlings, Rudy Rush, Charlie Murphy
Votes: 71,716
13. Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (1999 TV Special)
TV-MA | 65 min | Documentary, Comedy
Chris Rock's third HBO comedy special shows him performing his stand-up routine at Apollo Theater in Harlem.
Director: Keith Truesdell | Stars: Chris Rock, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Monteria Ivey
Votes: 7,511
14. Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (1996 TV Special)
TV-MA | 58 min | Comedy
The second HBO stand-up special by Chris Rock.
Director: Keith Truesdell | Stars: Chris Rock, Jim Breuer, Mario Joyner, Tracy Morgan
Votes: 4,225
15. Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg (2008 TV Special)
TV-MA | 79 min | Documentary, Comedy
Chris Rock's 2008 comedy tour visits London, New York and Johannesburg. Various parts of this tour are edited together to create his fifth HBO stand-up special.
Director: Marty Callner | Star: Chris Rock
Votes: 4,523
16. Chris Rock: Never Scared (2004 TV Special)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Comedy
Are you ready for Rock? Actor/director/comedian Chris Rock performs a gut-busting set in his fourth HBO stand-up special taped before a live audience at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Director: Joel Gallen | Stars: Chris Rock, Dionicio Chambers, Doug E. Fresh, Eric Edwards
Votes: 5,692
17.
HBO Comedy Half-Hour (1994– )
Episode:
Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes
(1994)
TV-MA | 27 min | Documentary, Comedy
The first HBO stand-up special by comedian Chris Rock.
Director: Keith Truesdell | Stars: Chris Rock, Monteria Ivey
Votes: 908
18. Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983 TV Special)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy
Eddie Murphy's raunchy, raucous stand-up comedy routine is captured for posterity on this tape.
Director: Bruce Gowers | Stars: Eddie Murphy, James Argiro, Gus Loundermon, Brian O'Neal
Votes: 18,489
19. Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Comedy
Eddie Murphy in a stand-up performance recorded live. For an hour and a half he talks about his favourite subjects: sex and women.
Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali, Billie Allen, Clebert Ford
Votes: 20,729 | Gross: $50.50M
20. Jim Jefferies: I Swear to God (2009 TV Special)
TV-MA | 58 min | Comedy
Politically incorrect Australian comedian Jim Jefferies performs.
Director: John Moffitt | Star: Jim Jefferies
Votes: 3,083
21. Jim Jefferies: Alcoholocaust (2010 TV Special)
75 min | Comedy
Share this *Alcoholocaust: (Meaning: The aftermath of a drinking party, usually resulting in every available horizontal surface being covered in empty booze containers, spilled beverages ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Kirkby | Star: Jim Jefferies
Votes: 2,800
22. Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional (2012 TV Special)
TV-MA | 61 min | Comedy
Foul-mouthed Australian comedian Jim Jefferies puts everything out there in this raunchy EPIX comedy special -- and shows off his skill for skewering sacred cows and virtually everything else with brutal honesty.
Director: Jaime Eliezer Karas | Stars: Jim Jefferies, Al Jackson
Votes: 2,867
23. Roy Chubby Brown: Pussy & Meatballs (2010 Video)
62 min | Comedy
Director: Mark Atkinson | Star: Roy 'Chubby' Brown
Votes: 48
24. U.F.O. (1993)
79 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
While performing at Blackpool Pier, comedian Roy Brown is beamed aboard a spaceship of feminist aliens. He is put on trial for misogyny, found guilty, and condemned to annual pregnancies for 30 years.
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: Roy 'Chubby' Brown, Sara Stockbridge, Mandi Symonds, Roger Lloyd Pack
Votes: 347
25. Russell Brand: Doing Life - Live (2007 Video)
76 min | Documentary, Comedy
Russell Brand interacts with the audience, and talks about sex and celebrities.
Director: Mick Thomas | Stars: Russell Brand, Jonathan Ross
Votes: 240
26. Russell Brand: Scandalous (2009 Video)
65 min | Documentary, Comedy
Russell talks about the scandals in which he has been involved, and the press and public's reactions to them, then finishes by talking about sex.
Directors: Hamish Hamilton, Craig Young | Star: Russell Brand
Votes: 237
27. Russell Brand in New York City (2009 TV Special)
TV-MA | 61 min | Documentary, Comedy
Russell Brand, the unexpected star and scene-stealer of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and controversial host of the 2008 VMA's, makes his Comedy Central debut with "Russell Brand in New York ... See full summary »
Director: Ryan Polito | Stars: Russell Brand, Brian Balthazar
Votes: 469
28. Tim Minchin: So Live (2007 Video)
113 min | Comedy
Tim Minchin's live concert captured for this DVD, performed at the Sydney Opera House, in one of the smaller Studio Theatre rooms.
Director: Rhian Skirving | Star: Tim Minchin
Votes: 402
29. Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth (2004 TV Special)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy
Chappelle cuts loose in what he does best, Chappelle-style! And for what it's worth, no one is safe from Dave!
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Dave Chappelle, Greer Barnes
Votes: 9,139
30. Reggie Watts: Why $#!+ So Crazy? (2010 TV Special)
90 min | Comedy, Music
Reggie Watts performing live at three New York venues bookended with sketches.
Director: Duncan Skiles | Stars: Beth Hoyt, Scott Key, Ashley Parchment, Reggie Watts
Votes: 309
31. Louis C.K.: Shameless (2007 TV Special)
TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy
In his first one-hour special, comedy and television star Louis C.K. returns to HBO for an hour of no-holds-barred, adults-only stand-up comedy taped before a live audience at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles.
Director: Steven J. Santos | Star: Louis C.K.
Votes: 9,053
32. Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992 Video)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Comedy
Bill Hicks tells us how he feels about non-smokers, blow-jobs, religion, war and peace, drugs and music.
Director: Chris Bould | Star: Bill Hicks
Votes: 2,637
33. Sam Kinison: Breaking the Rules (1987 TV Special)
R | 50 min | Documentary, Comedy
Fans old and new have cause for celebration with the release of Sam Kinison: Breaking All The Rules, HBO Special. Along with being voted onto Comedy Central's All-Time Top 20 Stand-Up ... See full summary »
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Sam Kinison, Florence Marie Marney, Denise Gallup, Dian Gallup
Votes: 720
34. Kevin Smith: Silent But Deadly (2018 TV Special)
TV-MA | 57 min | Documentary, Comedy
Kevin Smith is anything but quiet in this new comedy special that was recorded an hour before his heart attack in February. Before he nearly died backstage, onstage he discusses his marriage, his kid and his work (or lack thereof).
Directors: Gil Cunha, Brian Volk-Weiss | Star: Kevin Smith
Votes: 1,230
35. Steve-O: Gnarly (2020 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 58 min | Action, Comedy
After a long trip duct taped on the side of a truck from Vegas to Colorado, Steve-O and friends go over his epic life, and the gnarly stunts he has done to get there. Stunts are over the top shock-value but its Steve-O what do you expect?
Director: Mark Ritchie | Stars: Steve-O, Johnny Knoxville, Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña, Chris Pontius
Votes: 684
36. Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016 TV Special)
TV-MA | 86 min | Comedy
Jim Jefferies talks about family life and challenges the idea of American freedom live on stage in Nashville, Tennessee.
Director: Ryan Polito | Star: Jim Jefferies
Votes: 5,890
37. Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now (2018 TV Special)
TV-MA | 70 min | Comedy
The gleefully irreverent Jefferies skewers "grabby" celebrities, political hypocrisy and his own ill-advised career moves in a brash stand-up special.
Director: Scott Zabielski | Star: Jim Jefferies
Votes: 4,465
38. Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain (2011)
R | 89 min | Documentary, Comedy
Experience the show that quickly became a national phenomenon, and get an up close and personal look at Kevin Hart back in Philly, where he began his journey to become one of the funniest comedians of all time. You will laugh 'til it hurts.
Directors: Leslie Small, Tim Story | Stars: Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Will 'Spank' Horton, Harry Ratchford
Votes: 6,470 | Gross: $7.71M
39. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (2013)
R | 75 min | Documentary, Comedy
Filmed at a sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden, comedian Kevin Hart delivers material from his 2012 "Let Me Explain" concert tour.
Directors: Leslie Small, Tim Story | Stars: Kevin Hart, Harry Ratchford, Will 'Spank' Horton, Joey Wells
Votes: 9,369 | Gross: $32.24M
40. Kevin Hart: Irresponsible (2019 TV Special)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy
Stand-up comedian Kevin Hart talks about his family, travel and a year full of reckless behavior in front of a live sold-out crowd in London.
Director: Leslie Small | Star: Kevin Hart
Votes: 5,087
41. Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny (2010 TV Special)
TV-MA | 72 min | Documentary, Comedy
"Seriously Funny" stars Kevin Hart performing in front of a sold out crowd live from Cleveland, Ohio - where he delivers his hilarious and unique brand of comedy. In this unforgettable ... See full summary »
Director: Shannon Hartman | Stars: Kim Delgado, Kevin Hart, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal
Votes: 5,859
42. Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)
R | 96 min | Documentary, Comedy
Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 53,000 people at Philadelphia's outdoor venue, Lincoln Financial Field.
Directors: Leslie Small, Tim Story | Stars: Kevin Hart, Don Cheadle, Halle Berry, Ed Helms
Votes: 9,944 | Gross: $23.59M
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