Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year (2024)

Hot Frosty

When a young widow's magic scarf brings a dashing snowman to life, can he help her rediscover romance, laughter and holiday cheer before he melts away?

Oppenheimer

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Memento

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

Spirited Away

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

The Gentlemen

American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

Barbie

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Poor Things

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

Orphan

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

Joker

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Venom

Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.

The Wild Robot

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

Deadpool & Wolverine

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.

Me Before You

A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

The Evil Dead

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

Edward Scissorhands

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Conclave

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.

Killers of the Flower Moon

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

Into the Wild

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

65

65 million years ago, the only 2 survivors of a spaceship from Somaris that crash-landed on Earth, must fend off dinosaurs to reach the escape vessel in time before an imminent asteroid strike threatens to destroy the planet.

Titanic

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Insidious

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

Django Unchained

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

Dirty Dancing

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

Scream

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

Superman

Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.

Nosferatu

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

Final Destination Bloodlines

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.

Triangle of Sadness

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

Inglourious Basterds

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

The Whale

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

The Shawshank Redemption

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

The Addams Family

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Saw

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.

Knives Out

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Top Gun: Maverick

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

Bones and All

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

Kevin James: Never Don't Give Up

Kevin James makes his long-awaited return to stand-up in this family-friendly special, dishing on fatherhood, fans, his disdain for allergies and more.

Sanne Søndergaard: Kvinde?

Sanne Søndergaard has never learned to be a woman. Because it's really hard! Is it okay to shout out loud? Sit with your legs spread? Swearing? Fuck a lot of people? Not fuck at all? Can you get really angry? Can you be horny? In the show ‘Woman?’, Sanne Søndergaard explores why she finds it so difficult to take on the woman. It will be honest and naked... but not that kind of naked!

Marina Rollman - Un spectacle drôle

Marina Rollman asks herself questions on stage.

Is This Thing On?

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.

George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya!

It's Bad For Ya, Carlin's Emmy nominated 14th and final HBO special from March of 2008 features Carlin's noted irreverent and unapologetic observations on topics ranging from death, religion, bureaucracy, patriotism, overprotected children and big business to the pungent examinations of modern language and the decrepit state of the American culture.

Talegaver til børn: 15 års jubilæum

Talegaver Til Børn celebrated its 15th anniversary in December 2007 with three sold-out shows at Forum. The FBI's annual charity show was produced in collaboration with Unicef. For 15 years, between Christmas and New Year's Eve, people have been able to laugh for a good cause in the company of the country's best stand-up comedians, and the 2007 shows definitely lived up to the success of previous years.

Natasha Brock: Ha' det godt i Natashaland

Step into Natashaland and look forward to a show about the happy acceptance that your life may not always end up where you planned.

Jessica Kirson: I'm the Man

Jessica Kirson shares her searing perspective on everything from TikTok girls to her bizarre time at a trauma center.

Chris Ramsey: Live from London

In this new stand-up special, comedian Chris Ramsey gives an insight into the ups and downs of his life with Live in London. Recorded at London’s iconic Royal Court Theatre, Live in London sees the star hilariously share his frustrations as a dad-of-two and his mishaps in being a parent. He also shares previously unknown backstage secrets to his time on Strictly Come Dancing and his not-so-secret fury at modern technology.

Omar Marzouk: Bange For Sjov

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Kanan Gill: Is This It?

"Is This It?" is Kanan Gill's latest comedy special that explores the complexities of adulting with humor and wit. In this uproarious performance, Kanan delves into the challenges of relationships, growing up, and finding one's purpose in life. With his signature observational style, he dissects everyday situations and presents them in a hilariously relatable manner, leaving audiences in stitches. Kanan's sharp comedic timing and storytelling skills shine through as he navigates through the highs and lows of adulthood, offering a fresh perspective on the universal struggles of finding meaning and fulfillment.

Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive

Standup comedian Aziz Ansari ("Parks and Recreation") headlines his third standup special, where he shares his uniquely hilarious perspective on fears of adulthood, babies, marriage, and more. Ansari's look at life on the cusp of 30 years old is smart, unfiltered, and hysterical.

Hannah Gadsby: Nanette

The Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby is taking an anti-comedy stance in her newest special.

Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual

Comedian Joel Kim Booster riffs on leaked selfies, dining at P.F. Chang's, keeping secrets and why cats are better than dogs as he hits the stage in LA.

Ricky Gervais: Out of England

Taped live before a sold-out audience at the WaMu Theater at New York Citys Madison Square Garden, Ricky Gervais: Out of England The Stand-Up Special is a high-spirited hour of offbeat observations and understated humor from the actor/comedian/writer/director.

Tobias Dybvad: Sjov mand - Klam personlighed

In Tobias Dybvad's first oneman show, the comedian draws on his own life and experiences. He tells stories from his early childhood to life in his 30s. Tobias Dybvad is a comedian who stops and sees things the rest of us might not notice. He provokes the audience with his direct approach to topics you didn't think it was possible to joke about. It works and this first oneman show from Tobias Dybvad has been praised across the country, where it has sold out night after night. According to Politiken, Tobias Dybvad “has a near absolute ear for delivering punchlines”, and it is this talent combined with a “thoroughly likeable” nature that has made him a highly sought-after comedian. He manages to challenge the genre like few others and never chooses the easy solutions. This makes meeting Tobias Dybvad a terrifically funny and challenging experience where nothing is sacred.

Bill Cosby: Himself

A 1983 stand-up comedy film featuring the comedy of Bill Cosby. Filmed before a live audience at the Hamilton Place Theatre, in Hamilton, Ontario. Cosby gives his comedic views on people who drink too much and take drugs, going to the dentist, marriage and parenthood.

Kaya Yanar - Planet Deutschland

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Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millennial

Filmed February 23, 2018, aboard the USS Hornet, comedian Iliza Shlesinger brings an ‘elder millennial’ perspective to her audience. Recently engaged, she dives into undeniable truths about life at age 35. Looking back at the insanity of the road traveled and what’s to come, Iliza talks first apartments, a woman's inner she dragon, peacock mating calls, and her newfound urge to squeeze a chubby baby leg.

Morten Wichmann: Gør sin ting

Morten Wichmann's first oneman show. The show was recorded during the Zulu Comedy Festival at Huset KBH, and it's a show that I'm actually really proud of. Here are all my best bits so far collected and wrapped in a good portion of idiotic hip-hop attitude. All performed in front of 120 enthusiastic audience members who really helped give the show the intimacy and nerve that I like about stand-up.

Extrospekt

Danish comedy's sharpest tongue, Thomas Hartmann, toured in the fall of 2008 with his 4th one man show Extrospekt, where he proved to audiences and critics alike why he is considered one of the very best and funniest comedians in Denmark. His twisted brain takes us past everything from religion, technology, social values and supermarket queues, to toilet paper and pensioners' manic need for gardening, and his trademark equilibristic word games show a comedian in his most versatile show yet.

Nikki Glaser: Perfect

Comedian Nikki Glaser talks about relationships and what it means to become an adult woman.

Rune Klan: Går large

Rune is not a fan of traditional classic magic shows where you wear a tuxedo, top hat and take yourself very seriously. Paradoxically, Rune has been heavily inspired by the big Las Vegas shows with big props, but that's where the party stops... It's still Rune Klan. The show is called “Rune Klan Goes Large” and that's exactly what he does - magnifies it all up! Rune toured with “Going Large” in 2007.

Krhut & Kozub

Delicate poetry and politically incorrect humor presented by a popular actor and singer-songwriter from Ostrava in the hall of Prague's Forum Karlín.

Lasse Rimmer: KOMIKER

KOMIKER is sparkling, razor-sharp and clever entertainment from the fastest moped on the comedy scene, Lasse Rimmer. At a breakneck pace, Rimmer engages in a linguistic clinch with patties and helping hands, bad boys and psycho bitches, Frederik Fetterlein's leather jackets and racist rides, session doctors and testicle fondling, defiant older feminists with food in the corner of their mouths, and how difficult it is for parents to call a sofa a sofa. Alongside the likes of Mick Øgendahl, Jan Gintberg and Frank & Casper, Lasse Rimmer was nominated for “Comedian of the Year” at the 2012 Zulu Comedy Gala for “COMEDIAN”. Now you can see why in your own living room. You can look forward to it.

Sierra Katow: Funt

Comedian Sierra Katow tackles her dumb career choice, online haters, and why anyone still has kids in her must-watch breakout special, Funt. Best known for NBC’s "Last Comic Standing,” Max’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” and Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon,” Sierra uses her signature quirky wit to keep you laughing, thinking, and laughing again.

Just Because Comedy Festival

Top comics Trevor Noah, Loyiso Gola, Kagiso Lediga, Eugene Khoza and David Kibuuka join together to perform live at the reknowned Just Because Comedy Festival in South Africa, giving back to the lesser privileged... JUST BECAUSE they can!

Élie Kakou : Vidéo pirate du Zénith

Discover for the first time on DVD, the video pirate at the Zenith of Elie Kakou. An original show in an overexcited atmosphere with amazing choreographies, a surprise visit from Michel Drucker and parodies of Elie's sketches by the "Compagnie des Sales Gosses".

Élie Kakou au Point Virgule

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Victor Lander flygter hjemmefra

Danish stand-up show from 2019

Ali Siddiq: The Domino Effect 2: Loss

Following the success of Ali’s last special THE DOMINO EFFECT (over 9 million views in the first year) comes the sequel “THE DOMINO EFFECT 2: LOSS”. Ali tells the traumatic stories of his adolescence that ultimately lead to him going to prison for 6 years.

Men's Room 4

Throughout the first three Men's Room shows, you've seen the two comedians twist and turn the small difference - which is actually not singular, and rarely small. Now, as before, there is no talk of the big, heavy equality issues, but rather just jokes! Jokes about everyday issues that we can all recognize and that we are best served by simply laughing at. They are here to stay.

Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis

Comedian Taylor Tomlinson is halfway through her 20s — and she's over it. From dating losers to a failed engagement, she takes aim at her life choices.

Bo Burnham: Inside

Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy special.

Ronald Goedemondt: Geen Sprake Van

Stand-up comedian Ronald Goedemondt converts his daily experience as a man in his forties into astute humor about fatherhood and aging.

Cristela Alonzo: Middle Classy

In the follow up to her 2016 comedy special, Lower Classy, Cristela Alonzo is back for her second Netflix comedy special, Middle Classy. With more money and a smile big enough to show off her hard earned new teeth, Cristela is living the American Dream. She hilariously shares the joys of aging in her forties, her first ever experience with a gyno, and the importance of family.

Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer

Hank Green reflects on the good, the bad, and the weird parts of having cancer.

Jonatan Spangs familie

Jonatan Spang's second one man show.

Jonatan Spang: Damer

In the fall of 2005, Jonatan Spang toured the country with his first one (wo)man comedy show, "DAMER." The show was recorded at Store Vega in Copenhagen. Why do Greek statues have such small penises? Why is the gender role debate only exciting when you call wives bitches?

Simon Talbot: Talle Alene I Verden

With Talle Alene I Verden, Simon Talbot makes a big, fat and hilarious statement about his position as one of today's greatest comedians.

Mick Øgendahl: UNDSKYLD!

Mick Øgendahl's "cinema comedy show" from his 2006 tour, a hybrid of live stand-up and fiction featuring Kim Bodnia.

Mick Øgendahl: Tåfræser

Comedy show featuring Danish stand-up comedian Mick Øgendahl.

Anders Matthesen - Anden taler ud

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Jason Brokerss : 21ème seconde

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Eddie Murphy Raw

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.

Heino What You Did Last Summer

Heino has a morning program on the local radio station, but he is completely bored with old listeners and sponsored quizzes. That's why he invented the "Heino what you did last summer" program - and the audience in the hall is the program's listeners. Co-starring is Palle Birch, double Danish champion in improv comedy (2018 + 2019)

Bo Burnham: What.

Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering unadulterated showmanship of his own.

Greg Davies: The Back of My Mum's Head

Inspired by his mother's insistence that he's "not normal," comedian Greg Davies puts everyone under a comedic microscope during this live comedy performance.

Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth

Comedian and actress Nikki Glaser takes on a range of topics in her brutally-honest yet conversational style. Whether she’s dishing about sex, outlining the do’s and dont’s of dating (and how to trick someone into marriage), or oversharing about her (not-so-private) parts, Glaser delivers an hour of unapologetic and no-holds-barred comedy around topics often considered “taboo,” and showcases her ability to pivot from humiliating moments to being an empowering voice for women: the kind she yearned for as a confused adolescent.

Hartmann X II

Hartmann X on his second tour with the "Hartmann X" Stand-up show. Hartmann X II surpasses the first show in humor and content

Eddie Murphy: Delirious

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!

Jakob Thrane: Hurtig

Things have been slow for too long now. Really slow. We need some speed - and Denmark gets it in Jakob Thrane's new comedy show.

Jimmy Carr: In Concert

Britain's foremost multi award winning joke technician Jimmy Carr returns with his fourth live stand up DVD, Jimmy Carr In Concert.

Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love

In her first HBO comedy special since 2013’s acclaimed "Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles," Sarah Silverman showcases her fearless chutzpah in a performance filmed at The Wilbur Theater in Boston.

Rayen Panday: Vrijspraak

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Amy Schumer Presents: Parental Advisory

Amy Schumer welcomes her favorite comedians to the stage in this special about family life, from the pressures of parenting to the joys of remarriage.

John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City

John Mulaney relays stories from his childhood and "SNL," eviscerates the value of college and laments getting older in this electric comedy special.

Niels Hausgaard: Vildskab

Niels Hausgaard's show at Vega, from his 2006 tour "Vildskab" (Wildness).

Comedy Aid 2015

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