100+ Good Quirky Movies & Shows to Watch

When the mildly weird and funny come together, great things happen—especially in film. Whether you’re up for some alternative comedies or romantic dramedies, here are the best quirky movies and show to stream now.

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
7.5
Show

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

After losing a former friend, you would think that the three women in How to Get to Heaven from Belfast…

Long Story Short
Long Story Short
8.4
Show

Long Story Short

Long Story Short follows three siblings throughout their youth and adulthood. It sounds basic enough, except the ten-episode series time-hops…

Twinless (2025)
Twinless (2025)
7.7
Movie

Twinless (2025)

Twinless starts off something like one of those quirky indies in the 2010s about awkwardly navigating grief and sharing that…

Murderbot
Murderbot
7.6
Show

Murderbot

Murderbot takes time finding its pace—the first three episodes are bogged down by heavy narration, which isn’t always helped by…

Adults
Adults
7.4
Show

Adults

Adults is a show that tries to capture its generation’s specific joys and woes, much like what Friends did in…

Pee-wee as Himself
Pee-wee as Himself
7.5
Show|Sundance

Pee-wee as Himself

In Pee-wee as Himself, actor Paul Reubens tells all about his notoriously private life. He sets the record straight about…

SAKAMOTO DAYS
SAKAMOTO DAYS
7.4
Show

SAKAMOTO DAYS

Hitmen are just cool. But rather than bring us the same fists and bullets that we usually see with these…

Running Point
Running Point
7.0
Show

Running Point

If you combined the family business shenanigans of Arrested Development with the behind-the-scenes league drama of Ted Lasso, then you’d…

DAN DA DAN
DAN DA DAN
8.0
Show

DAN DA DAN

During adolescence, teenagers get to learn and discover themselves and the world, but for most people, this means going through…

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
7.7
Show

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

After the cool partnerships Titmouse and Netflix had, their next work was bound to be something to look forward to.…

The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen
7.7
Show

The Gentlemen

After the successful release of The Gentlemen (2019), it would have been easy to just continue the story with the…

Snack Shack (2024)
Snack Shack (2024)
7.4
Movie

Snack Shack (2024)

Snack Shack is the quintessential summer movie. It’s sun-soaked and full of mirth as it follows two rowdy boys fighting…

Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown
7.5
Show

Interior Chinatown

When adapting a novel, television showrunners have to transform the text into video, so sometimes, things get cut, lines get…

My Undead Yokai Girlfriend
My Undead Yokai Girlfriend
7.8
Show

My Undead Yokai Girlfriend

Some people can get totally desperate when it comes to their love life, but rarely does this desperation end up…

Dexter: Original Sin
Dexter: Original Sin
7.3
Show

Dexter: Original Sin

Given the seven year success of the original serial killer show, it’s no wonder that Showtime wanted to continue the…

Fallout
Fallout
7.8
Show

Fallout

Upon first watch, it’s easy to relegate Fallout to the heap of video game adaptations that are all show and…

Problemista (2024)
Problemista (2024)
7.6
Movie|Spirit

Problemista (2024)

Some films struggle to balance style with substance, but Problemista isn’t one of them. It’s brandished with Torres’ unique brand…

Ready, Set, Love
Ready, Set, Love
7.8
Show

Ready, Set, Love

With the success of Squid Game and Black Mirror, the concept of a game show as a makeshift solution to…

Killer Soup
Killer Soup
7.6
Show

Killer Soup

How far would you go to please the one you love? You might indulge your spouse with a white lie…

Orion and the Dark (2024)
Orion and the Dark (2024)
7.3
Movie

Orion and the Dark (2024)

Going to sleep is something we do every day, though, when we were kids, it certainly wasn’t easy. With family-friendly…

Spermworld (2024)
Spermworld (2024)
7.3
Movie

Spermworld (2024)

For people having difficulty bearing a child, artificial insemination is one way to go for parenthood, but going to sperm…

Maamla Legal Hai
Maamla Legal Hai
7.3
Show

Maamla Legal Hai

With the stakes involved in plenty of cases, legal dramas tend to be more serious and dramatic. However, sometimes, ludicrous…

A Round of Applause
A Round of Applause
7.4
Show

A Round of Applause

A Round of Applause is just so darn weird. We’ve seen stories about people remembering their past lives, but we’ve…

Coppola, the Agent
Coppola, the Agent
7.5
Show

Coppola, the Agent

Sports is undeniably exciting, but behind the scenes, there’s a whole world constructed just to get the players in the…

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
7.6
Show

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

In a TV age where dark comedies and slick satires are all the rage, The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick…

Delicious in Dungeon
Delicious in Dungeon
7.3
Show

Delicious in Dungeon

When watching fantasy anime, there’s a wonderfully whimsical world that viewers can fully explore. Spectacular magic, brave warriors, and strange…

Death and Other Details
Death and Other Details
7.3
Show

Death and Other Details

With the number of murder mysteries popping up since Knives Out, Death and Other Details can seem like a copy.…

Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
7.0
Movie

Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)

It’s immediately apparent that there are more carefully made documentaries out there than Remembering Gene Wilder. The film is riddled…

Flex x Cop
Flex x Cop
7.3
Show

Flex x Cop

With plenty of familiar elements, Flex X Cop should feel unoriginal. After all, a rich heir that plays at being…

Scrapper (2023)
Scrapper (2023)
8.3
Movie|Sundance · BAFTA

Scrapper (2023)

Be prepared to have the expectations you form after reading Scrapper’s synopsis shattered: though it is about a 12-year-old dealing…

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
7.3
Show

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

Directed by Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor), Steve! is an appropriately fun and artistic…

Destroy All Neighbors (2024)
Destroy All Neighbors (2024)
7.0
Movie

Destroy All Neighbors (2024)

It’s easy to classify Destroy All Neighbors as B-movie schlock; it unabashedly pays tribute to the low-budget comedy horror movies…

The Curse
The Curse
8.3
Show

The Curse

That The Curse is squirm-inducingly awkward won’t be news to anyone who’s watched a Nathan Fielder show before, but TV’s…

Elsbeth
Elsbeth
7.0
Show

Elsbeth

In a sea of self-serious legal dramas and police procedurals, The Good Wife spin-off Elsbeth stands out for its quirky…

Fremont (2023)
Fremont (2023)
8.0
Movie|Sundance · Spirit Winner · Spirit

Fremont (2023)

Aptly for a film partly set in a fortune cookie factory, Fremont deals with luck — specifically, the other side…

Polite Society (2023)
Polite Society (2023)
8.2
Movie|Sundance

Polite Society (2023)

Kill Bill meets Bend It Like Beckham in this wild ride about a martial arts-obsessed British-Pakistani teenager who views her…

Jules (2023)
Jules (2023)
7.8
Movie

Jules (2023)

Jules’ wacky premise — an extra-terrestrial crash-lands in eccentric widower Milton’s (Ben Kingsley) flowerbeds — is a bit of a…

Everything Now
Everything Now
8.2
Show

Everything Now

Messier than Heartstopper, but tamer than Skins, Everything Now has everything you’d expect from a British teen show. Sexuality, vices,…

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
8.2
Show

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Watching the trailers, and even the first ten minutes, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off just seems like a rehash of the…

Carol & the End of the World
Carol & the End of the World
8.0
Show

Carol & the End of the World

The end of the world isn’t the most optimistic thing to think about, but the scenario leads you to thinking…

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