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10 Best Movies Like Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin'

If you loved Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin', we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Rashomon

Rashomon

1950★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife....

#2
The Bat

The Bat

1959★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known ...

#3
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

1982★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' for fans of Comedy & Documentary. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire....

#4
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#5
Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

1987★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue....

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...