The Top 50 Stand-up Comedies of All Time

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The Top 50 Stand-up Comedies of All Time
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
Rating		 Your
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2520 Eddie Murphy: Raw 1987 Robert Townsend R -
2842 Eddie Murphy: Delirious 1983 Bruce Gowers NR -
3575 Richard Pryor: Live in Concert 1979 Jeff Margolis NR -
3750 Bo Burnham: Inside 2021 Bo Burnham NR -
3880 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip 1982 Joe Layton R -
3985 Bill Cosby: Himself 1983 Bill Cosby PG -
4156 An Evening with Kevin Smith 2002 J.M. Kenny NR -
4239 Swimming to Cambodia 1987 Jonathan Demme NR -
4520 Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly 2000 Stan Lathan NR -
4561 Louis C.K.: Hilarious 2010 Louis C.K. NR -
5841 Richard Pryor: Here and Now 1983 Richard Pryor R -
5890 Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2005 Michel Gondry NR -
6194 George Carlin: Jammin' in New York 1992 Rocco Urbishi NR -
6351 Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth 2004 Stan Lathan NR -
6740 Gray's Anatomy 1996 Steven Soderbergh NR -
6807 George Carlin: You Are All Diseased 1999 Rocco Urbisci NR -
6966 Chris Rock: Bring the Pain 1996 Keith Truesdell NR -
7013 Louis C.K. Live from the Beacon Theater 2011 Louis C.K. NR -
7861 An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder 2006 J.M. Kenny NR -
8215 Louis C.K.: Oh My God 2013 Louis C.K. NR -
8388 John Mulaney: New in Town 2012 Ryan Polito NR -
8429 Robin Williams: Live on Broadway 2002 Marty Callner NR -
8546 George Carlin . . . It's Bad for Ya! 2008 Rosco Urbisci NR -
8613 Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker 1999 Keith Truesdell NR -
8698 Louis C.K.: Shameless 2007 Steven J. Santos NR -
8760 George Carlin: Carlin on Campus 1984 Steven J. Santos NR -
8993 Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic 2005 Liam Lynch NR -
9248 Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale 2006 Michael Drumm NR -
9404 John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City 2018 Alex Timbers NR -
9542 Monster in a Box 1992 Nick Broomfield PG13 -
9736 George Carlin: Complaints and Grievances 2001 Rocco Urbisci NR -
9900 Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion 2007 Michael Blieden NR -
10123 Bo Burnham: What 2013 Bo Burnham, Christopher Storer NR -
10220 Bill Hicks: Revelations 1993 Chris Bould NR -
10247 The Original Kings of Comedy 2000 Spike Lee R -
10555 George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing 2005 Rocco Urbisci R -
10782 George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head 1986 Rocco Urbisci NR -
10825 Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time 1998 Marty Callner NR -
11117 Patton Oswalt: My Weakness Is Strong 2009 Jason Woliner NR -
11123 George Carlin: Back in Town 1996 Rocco Urbisci NR -
11124 Kevin Smith: Sold Out - A Threevening with Kevin Smith 2008 Joey Figueroa, Zak Knutson NR -
11125 George Carlin: What Am I Doing in New Jersey? 1988 Bruce Gowers NR -
11162 Bo Burnham: Make Happy 2016 Bo Burnham, Christopher Storer NR -
11271 Chris Rock: Never Scared 2004 Joel Gallen NR -
11601 Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40! 2010 Joey Figueroa, Zak Knutson NR -
11755 Donald Glover: Weirdo 2012 Shannon Hartman, Michelle Caputo NR -
11970 Bill Hicks: Sane Man 1989 Kevin Booth, David Johndrow NR -
12410 On Location: George Carlin at Phoenix 1978 Marty Callner NR -
12633 Carlin at Carnegie 1983 Steven J. Santos NR -
12785 Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening 2010 Jason Woliner NR -

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