Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "aspiring-comedian"

1. Flashdance (1983)

R | 95 min | Drama, Music, Romance

An 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson

Votes: 59,609 | Gross: $94.90M

2. Going Overboard (1989)

R | 99 min | Comedy

A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship hoping for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise-ship comedy.

Director: Valerie Breiman | Stars: Adam Sandler, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Zane, Burt Young

Votes: 14,503

3. Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)

R | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime

As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Tara Strong, Ray Wise

Votes: 61,573 | Gross: $3.78M

4. Made for Each Other (2023 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Follows a sculptor who uses magic to create her ideal man and bring him into reality, but she then starts to fall for her real-life friend and learns to appreciate the flaws that make love perfectly imperfect.

Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Alexandra Turshen, Matt Cohen, Aaron O'Connell, Illeana Douglas

Votes: 705

5. Comedian (2002)

R | 82 min | Documentary, Comedy

A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road.

Director: Christian Charles | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling, Greg Giraldo

Votes: 7,293 | Gross: $2.74M

6. The L.A. Complex (2012)

60 min | Drama

Full of new relationships, salacious temptations and make-it-or-break it decisions, the series' coming-of-age dwellers grapple with life's defining moments as they deal with the unreality ... See full summary »

Stars: Jonathan Patrick Moore, Joe Dinicol, Cassie Steele, Jewel Staite

Votes: 2,917

7. Sleepwalk with Me (2012)

PG-13 | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

Directors: Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish | Stars: Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane

Votes: 12,193 | Gross: $2.26M

8. I Don't Kiss (1991)

R | 115 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A young man leaves his native town in southern France to discover Paris. Being too unexperienced and too naive, he drops into the reality of Paris 1991. He soon gives up his dream of ... See full summary »

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Emmanuelle Béart, Manuel Blanc, Hélène Vincent

Votes: 1,427

9. All About Me (2018)

100 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians.

Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Julius Weckauf, Luise Heyer, Sönke Möhring, Hedi Kriegeskotte

Votes: 5,007

10. Nate & Margaret (2012)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Nate is nineteen. Margaret is fifty-two. Their odd, quirky, totally working friendship gets rattled when Nate gets his first boyfriend, who drives him away from Margaret as she tries to pursue a life as a stand-up comedian.

Director: Nathan Adloff | Stars: Natalie West, Tyler Ross, Conor McCahill, Gaby Hoffmann

Votes: 598

11. Lady Liberty (II) (2019)

26 min | Short, Comedy

An aspiring comedian learns to embrace her queerness to find her comedic voice, and more importantly, her community.

Director: Taylor Nagel | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Rebecca Henderson, Julia Greer, Chip Hamilton

Votes: 39

12. Les rois du gag (1985)

98 min | Comedy

Paul Martin and François Leroux are brothers-in-law and comics without fame. One day, the famous television comics, Gaëtan, finds himself in the little theater where Paul and François produce themselves under the name of "Gagsters".

Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Michel Serrault, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Macha Méril

Votes: 720

13. I laureati (1995)

88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Four thirtyish university students share the same flat in Florence. Leonardo fantasizes about Letizia, a very beautiful girl; Rocco works as a night watchman, Bruno tries to get his degree ... See full summary »

Director: Leonardo Pieraccioni | Stars: Massimo Ceccherini, Rocco Papaleo, Leonardo Pieraccioni, Gianmarco Tognazzi

Votes: 1,503

14. Love and Larceny (1960)

103 min | Comedy

Gerardo, an aspiring theater actor, is roped into performing a scam but gets double crossed by his partner and goes to prison. After prison, he turns into a successful con artist using his ability to mimic different Italian dialects.

Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero, Mario Carotenuto

Votes: 846

15. The Curtain Rises (1938)

99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Isabelle, Cécilia and François are drama students at the "Conservatoire d'art dramatique". Cécilia is in love with François, but the young man is in love with Isabelle instead. Cécilia elaborates a desperate plan to get back at François.

Director: Marc Allégret | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin, Odette Joyeux, Janine Darcey

Votes: 309

16. Maesetsu! (2020)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy

Four girls work hard to become great comedians.

Stars: Madeline Dorroh, Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, Xanthe Huynh, Jackie Lastra

Votes: 24

17. Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Comedy

An off-screen narration, four dozen talking heads, and clips of performances tell a chronological story about Black comedy: who has made us laugh since 1901, what is the nature of their ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Franklyn Ajaye, Angela Bassett, Bill Bellamy, Julian Bond

Votes: 305

18. An Audience with Hal Roach (1988 TV Special)

59 min | Comedy

Hal Roach, billed as Ireland's Bob Hope, delivers his patented brand of blarney to a live audience at the Jurys Hotel in Dublin.

Director: Ian McGarry | Stars: Hal Roach, Mike Murphy, Margaret Heckler

19. The Nanny (1993–1999)
Episode: Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off (1994)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Maxwell's sister comes to visit and she decides then to marry her intended.

Director: Gail Mancuso | Stars: Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane

Votes: 422

20. Bones (2005–2017)
Episode: The But in the Joke (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An artist gluing his artwork on a billboard slips and falls with his glue on top of a corpse. The team has to separate the artist from the bones. Angela realizes the artist is a famous ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor

Votes: 843

21. Mike & Molly (2010–2016)
Episode: Open Mike Night (2014)

TV-14 | 18 min | Comedy, Romance

A confident Molly offers her wisdom to Samuel who now wants to be a standup comic. Meanwhile, Molly's advice to Harry causes him to challenge his protective mother.

Director: Phill Lewis | Stars: Billy Gardell, Melissa McCarthy, Reno Wilson, Katy Mixon Greer

Votes: 145

22. The Goldbergs (2013–2023)
Episode: Van People (2015)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy

When Murray takes Erica's car privileges away, Erica and Barry retaliate by buying their own shabby used black van. Meanwhile, Adam gets voted in the yearbook as "nicest guy," which results in a suspension when he objects.

Director: Victor Nelli Jr. | Stars: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Sean Giambrone, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia

Votes: 410