The Best R-Rated Stand-up Comedies
List of R-Rated stand-up comedies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated stand-up comedies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Stand-up comedy movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated stand-up comedies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated Stand-up comedy movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Stand-up comedy films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Stand-up comedy film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.
List below includes The Original Kings of Comedy, Punchline and more movies.
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- 1Laura Hayes, Mo'Nique, Sommore
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Steve Purcell
Starting where "The Kings of Comedy" left off, this stand-up performance offers a night of comedy from a distinctively female perspective. Recorded live at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tenn., "The ...more - 2Common, Mos Def, Dave Chappelle
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Michel Gondry
Actor, writer and comic Dave Chappelle loads up a bus with residents of his Ohio hometown and takes them to Brooklyn, N.Y. Once there, the travelers enjoy a concert featuring Kanye West, the Fugees, ...more - 4Samuel L. Jackson, Tatyana Ali, Kim Wayans
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Robert Townsend
Eddie Murphy Raw is an American stand-up comedy film directed by Robert Townsend and starring Eddie Murphy. It was Murphy's second feature stand-up film, following Eddie Murphy Delirious. However, ...more - 5Sally Field, Tom Hanks, John Goodman
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: David Seltzer
Lilah Krytsick (Sally Field) is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold (Tom Hanks) is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. ...more - 6Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, D. L. Hughley
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Spike Lee
A cultural phenomenon for our time: Spike Lee captures the comic geniuses behind the successful "Kings of Comedy" tour. In the concert feature film "The Original Kings of Comedy," acclaimed director ...more - 7Bette Midler, The Harlettes
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Bette Midler dresses up, tells racy jokes and sings "The Rose," "I Shall Be Released," "Leader of the Pack." - 8Gene Cross
- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Joe Layton
Live on the Sunset Strip is a comedy album by Richard Pryor. Recorded in 1982, the film was the most financially lucrative of the comedian's concert films. The material includes Pryor's frank ...more - 9Adam Sandler, Billy Bob Thornton, Milton Berle
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Valerie Breiman
Going Overboard is a 1989 American comedy film released on May 11, 1989. It stars Adam Sandler in his film debut, Burt Young, Allen Covert, Billy Zane, Terry Moore, Milton Berle and Billy Bob ...more - 10Dana Carvey
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Keith Truesdell
- The comedian speaks frankly to a rowdy New Orleans audience about White House politics, alcohol, drugs.
- 13Nancy O'Dell, Dayna Devon, Mikki Padilla
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: David Raynr
Following a string of artistic and personal setbacks -- including a widely publicized run-in with the police -- bad boy of comedy Martin Lawrence returns to his stand-up roots in a solo show that ...more - 14Martin Lawrence
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Thomas Schlamme
Filmed at a sold-out Majestic Theater in Brooklyn, N.Y., comedian Martin Lawrence delivers his first full-length stand-up special. Harking back to Eddie Murphy, the leather-clad comic riffs on drugs, ...more - 15Gilda Radner, Don Novello, Paul Shaffer
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Mike Nichols
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike Nichols, this documentary presents beloved comedienne Gilda Radner in a live performance. Exuding manic energy, Radner launches into routines that feature her ...more - 16Orny Adams
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Christian Charles
This documentary focuses on two stand-up comedians -- Jerry Seinfeld and Orny Adams -- whose careers are vastly different. Seinfeld is a veteran of the comedy trenches and is well-known for his TVÂ ...more - Hey Watch This is a 2010 documentary film directed by Christian Charles.
- 18Sandra Bernhard, Djimon Hounsou, Cynthia Bailey
- Released: 1990
- Directed by: John S. Boskovich
Without You I'm Nothing is a 1990 film starring and written by comedian and singer Sandra Bernhard, based on material from her award-winning one-woman show of the same name. The film was shot on ...more - 19Denis Leary, Colin Quinn, Bobcat Goldthwait
- Released: 2003
When Stand Up Stood Out is a documentary film by former Boston comedian Fran Solomita which chronicles the explosive popularity of the Boston Stand-up comedy scene in the 80s and early 90s. It was ...more - 20Whitney Cummings, Maz Jobrani, Tom Papa
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Ahmed Ahmed
Ahmed Ahmed, Tommy Davidson and other comics bridge the cultural gap with performances in Dubai, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. - 21Eddie Griffin, Master P, Amie Petersen
- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Dave Meyers
Miles "Foolish" Waise (Eddie Griffin) is trying to get his career as a stand-up comic off the ground, while his older brother, Quentin (Master P), better known as the criminal "Fifty Dollah," has his ...more - 22Martin Lawrence, Tommy Lister, John Witherspoon
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Topper Carew
Talkin' Dirty After Dark is a comedy film starring Martin Lawrence. The film was directed by Topper Carew, who also wrote the film. Carew also directed, created, and produced Lawrence's TV show, ...more - 23Sarah Silverman, Kathy Griffin, Louis C.K.
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Jordan Brady
Retired stand-up comedian Ritch Shydner has been out of the business for more than a decade, but a comeback is on the horizon. Filmmaker Jordan Brady presents a telling character study of Shydner as ...more - 24James Alexander, Raymond Allen, Isaac Hayes
- Released: 1973
- Directed by: Mel Stuart
In 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, director Mel Stuart captures the performances of the Watts Summer Festival. Organized by Stax Records, the festival is a gathering of musicians and entertainers ...more - 25Vince Vaughn, Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Ari Sandel
Stand-up comics Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst and Sebastian Maniscalco join actor Vince Vaughn in a series of live performances. Blending comedy, improvisational sketches and music along ...more