The 25 Best Comedies on Netflix to Watch Now
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery In this hilarious sequel to Rian Johnson’s 2019 whodunit hit, Knives Out, tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends to his private island. The vacation kicks off well, but when one guest winds up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) rushes to the scene. Foul play is certainly afoot, but who’s to blame?
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SuperbadJonah Hill and Michael Cera star as Seth and Evan, high school buddies who are on a mission. Before graduating, they want to lose their virginities. Naturally, that proves to be more difficult than anticipated—but it makes for one hell of a journey.
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy Does Will & Harper have you craving a classic Will Ferrell comedy? Well, it’s time for an Anchorman rewatch. The comedy great stars as Ron Burgundy, a TV anchorman who offers a job to rising reporter Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate). For a while, Ron feels great about welcoming a woman into the newsroom, but when Veronica outperforms him, Ron’s jealousy threatens to ruin his career.
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The Other Guys Even more Ferrell! In The Other Guys, NYPD detectives Gamble (Ferrell) and Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) jump at the opportunity to solve a high-profile crime. Here’s the catch: they’re not as coordinated, talented, or prepared as their coworkers. What could go wrong?!
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No Hard Feelings Maddie’s going to lose her house if she doesn’t do something—anything, really—to protect it. In a fit of desperation, she responds to a local ad from a couple who wants to set their 19-year-old son, Percy, up on a date. Maddie has to break the kid out of his shell to get paid, but as she and Percy get acquainted, the mission becomes hilariously complicated.
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Anyone But You Anyone But You stars Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney as Ben and Beatrice—two people whose first date didn’t work out. In a twist of fate, they wind up at the same wedding in Australia several months later. When both of their exes show up, Ben and Beatrice agree to be a fake couple. That always works out, right?
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You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah This heartwarming comedy comes straight from The Sandman. Adam Sandler plays Danny Friedman. Danny’s daughter, Stacy (Sunny Sandler), is preparing for her Bat Mitzvah, but instead of taking the event seriously, she’s focused on the boy she has a crush on and other middle school drama. As her big day approaches, Stacy’s world unravels, which forces her to question what being an adult really means.
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HustleAdam Sandler teams up with real-life pro basketball player Juancho HernangĂłmez for this comedy/drama about a talent scout who works to break an international player out of obscurity and turn him into a star.
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Pee-wee’s Big HolidayPee-wee Herman, a quirky and eccentric vaudeville-type character created by the late comedian Paul Reubens, goes on vacation in Pee-wee’s Big Holiday. Released on Netflix in 2016, it was the zany character’s first return to film since Tim Burton’s excellent Peewee’s Big Adventure in 1985.
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We Have a Ghost A suburban family becomes an overnight sensation after capturing footage of a ghost in their home. But shit hits the fan when they try to uncover how the spirit died, making them the newest target of the CIA.
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Bo Burnham: InsideTechnically, Burnham’s pandemic creation—his personal King Lear—is a stand-up special. But as any fan of the comedian will tell you (and probably already has told you many times), there’s a lot more to it than that. In many ways, the musical-comedy special feels like a feature film, as Burnham muses about our world from the inside out.
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I Care a LotRosamund Pike stars in this dark comedy as a professional legal guardian who, unbeknownst to her clients, is legally siphoning off their money for her own use. Her master scheme seems to be going without a hitch—that is, until she learns that her newest client is associated with a gangster (played by Peter Dinklage).
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Bad TripIt’s Eric Andre doing what Eric Andre does best: making unassuming onlookers the audience for his over-the-top antics. Except, this time around, he’s trading in his signature public-access television studio for the real world. In this hidden-camera comedy, Chris and Bud (Andre and actor Lil Rel Howery) are best friends who take a a cross-country trip to help Chris confess his feelings for his high school crush. However, hot on their trail is Chris’s sister (played by Tiffany Haddish), from whom he has “borrowed” the car for their trip.
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Always Be My MaybeAli Wong and Randall Park are a perfect duo in this heartwarming rom-com about two childhood friends whose awkward fling is reignited by a later-in-life reunion. Back in their hometown digs of San Francisco, the two must face whether their separate worlds can find a way to intersect the way they used to.
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Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming KingBefore the world knew him from Patriot Act, many knew Hasan Minhaj from his work on The Daily Show and, of course, his debut stand-up special, Homecoming King. The latter is a quintessential preview of Minhaj’s tactful skills as a comedian, as he covers racism, immigration, and his experience as an Indian American in a way that is personal, impactful, and entertaining all at once.
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Hunt for the WilderpeopleTaika Waititi is undoubtedly an “It” director right now, with films like the Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Love and Thunder, and What We Do in the Shadows under his belt. If you’re a fan of the Kiwi auteur’s work, you should definitely check out 2016’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople. The charming and eccentric adventure comedy, set in the New Zealand wilderness, follows thirteen-year-old Ricky Baker as he flees from the law with his foster father.
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire SagaWill Ferrell and Rachel McAdams star in this daffy musical comedy about two small-town Icelandic musicians who travel across the world to chase their dreams of pop stardom at the global phenomenon known as Eurovision. If you’re a Eurovision newbie, the toe-tapping soundtrack and onstage mishaps will enthrall you, while established fans will be delighted by Easter eggs like cameos from favorite contestants.
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Between Two Ferns: The MovieZach Galifianakis’s offbeat comedy series gets the feature-length treatment here: Between Two Ferns goes on a nationwide redemption tour in the wake of a disastrous near-death incident involving interviewee Matthew McConaughey. Galifianakis’s deadpan, painfully awkward shtick is as appealing as ever in the gut-busting road-trip comedy.
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Set It UpIn a twist on the whole setup narrative, two overworked N.Y.C. assistants try to set up their successful yet overbearing bosses—who are played by Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs.
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Dolemite Is My NameThis biographical film centers on struggling comedian Rudy Ray Moore in the 1970s as he creates his raunchy alter ego, Dolemite, and risks it all to take his act to the big screen with an anti-establishment kung fu film.
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