The Best Funny Movies to Watch on Netflix (Page 2)
If you’re in need of cherring up with some side-splitting hilarity, we can help. Here’s a mixed bag of the funniest movies and shows to stream right now, from dark comedies to witty satire and beyond.
A sharp legal drama, delightful romcom, and empathetic commentary on humanity all rolled into one .
Surprisingly inoffensive but nonetheless hilarious, this series about the battle of the sexes is proof comedy can be found even in the thorniest of subjects.
Twin sisters navigate high school and bounty hunting in this thoroughly enjoyable series.
Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez return to their roots in this multinational crime musical drama.
A supremely weird teen movie with an embarrassment of committed comedic performers.
Cancelled too soon, this adult cartoon uses surreal, wacky animation to touch on everyday struggles.
Nadia is a game developer and proud aging hipster living in New York. Her story starts at her thirty-sixth birthday party looking at herself in the bathroom mirror. On her way out, she finds a friend who hands her a joint laced with cocaine, “that’s how the Israelis do it” her friend says. Nadia hooks […]
A fun and light celebration of the Indian American coming-of-age experience.
A touching coming-of-age series that finally and properly spotlights underrepresented communities.
It’s not the most original mystery out there, nor the most rousing feminist piece, but Wicked Little Letters’ robust performances make it well worth watching.
Tim Robinson, who was briefly a Saturday Night Live actor, writes and stars in this series of hilarious and absurd comedy sketches. Every episode is 20 minutes or less and has about five or six skits. Robinson is supported by an array of talented actors like Andy Samberg, Cecily Strong, Will Forte, and Steven Yeun. […]
In After Life, Ricky Gervais plays a kind-hearted journalist who turns dark after his wife passes away. Her parting gift to him is a video manual on how to deal with life. But his pessimism and annoyance with people keep delaying him from watching it. Worst of all, a new recruit at the newspaper is […]
A smart, self-reflexive, and creatively adventurous college comedy unfairly pre-judged by its title.
In an age where every show gets called “original” the minute after it comes out, this amazing series from the creators of Orange is the New Black will actually make you go “no, that show is different!”. Starring an almost all-women cast (except for the coach, played masterfully by podcast icon Marc Maron), it’s the […]
A hilarious take on the backstabbing and scheming of a French casting agency. .
Don’t worry. Adam Sandler doesn’t suck here. This is a beautiful family comedy directed by Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha, The Squid and the Whale). Sandler plays a recently divorced man (as he tends to do) called Danny (as he’s usually called). Danny moves in with his father, played by Dustin Hoffman, who himself is dealing […]
Keir Gilchrist who you may know from the movie It’s Kind of a Funny Story plays Sam, an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum trying to navigate the “typical” aspects of a teenager’s life: dating, independence, friendships, etc. Perhaps people dealing with autism can better attest to this, but the show feels genuine and realistic. Don’t […]
An earnest volleyball anime whose strategic storytelling both entertains and instructs.
This is the first film directed by actor Macon Blair (so good in both Blue Ruin and Green Room), and while it is shaggy and tonally all over the place, there is a lot to recommend here. First off, I’m a huge fan of the (underrated) Melanie Lynskey, so I was primed to like this […]
