Richard Pryor Movies

A racist officer is put in charge of an all-black squad of troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro-dam in Nazi Germany....

With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.

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 recently-released convict becomes the most powerful pimp in Oakland, but tragedy ensues when his activities draw the ire of two corrupt cops and...

A jazz musician falls in love with a comatose woman at a carny sideshow and takes her to his mansion to join his cabinet of sexual curiosities.

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

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

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...

Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin...

TV special starring Lily Tomlin

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

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

Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers.

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

Richard Pryor delivers monologues on race, sex, family and his favorite target—himself, live at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California.

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

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage...

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...