Richard Pryor Movie Rankings
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3.3247
Convinced by a big time Hollywood agent named Dom DeLuise that he belongs on the big screen entertaining millions, Kermit the Frog decides to head to Hollywood to become a star. ... more about Muppet Movie
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2.8707
Originally released in 1973, WATTSTAX is a musical and cultural artifact that pays tribute to the Watts riots, which ravaged Los Angeles for six days beginning August 11, 1965. The film's main... ... more about Wattstax
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2.8283
Three workers, Zeke, Jerry and Smokey, 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. ... more about Blue Collar
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2.8278
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. ... more about Silver Streak
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2.7522
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. ... more about Mack
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2.6939
Fred Madison, a saxophonist, is accused under mysterious circumstances of murdering his wife Renee. On death row, he inexplicably morphs into a young man named Pete Dayton, leading a completely different life. ... more about Lost Highway
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2.6684
One of comedian Richard Pryor's live performances (at the Sunset Strip, obviously) caught on film. ... more about Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip
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2.6655
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured. ... more about Lady Sings the Blues
9
2.6498
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. ... more about Brewster's Millions
10
2.5703
Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin sneak out of their houses to visit Madame Zenobia's: a high-class but illegal nightclub. During their visit, however, the place is robbed and they are forced to hand over their wallets. ... more about Uptown Saturday Night
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2.5635
4 totally different and seperated stories of guests in a hotel. ... more about California Suite
12
2.5601
Car Wash is about a close-knit group of black employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a man who looks like a ... more about Car Wash
13
2.4528
In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. ... more about Jo Jo Dancer
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2.4359
Gus was jobless. One day, he noticed his talent for computer. He was ordered to do wrong by Ross president of a big company. But his wrong doing was blocked by Superman. So Ross asked Gus to kill him but it failed. ... more about Superman III
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
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2.2247
A man is murdered. Two men witness it. A blind man who hears the killer, and a deaf man who sees her. The police don't think they're credible witnesses, but the killers don't want to take any chances. ... more about See No Evil
16
2.2200
"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. ... more about Harlem Nights
17
2.2138
Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robery and end up in a western prison. ... more about Stir Crazy
18
2.1187
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 demonstrations. ... more about Which Way Is Up?
19
1.9815
Max Flatow is a precocious, social miscreant who has a way with home-made explosives. When he tires of these, he runs away from home only to emerge seven years later as Max Frost, the world's most popular entertainer. ... more about Wild in the Streets
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1.9675
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. ... more about Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
21
1.9319
Eddie is a con artist. But this time he's framed and comes before a judge. By claiming insanity, he hopes to get off the hook. He manages end up in a hospital for a mental examination. ... more about Critical Condition
22
1.8570
An updated, urban, African-Americanized version of The Wizard of Oz. Dorthy gets whisked from her inner-city neighborhood to the mystical land of Oz. All the characters from The Wizard of Oz are in this movie, but with an urban flavor. ... more about Wiz
23
1.8139
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. ... more about Moving
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1.7473
What is Bitter Jester? Is it a comedy? Is it a tragedy? Actually, it's both of these, and some we can't even define. MAIJA DIGIORGIO is a volatile New York comic perpetually at odds with club owners and managers. ... more about Bitter Jester
Not Available on DVD
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1.7020
George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. ... more about Another You
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1.4844
Harvey and Zoey, two tourists travelling through Israel, discover an ancient scroll describing the life of Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. ... more about Wholly Moses!
29
1.4785
On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates (Jackie Gleason) takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor (Richard Pryor) who has made him laugh with his antics. ... more about Toy
30
1.4305
Mob boss Vic returns to business from madhouse. Meanwhile his best and quickest assistant Mickey Holliday is having an affair with Vic's girl Grace Everly and, at the same time, with her sister Rita Everly. ... more about Mad Dog Time
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1.3497
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 school bus and drive a group of Special kids to Ms. ... more about Bustin' Loose
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0.0393
Raised in a Trappist monastery, the innocent Brother Ambrose (Feldman) sets out to find money to save the bankrupt monastery. His education in worldliness is provided by a hooker (Lassiter). He eventually petitions G.O.D. (voice of Pryor) for the cash. ... more about In God We Tru$t
Not Available on DVD
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0.0001
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. ... more about Dynamite Chicken
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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. ... more about Hit!
Not Available on DVD
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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. ... more about Some Kind of Hero
Not Available on DVD
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0.4599
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