Found: The Best Comedies on Netflix to Stream Now
When you need a laugh, there's nothing better than putting on comedy movies that you know will make you giggle in delight. But first, you have to be confident that the movie is actually funny, which is why I have compiled a comprehensive list of the best comedies on Netflix in 2024 guaranteed to make you LOL.
Full disclosure: not all of these movies are new 2024 releases. Not even Netflix can put out 30 excellent comedies in one year. So, to get you the best and most up-to-date info, I've included some of the most recent Netflix original movies of 2024, like Mother of the Bride and Hit Man, as well as some older original comedies, like Wine Country and romantic comedies To All The Boys I've Loved Before and Ibiza, with some non-Netflix original funny classics thrown in for good measure. (Because what is a comedy movie list without at least one Jim Carrey classic? Nothing.) Needless to say, if you've been slacking on Netflix movies, now's your time to catch all the way up.
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — Coming July 3
Axel Foley is back! Eddie Murphy is reprising his role as the Detroit cop who seems to always find his way to Southern California. This time, he's headed to Beverly Hills to reconnect with his daughter, team up with some old friends, and uncover a conspiracy. Oh, and cause some major destruction along the way.
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A Family Affair — Coming June 28
It's every personal assistant's worst nightmare: catching your super hot, but super annoying boss in bed...with your super hot mom! This is the premise of A Family Affair, a rom-com/mother-daughter dramedy starring Joey King, Nicole Kidman, and Zac Efron. Honestly...good for her.
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
It's rare that a documentary is actually funny, but thanks to interviews and stand-up excerpts from queer comedians, Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution actually manages to be both true and hilarious. The doc focuses on the LGBTQ history in the stand-up community, with sets and interviews with legends like Wanda Sykes, Eddie Izzard, Sandra Bernhard, Lily Tomlin, and more.
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Hit Man
What happens when a hit man falls in love with a potential client? Even worse, what if that hit man wasn't really a hit man at all, but a professor moonlighting, essentially, as an undercover cop? Well, in Hit Man, what unfolds is just as stressful, chaotic, and funny as you'd imagine.
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Players
Mack (Gina Rodriguez) recruits her BFFs to help her snag Nick (Tom Ellis) by running a series of plays—scenarios for getting people to hook up with them that they have perfected over the years. But Mack is about to learn that playing for hookups and playing for keeps are two very different things.
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Mother of the Bride
It's not summer without a beachy rom-com! This year, Netflix kicked it off with Mother of the Bride, which follows Lana (Brooke Shields) as she deals with the sudden news that her daughter (Miranda Cosgrove) is getting married next month to a man she's never met. It's only when she arrives at the wedding that she learns that her daughter's fiancé is also the son of the man who broke her heart decades earlier (Benjamin Bratt).
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No Hard Feelings
Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence sure can do it all, from franchises to indies to R-rated comedies about a woman paid to help a 19-year-old be more outgoing before college. Should be easy, right? Wrong! As Maddie (Lawrence) gets more and more desperate to get an uptight Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) to loosen up, the hijinks just get wilder and wilder. It's a 2023 movie with an early aughts feel, so expect to be simultaneously rolling on the floor laughing and be super grossed out.
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The Book of Clarence
If you enjoy your comedy with a side of religious history, then The Book of Clarence is for you. The movie follows Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield), a schemer living in A.D. 33 Jerusalem who decides to get rich by claiming to be a messiah, just like Jesus. In his travels, he crosses paths with Biblical figures like Mary Magdalene (Teyana Taylor), Judace (Michael Ward), Joseph (Brian Bovell), and Mary (Alfre Woodard).
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You Are So Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah
If you ever went to a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, you have to watch this coming-of-age comedy. You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah follows Stacy (Sunny Sandler), a girl who has been prepping for her Bat Mitzvah with her BFF Lydia (Samantha Lorraine) forever. But things in middle school rarely go as planned, and the drama of Bat Mitzvah season threatens to tear them apart.
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We Have a Ghost
We Have a Ghost is a family-friendly comedy about what happens when a family discovers a ghost, Ernest (David Harbor), living in their home. It's a pretty goofy movie that focuses on the unlikely friendship between Ernest and Kevin (Jahi Di'Allo Winston), a teenage boy who decides to help Ernest discover what happened to him. Still not sold? You'll get some solid comedy beats from supporting actors Tig Notaro and Jennifer Coolidge.
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Do Revenge
Revenge has never tasted so sweet as in Do Revenge, a dark teenage comedy about two girls (Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke) who make a pact to carry out revenge on those who wronged them. The unlikely friendship sparks a huge shift at their prep school, but after initial success, one of them learns that the pact isn't what it seems.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
When Benoit Blanc gets an invite to billionaire bro Miles Bron's (Edward Norton) private island birthday vacation, he finds himself in the middle of a murder mystery within a mystery, surrounded by suspects played by Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Madelyn Cline,Jessica Henwick, and Janelle Monáe.
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The Forty-Year-Old Version
Radha Blank wrote, directed, and starred in this dramedy about a playwright who is still waiting for her big break. As she's confronted with turning 40, she decides to change things up and make a rap album about her truth, with some pretty surprising results.
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Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga
Watching the Eurovision Song Contest can often feel like a bit of a fever dream. The annual competition, in which mostly European countries go head-to-head with original songs, is full of wild costumes and even wilder tracks. Needless to say, it's the perfect setting for a musical comedy starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. Fair warning: After you watch it, you'll have the songs stuck in your head for at least a week.
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The Lovebirds
Two very funny people, Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, star in The Lovebirds, an action comedy about a couple that accidentally participates in a murder, goes on the run because they don't trust the cops (#relatable), and decides to try to solve the case themselves.
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Ibiza
Is there anything funnier than a grown woman...actually wanting to date a DJ? I think not! K, that might be a bit harsh, but this scenario does provide quite a bit of laughs in Ibiza, a movie about three best friends (Gillian Jacobs, Phoebe Robinson, Vanessa Bayer) who travel to Spain for work and end up involved with a hot DJ (Richard Madden).
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To All The Boys I've Loved Before
I'm a sucker for a good rom-com, and To All The Boys I've Loved Before checks all the boxes: charming leads (shout out to Lana Condor and Noah Centineo), a cute premise (accidentally sending out your letter son all of your crushes), and actually funny and heartfelt moments that'll make you giggle and swoon at the same time. What more could you ask for?
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The Babysitter
Normally, I wouldn't call any movie that involves a human sacrifice a comedy, but I'll make an exception for The Babysitter, which uses a child-sacrificing cult to expertly make fun of high school tropes and archetypes. Horror-comedy peeps, you will not be disappointed.
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Plus One
It's rare to get a rom-com that's as heavy on the comedy as it is on the romance, which is why Plus One stands out above the rest. The movie is about two best friends, Ben (Jack Quaid) and Alice (Maya Erskine), who decide to attend all their friends' weddings together. But what starts as a platonic deal soon turns, well, complicated.
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Good on Paper
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger turned her disastrous dating story into a stand-up routine that then became a movie, Good on Paper. Shlesinger stars in the film as a stand-up comedian who starts dating a guy who seems too good to be true. He's a Yale graduate with a good job and a healthy bank account...or is he?
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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
John Mulaney has a handful of stand-up specials you can watch on Netflix, but in an effort to keep this list mostly stand-up special-free, I have decided to include his comedy musical special, John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch. It's hard to describe, but just know it's an incredibly fun time and features an absolutely demented (complimentary) musical performance by Jake Gyllenhaal.
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Always Be My Maybe
Childhood friends Sasha (Ali Wong) and Marcus (Randall Park) had a brief, one-night fling in high school but haven't spoken since. So when they reconnect as adults, they decide to be friends. And then...maybe something more. It sounds like a typical friends-to-lovers rom-com, but does any other rom-com have Keanu Reeves as a parody version of himself? I think not!
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Wine Country
Wine Country features an entire cast of Saturday Night Live alums, including Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, and Emily Spivey. So, yeah, it's pretty freakin' funny.
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie
If you, unlike me, do not suffer from second-hand embarrassment, then you'll love Between Two Ferns: The Movie. Based on Zach Galifianakis' Funny or Die interview sketch show, the movie follows Galifianakis as he takes his Between Two Ferns crew on a road trip to interview celebrities like Matthew McConaughey, Keanu Reeves, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Long Shot
Opposites attract in this R-rated rom-com about a Secretary of State and aspiring President Charlotte (Charlize Theron) and a journalist Fred (Seth Rogen) hired as a speech writer to help make her more relatable. The two travel around the world, get into a little bit of trouble, and fall for each other in the process.
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The Lego Movie
Everything is awesome in LEGO world...until it isn't. And suddenly the fate of the LEGO world is in the hands of an ordinary LEGO construction worker (Chris Pratt). Yes, this is a kid-friendly comedy, but it's also surprisingly insightful and genuinely funny.
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Liar Liar
Jim Carrey gets to show off his physical comedy and acting chops in Liar Liar, a movie about a lawyer who makes big bucks simply by lying and bending the truth. Until his son wishes that he couldn't tell a lie for 24 hours, and suddenly he finds himself physically incapable of lying.
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Something's Gotta Give
If your idea of comedy is watching Diane Keaton freak out over her daughter dating Jack Nicholson and a hot young doctor Keanu Reeves wanting to date her, then, boy, do I have a movie for you.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
British comedy troupe Monty Python take on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Fair warning: don't watch if you have trouble with excessive amounts of fake blood or killer bunnies.
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Big Fat Liar
A definitive work of the early aughts, Big Fat Liar stars Frankie Muniz and Amanda Bynes as two teenagers who plot to get revenge on a big time Hollywood producer, played by Paul Giamatti. Their version of getting even includes dyeing Giamatti completely blue and his hair orange, mess with his car, and put him in some severely compromising positions. You know, real mature, adult stuff.
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