Need a laugh? Netflix has you covered.
From favorite rom-coms like Crazy Rich Asians to newer comedies like Anyone But You and Family Switch, the streaming service has plenty of options for your next movie night. Interested in a movie marathon? Consider watching classics like Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
No matter what comedy you're in the mood for, we did the work for you and rounded up some of the most amusing films available on Netflix at the moment. So before you start mindlessly scrolling through the streamer yet again, keep reading to find the best comedies on Netflix to watch now.
Always Be My Maybe
Childhood best friends who went their separate ways reunite in 2019's Always Be My Maybe. Ali Wong plays Sasha, a celebrity chef, while Randall Park plays her former best friend and high school hookup, Marcus, who still lives in their hometown. The pair need to decide if there's still romance between them while they're confronted by their differing lifestyles and Sasha's new connection to Keanu Reeves — yes, the Keanu Reeves.
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American Graffitti
Although "you just can't stay 17 forever," you can most certainly feel like a youngster again watching this 1973 coming-of-age comedy. The second feature directed by iconic filmmaker George Lucas (Star Wars and Indiana Jones), American Graffiti follows a group of recently-graduated Californian teens during one summer night filled with mischief and adventure. Winner of the 1974 Golden Globe for best motion picture — comedy or musical, this stars Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford and more.
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
From the creator that brought you Family Guy and Ted (2012) comes a Western action comedy where the jokes are as quick as the draw. Director and writer Seth MacFarlane stars as Albert Stark, a weak-kneed sheep farmer whose cowardice costs him his girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried) after backing out of a duel. When a sharp-shooting mystery woman named Anna (Charlize Theron) rolls into Old Stump, Ariz., she takes it upon herself to teach Albert the art of surviving in the West.
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Anyone But You
The classic enemies-to-lovers trope is alive and well in this 2023 rom-com starring Euphoria's Sydney Sweeney and Top Gun: Maverick's Glen Powell. Grossing more than $200 million at the box office worldwide and already breeding a future sequel, Anyone But You dishes out the fiery tension between law student Bea (Sweeney) and Goldman Sachs employee Ben (Powell), who play pretend lovers while secretly hating each other's guts.
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Directed by the Coen brothers, this 2018 anthology film — which earned several Academy Award nominations and won best screenplay at the Venice Film Festival — adapts several Western short stories for the big screen. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs features a stellar ensemble cast including Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Zoe Kazan, Harry Melling, Liam Neeson and many more.
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Big Fat Liar
Fourteen-year-old Jason Shepherd (Frankie Muniz) is an expert on tall tales, but even he can't wriggle his way out of his creative writing homework. When his essay, "Big Fat Liar," is swiped by a slick Hollywood producer (Paul Giamatti) who turns it into a blockbuster hit, Jason gets blamed for plagiarism and is threatened with summer school. Determined to clear his name, Jason — alongside his best friend, Kaylee (Amanda Bynes) — heads to L.A. to confront the Big Bad Wolf who stole his work, only to realize that the producer is an even bigger liar than he is.
The Breakfast Club
Don't you forget about watching this classic. Starring Brat Pack members Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez and Anthony Michael Hall, John Hughes' 1985 high school dramedy follows five students from different cliques who all have to spend their Saturday in detention.
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Burn After Reading
When a CD-ROM packed with a former CIA analyst's memoirs and some explosive government secrets lands in the laps of two dim-witted gym employees, things get hilariously chaotic. Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand) dreams of selling it for a fortune to fund cosmetic surgery, while Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) ... well, he's just Chad. Directed by the Coen brothers, Burn After Reading features an all-star cast including George Clooney, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton and Richard Jenkins.
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Crazy Rich Asians
Adapted from Kevin Kwan's titular novel, Crazy Rich Asians stars Constance Wu as Rachel Chu, an NYU economics professor who travels to Singapore with her boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding), for a wedding, but quickly discovers that her partner comes from old money ... and lots of it. With Nick's unwelcoming mother (Michelle Yeoh) and jealous ex trying to tear the lovebirds apart, Rachel has to decide if she should fight for her relationship or fly solo back home. This 2018 romantic dramedy also features an all-Asian cast, including Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Ken Jeong and Lisa Lu.
Watch Crazy Rich Asians on Netflix on June 6
Do Revenge
Released in 2022, Do Revenge is inspired by the Alfred Hitchcock movie Strangers on a Train, in which two strangers make a trade to enact revenge for the other so neither gets caught. In this updated dark comedy set in high school, Eleanor (Maya Hawke) wants revenge on a student who started a rumor about her, while Drea (Camila Mendes) is looking to get back at her ex-boyfriend.
Dolemite Is My Name
Eddie Murphy stars in the 2019 comedy biopic Dolemite Is My Name as comedian and filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore, who was known for his character and eponymous crime film Dolemite. Set in the 1970s, the movie also features Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key and Wesley Snipes.
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Don't Look Up
Adam McKay's climate change satire Don't Look Up stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence as two scientists who discover that an asteroid — one big enough to wipe out all of humanity — is heading toward Earth. They struggle to convince a complacent media, the U.S. government and an apathetic general public to do something about it. Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep and Jonah Hill costar.
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Down Low
If you think your hookup stories are wild, think again. This off-the-walls comedy stars Zachary Quinto as Gary: a recently divorced, not out gay businessman who hires sex worker Cameron (Lukas Gage) to give him a happy ending but instead gets a crash course in LGBTQ life. But what starts as an already unconventional night takes a turn for the worst, with a murder taking place on Gary's property — and that's just the beginning.
Dumb Money
Adapted from executive producer Ben Mezrich’s 2021 book The Antisocial Network, Dumb Money recounts the true story of Keith Gill (Paul Dano), an amateur stock trader and video creator known as “Roaring Kitty” on Twitter (now called X) and YouTube who, in 2019, disrupted Wall Street by democratizing the financial system. Encouraging his followers to invest in video games store GameStop Corp., Gill helped surge its value up 1,700 percent and triggered a stock short squeeze affecting short sellers. The film also stars Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley and Seth Rogen.
Dumplin'
Dumplin' is a coming-of-age comedy about teenager Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald) as she is raised by her aunt (Hilliary Begley). When Willowdean's mother Rosie (Jennifer Aniston) — a former beauty queen who calls Willowdean by the nickname Dumplin' — begins running the local pageant, Dumplin' joins the pageant herself as a form of protest.
Easy A
Following the successful pattern of teen films based on literary classics, sex comedy Easy A is loosely inspired by Nathanial Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and follows the highly articulate, wholesome Oliver Pendergast (Emma Stone), who earns a reputation as the "new school slut" once false rumors spread about her first time. Leaning into her assumed sleazy persona, Olive agrees to fake sexual encounters with outcast students who want to gain higher social status. Featuring a star-studded cast of Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow and Patricia Clarkson, among others, this film easily earns an A from us.
The Edge of Seventeen
Navigating adolescence is an upstream paddle for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld). Constantly overshadowed by her older jock brother Darian (Blake Jenner) and dealing with her tumultuous relationship with her widowed mother (Kyra Sedgwick), Nadine finds solace in her loyal best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). But when Krista starts seeing Darian, Nadine's world is thrown into disarray and she discovers unexpected allies in her teacher/mentor (Woody Harrelson) and a young aspiring filmmaker (Hayden Szeto).
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Family Switch
Ah, the classic body swap trope — seen in films like The Hot Chick (2002), Freaky Friday (2003) and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) — never fails to earn laughs. In Family Switch, spouses Jess (Jennifer Garner) and Bill Walker (Ed Helms) work hard to keep their family bonds strong as their kids (Emma Myers, Brady Noon) grow up. However, a chance encounter with an astrological reader (Rita Moreno) leads to a chaotic morning when each member swaps bodies on the most pivotal day of their lives.
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The Forty-Year-Old Version
Radha Blank stars in The Forty-Year-Old Version, which she also wrote and directed. The 2020 film follows a teacher and playwright who decides to become a rapper as she nears her 40th birthday. Comedy and drama ensue as she juggles careers, starts a relationship with her music producer (Oswin Benjamin) and has the opportunity to put on a production of one of her plays.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
In Rian Johnson's 2022 standalone sequel to Knives Out, Det. Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) joins a group of seemingly successful public figures who visit their tech billionaire friend, Miles Bron (Edward Norton), on his private island — where secrets, betrayals and murder come to shore. Glass Onion features plenty of famous faces, including Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista and Leslie Odom Jr.
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The Incredible Jessica James
Jessica Williams stars in 2017's The Incredible Jessica James, a romantic comedy about a playwright who starts dating a new man, Boone (Chris O'Dowd), while getting over her ex. Turns out, Boone is also struggling to get over his ex-wife, and the pair bond over that shared connection.
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Knocked Up
In Judd Apatow's 2007 rom-com, the career-driven Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl) and laid-back stoner Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) aren't exactly a match made in heaven. But when their one-time rendezvous leads to an unexpected pregnancy, the two polar opposites aim to co-parent while clinging to their different ways of living.
Leo
In this 2023 animated musical, Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old lizard named Leo, who's been stranded in the same Florida classroom for decades alongside his turtle sidekick (voiced by Bill Burr). As Leo faces the reality of having only one year left to live, his pursuit of an adventurous life outside takes an unexpected turn, entangling him in his students' personal problems.
Liar Liar
Meet the slick-talking lawyer Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey), whose superpower is spinning tall tales in the courtroom. But when his lies start souring his personal relationships, his son's (Justin Cooper) birthday wish becomes a truth serum — locking Fletcher in a 24-hour honesty marathon, just as he's facing the most critical case of his career.
Long Shot
Free-spirited journalist Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) crosses paths with his former babysitter, Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron), who is serving as the United States Secretary of State. As Charlotte begins to launch her presidential campaign, she impulsively recruits Fred as her speechwriter, and their indisputable chemistry ignites a romance that's more heated than any political debate.
Look Both Ways
After taking a pregnancy test the night before her college graduation, aspiring artist Natalie's life splits into two parallel worlds depending on the result: one where she is a career-driven woman and one where she handles motherhood as a young adult. Starring Lili Reinhart, this 2022 rom-com should be on your radar.
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The Lovebirds
In this 2020 adventure comedy, Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani play an unhappy couple on the brink of splitting up. After getting entangled in a puzzling murder, the two go on the run to solve the case while also trying to piece their relationship back together.
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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Back on YouTube in 2010, a 1-inch-tall anthropomorphic seashell melted a million hearts with his adorable antics and sweet singsong voice — all thanks to Jenny Slate. In this charming A24 mockumentary, Marcel's miniature world leaps onto the big screen, inviting us to join him on his daily adventures with his grandmother, Connie (voiced by Isabella Rossellini), and his pursuit of reuniting with his long-lost family.
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Marry My Dead Body
In a fabulous genre-bending twist, this 2022 Taiwanese supernatural comedy isn't your typical LGBTQ rom-com — it's also a murder mystery and action-adventure rolled into one. Prejudiced cop Wu Ming-han (Greg Hsu) stumbles upon a red wedding envelope, only to discover it's from Mao Mao, a male ghost proposing to him before he enters his next life. In an attempt to dissolve this spectral wedlock, Wu teams up with his ever-present ghost hubby to solve a drug case and seek retribution for Mao Mao's unjust demise.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Journeying from TV to the big screen, Monty Python — one of the most lionized comedy troupes of all time — struck again with their 1975 British satire. Starring group members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, this film pokes fun at the fabled quest of King Arthur and his search for the Grail, putting them through outlandish obstacles like a police investigation and killer rabbits.
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Murder Mystery 2
When first costarring in 2011's Just Go with It, it was no mystery that real-life pals Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston have effortless on-screen chemistry, but now they've raised the stakes with their co-produced Netflix film series. After being reeled into a murder investigation on an opulent yacht in 2019's Murder Mystery, married couple Audrey (Aniston) and Nick Spitz (Sandler) return for a second installment where they have restarted their careers as private detectives and are invited to a private island wedding where an abduction takes place.
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No Hard Feelings
In this 2023 sex comedy, Jennifer Lawrence takes the wheel as Maddie Barker, a 32-year-old Uber driver and bartender on the verge of losing her house after her car was already repossessed. Desperate to secure transportation for her livelihood, Maddie takes on an unconventional side hustle: offering an asocial 19-year-old (Andrew Barth Feldman) a hands-on education in the skill of dating before he goes to college in exchange for a Buick.
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The Out-Laws
Meet Owen Browning (Adam DeVine), a by-the-book bank manager gearing up for marriage with his soulmate, Parker (Nina Dobrev). But just as wedding bells chime, chaos ensues when his bank is raided by the notorious Ghost Bandits, and Owen suspects his soon-to-be in-laws (Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin) to be the masterminds behind the heist.
Plus One
Starring PEN15's Maya Erskine and The Boys' Jack Quaid, Plus One revolves around two lifelong best friends Ben (Quaid) and Alice (Erskine), who have grown tired of facing wedding season solo. In a pact to ease their despair, they agree to be each other's plus one/wingperson at every ceremony they attend, which draws them closer than they expected.
Role Models
After wrecking a company truck, two manchildren — Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Seann William Scott) — evade jail time by doing community service in a mentoring program. But when they are paired with a lovestruck teenager (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and an unruly fifth-grader (Bobb'e J. Thompson), they realize they might not be mature enough to be the most positive of influences on their mentees.
Set It Up
Two assistants scheme to set up their respective demanding bosses in order to get them off their backs. Naturally, these assistants also form a connection along the way. Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs star in this 2018 rom-com.
Shortcomings
When his girlfriend (Ally Maki) relocates to N.Y.C. for an internship, Ben (Justin H. Min) — an unsuccessful California filmmaker who commits his days to binging Criterion Collection DVDs — is left to navigate life on his own terms. Guided by his queer serial-dating bestie, Alice (Sherry Cola), Ben begins to explore what he envisions for his future.
Smokey and the Bandit
If you're in the mood for a classic where the humor is as quick as a Pontiac Trans Am, then take this ride. Starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason, this 1977 action comedy follows two bootleggers on a mission to illegally haul 400 cases of beer from Texas to Georgia.
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Someone Great
Gina Rodriguez stars in 2019's Someone Great as Jenny, a woman whose longtime boyfriend (LaKeith Stanfield) breaks up with her right before she moves across the country for a new job. To cope, she embarks on a wild day and night of partying in New York City with her best friends (DeWanda Wise and Brittany Snow).
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Tully
In Tully, Charlize Theron stars as Marlo, a mother who hires nanny Tully (Mackenzie Davis) after the birth of her third child. The pair form a close relationship as they raise Marlo's children, while Marlo works through her relationship with her husband Drew (Ron Livingston).
Wendell & Wild
From the minds that brought you films like 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas and 2017's Get Out, Henry Selick and Jordan Peele came together to write this 2022 stop motion animated horror comedy. After enrolling at an all-girls Catholic school, 13-year-old orphan Kat (Lyric Ross) learns she is a "hell maiden" and summons two cunning demons (Peele and Keegan-Michael Key) to revive her parents.
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White Noise
Based on Don DeLilio's titular novel, Noah Baumbach's 2022 absurdist dramedy set in the '80s tells the story of the Gladney family leaving their suburban life after a train derailment led to a chemical leak, known as "The Airborne Toxic Event," near their Ohio home. The film stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle, among others. (Though the film is fictional, something similar did happen in East Palestine, Ohio in February 2023.)
You're So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Adam Sandler is teaming up with his whole family for this 2023 coming-of-age comedy. Directed by Sammi Cohen, this film centers on Stacy Friedman (Sunny Sandler), whose bat mitzvah plans are hilariously derailed by trivial mishaps. Featuring a stellar ensemble, including Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Jackie Hoffman and more, this is a party you don't want to miss!