Richard Pryor Movies

The director of a foster home is forced to move her kids from Philadelphia to Seattle in a broken-down bus driven by a fast-talking parolee assigned to the task. A hilarious road trip adventure.

Some Call It Loving is a movie starring Zalman King, Carol White, and Tisa Farrow. 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...

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.

Silver Streak is a movie starring Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, and Jill Clayburgh. 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.

Greased Lightning is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, and Pam Grier. The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.

Which Way Is Up? is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, and Margaret Avery. Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sexually obsessed father, Rufus, and...

Blue Collar is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, and Yaphet Kotto. When three workers try to steal from the local union, they discover the corruption of the union instead and decide to blackmail them.

Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Patti LaBelle, and Huey P. Newton. Richard Pryor's classic 1979 concert film has him discussing a wide range of topics, including race, the police and his favorite...

Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends will be sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell could keep them locked in.

Richard Pryor performs his stand-up comedy act on the Sunset Strip.

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.

The Toy is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, and Ned Beatty. An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.

Synthetic kryptonite laced with tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.

Richard Pryor... Here and Now is a movie starring Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney. 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,...

A minor league baseball player has to spend $30 million in thirty 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.

After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.

Moving is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Beverly Todd, and Stacey Dash. 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.

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.

Harlem Nights is a movie starring Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, and Redd Foxx. 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...

Another You is a movie starring Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, and Mercedes Ruehl. A mental out-patient is mistaken for a missing wealthy man and a con man takes advantage of the situation.