Harlem Nights (1989) Directed by Eddie Murphy
Blue Collar (1978) Directed by Paul Schrader
Just Us by Richard Pryor
Bustin’ Loose (1981) Directed by Oz Scott
Blazing Saddles (1974) Directed by Mel Brooks
From Wikipedia: In the scene where Lamarr addresses his band of bad guys, he says, “You men are only risking your lives, while I am risking an almost-certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor!” Harvey Korman did not, in fact, get an Oscar nod, but the film did receive three other Academy Awards nominations in 1975: Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Madeline Kahn, Best Film Editing, and Best Music, Original Song. The film also nabbed two BAFTA awards nominations, for Best Newcomer (Cleavon Little) and Best Screenplay.
The film won the Writers Guild of America Award for “Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen” for writers Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, and Alan Uger.
In 2006, Blazing Saddles was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The American film critic Dave Kehr queried if the historical significance of Blazing Saddles lay in the fact that it was the first film from a major studio to have a fart joke.
Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling (1986) Directed by Richard Pryor
From Wikipedia: Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 film starring Richard Pryor in his directorial debut.
Though Pryor insisted the film was not autobiographical, Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. The film came out after Pryor had severely burned himself while freebasing cocaine in 1980. Though he later claimed the incident was not an accident at all, but actually an attempted suicide.As Dancer lies hospitalized in a coma, his spiritual alter ego revisits his life, from growing up in a brothel as a child and struggling to beat the long odds to become a top-rated comedian. However, his success leads to extensive drug use and womanizing that takes its toll on his life. Jo Jo’s spirit watches and attempts to convince his past self to end the cycle of self destruction.