Screenplay: Richard Pryor

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Richard Pryor. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Richard Pryor: Live in Concert

1979 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Margolis

Cast Richard Pryor

Plot Richard Pryor: Live in Concert was the second of Richard Pryor's filmed concert performances, but the first to be released theatrically (Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin' was filmed in 1971,...

7.3

334 votes

7.3

334 votes

Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip

1982 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Joe Layton

Cast Richard Pryor

Plot One of comedian Richard Pryor's live performances caught on film. Pryor talks about most of his standard subjects, including rascism and the differences between blacks and whites, along with talking...

6.8

107 votes

6.8

107 votes

Richard Pryor... Here and Now

1986 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Richard Pryor

Cast Richard Pryor

Plot 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.

6.8

45 votes

6.8

45 votes

Blazing Saddles

1974 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Mel Brooks

Cast Gene Wilder · Cleavon Little · Slim Pickens · Madeline Kahn

Plot To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.

6.0

4K votes

6.0

4K votes

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Rob Minkoff · Mark Koetsier · Chris Bailey

Plot Hank, a loveable dog with a head full of dreams about becoming a samurai, sets off in search of his destiny in this action packed animated comedy for all the...

5.2

269 votes

5.2

269 votes

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Richard Pryor

Cast Richard Pryor · Debbie Allen · Art Evans · Fay Hauser

Plot 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. As...

4.8

57 votes

4.8

57 votes

Bustin' Loose

1981 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Oz Scott

Cast Richard Pryor · Edwin DeLeon · Ángel Ramírez · Cicely Tyson

Plot 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...

4.4

91 votes

4.4

91 votes

Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin'

1971 · Movie · 48 min. · United States

Direction Michael Blum

Cast Richard Pryor

Plot Richard Pryor delivering his one-of-a-kind routine. One of his earliest live performances in 1971 at the Improvisation in New York.

Not rated

Not rated