From the immediate aftermath of 9/11 to today stand-up comedians, talk-show hosts, sketch performers, television animators and other entertainers have used often-controversial jokes to unite and heal in the face of tragedy.

The Original Kings of Comedy
2000
6.4/10

Call Me Lucky
2015
7.0/10

Comedian
2002
6.6/10

American Pie: Revealed
2004
6.0/10

Standing Up, Falling Down
2020
6.3/10

Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...
2025
6.7/10

Talking Funny
2011
7.4/10

Gray's Anatomy
1996
6.4/10

Louis C.K.: Chewed Up
2008
7.9/10

Good Hair
2009
6.6/10

Funny People
2009
5.9/10

What a Way to Go!
1964
7.1/10

Eddie Murphy Raw
1987
7.3/10

The Aristocrats
2005
6.0/10

The Comedians of Comedy
2005
6.9/10

Bad
1977
6.3/10

Code 3
2025
7.1/10

Kevin Hart: What Now?
2016
6.4/10

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
2022
6.7/10

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
2023
7.2/10
To Be or Not to Be
1942
7.8/10