- Acting films
- 34
- Acting avg
- 6.14
- Peak run
- 1976’78
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Richard by the numbers
Average
6.14
29 rated films
Vote weighted
6.22
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.66
rating spread
Career
31y
1967 to 1997
Total votes
10.9K
across every film
Best
7.6
Lost Highway
Worst
5.5
Superman III
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Jerry West: The Logo | Self (Archive footage & voice) | · | 3 |
| 2025 |  I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not | Self (archive footage) | · | 24 |
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self (archive footage) | 6.9 | 33 |
| 2025 |  John Candy: I Like Me | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 7.9 | 123 |
| 2024 | Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | · | 11 |
| 2024 | Group Therapy | Self (archive footage) | · | 4 |
| 2024 |  Remembering Gene Wilder | Self (archive footage) | · | 22 |
| 2019 | I Am Richard Pryor | Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage) | · | 17 |
| 2014 | Richard Pryor: Icon | Self (archive footage) | · | 12 |
| 2013 |  Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self (archive footage) | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2006 |  The N Word | Self (archive footage) | · | 6 |
| 1997 |  Lost Highway | Arnie | 7.6 | 3,082 |
| 1996 |  Mad Dog Time | Jimmy the Gravedigger | 5.2 | 53 |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema | Self | · | 3 |
| 1991 |  Another You | Eddie Dash | 5.5 | 113 |
| 1989 |  Harlem Nights | Sugar Ray | 6.1 | 375 |
| 1989 |  See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Wallace 'Wally' Karue | 6.8 | 1,129 |
| 1988 |  Moving | Arlo Pear | 5.5 | 141 |
| 1987 |  Critical Condition | Eddie Lenahan/Dr. Kevin Slattery | 5.5 | 81 |
| 1986 |  Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego | 6.5 | 40 |
Better together?
Richard Pryor's regulars
- Gene WilderCo-star · 4 films · 6.37 avg▲+0.10
- Billy Dee WilliamsCo-star · 3 films · 6.35 avg▲+0.09
- Arthur HillerDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.74 avg▲+0.63
- Sidney J. FurieDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.35 avg▲+0.54
- Sidney PoitierDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.35 avg▲+0.26
- Michael SchultzDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.05 avg●+0.04
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor movies · Richard Pryor and Billy Dee Williams movies · Arthur Hiller and Richard Pryor movies · Sidney J. Furie and Richard Pryor movies
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