Best Comedy Movies to Watch on Criterionchannel
Need a chuckle? We know comedy gold can be hard to come by, so we’ve scoured the depths of the streaming landscape to dig it out. From dark humor to laugh-out-loud misadventures, these are the best comedies to stream now.
A mother makes it up to her daughter in this delightful, colorful comedy of errors.
An excellent introduction to the screen legend, as smooth as Old Stone Face himself.
Two boys go on strike for a new television in this lighthearted domestic comedy.
A surprisingly hopeful, but no less compassionate, fantastic follow-up to Bicycle Thieves.
Alternatively, a hilarious, satiric guide to dealing with pesky organized crime.
A sunkissed talky gleaming with brilliant insights into human relationships.
The totally bizarre psychedelic ghost story that’s considered one of the greatest horror films of all time.
A satiric take on French filmmaking through the eyes of Maggie Cheung.
Two sisters find love in this homage to classic romance musicals.
An absurd, ridiculous parody of classic Chinese dramas that comes with a sweet twist.
An unforgettable, if bleak and perplexing, black comedy anthology about modern day living.
Two broke introverts fall in love in this unconventionally deadpan romantic comedy.
A bittersweet slice of life film about the class divides and despondency of Thatcher’s England.
A downtrodden duo take a countryside getaway in this semi-autobiographical dark comedy.
Before there was Gone Girl, there was another spiteful spouse seeking revenge.
An absolute delight of a gem starring a young Winona Ryder as well as an amazing cast. Arguably Jim Jarmusch’s best film, it tells the story of 5 different places at night from the perspective of cab drivers and their passengers: Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki. It’s really hard to pick a […]
Equal parts touching and comical, this portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London features twin daughters who couldn’t be more different—the brainy and good-natured Natalie, and her sneering, layabout sister Nicola. Written and directed by Mike Leigh (Another Year, Happy-Go-Lucky) expect the slow, dreamy representation of British society from one […]
This odyssey of urban malaise is as profound as it is deeply uncomfortable to watch.
A little something for the Scott Fitzgerald (and Gossip Girl) fans.
Legendary director Akira Kurosawa's final film is a quiet, bittersweet thank you.
A meticulous and whimsical account of the making of the influential comic opera The Mikado.
Picked by Roger Ebert as the fifth best film of the decade. An observant, tender film about the little details in loneliness and then in relationships as we move through life. It’s funny, at times darkly so, and features a great performance by John Hawkes as Richard, an eccentric shoe salesman dealing with an ended marriage trying to turn his life […]
“California Dreamin’” by the Mamas and the Papas. You will fall in love with that song (if you haven’t already) after watching this movie. Two stories, entangling into one; both about Hong Kong policemen falling in love with mysterious women. It was recommended by my friend after I said I loved Frances Ha. I don’t […]
A writer succumbs to dark depths in this surreal and stylish film from the Coen Brothers.
Jacques Demy adapts this strange fairytale through this eccentric yet enchanting comedic musical.
Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York – but not the glamorous NYC of Woody Allen movies. Taking place primarily in the gritty and rapidly gentrifying North Brooklyn, the black and white film paints a picture of an extended adolescence. Focusing on the goofy and carefree Frances, who loses her boyfriend, her best friend and […]
