Richard Pryor

Which Way Is Up?
6.4

Which Way Is Up?

Richard Pryor plays three roles – a beleaguered, sex-starved farm worker named Leroy Jones; the farm worker’s randy old father Rufus; ...
The Toy
5.8

The Toy

1982

The Toy

On one of his bratty son Eric’s annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as ...
Blue Collar
7.6

Blue Collar

Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man’s end, three ...
Hit!
6.1

Hit!

1973

Hit!

A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people ...
Car Wash
6.0

Car Wash

1976

Car Wash

This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar’s Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets ...
Richard Pryor: Here and Now
7.3

Richard Pryor: Here and Now

Part live stand-up performance, part documentary, this film is one of comedian Richard Pryor’s later stand-up performances. As foul-mouthed ...
Brewster’s Millions
6.5

Brewster’s Millions

Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days ...
Lady Sings the Blues
7.1

Lady Sings the Blues

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug ...
Some Call It Loving
6.8

Some Call It Loving

A jazz musician falls in love with a comatose woman at a carny sideshow and takes her to his mansion to join his cabinet of sexual curiosities.