Movies like Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here (2018)

Jenny Slate: Stage Fright (2019)

Jenny Slate's first stand-up special is a mix of stage time, funny stories about adulthood and conversations with family in her childhood home.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Michelle Wolf: Joke Show (2019)

Comedian Michelle Wolf takes on outrage culture, massages, childbirth, feminism and much more (like otters) in a stand-up special from New York City.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills (2016)

The standup sensation tackle's TV's "Shark Tank," what it means to be a woman and how to deal with the lawless party goblin that lives in us all.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (2024)

Jimmy Carr refutes the idea that you can't joke about anything these days with his edgy takes on gun control, religion, cancel culture and consent.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023)

Chris Rock delivers an electric stand-up set on non-racist yoga pants, spoiling his kids, the Kardashians and his thoughts on the Will Smith fiasco.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Adam Sandler: Love You (2024)

Adam Sandler hits the stage for a thrillingly unpredictable comedy special featuring songs, jokes, party-crashing dogs and plenty of love.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature (2022)

With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Wanda Sykes: Not Normal (2019)

Wanda Sykes tackles politics, reality TV, racism and the secret she'd take to the grave in this rollicking, no-holds-barred stand-up special.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable... (2025)

Facing a world gone sideways, comedy icon Dave Chappelle delivers bold truths and potent punchlines in this no-holds-barred special.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Ali Wong: Don Wong (2022)

In her third Netflix stand-up special, Ali Wong reveals her wildest fantasies, the challenges of monogamy and how she really feels about single people.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust (2017)

In her first comedy special post-health scare, Sarah Silverman shares a mix of fun facts, sad truths and yeah-she-just-went-there moments.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (2015)

With her unique blend of honesty and unapologetic humor, Amy Schumer is one of the funniest, freshest faces in the industry today. This October, Schumer's provocative and hilariously wicked mind will be on full display as she headlines her first HBO stand-up comedy special: 'Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo.' Directed by Chris Rock, the one-hour special features the comedian talking about her life and was taped before a live audience at New York’s iconic Apollo Theater.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Ali Wong: Single Lady (2024)

After a whirlwind couple of years, Ali Wong returns to the stage to dish on the highs, lows and surprises of dating post-divorce.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer (2023)

From his onstage tackle to the slap heard round the world, Dave Chappelle lets loose in this freewheeling and unfiltered stand-up comedy special.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Taylor Tomlinson: Have It All (2024)

Can Taylor Tomlinson have it all? From dating woes to dream jobs to inventive dirty talk, she shares life's ups and downs in this stand-up comedy special.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles (2013)

In her first-ever HBO solo special, Sarah Silverman takes the stage for an evening of adults-only stand-up comedy. Taped live in front of an intimate audience of 39 fans at Largo, a music and comedy club in Los Angeles, Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles features Silverman taking aim at such subjects as cell-phone porn, crazy religions, specialty deodorants, terrible roommates, eyebrow waxing, her 19-year-old dog, Obama and Republicans, having babies, Pixar movies, the miracle of existence, and more.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material (2021)

Jimmy Carr finds humor in the darkest of places in this stand-up special that features his dry, sardonic wit — and some jokes he calls "career enders."

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (2023)

Ricky Gervais dishes out controversial takes on political correctness and oversensitivity in a taboo-busting comedy special about the end of humanity.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Louis C.K.: Oh My God (2013)

Filmed at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ on February 15th and 16th, 2013, Oh My God is Louis C.K.'s fifth stand-up special, his first for HBO since 2007's Shameless, and his first since winning a Emmy Award for writing on his acclaimed show on FX, Louie. Performed in the round in front of a live audience, he discusses such topics as the food chain, animals, divorce, strange anecdotes, broken morality, murder and mortality.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Ricky Gervais: Humanity (2018)

In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Ravenous (1999)

After arriving at his new, remote Army outpost, Capt. John Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide – a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Roman Frayssinet : Ô delà (2026)

After venturing “Ô dedans”, the second installment of Roman Frayssinet’s trilogy of shows invites us to go “Ô delà” —to step back and observe life from a distance in order to make peace with it. It’s a new, funny, and surreal journey during which Roman Frayssinet casts his gaze upon the world in search of nuance, beauty, balance, and above all, laughter.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Ilyes Djadel : Vrai (2026)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)

Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Dandelion (2025)

In 1970s Los Angeles, rebellious queer teen Margaret gets thrown out of yet another foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker who's tasked with finding her a new home before the break of dawn. At odds and forced to travel the city together, Margaret realizes that running may not be her only option.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Detention 101 (2023)

Four adults are detained in their apartments with only each other and a computer for online company. They each come from a different class with differing views but they all have one defining purpose to understand why they are really being held hostage in their own homes. The AI refuses to reveal the reason.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Raspberry Magic (2010)

An eleven-year-old science enthusiast turns her raspberry-growing project into an emotional mission to reunite her family after her father leaves and her mother falls into depression.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Private Parts (1997)

The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be an on-air personality since childhood, Stern meanders through the radio world, always with his supportive wife, Alison, by his side. Landing a gig in Washington, D.C., Stern meets Robin Quivers, who will become his long-time partner in crime. When the two move to New York, they face the wrath of NBC executives.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

Aymeric Lompret & Pierre-Emmanuel Barré : Woke me up ! (2026)

With Aymeric Lompret and Pierre-Emmanuel Barré at the helm, progressivism will, of course, be the central theme of this show created for Lillarious. Progressivism, quite logically, embodied by two cisgender, heterosexual, white men in their forties… Fortunately, alongside them, six talented comedians will attempt to make up for their legendary mediocrity. Recorded on February 6, 7, and 8, 2025, at the Théâtre Sebastopol in Lille, in the Hauts-de-France region.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy