Standup specials faves
by asgelender | created - 14 Apr 2022 | updated - 2 months ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia (2020 TV Special)
TV-MA | 58 min | Comedy
Letting loose with a goblet of frosé in hand, Michelle Buteau delivers a dynamic hour of comedy that delves into parenthood, cultural difference, and the overlooked value of short men.
Director: Page Hurwitz | Star: Michelle Buteau
Votes: 715
2. Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (2016 TV Special)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy
Ali Wong's stand up special delves into her sexual adventures, hoarding, the rocky road to pregnancy, and why feminism is terrible.
Director: Jaime Eliezer Karas | Star: Ali Wong
Votes: 7,875
3. Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife (2018 TV Special)
TV-MA | 64 min | Comedy
Comedian Ali Wong performs her live stand-up set at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.
Director: Jaime Eliezer Karas | Star: Ali Wong
Votes: 5,531
4. 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: 3,322
5. Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty (2020 TV Special)
61 min | Comedy
Southern-born comedian Fortune Feimster recalls her childhood misadventures as a former Girl Scout, debutante and (disqualified) swim meet champion, and her family's complicated relationship with Hooters.
Director: Krysia Plonka | Stars: Fortune Feimster, Henry Gelinas
Votes: 1,223
6. Katt Williams: The Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1 (2006 TV Special)
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Comedy
In-demand comedian Katt Williams offers up The Pimp Chronicles courtesy of HBO. Williams shares his thoughts on such topics as drugs, politics and pop culture in this special event.
Directors: Anthony Anderson, Gary Binkow, James Yukich | Stars: Katt Williams, Anthony Anderson, André 3000, Da Brat
Votes: 2,069
7. Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive (2013 TV Special)
TV-MA | 80 min | Comedy
Aziz Ansari focuses his unique viewpoint on pending adulthood, babies, marriage and love in the modern era.
Directors: Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern | Star: Aziz Ansari
Votes: 4,143
8. Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious (2012 TV Special)
Not Rated | 61 min | Comedy
Aziz Ansari channels his crude side in this 2012 comedy special, taking on topics like watching porn and the struggles of dating in New York City.
Director: Jason Woliner | Star: Aziz Ansari
Votes: 2,470
9. Louis C.K. 2017 (2017 TV Special)
TV-MA | 74 min | Comedy
Louis C.K. muses on religion, eternal love, giving dogs drugs, email fights, teachers, and more in a live performance from Washington D.C.
Director: Louis C.K. | Stars: Louis C.K., Joe List
Votes: 10,856
10. Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King (2017 TV Special)
TV-MA | 73 min | Comedy
In his first stand-up special, Hasan Minhaj weaves humorous and heartbreaking anecdotes to tell his life story as an Indian-American Muslim. Topics include racism, bullying and meeting the demanding expectations of his immigrant parents.
Director: Christopher Storer | Star: Hasan Minhaj
Votes: 7,927
11. Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening (2010 TV Special)
Not Rated | 56 min | Comedy
Comedian Aziz Ansari presents his highly anticipated, hour-long debut stand-up special. The critically acclaimed stand-up and actor (Parks and Recreation, Funny People) discusses topics ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Woliner | Stars: Aziz Ansari, Brandon Johnson, Sara Von Gillern, Christina Glur
Votes: 2,467
Dec. 22, 2014
12. Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats (2014 TV Special)
74 min | Comedy
Writer/actress/comedienne Chelsea Peretti presents a re-imagining of the hour-long special.
Director: Lance Bangs | Stars: Chelsea Peretti, Brendon Walsh, John Howard Swain, Esther Povitsky
Votes: 2,443
Dec. 21, 2014
13. Donald Glover: Weirdo (2012 TV Special)
Not Rated | 65 min | Comedy
With his unique brand of youthful storytelling Donald Glover brings down the house in his hysterical stand-up special, Weirdo.
Director: Shannon Hartman | Star: Donald Glover
Votes: 3,799
Dec. 21, 2014
14. John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018 TV Special)
TV-MA | 65 min | Comedy
John Mulaney relays his childhood and Saturday Night Live (1975), eviscerates the value of college, and laments getting older in this comedy special. Other topics include the church, his family, President Trump and pedophiles abducting kids.
Director: Alex Timbers | Stars: John Mulaney, Jon Brion, Carole Shelley
Votes: 9,059
15. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Comedy
Richard Pryor's classic 1979 concert film has him discussing a wide range of topics, including race, the police and his favorite target -- himself.
Director: Jeff Margolis | Stars: Richard Pryor, Patti LaBelle, Huey P. Newton, Jennifer Lee Pryor
Votes: 5,811 | Gross: $30.00M
16. Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly (2000 TV Special)
TV-MA | 57 min | Comedy
Dave Chappelle returns to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more.
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Dave Chappelle, Albert Precourt
Votes: 10,886
17. Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983 TV Special)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy
Eddie Murphy's raunchy, raucous stand-up comedy routine is captured for posterity on this tape.
Director: Bruce Gowers | Stars: Eddie Murphy, James Argiro, Gus Loundermon, Brian O'Neal
Votes: 18,491
18. Felipe Esparza: Bad Decisions (2020)
62 min | Comedy
Stand-up comedian, actor and "Last Comic Standing" winner Felipe Esparza digs deeper into his past in his first Netflix Original comedy special.
Star: Felipe Esparza
Votes: 202
19. Anjelah Johnson: Not Fancy (2015 TV Special)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Comedy
Angelah Johnson waxes about religion, married life, travel, and food among other topics in this new laugh out loud and family friendly stand up special taped live in California.
Director: Jaime Eliezer Karas | Star: Anjelah Johnson-Reyes
Votes: 763
20. John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid (2015 TV Special)
TV-MA | 62 min | Comedy
Armed with boyish charm and a sharp wit, the former SNL writer offers sly takes on marriage, his beef with babies and the time he met Bill Clinton.
Director: Rhys Thomas | Stars: Petunia, John Mulaney, Amanda Walsh
Votes: 9,547
21. Inside Jokes (2018)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Up-and-coming comedians in New York and Los Angeles pursue their dream of being selected for the prestigious Montreal Just for Laughs Festival New Faces showcase.
Stars: Rosebud Baker, J.C. Currais, Robert Dean, Kellen Erskine
Votes: 211
22. 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: 2,348
23. Chelsea Handler: Revolution (2022 TV Special)
TV-MA | 77 min | Comedy
The comic lets loose on her life choices, rowdy rescue dogs, dating frustrations, and why society owes women an apology.
Director: Jo Koy | Star: Chelsea Handler
Votes: 906
24. Louis C.K.: Hilarious (2010 TV Special)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
In this unique and dynamic live concert experience, Louis C.K.'s exploration of life after 40 destroys politically correct images of modern life with thoughts we have all had...but would rarely admit to.
Director: Louis C.K. | Star: Louis C.K.
Votes: 12,827
25. John Mulaney: Baby J (2023 TV Special)
TV-MA | 80 min | Documentary, Comedy
A chaotic intervention. An action packed stay in rehab. After a weird couple of years, John Mulaney comes out swinging in his return to the stage.
Director: Alex Timbers | Star: John Mulaney
Votes: 6,219
26. Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy (2022 TV Special)
TV-MA | 66 min | Comedy
Stand-up comedy from the creator of Big Mouth.
Director: Bill Benz | Star: Nick Kroll
Votes: 1,254
27. Chris D'Elia: No Pain (2020 TV Special)
55 min | Comedy
Chris D'Elia takes the stage in Minneapolis to offer his thoughts on everything from self-censorship to problematic dolphins to lame mutant powers.
Director: Matt D'Elia | Stars: Chris D'Elia, Elliot Schiff
Votes: 1,898
28. Sincerely Louis C.K. (2020 TV Special)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy
In the long anticipated and controversial comeback of Louis CK, he doesn't hold back when discussing topics like religion, god, pedophilia, traveling Europe, and of course his sexual misconduct accusations in his brand new special.
Director: Louis C.K. | Star: Louis C.K.
Votes: 6,458
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