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The 20 Best Comedies On Netflix

By Jade Budowski @jadebudowski

Published March 14, 2017, 9:00 a.m. ET

Get comfy and crack up at these seriously funny flicks. These are the 20 best comedies on Netflix, ranked by their IMDb ratings.

**Amélie**
**IMDb Rating:** 8.4
Whimsical as it is witty, this offbeat comedy depicts a shy waitress who resolves to make the lives of those around her better, even though she isolates herself from everyone. In the midst of her good deeds, she realizes she's fallen in love and proceeds to play a game of cat and mouse with the man she's been pining for.
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**This Is Spinal Tap**
**IMDb Rating:** 8
This 1984 rock music mockumentary follows Spinal Tap, a "legendary" British heavy metal band that attempts to embark on an American comeback tour. They enlist a filmmaker (who also happens to be a fan) to accompany them on the tour, and obviously, hilarity ensues.
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**The Graduate**
**IMDb Rating:** 8
Mike Nichols' classic dark comedy earned him his first Academy Award. Dustin Hoffman stars as a young man who begins sleeping with a married older woman, and things somehow manage to get more complicated when he falls for her daughter. A groundbreaking entry into the genre, The Graduate strikes a comic chord - and emotional one.
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**Ferris Bueller's Day Off**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.9
"Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?" Matthew Broderick stars as a wisecracking high schooler who develops a highly sophisticated plan to take a day off from school. Armed with his girlfriend and best friend at his side, Bueller heads into Chicago (in a Ferrari, no less) to take advantage of his hooky-playing.
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**Hot Fuzz**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.9
Edgar Wright's uproarious action comedy is nothing short of brilliant. Starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as police officers in a rural English village, their quest to discover the sinister truth beneath their seemingly perfect town leads them to an unexpected - and absurd - revelation. This flick's got everything; comic gold, car chases, and gun fights are just a few things sure to make you love this ridiculous movie.
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**The Big Short**
**IMDb Rating:**
The Academy Award-winning film chronicling the 2008 economic crash is definitely an angry movie - but it's also hilarious. An all-star cast featuring Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, and a handful of celebrities on hand to explain financial terms combine to make this film both educational and laugh-out-loud funny.
[Stream The Big Short]

**Blazing Saddles**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.8
The late, great Gene Wilder stars in this irreverent comedy helmed by Mel Brooks that manages to be smart, silly, and satirical all in one. The Western spoof teams Wilder (here as a gunslinger/recovering alcoholic) with Cleavon Little (the town's first black sheriff) and a series of ridiculous scenarios ensue.
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**Love Actually**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.7
While Christmastime is still a bit far away, this modern classic featuring an ensemble cast holds up year-round. The London-set romantic comedy tells a series of stories that inevitably cross over. You'll root for your favorite character to find love (or leave it behind) in this (mostly) heartwarming film.
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**Midnight in Paris**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.7
One evening, while on a walk in Paris, a man (Owen Wilson) discovers that he can time travel back to the 1920s. This whimsical romantic comedy from Woody Allen is his best work in recent years, and also features memorable performances from Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Allison Pill, and Tom Hiddleston.
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**Superbad**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.6
This teen sex comedy somehow manages to simultaneously pack a crude punch and keep its heart. Starring Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Emma Stone in her breakthrough role, the flick follows two co-dependent teenagers on a mission to get their party on - and the bumps in the road they encounter in the process.
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**Frances Ha**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 92%
Noah Baumbach's black-and-white indie flick starring (and written by) Greta Gerwig is true-to-life funny in unexpected ways. This Brooklyn-based twenty-something (Gerwig) is caught off guard when her best friend decides to move out of their apartment and relocate to Tribeca. If you're a fan of the cringe-comedy of *Girls*, this might be right up your alley.
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**Caddyshack**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.4
In this Harold Ramis classic, a caddy desperate to save money for college is subjected to a series of eccentric members of a very exclusive golf club is at the film's center. Meanwhile, the assistant green keeper (Bill Murray) pursues a destructive gopher who seems to have it in for him. Armed with comedy that ranges from slapstick to subtle, there's a joke in this flick for everyone.
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**Swingers**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.4
Written by and starring Jon Favreau, this dramedy follows a guy who loses the perfect girl and heads to Los Angeles to be a star. While his career is not in the best shape, his friends drag him back into the social scene to help him get over his long term relationship.
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**Chasing Amy**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.4
This Kevin Smith rom-com stars Ben Affleck as a comic book artist who falls for woman and is crushed to learn that she's gay. This unconventional love story is layered on multiple levels, and manages to gracefully be both hilarious and heartbreaking.
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**Heathers**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.3
This truly twisted dark comedy starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater as masochistic teenagers became something of a cult classic after its 1988 release. The teaming up of a reluctant good girl and straight-up sociopath is one that is way more fun to watch than it should be.
[Stream Heathers]

**Grease**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.2
Those summer nights may be far away, but if you want to remember a time when John Travolta wasn't the plastic-faced attorney on *The People vs. OJ Simpson*, look no further. While the ending here may be questionable (Sandy, you don't have to change yourself for a man, girl!), the one-liners and often hilarious musical numbers make this a classic. [Stream Grease]

**10 Things I Hate About You**
**IMDb Rating:** 7.2
If you're still missing Heath Ledger, revisit one of his earlier performances in this smart teen comedy. Also starring Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, this modern (90s) imagining of Shakespeare's *The Taming of the Shrew* is clever, feisty, and well-acted.
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**Burn After Reading**
**IMDb Rating:** 7
This off-beat Coen Brothers comedy stars Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt as two eccentric gym employees who stumble upon a CD-ROM containing an ex-CIA agent's memoirs and attempt to sell it. Bizarrely funny and occasionally suspenseful, this black comedy will send you for a loop.
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**What About Bob?**
**IMDb Rating:** 7
Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss are the ultimate odd couple in this 1991 black comedy. Bob (Murray) is a neurotic, hypochondriac New Yorker who develops an unhealthy need for his egotistical psychiatrist Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss) and follows him to his family's vacation home, where (inevitably), things do not go as smoothly as Leo was hoping.
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**Silver Streak**
**IMDb Rating:** 6.9
This comedy-thriller featuring a murder on a train journey marked the first of multiple collaborations between one late, great screen team: Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. This flick is filled with a number of truly hilarious hijinks and suspenseful sequences, and you might just be tempted to embark on a marathon afterwards - don't say we didn't warn you.
[Stream Silver Streak]

Who doesn’t love to laugh? The right funny film can cure just about anything – breakups, winter blues, or simple boredom. Netflix is no stranger to comedy – between classic films and their own original content, the streaming giant is consistently stocked with top-notch content.

Maybe you’re in the mood to watch some fast-paced car chases with quippy one-liners thrown in, or join a protagonist on a quest to get over the perfect girl. Whatever you need, you’re likely to find what you’re looking for in the ‘Comedy’ section on the streaming platform. They’ve got rom-coms, buddy comedies, indie flicks, dark comedies, quirky action movies, you name it.

Wondering how to sort through it all? We’ve sorted through Netflix’s vast catalogue to find the best of the best. These are the 20 best comedies on Netflix, ranked by their IMDb ratings.

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