Harlem Nights (1989)
In the waning days of Prohibition, Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) and his adopted son, Quick (Eddie Murphy), run a speakeasy called Club Sugar Ray. When gangster Bugsy Calhoune (Michael Lerner) learns that Sugar Ray's place is pulling in more money than his own establishment, the Pitty Pat Club, he pays
The Mack (1973)
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 ...
Greased Lightning (1977)
Greased Lightning (1977) This is the true story of Wendell Scott, America's first African American NASCAR driver, once he returns from WWII to find his hometown the way he left it. With seed money for a taxicab business, he learns all the county roads. With his new knowledge an opportunity presents
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
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.
Stir Crazy (1980)
Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robbery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are having difficulty adjusting to the new life until the warden finds that Skip has a ...
Brewsters Millions (1985)
Brewsters Millions (1985) Brewster is a minor league baseball player. Unknown to him, he had a (recently deceased) rich relative. In order to test if Brewster knows the value of money, he is given the task of disposing of $30m in 30 days. Brewster isn't allowed to have any assets to show for the $30
The Bingo Long Traveling AllStars & Motor Kings (1976)
The Bingo Long Traveling AllStars & Motor Kings (1976) Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930's.
Superman III 1983
Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
Richard Pryor is playing three different roles here. The first being a poor orange picker named Leroy Jones who gets laid off when by mistake he joins the worker's union during one of their...
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Born Elinore Harris, Billie Holiday had a difficult teen and young adulthood period, which included working in brothels, both as a cleaning woman and a prostitute, and being raped. Through this difficulty, she dreamed of becoming a jazz singer. She got her initial singing
The Toy (1982)
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Car Wash (1976)
Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is ...
Silver Streak (1976)
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.
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
The second stand-up performance of Richard Pryor filmed.
Moving (1988)
Moving (1988) Meet Arlo Pear! He's a family man with a loving wife, a rebellious daughter, twin sons, and a half-dead dog, he's also got a nice job with the city in New Jersey. He's a mass transit engineer. But one day Arlo is fired so he must try to get another job. He finds a similar one to his ol
Critical Condition (1987)
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 another doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits.
Bustin Loose (1981)
Joe Braxton is an ex-con who has been given a second chance to freedom after violating his probation. He has been hired by a school teacher named Vivian Perry to repair and drive an old ...
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.
Blue Collar (1978)
Blue Collar (1978) Three workers, Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel) and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto), are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together. One night when they steal away from their wives to have some fun they get the idea to rob the local union's bureau safe. First they t
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982) One of comedian Richard Pryor's live performances (at the Sunset Strip, obviously) caught on film. Pryor talks about most of his standard subjects, including rascism and the differences between blacks and whites, along with talking about some of his rec
Hit! (1973)
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 trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and destroy the ring.
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
The life and times of Richard Pryor
Some Kind of Hero (1982)
Some Kind of Hero (1982) 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.
Richard Pryor... Here and Now (1983)
Richard Pryor... Here and Now (1983) Part live stand-up performance, part documentary, this film is one of comedian Richard Pryor's later stand-up performances. As foul-mouthed as ever, Pryor touches on most of the same topics as in his previous live shows.
Dynamite Chicken (1971)
Dynamite Chicken (1971) A collection of skits, parodies, musical performances, and film clips supposedly relating to the peace movement of the late Sixties and early Seventies , but more a general patchwork than a purposeful collection.
Richard Pryor: Icon (2014)
Richard Pryor: Icon (2014) Survey the profound and enduring influence of one of the greatest American comics of all time.
I Am Richard Pryor (2019)
I Am Richard Pryor 2019 I Am Richard Pryor tells the story of the legendary performer and iconic social satirist, who transcended race and social barriers by delivering his honest irreverent and biting humor to Americas stages and living rooms until his death at 65 Featuring an iconic comedic cast,