Richard Pryor
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1. Lost Highway (1997)
R | 134 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius, Louis Eppolito
Votes: 153,109 | Gross: $3.80M
2. Mad Dog Time (1996)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.
Director: Larry Bishop | Stars: Michael J. Pollard, Henry Silva, Gabriel Byrne, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 3,674 | Gross: $0.08M
3. The Three Muscatels (1991)
90 min | Comedy
Richard Pryor stars in this parody of The Three Musketeers follows a coed who falls asleep while reading the book and dreams about a trio of swashbuckling heroes.
Director: Romell Foster-Owens | Stars: Flynn Belaine, Cal Wilson, Reynaldo Rey, Joe Torry
Votes: 132
4. Another You (1991)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime
A mental out-patient is mistaken for a missing wealthy man and a con man takes advantage of the situation.
Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl, Stephen Lang
Votes: 4,336 | Gross: $2.87M
5. Harlem Nights (1989)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During the 1930s, a New York City illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters, and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.
Director: Eddie Murphy | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello
Votes: 24,782 | Gross: $60.86M
6. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 58,343 | Gross: $46.91M
7. Moving (1988)
R | 89 min | Comedy
Arlo accepts what seems to him to be a dream promotion to Idaho. He soon discovers, however, that moving has its own share of problems.
Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, Stacey Dash, Raphael Harris
Votes: 6,332 | Gross: $10.82M
8. Critical Condition (1987)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Con man Kevin Lennihan, framed in a jewel smuggling, tries for an insanity plea, and is sent to a hospital for review, where he is confused for a doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Rubén Blades, Joe Mantegna
Votes: 3,907 | Gross: $20.24M
9. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
R | 97 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.
Director: Richard Pryor | Stars: Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser
Votes: 1,995 | Gross: $18.03M
10. Brewster's Millions (1985)
PG | 102 min | Comedy
A minor-league baseball player must spend $30 million in 30 days in order to inherit $300 million. However, he's not allowed to own any assets, destroy the money, gift it, give it to charity, or tell anyone about the deal.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins
Votes: 43,066 | Gross: $38.80M
11. Superman III (1983)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 74,738 | Gross: $59.95M
12. The Toy (1982)
PG | 102 min | Comedy
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz
Votes: 14,549 | Gross: $47.12M
13. Some Kind of Hero (1982)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, War
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Richard Pryor, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Ronny Cox
Votes: 1,734 | Gross: $23.67M
14. Bustin' Loose (1981)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Failed parolee Joe Braxton has one last shot at redemption: by driving school kids from Philadelphia to Washington State.
Directors: Oz Scott, Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Angel Ramirez Jr., Jimmy Hughes
Votes: 3,713 | Gross: $31.26M
15. Stir Crazy (1980)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime
Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends are sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell can keep them locked in a cage.
Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams
Votes: 30,382 | Gross: $101.30M
16. In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) (1980)
PG | 97 min | Comedy
Raised in a Trappist monastery, the innocent Brother Ambrose sets out to find money to save the bankrupt monastery. His education in worldliness is provided by a hooker. He eventually petitions G. O. D. For the cash.
Director: Marty Feldman | Stars: Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Louise Lasser, Richard Pryor
Votes: 1,192 | Gross: $2.01M
17. Wholly Moses! (1980)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An all-star comedy cast hams it up in this hilarious Biblical spoof.
Director: Gary Weis | Stars: Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman, James Coco, Paul Sand
Votes: 2,236 | Gross: $14.16M
18. The Muppet Movie (1979)
G | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Kermit and his newfound friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog legs merchant is after Kermit.
Director: James Frawley | Stars: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt
Votes: 39,121 | Gross: $76.66M
19. California Suite (1978)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine
Votes: 8,100
20. The Wiz (1978)
G | 134 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross
Votes: 17,029 | Gross: $21.05M
21. Blue Collar (1978)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama
When three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blackmail.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 10,628
22. Which Way Is Up? (1977)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his wife Annie Mae and his sexually-obsessed father Rufus.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, Margaret Avery, Morgan Woodward
Votes: 1,989 | Gross: $17.00M
23. Silver Streak (1976)
PG | 114 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan
Votes: 21,703
24. Car Wash (1976)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Pryor, Franklyn Ajaye, Sully Boyar, Richard Brestoff
Votes: 8,186
25. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Sport
In the late 1930s during racial segregation, a star of the Negro League Baseball, Bingo Long, leaves his team and convinces other stars of the league to join him as free agent players touring the towns of the Midwest.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson
Votes: 2,160
26. Adiós Amigo (1975)
PG | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Western
A conman's crimes are blamed on a good-natured fast-drawing cowboy he meets and decides to use as decoy.
Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, James Brown, Robert Phillips
Votes: 341 | Gross: $0.64M
27. Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
PG | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
At Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it.
Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson
Votes: 2,807 | Gross: $4.57M
28. Lily (1973 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Lily Tomlin plays familiar characters like young Edith Ann, housewife Judy Beasley, and phone operator Ernestine, while debuting a new character, Wanda V. Wilford.
Director: Bill Davis | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Gerber, Judith Kahan
Votes: 58
29. Hit! (1973)
R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Federal Agent, whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose, is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton, Gwen Welles
Votes: 861 | Gross: $0.08M
30. Some Call It Loving (1973)
R | 103 min | Drama
A woman who's been asleep for years is part of a carnival that sells her kisses for a buck. A lonely jazz musician buys her. Once awake, the two of them and his two girlfriends hook up. But sometimes, dreams are better than reality.
Director: James B. Harris | Stars: Zalman King, Carol White, Tisa Farrow, Richard Pryor
Votes: 449
31. The Mack (1973)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up King of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor, Carol Speed
Votes: 3,298
32. The Lily Tomlin Show (1973 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
The Lily Tomlin special showcases Tomlin's most iconic characters, Ma Belle's Ernestine, the prim tasteful Lady, the grimy little kid Edith Ann, and a new creation, Bobbi Jeanine, a hammy cocktail lounge organist talking in song titles.
Director: Joseph Hardy | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Richard Crenna, Nancy Dussault, Bill Gerber
Votes: 20
33. Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
R | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan
Votes: 4,843 | Gross: $6.03M
34. You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971)
R | 85 min | Drama, Comedy
This oddball counterculture comedy/drama follows Zalman King through a series of kooky misadventures while he searches for his life's purpose in New York City.
Director: Peter Locke | Stars: Zalman King, Allen Garfield, Suzette Green, Richard Pryor
Votes: 88
35. The Phynx (1970)
GP | 81 min | Comedy, Music
A rock band becomes embroiled in foreign affairs when they're sent to go on tour in Albania as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle held by Communist enemies of the U.S.
Directors: Lee H. Katzin, Robert McKimson | Stars: Michael A. Miller, Ray Chippeway, Dennis Larden, Lonny Stevens
Votes: 359
36. Carter's Army (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, War
A racist officer is put in charge of a squad of black troops charged with taking an important bridge from the Germans.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Roosevelt Grier
Votes: 610
37. Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales (1969)
40 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
While it's unclear what the film was about, it is believed that it followed a group of Black Panthers who kidnap a wealthy white man and put him on trial for all the racial crimes in American history.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Richard Pryor, Franklyn Ajaye
Votes: 39
38. Wild in the Streets (1968)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook
Votes: 2,208
39. The Busy Body (1967)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Sid Caesar stars as the bumbling right-hand man of mob boss Robert Ryan, who is sent to find a corpse buried in a suit lined with stolen mob money.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Sid Caesar, Robert Ryan, Anne Baxter, Kay Medford
Votes: 381
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