23 stand-up specials by Asian comics
by IMDb-Editors | created - 26 Apr 2023 | updated - 11 months ago | PublicUpdate your watchlist with these hilarious, riveting, and tell-all stand-up specials written by Jimmy O. Yang, Zarna Garg, Jo Koy, and more.
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1. Jimmy O. Yang: Guess How Much? (2023 TV Special)
54 min | Comedy
Jimmy O. Yang's first global stand-up special. The comedian delves into various topics including love languages, loser friends, and negotiating with his Asian parents.
Director: Jimmy O. Yang | Star: Jimmy O. Yang
Votes: 762
Premiering May 2 on Prime
2. Zarna Garg: One in a Billion (2023)
66 min | Documentary, Comedy
Features fiercely protective Indian immigrant mother Zarna Garg in action.
Director: Brian Volk-Weiss | Star: Zarna Garg
Votes: 603
Premiering May 16 on Prime
3. Biswa Kalyan Rath: Mood Kharaab (2023 TV Special)
52 min | Comedy
Set in London, Biswa's second collaboration with Amazon is all about his anger over everything wrong in the world, why and how everyone is just pissed off and his not so good childhood.
Director: Kanan Gill | Star: Biswa Kalyan Rath
Votes: 449
Premiering May 5 on Prime
4. Rose Matafeo: Horndog (2020 TV Special)
55 min | Comedy
Comedian Rose Matafeo has kissed nearly 10 men in her life, AKA she's a total horndog. But what is horniness. Is it that intangible essence of excitement and adventure that has inspired ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Wiltshire | Star: Rose Matafeo
Votes: 304
Streaming on HBO Max
5. Jo Koy: Live from the Los Angeles Forum (2022 TV Special)
TV-MA | 74 min | Comedy
It follows Jo as he gushes about his relationship with his teenage son along with sharing the struggles of living with sleep apnea and much more.
Director: Shannon Hartman | Star: Jo Koy
Votes: 1,047
Streaming on Netflix
6. Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester (2022 TV Special)
TV-MA | 68 min | Documentary, Comedy
Features comedian Hasan Minhaj as he shares his thoughts on fertility, fatherhood, and freedom of speech by discussing some of his recent life events.
Director: Prashanth Venkataramanujam | Stars: Hasan Minhaj, Ammad Quraishi
Votes: 2,350
Streaming on Netflix
7. Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder (2022 TV Special)
TV-MA | 57 min | Comedy
Follows Atsuko Okatsuka as she peels back the layers of her education as a young person, how it was to talk to strangers, and the pitfalls of being born.
Director: Tig Notaro | Star: Atsuko Okatsuka
Votes: 724
Streaming on HBO Max
8. Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual (2022 TV Special)
TV-MA | 67 min | Comedy
Joel Kim Booster's first Netflix comedy special, talking about the cultural nuances of being Asian as he gets older and much more.
Director: Doron Max Hagay | Star: Joel Kim Booster
Votes: 570
Streaming on Netflix
9. The Standups (2017– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Comedy's freshest voices take the stage in LA for six half-hour specials packed with sly jokes, hilarious anecdotes and awkward confessions.
Stars: Dan Soder, Beth Stelling, Fortune Feimster, Nate Bargatze
Votes: 1,434
Streaming on Netflix
10. Vir Das: Landing (2022 TV Special)
66 min | Comedy
Vir Das is an Indian comedian, actor and musician. In this, his fourth stand up show filmed in New York, Vir looks back at growing up in India and his move to America.
Director: Vir Das | Star: Vir Das
Votes: 1,171
Streaming on Netflix
11. Ali Wong: Don Wong (2022 TV Special)
TV-MA | 59 min | Comedy
Ali Wong discusses her deepest fantasies, the challenges of monogamy, and her feelings about single people.
Director: Nahnatchka Khan | Star: Ali Wong
Votes: 3,325
Streaming on Netflix
12. Hari Kondabolu: Vacation Baby (2023 TV Special)
Comedy
Challenges experienced by Hari Kondabolu and his partner of having a kid during global pandemic.
Stars: Hari Kondabolu, Liz Miele
Votes: 19
13. Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy (2022 TV Special)
60 min | Documentary, Comedy
Ronny shares his journey during the pandemic, race relations, cancel culture and some stories from his experiences as a comic.
Director: Sebastian DiNatale | Star: Ronny Chieng
Votes: 1,648
Streaming on Netflix
14. Russell Peters: Deported (2020 TV Special)
67 min | Comedy
The Deported World Tour kicked off in Australia and New Zealand in February 2018 and has already traveled to over 29 cities in 20 countries and been seen by over 100,000 fans worldwide. The... See full summary »
Director: David Higby | Stars: Jason Collings, Vicky Kaushal, Taapsee Pannu, Russell Peters
Votes: 966
Streaming on Prime
15. Margaret Cho: PsyCHO (2015 TV Special)
TV-MA | 81 min | Documentary, Comedy
Comedian Margaret Cho performs in front of a live audience in this provocative and hilarious comedy special event, tackling off-limits issues from Boko Haram to female empowerment with her razor sharp insight and wit.
Director: John Asher | Star: Margaret Cho
Votes: 411
Streaming on Peacock
16. Sheng Wang: Sweet and Juicy (2022 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Sheng Wang delivers a laid-back set on juicing, mammograms, how snoring is an evolutionary mistake and the existential angst of buying pants from Costco.
Director: Ali Wong | Star: Sheng Wang
Votes: 1,266
Streaming on Netflix
17. Yearly Departed (2020 TV Special)
Not Rated | 44 min | Comedy
Comedy special features eulogies for the year 2020 with a line-up of all-women comedians discussing everything from casual sex to beige Band-Aids and everything in between that we've "lost" in 2020.
Director: Linda Mendoza | Stars: Phoebe Robinson, Rachel Brosnahan, Tiffany Haddish, Patti Harrison
Votes: 1,268
Streaming on Prime
18. Kenny Sebastian: The Most Interesting Person in the Room (2020 TV Special)
TV-MA | 67 min | Comedy
Fusing his musical and stand-up chops, Kenny Sebastian gets analytical about frumpy footwear, flightless birds and his fear of not being funny enough.
Directors: Angshuman Ghosh, Neville Shah | Star: Kenneth Sebastian
Votes: 1,059
Streaming on Netflix
19. Kapil Sharma: I'm Not Done Yet (2022 TV Special)
54 min | Comedy
From the liquid courage behind his tweets to the sobering realities of making it in Mumbai, Kapil's pouring his heart out - with a heavy glug of humor.
Director: Sahil Chhabaria | Star: Kapil Sharma
Votes: 6,882
Streaming on Netflix
20. Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic (2022 TV Special)
62 min | Comedy
Going back to his hometown of Crawley, England, Romesh Ranganathan will talk about vegan-ism, his kids - and offers a peek into the making of his comedy special.
Director: Benjamin Green | Star: Romesh Ranganathan
Votes: 757
Streaming on Netflix
21. Ken Jeong: First Date (2019 TV Special)
TV-MA | 62 min | Comedy
Stand-up performance of comedian Ken Jeong recorded live at Pasadena, California.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Star: Ken Jeong
Votes: 2,587
Streaming on Netflix
22. Zakir Khan: Tathastu (2022 TV Special)
94 min | Comedy
Zakir talks about his experience of growing up with his grand-father and the influence he had on his life.
Star: Zakir Khan
Votes: 4,071
Streaming on Prime
23. Aditi Mittal: Things They Wouldn't Let Me Say (2017 TV Special)
TV-MA | 62 min | Comedy
Trailblazing comic Aditi Mittal mixes topical stand-up with frank talk about being single, wearing thongs and the awkwardness of Indian movie ratings.
Director: Fazila Allana | Star: Aditi Mittal
Votes: 342
Streaming on Netflix
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