Lenny Bruce Movies

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale,...

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A...

Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.

From the moment Shakespeare wrote his first fart joke, audiences have loved gross-out humor. In this 'Starz Inside' documentary, take a trip through...

The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a...

A collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement.

DEATH SCENES II continues the exploration into the dark recesses of violence and rage that ended in such heinous crimes as the Manson Family's...

In-depth documentary that uses Lenny Bruce's legacy to explore the present condition of the fear of words and expression.

A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television. This film was...

In 1948, Lenny Bruce was just another comic who couldn't get arrested. By 1961, all that would change.

After procuring a special ray gun, a precocious orphan helps his community by exposing the shady doings of local government, and plays a part in a...

Documentary about the rise and fall of Frank Zappa's record labels, Bizarre and Straight which featured a collection of acts that included: Alice...

A group of male office workers, bored with their daily routine, decide to stop in at the local burlesque house.

Iconoclast Lenny Bruce appears at San Francisco's Basin Street West in what was his next-to-last live appearance. His act that night consisted of...

Lenny Bruce's depiction on film did not start or end with Bob Fosse's Lenny (1974). Through these other often offbeat cinematic incarnations, this...

This short animation set to Lenny Bruce's live monologue tells how the Lone Ranger hooks up with Tonto. With Bruce doing all the voices, this...

A gangster who operates a sleazy dance hall uses a sadistic bodyguard to keep his girls afraid and his customers in line.