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2022 ★ 7.4

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2025 ★ 6.6

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2025 ★ 6.9

Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.

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2013 ★ 6.5

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2019 ★ 7.0

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2017 ★ 6.9

No-nonsense comic Bill Burr takes the stage in Nashville and riffs on fast food, overpopulation, dictators and gorilla sign language.

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2020 ★ 6.6

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2022 ★ 6.0

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Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer

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1987 ★ 7.3

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2022 ★ 6.1

Ousmane Diakité and François Monge are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them across France. What seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a much bigger criminal case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy.

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2019 ★ 7.6

Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in this defiant stand-up special.

Bill Burr: Live at Red Rocks

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2022 ★ 7.3

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Jim Jefferies: Bare

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2014 ★ 7.5

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2021 ★ 6.8

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."

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2023 ★ 7.2

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

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

2019 ★ 5.9

Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and his crew are taking a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews and restore his reputation.

Ricky Gervais: Humanity

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2018 ★ 7.7

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

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