Dying Laughing (2017)

In his excellent Someone Likes Yoghurt, Herrring shares with us his world of gonorrhoea-transmiting magpies, his attempts to become successor to Pope John Paul II, and his local supermarket's utterly humiliating new checkout service: the grocery interrogation.

When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in hell. Bebe's kids are the most obnoxious, irritating kids he has ever met. Written by Brian W Martz

Фильм рассказывает о жизни колкого юмориста Ленни Брюса, чей оригинальный, не сдерживаемый внутренними запретами стиль, часто оценивался как непристойный и непригодный для публики.

American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks. The film was produced by Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas, and features archival footage and interviews with family and friends, including Kevin Booth. The filmmakers used a cut-and-paste animation technique to add movement to a large collection of still pictures used to document events in Hicks' life. The film made its North American premiere at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival. The film was nominated for a 2010 Grierson British Documentary Award for the "Most Entertaining Documentary" category. It was also nominated for Best Graphics and Animation category in the 2011 Cinema Eye Awards. Awards won include The Dallas Film Festivals Texas Filmmaker Award, at Little Rock The Oxford American's Best Southern Film Award, and Best Documentary at the Downtown LA Film Festival. On Rotten Tomatoes, 81% of the first 47 reviews counted were rated positive.

Through unprecedented backstage access and candid interviews, the film weaves through the absurd world of the working comedian and reveals a crazy and hilarious psychological profile of its practitioners. We also follow retired comic Ritch Shydner's attempt to climb back on stage after a thirteen-year hiatus. At the top of his game in the 1980's, Shydner had HBO specials, shot five pilot TV shows, and numerous late night appearances (Carson, Letterman, Leno, etc.) but the big time eluded him. Equipped with the collective wisdom and nutty musings of over 80 of his peers, he gives it another shot. Does Ritch have what it takes to connect with today's young crowds and still get the laughs?

Norm MacDonald, the iconic anchor of SNL's "Weekend Update" and star of the cult classic Dirty Work, is back with a vengeance.

У домохозяйки из Нью-Джерси Лилы Крайцик есть мечта — стать эстрадной актрисой разговорного жанра, заставлять слушателей хохотать до упаду. Она устраивается на работу аниматором в нью-йоркский клуб «Бензоколонка» и узнает, как трудно быть смешной! В течение двенадцати недель, вечер за вечером, Лила выходит на небольшую сцену, берет в руки микрофон и пытается веселить сидящих перед ней людей. Но неопытной комедиантке не удается выдавить из скептично настроенной публики, ни смешка. Дома у Лилы вместо обычного порядка воцаряется хаос, три ее дочери недовольны тем, что мама стала уделять им, так мало внимания. Однако Лила упорно идет к своей цели, и на тринадцатой неделе происходит чудо — зал отвечает на ее шутку дружным смехом и аплодисментами! Теперь уже обратной дороги нет.

Джоуи Фриск — перспективный стэнд-ап-комик на грани прорыва на большую сцену. В один непрекрасный день в его жизни появляется старый школьный товарищ Фрэнк и совсем скоро превращает жизнь Джоуи в ад. За считанные дни комик теряет всё: работу, квартиру, свободу и рассудок — пока однажды Фрэнк не раскрывает все карты и не втягивает Джоуи в чудовищную игру с похищениями, пытками, детскими воспоминаниями и страшными откровениями, переворачивающими сюжет с ног на голову.

Wendell, a neurotic, aimless twentysomething, struggles to figure out which woman he really belongs with: Joanna, the best person he's ever known, or Vicky, the worst. His friend, Dave, helps him sort through his thoughts as Wendell discovers not only who he should be with, but who he truly is under all that neuroses.

A group of comedians are trying to be successful on stage. One night an important television network organises a public variety show to sort out some performers for their programs. Every one of them will try their hardest, but just a few will be chosen.

A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.

Debra DiGiovanni is one of the fastest rising international comedy stars. A finalist on Last Comic Standing, Debra was also voted Canada's Best Female Comedian at the Canadian Comedy Awards and has been selling out venues everywhere she performs. Now, Debra is back as a Single, Awkward, Female with her hilarious, unique views on dating, dieting, and love as only she can share.

After his movie and television career has run dry, Bruce Madsen (Adam Carolla) is forced to go back on the road playing one dingy comedy club after another, spending endless nights in budget hotel rooms and always flying coach. Amidst trying to revitalize his career, rekindle his love life and put his daughter through college, Bruce knows one thing for sure - he must get off the road. ROAD HARD is the story of that journey.

Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.

An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.

Стендап-комик теряет свою жену, оперную певицу, и остается с двухлетней дочерью, у которой обнаруживается необычный дар.

An intimate documentary that follows Tig Notaro, a Los Angeles based comedian, who just days after being diagnosed with invasive stage II breast cancer changed the course of her career with a poignant stand-up set that became legendary overnight. It explores Tig's extraordinary journey as her career ignites and as her life unfolds in grand and unexpected ways, all the while continuing to battle a life-threatening illness and falling in love.

The film follows the story of a famous fictional stand-up comedian Manny Lewis, who connects with millions of fans but finds it hard to connect to one person. Manny struggles to overcome his sense of alienation and shyness, and a difficult relationship with his father, in a romantic and feel-good quest for the love of the quirky Maria.

In Margate, England, life is not easy for teenager Sarah Taylor, between being bullied at school, being exploited by a dominant boss and having to take care of her depressive mother and her two siblings. But Sarah finds a way to channel her growing despair and fight adversity when her drama teacher gives her a new purpose.

Когда унылый и несмешной комик по дороге в Вегас на пробы к легендарному Монте Гаю подбирает подозрительного автостопщика, он, сам того не ведая, ввязывается в кровавую резню в маленьком городке посреди пустыни. Но это приводит к совершенно неожиданным последствиям - у него наконец-то получается шутить.