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Movies Like Judd Apatow: The Return

If you loved Judd Apatow: The Return's Comedy storytelling, these films deliver a similar experience — carefully selected for tone, themes, and emotional depth. Each pick includes where to watch it right now.

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Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...
6.7

Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...

2025

Facing a world gone sideways, comedy icon Dave Chappelle delivers bold truths and potent punchlines in this no-holds-barred special.

Matt Rife: Natural Selection
6.1

Matt Rife: Natural Selection

2023

From his problem with protection crystals to his beef with social media trolls, comedian Matt Rife holds nothing back in this rollicking stand-up special.

Eddie Murphy Raw
7.3

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.

Dave Chappelle: The Closer
7.2

Dave Chappelle: The Closer

2021

As he closes out his slate of comedy specials, Dave takes the stage to try and set the record straight — and get a few things off his chest.

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
7.4

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

2022

With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special.

Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry
7.0

Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry

2016

Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.

Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
7.1

Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain

2011

Experience the show that quickly became a national phenomenon. Get an up-close and personal look at Kevin back in Philly where he began his journey to become one of the funniest comedians of all time. You will laugh 'til it hurts!

Ricky Gervais: Humanity
7.6

Ricky Gervais: Humanity

2018

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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Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
7.2

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

2023

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

Ricky Gervais: Mortality
6.9

Ricky Gervais: Mortality

2025

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

Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame
7.0

Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame

2007

The third of Ricky Gervais' themed live stand-up shows.

Tom Segura: Disgraceful
7.2

Tom Segura: Disgraceful

2018

Tom Segura gives voice to the sordid thoughts you'd never say out loud, with blunt musings on porn, parking lot power struggles, parenthood and more.

Louis C.K.: Oh My God
7.6

Louis C.K.: Oh My God

2013

Filmed at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ on February 15th and 16th, 2013, Oh My God is Louis C.K.'s fifth stand-up special, his first for HBO since 2007's Shameless, and his first since winning a Emmy Award for writing on his acclaimed show on FX, Louie. Performed in the round in front of a live audience, he discusses such topics as the food chain, animals, divorce, strange anecdotes, broken morality, murder and mortality.

Marc Maron: Too Real
6.8

Marc Maron: Too Real

2017

Battle-scarred stand-up comedian Marc Maron unleashes a storm of ideas about meditation, mortality, documentary films and our weird modern world.

Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation
7.5

Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation

2017

Comedy juggernaut Dave Chappelle's fourth Netflix Special, taped on November 20th, 2017 at Los Angeles' Comedy Store.

Dave Chappelle: Equanimity
7.5

Dave Chappelle: Equanimity

2017

Comedy legend Dave Chappelle returns to his roots with an all-new stand-up special filmed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Eric Andre: Legalize Everything
6.0

Eric Andre: Legalize Everything

2020

Comedian Eric Andre presents his very first Netflix original stand-up special. Taking the stage in New Orleans, Andre breaks the boundaries of comedy as he critiques the war on drugs, the war on sex, and the war on fart jokes!

Eddie Murphy: Delirious
7.6

Eddie Murphy: Delirious

1983

Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983, Eddie Murphy: Delirious captures Eddie Murphy's wild and outrageous stand-up comedy act, which he performed in New York and eighteen other cities across the U.S. to standing-room-only audiences. Eddie's comedy was groundbreaking, completely new, razor sharp and definitely funny.Eddie Murphy pontificates in his own vulgarly hilarious fashion on everything from bizarre sexual fantasies to reliving the family barbecue, and is peppered with Eddie's one-of-a-kind wit. Laugh along as Eddie reminiscences of hot childhood days and the ice cream man intermixed with classic vocal parodies of top American entertainers.Experience Eddie Murphy at his best, live and red hot! Delirious! Uncensored and Uncut!

Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
7.6

Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones

2019

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

John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid
7.7

John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

2015

Armed with boyish charm and a sharp wit, the former "SNL" writer offers sly takes on marriage, his beef with babies and the time he met Bill Clinton.

Why These Movies Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Judd Apatow: The Return (2017): Comedy themes, similar narrative structure, and comparable emotional depth. NoBadPicks uses a combination of TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface films most likely to resonate with fans of Judd Apatow: The Return.

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