Movies like Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special: 20 to watch next
If you loved Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special (2008) — a comedy film directed by Michael Simon — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like holiday, ventriloquist and stand-up comedy. 17 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity 2007★ 6.9
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Combining his amazing talent and his unorthodox sense of humor, Jeff Dunham returns, yet again, with a hilarious stand-up comedy and ventriloquist performance. Starting off with the infamously known Walter, scrutinizing every bit of today's American society. Followed by two new characters, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, who continuously threatens the crowd with Silence and Death, and Melvin the Superhero.
Stream in India on Tubi TV, Plex
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Adam Sandler: Love You 2024★ 6.3
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Adam Sandler hits the stage for a thrillingly unpredictable comedy special featuring songs, jokes, party-crashing dogs and plenty of love.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself 2006★ 6.8
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A recorded live performance of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham portrays a comedian whose revival of an old-fashioned art has made ventriloquism more relevant to modern societal concerns. Starring his six main characters, from Bubba Jay, a Nascar-obsessed hick, to Peanut, a flamboyant gay monkey, Dunham’s puppets have dirty but inoffensive senses of humor that mock the American Dream.
Stream in India on Plex
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Ricky Gervais: SuperNature 2022★ 7.4
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With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Ricky Gervais: Armageddon 2023★ 7.1
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Ricky Gervais dishes out controversial takes on political correctness and oversensitivity in a taboo-busting comedy special about the end of humanity.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself 2019★ 7.4
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The ventriloquist, Jeff Dunham, taped his second Netflix special in his hometown of Dallas, TX in the American Airlines Center. He returns with his normal cast of characters including Walter, Bubba J, Peanut, José Jalapeño on a Stick, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, and one of his newest additions Larry, a high strung, chain-smoking, on-again, off-again personal adviser to the President.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles 2013★ 6.7
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In her first-ever HBO solo special, Sarah Silverman takes the stage for an evening of adults-only stand-up comedy. Taped live in front of an intimate audience of 39 fans at Largo, a music and comedy club in Los Angeles, Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles features Silverman taking aim at such subjects as cell-phone porn, crazy religions, specialty deodorants, terrible roommates, eyebrow waxing, her 19-year-old dog, Obama and Republicans, having babies, Pixar movies, the miracle of existence, and more.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer 2024★ 6.4
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Jimmy Carr refutes the idea that you can't joke about anything these days with his edgy takes on gun control, religion, cancel culture and consent.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo 2015★ 5.8
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With her unique blend of honesty and unapologetic humor, Amy Schumer is one of the funniest, freshest faces in the industry today. This October, Schumer's provocative and hilariously wicked mind will be on full display as she headlines her first HBO stand-up comedy special: 'Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo.' Directed by Chris Rock, the one-hour special features the comedian talking about her life and was taped before a live audience at New York’s iconic Apollo Theater.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer 2023★ 6.9
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From his onstage tackle to the slap heard round the world, Dave Chappelle lets loose in this freewheeling and unfiltered stand-up comedy special.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust 2017★ 6.8
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In her first comedy special post-health scare, Sarah Silverman shares a mix of fun facts, sad truths and yeah-she-just-went-there moments.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Ricky Gervais: Humanity 2018★ 7.6
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In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics 2004★ 6.8
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A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable... 2025★ 6.7
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Facing a world gone sideways, comedy icon Dave Chappelle delivers bold truths and potent punchlines in this no-holds-barred special.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Louis C.K.: Oh My God 2013★ 7.6
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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.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Mike Birbiglia: The New One 2019★ 7.4
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Comedian Mike Birbiglia hits Broadway with a hilarious yet profound one-man show that recounts his emotional and physical journey to parenthood.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Eddie Murphy Raw 1987★ 7.3
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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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dave Chappelle: The Closer 2021★ 7.2
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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.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Bill Burr: You People Are All The Same 2012★ 7.6
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Taking the stage in Washington, D.C., funnyman Bill Burr brings his stinging brand of humor to the spotlight, uncorking a profanity-laced, incisive routine that pokes fun at plastic surgery, reality TV, gold diggers and more.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Jimmy Carr: His Dark Material 2021★ 6.9
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Jimmy Carr finds humor in the darkest of places in this stand-up special that features his dry, sardonic wit — and some jokes he calls "career enders."
Stream in India on Netflix