Finding a great movie on Netflix is hard enough, but it can sometimes feel like finding the best comedy movies on Netflix is nearly impossible. While Netflix certainly makes plenty of comedies of all stripes to choose from, they’re often less than excellent. We’re not here to judge, of course, but if you’re looking for a comedy that has actual production value and some decent jokes, you may need to get just a little bit choosier. Thankfully, we’re around to help you find the best comedy movies that Netflix has to offer.
Of course, Netflix has great movies in a wide variety of other genres, including action, but this list will focus only on what they’ve got to offer if you’re in the mood for a laugh.
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
123m
Genre
Comedy, Music
Stars
Rachel McAdams, Will Ferrell, Pierce Brosnan
Directed by
David Dobkin
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The story of Fire Saga is absolutely absurd, but Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams are so completely committed to their respective performances that they totally sell it. Eurovision tells the story of a pair of Icelandic performers who wind up in the Eurovision song contest and are forced to reckon with a modicum of success. What makes Eurovision so winning, though, is that it manages to be both silly and a little bit moving, thanks in large part to some stellar original songs. Eurovision may seem like any other comedy Netflix has put out in the last 10 years, but it’s one of their very best.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
140m
Genre
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Stars
Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe
Directed by
Rian Johnson
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You may not immediately think of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out movies as comedies, but they undoubtedly are. Glass Onion has plenty of truly excellent one-liners, including at least a dozen from Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc, a character so big he wouldn’t fit into any genre besides comedy. It’s true, of course, that there’s also a mystery pulsing through the heart of Glass Onion. But beneath all of the curiosity around whodunnit, Glass Onion is really about how stupid the ultra-rich can be without anyone ever calling them on all of their crap.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
100m
Genre
Comedy, Romance
Stars
Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Janel Parrish
Directed by
Susan Johnson
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One of the Netflix original romcoms that rises above a lot of its peers, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before has a pretty high-concept premise. Thanks to its charming leads and some genuinely beautiful shot compositions, it manages to feel much better than its peers. The story of a young romantic whose love letters are leaked to the men she wrote them about, the movie is really just another story about a fake relationship that turns into a real one. While that may not sound like stunning new ground, what elevates To All the Boys is the genuine chemistry its two leads share.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
91%
8.2/10
91m
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Stars
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
Directed by
Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
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This classic British comedy from Monty Python follows King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on a low-budget and absolutely absurd search for the Holy Grail. This medieval group of soldiers encounters a plethora of silly obstacles in the quest for greatness, including an impressively persistent knight and — gulp — the French. You can try our movie drinking game if you’d like to add to your enjoyment of the film.
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
76%
7.2/10
118m
Genre
Drama, Comedy, History
Stars
Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps
Directed by
Craig Brewer
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This comedy follows Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy), a washed-up musician who transforms himself into a cult star. Dolemite Is My Name is unlike any Eddie Murphy movie you may have seen, but his top-notch performance will make you laugh — and maybe cry — in this top-notch dramedy.
Always Be My Maybe (2019)
64%
6.8/10
101m
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Stars
Ali Wong, Randall Park, Keanu Reeves
Directed by
Nahnatchka Khan
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If you’re looking for a good rom-com on Netflix, Always Be My Maybe is a great place to start. The story follows Sasha (Ali Wong) and Marcus (Randall Park), two people everyone assumed would end up together. After reconnecting after 15 years apart, they begin to think maybe they are meant to be after all. Also, Keanu Reeves shows up playing himself, and who can say no to a little more Keanu?
No Hard Feelings (2023)
104m
Genre
Comedy, Romance
Stars
Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti
Directed by
Gene Stupnitsky
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Jennifer Lawrence finally did a straight-up comedy, and proved that she should have been making them all along. No Hard Feelings follows Lawrence as a 30-something Long Island resident who finds herself without any real prospects. When she is hired as a fake girlfriend for a wealthy couple’s reclusive son, things get messy in more ways than one. The movie’s deliberately insane premise could be alienating or problematic, but instead, it just leads to some of the bawdiest humor we’ve seen in a comedy in years. No Hard Feelings is just really funny, and we could use more movies like it.
Anyone But You (2023)
104m
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Stars
Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Mia Artemis
Directed by
Will Gluck
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The rom-com that may have saved romantic comedies, at least theatrically, Anyone But You is a silly Shakespeare adaptation that you’ll find is also shockingly watchable. Starring Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney, the movie follows their characters, who hate each other, as their friends and family try to convince them to get together. The movie is mostly an excuse for Powell and Sweeney to look beautiful together and also be silly, but because it was also shot in Australia, it doesn’t feel like a movie that has been overly confined to tight quarters.
Don't Look Up (2021)
138m
Genre
Comedy, Science Fiction, Drama
Stars
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep
Directed by
Adam McKay
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Adam McKay is a wonderfully incisive writer and director, and Don’t Look Up is a brilliant examination of modern American culture. Telling the story of two astronomers who discover that a massive asteroid is going to destroy the planet, the film is really about the ways in which the world seems unprepared to deal with the calamities that threaten to destroy everything we hold dear. Featuring one of the greatest ensemble casts ever assembled, Don’t Look Up is dark, funny, and in its final moments, surprisingly moving about all the things we’ve lost along the way.
I Care a Lot (2021)
119m
Genre
Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Stars
Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González
Directed by
J Blakeson
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A dark comedy thriller, I Care A Lot tells the story of a woman who ingratiates herself into the lives of older people and then robs them blind. When she inadvertently targets someone with an incredibly wealthy son, she finds herself meeting her match. Featuring a daring and hilarious central performance from Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot is really just a heightened version of a story we’ve all heard about the ways that guardianship can be weaponized so that old people are taken for everything that they’re worth.
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
107m
Genre
Comedy
Stars
Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
Directed by
Peter Farrelly
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A movie so stupid it’s almost undeniable, Dumb and Dumber was part of Jim Carrey’s remarkable run of comedy success in 1994, and it may be the movie that holds up the best of that bunch. Telling the story of a pair of idiots who discover a briefcase filled with cash and decide to return it to the woman who left it in their car, the movie is silly and strange in all the right ways. Carrey and Jeff Daniels make for an undeniable central pair, but one of the delights of this movie is that its only goal is to make you laugh, and it’s guaranteed to do that from the minute it starts.
