Yahoo Movies The Best Comedies on Netflix to Stream Now
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Need a laugh? Netflix has you covered.
From classic rom-coms like Notting Hill to newer comedies like Murder Mystery 2, the streaming service has plenty of options for your next movie night. Interested in a movie marathon? Consider watching classics like Forrest Gump and Jerry Maguire.
No matter what comedy you are 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.
21 Jump Street
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In this raunchy 2012 buddy comedy — based on the '80s series starring Johnny Depp — Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill play two rookie officers who have to serve time ... in high school. Swapping their uniforms for textbooks, these youthful-looking cops go undercover as students to track down the supplier of a synthetic drug ring, but end up at risk of getting aced by high school antics.
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Always Be My Maybe
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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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The Bad Guys
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This one is for the whole family to enjoy. In DreamWorks's 2022 heist comedy where humans and anthropomorphic animals coexist, a group of infamous criminals — Wolf (Sam Rockwell), Snake (Marc Maron), Tarantula (Awkwafina), Shark (Craig Robinson) and Piranha (Anthony Ramos) — get one last chance to rectify themselves as model citizens before getting locked up for good.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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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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Begin Again
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In this 2013 musical dramedy, Keira Knightley plays jilted singer-songwriter Gretta James, who gets discovered by a disreputable music business executive (Mark Ruffalo). The two unlikely partners go around in public spaces throughout New York City to record Gretta's debut album.
Do Revenge
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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
Netflix
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
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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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Dope
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In Dope, a high schooler accidentally becomes involved in a drug scheme while also trying to ace the interview portion of his Harvard University application. He and his friends use their computer know-how to help them out of the conundrum. Shameik Moore stars in this 2015 film alongside Zoë Kravitz, Kiersey Clemons, Tony Revolori, Chanel Iman and A$AP Rocky.
Dumplin'
Netflix
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
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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.
Edge of Seventeen
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In this 1998 coming-of-age romantic dramedy, music-loving teen Eric Hunter (Chris Stafford) comes to terms with his sexuality and gets involved with new romances during his senior year of high school. Also starring Tina Holmes and Andersen Gabrych, this LGBTQ film is an amusing yet poignant watch.
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Forrest Gump
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It's been decades since audiences first heard "life is a box of chocolates," and now you can hear it whenever you want ... so run to Netflix, run! The six-time Academy Award-winning film follows its optimistic titular character (Tom Hanks) throughout 30 years of his life, during which he experiences childhood love, a football career, the Vietnam war and more.
The Forty-Year-Old Version
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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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Friends with Money
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In 2006's female-led dramedy, Jennifer Aniston stars as a single woman who's broke yet friends with a group of wealthy women, played by Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack and Frances McDormand. Despite their financial differences, these companions cling to each other in the midst of their own personal struggles.
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The Gentleman
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Guy Ritchie's 2019 action comedy follows Mikey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), an American emigrant who's built a successful marijuana empire in London. Once it's made known that he's looking to sell his enterprise, devious characters attempt to blackmail and scheme him out of it. The film also stars Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Colin Farrell and Hugh Grant, among others.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
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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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Hail, Caesar!
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Hail, Caesar! has a little bit of everything: music, dance, mystery and comedy. The 2016 Coen brothers movie is about Hollywood in the 1950s, including a Western actor (Alden Ehrenreich), a dancer (Channing Tatum), a starlet who does water stunts (Scarlett Johansson) and a movie star who goes missing (George Clooney). Other members of the ensemble cast include Josh Brolin, Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand.
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The Half of It
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When book-smart Ellie Chu agrees to ghostwrite love letters for a himbo jock, she ends up secretly falling for his crush. Starring Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer and Alexxis Lemire, this 2020 teen dramedy is a heartwarming watch for any age.
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The Hangover, The Hangover Part II and The Hangover Part III
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They're the three (well, four) best friends that anyone can have, and their celebratory adventures get raunchier and wilder with each installment. In the first two buddy comedies, rowdy "Wolfpack" members Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) come together for bachelor party antics that turn into a night of inebriated degeneracy and high-stakes shenanigans, whereas the third centers on a past incident resurfacing — resulting in a kidnapping.
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The Incredible Jessica James
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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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Jerry Maguire
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Jerry Maguire, you complete Netflix. In Cameron Crowe's 1996 romantic dramedy, Tom Cruise stars as the eponymous sports agent who leaves his job and starts his own agency, alongside a single mother (Renée Zellweger), her son (Jonathan Lipnicki) and their only client, Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr. in the role that won him an Oscar).
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A Knight's Tale
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Heath Ledger stars in the 2001 comedy A Knight's Tale, which is about a peasant who pretends to be a knight to enter jousting competitions. While the film is set in the 14th century, the dialogue and music are definitely not of the time, putting a modern twist on a medieval story.
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Look Both Ways
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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
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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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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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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
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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.
Watch Murder Mystery 2 on Netflix on March 31
The Nice Guys
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The Nice Guys follows a detective (Ryan Gosling) and an enforcer (Russell Crowe) who team up to find a missing teenager (Margaret Qualley) in 1977 L.A. The 2016 buddy cop movie also stars Kim Basinger and Matt Bomer.
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Notting Hill
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Nineties rom-com regulars Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts teamed up for the British flick Notting Hill. Anna Scott (Roberts) is a famous American actor, while Will (Grant) is an English bookstore owner who has a chance meeting with Anna. Their very different lives and Anna's fame challenge their potential romance.
Paddington
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Inspired by the children's book series, this 2014 live-action movie is about Paddington Bear's adventure in London, where he is taken in by the Brown family. The titular character is voiced by Ben Whishaw, and Paddington's human castmates include Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins and Nicole Kidman.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
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Based on the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, this 2010 action comedy knows how to pack a punch. After falling for Manic Pixie Dream Girl Ramona (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), musician Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) has to defeat all her seven evil exes through arcade-style fight sequences. The critically acclaimed film also features an ensemble cast including Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza and more.
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Set It Up
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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.
She's Gotta Have It
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Spike Lee's 1986 debut feature, She's Gotta Have It, is centered on Nola Darling (Tracy Camilla Johns), a woman who is dating three men: possessive Jamie (Tommy Redmond Hicks), immature Mars (Lee) and self-absorbed Greer (John Canada Terrell). The men meet each other and Nola feels she must choose between them, but the end of this comedy-drama is not a typical rom-com resolution.
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Someone Great
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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
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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
Netflix
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
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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.)
