Movies

Stand-up Comedians often make fun at movies. But surprisingly there haven't been a lot of movies made about stand-up comedy. It is quite interesting to observe that quite a few films out there seem to paint most comedians as depressing, talentless dreamers or borderline sociopaths. Below is an ordered by years list of movies about Stand-up comedy and let's hope the list will grow in the future.

• Lenny (1974)
• The King of Comedy (1982)
• Punchline (1988)
• Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
• Comedian (2002) 
• When Stand Up Stood Out (2003)
• The Aristocrats (2005)
• Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008)
• Funny People (2009)
• AMERICAN: The Bill Hicks Story (2009)
• I am Comic (2010)
• Dying to do Letterman (2011)
• Alone up There (2012)