Top Five

Top Five
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Chris Rock
Written by	Chris Rock
Produced by	Scott Rudin Eli Bush
Starring	Chris Rock Rosario Dawson Gabrielle Union Cedric the Entertainer J. B. Smoove Tracy Morgan Kevin Hart Anders Holm Jay Pharoah Michael Che Sherri Shepherd Leslie Jones
Cinematography	Manuel Alberto Claro
Edited by	Anne McCabe
Music by	Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson Ludwig Göransson
Production companies	IAC Films Scott Rudin Productions Jax Media
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	September 6, 2014 (2014-09-06) (TIFF) December 12, 2014 (2014-12-12) (United States)
Running time	102 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million[2]
Box office	$26.1 million[3]

Top Five is a 2014 American romantic comedy-drama film^[4] written and directed by Chris Rock. Produced by Scott Rudin and Eli Bush, the film stars Rock, Rosario Dawson, and Gabrielle Union, and follows New York City comedian and film star Andre Allen (Rock), who has to confront his past and comedic career while doing an interview with journalist Chelsea Brown (Dawson).

The ensemble cast features comedians J. B. Smoove, Kevin Hart, Sherri Shephard, Michael Che, Tracy Morgan, Jay Pharoah, Leslie Jones, and Cedric the Entertainer. Comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, and Whoopi Goldberg appear as themselves.

It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States on December 12, 2014 by Paramount Pictures.^[5] It received critical acclaim, with praise directed at the performances of the cast, and Rock's screenplay and direction, as well as comparisons to Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980).