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Documentaries like American: The Bill Hicks Story

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The 3 reasons people love American: The Bill Hicks Story

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from.

  2. You laugh at jokes about religion, war and advertising that go too far.

  3. You like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind2018

    • stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from
    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you want to laugh again at Robin Williams improvising at full speed.

  • STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie2023

    • jokes about religion, war and advertising that go too far
    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you like hearing Michael J. Fox tell his story in his own words.

  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story2024

    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you want the real Christopher Reeve, from Superman to activist.

  • The Yes Men Fix the World2009

    • stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from
    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you like executives applauding absurd ideas with a straight face.

  • Patton Oswalt: Annihilation2017

    • jokes about religion, war and advertising that go too far

    Good for you if you like a comedian finding jokes inside his own grief.

  • Val2021

    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you like an actor's life told through his own camera.

  • John Candy: I Like Me2025

    • stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from
    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you grew up laughing at John Candy in Uncle Buck or Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

  • I Am Heath Ledger2017

    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you want to see Heath Ledger through his own camera.

  • Senna2010

    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you like a life told entirely through real footage from the time.

  • Everybody’s Everything2019

    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you want the story told by the people who loved him.

  • Whitney2018

    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you want the people closest to her telling what happened.

  • The Yes Men2003

    • stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from
    • the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him

    Good for you if you like watching a straight face hold through an absurd speech.

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