Films about comedians

2019 musical film directed by Todd Phillips

It Chapter Two is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Gary Dauberman. It is the sequel to It (2017) and the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1986 novel It by Stephen King. The film stars James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean, and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Set 27 years after the events of the first film, the story centers on the Losers Club and their relationships as they reunite to destroy It once and for all.

1982 film by Martin Scorsese

1992 film by Richard Attenborough

1999 film by Miloš Forman

1974 film by Bob Fosse

2009 film by Judd Apatow

2021 musical film by Leos Carax

2017 film directed by Michael Showalter

2018 film by Jon S. Baird

1975 American film directed by Herbert Ross

2024 film directed by Jason Reitman

1992 film by Billy Crystal

1988 film by David Seltzer

2014 film by Chris Rock

2023 film directed by Tony Goldwyn

2019 film directed by Nisha Ganatra

Is This Thing On? is a 2025 American comedy-drama film directed by Bradley Cooper, who co-wrote the screenplay with Will Arnett and Mark Chappell. It is loosely based on the life of English comedian John Bishop, who was given a story credit. It stars Arnett, Laura Dern, Cooper, Andra Day, Amy Sedaris, Sean Hayes, Christine Ebersole, and Ciarán Hinds.

1992 film by Nora Ephron

2016 film by Taylor Hackford

1999 film by Álex de la Iglesia

1983 film by Richard Ciupka

2014 film by Gillian Robespierre

2018 film by Greg Pritikin

2016 film directed by Mike Birbiglia

Dolemite is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack. Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s, heard a rhymed toast about an urban hero named Dolemite from a regular at the record store where he worked, and decided to adopt the persona as an alter ego in his act.

2005 film by Albert Brooks

2017 film by Brett Haley

1982 film by Armand Mastroianni

1986 film by Richard Pryor

film directed by David Trueba

1991 film by Adam Rifkin

2017 film by Michael Winterbottom

2018 film by Eva Vives

1958 film by Gerd Oswald

1995 television film directed by John Erman

2011 film by Martin Zandvliet

2023 film directed by Ally Pankiw

2015 film by Julia Heinz

1941 film by Walter Forde

2024 film

1991 comedy film directed by Topper Carew