A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Casts Maxine Peake, Stephen Graham, Christine Bottomley, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts, Alun Armstrong, Lindsey Coulson, Kevin Eldon, Hannah Walters, Diane Morgan
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Dylan Moran: Monster
Auto Focus
Cotton Queen
Katherine Ryan: In Trouble
Anita and Me
Slums of Beverly Hills
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Nazey
Answer
Bandit Queen
Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
Lisa Lampanelli: The Queen of Mean
To Win the Lottery
Bill Hicks: Sane Man
Sid and Nancy
George Carlin: Doin' It Again
George Carlin: Jammin' in New York
A Year of No Significance
The Associate
The Eden Express
SIMILAR MOVIES
Dylan Moran: Monster
IMDB 7.7 | Nov , 2004
Irish comedian Dylan Moran live at Vicar Street, Dublin.Auto Focus
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 2002
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.Cotton Queen
IMDB 6.3 | Jun , 1937
The niece of a mill-owner goes undercover in the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.Katherine Ryan: In Trouble
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 2017
Stand-up comic Katherine Ryan reminisces about unusual relationships, aging, Taylor Swift, life in the hometown she hates and the time she enraged an entire nation.Anita and Me
IMDB 6 | Nov , 2002
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.Slums of Beverly Hills
IMDB 6.3 | Aug , 1998
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
IMDB 5.2 | Sep , 1974
Fritz, now married and a father, is desperate to escape the domestic hell he now finds himself in. Lighting up a joint, he begins to dream about his eight other lives, hoping to find one to provide a pleasant distraction. The drug-induced journeys he takes include spells as an astronaut, Hitler's psychiatrist, a courier travelling in hostile territory during a race war, and as a pupil of an Indian guru in the sewers of New York.Nazey
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1979
The film tells the story of two young people who are in love. Ali, a truck driver, is preparing to marry Nazey, who is his childhood sweetheart. Meanwhile, Mithat Ağa's son is also in love with Nazey. Mithat Ağa, who is pressuring Nazey's family, promises his daughter to his son. At the same time, Mithat Ağa sends Ali on a long business trip and begins wedding preparations. Upon learning of this, Ali returns to the village and kidnaps Nazey on the wedding day. In response, Mithat Ağa sends his men to capture the two young people.Answer
IMDB 10 | Nov , 2017
A seemingly innocent voicemail message left on a man’s answer machine by his ex, soon turns on its head when we learn of his dark past in their relationship. We quickly learn that our protagonist may not be as innocent as he seems, through the heart-wrenching monologue delivered to him via the tiny machine in his home.Bandit Queen
IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 1994
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage critique of the society that made her.Bette Midler: Divine Miss Millennium
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1999
Only the Divine Miss M could ring in the new millennium with such grandeur and style. Bette Midler's 1999-2000 concert tour to promote her Bathhouse Betty album. Live from Seattle.Lisa Lampanelli: The Queen of Mean
IMDB 4.2 | Jan , 2002
Hilarious, raunchy. adult comedy. In clubs and theaters across the country, Lisa Lampanelli calls audience members colored, queer, bald, fat, and old. Do they get offended? Angry? No! They laugh uncontrollably and demand to know when she'll be back in town. After watching this hour-long concert--filmed live at Rascal's Comedy Club in West Orange, New Jersey--you'll see why! A cross between Don Rickles, Archie Bunker, and a vial of estrogen, Lisa lives up to her three favorite F-words: "Fierce, Funny, and Fearless"! She's got a bawdy personality, all-out honesty, and the insult comic's most essential quality--undeniable likability. All this adds up to one important 4-letter word: STAR.To Win the Lottery
IMDB 4.8 | Jan , 1970
A poor and oppressed employee wins the football bet lottery and decides to live the life he dreamed so many years, wastefully scattering his money.Bill Hicks: Sane Man
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1989
Sane Man was filmed before Bill recorded ‘Dangerous’, his first comedy album, and is a turning point in Hicks’ career. It was the first complete Hicks show ever filmed and Bill pulled out all the stops for the cameras. Completely focused, a newly-sober Hicks paces the stage like a wild animal riffing effortless.Sid and Nancy
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 1986
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.George Carlin: Doin' It Again
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1990
George Carlin brings his comedy back to New Jersey and this time talks about Offensive Language, Euphemisms, They're Only Words, Dogs, Things you never hear, see or wanna hear, Some people are stupid, Cancer, Feminists, Good Ideas, Rape, Life's moments, and organ donors.George Carlin: Jammin' in New York
IMDB 7.9 | Apr , 1992
When George Carlin is asked which HBO concert is his favorite, his answer is always, "Jammin’ In New York." The show, taped at the Paramount Theater in Madison Square Garden and winner of the 1992 CableACE Award, is a perfect blend of biting social commentary and more gently-observed observational pieces.A Year of No Significance
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2023
Set in Singapore in 1979, A Year Of No Significance chronicles the gradual disintegration of a middle-aged architect as changes rock the 45th year of his life. Sidelined in the office because of his inability to speak English, Lim Cheng Soon is cut further adrift when his wife leaves him inexplicably one day. His elderly father moves in, forcing him to confront the fact that the former has always preferred his younger brother. Robbed of his identities as architect, husband and son, Cheng Soon struggles in the dusk of his life, raging against the dying light.The Associate
IMDB 6.5 | Aug , 1979
An unemployed investor creates a fictious business partner to attempt to improve business. Eventually, his creation gets out of control as his business becomes successful and his wife announces that she is in love with the partner and his son wishes the partner was his father -- although no one has ever seen him. To regain control, the man decides to "kill" his imaginary partner and is arrested for the murder.The Eden Express
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2026
In the 1970s, Mark Vonnegut, son of renowned sci-fi author Kurt Vonnegut, leads his friends out of Nixon's broken America to Eden, where they can build something good. His friends are in paradise but Mark begins hearing strange voices. Becoming increasingly threatening, Mark must battle to keep Eden alive.