Netflix comedy movies were one of the most popular categories this year. Because as the coronavirus epidemic continues, people started looking for comedy movies on Netflix to feel a little positive and have a few laughs.
Netflix seems to be successful in comedy movies. It offers its users a rich stream of content, both with its own productions, which it calls Originals, and with the movies for which it has purchased the broadcast rights. So what are the best Netflix comedy movies? We have prepared a list to answer your question.
We have listed the movies according to their IMDb score. After choosing a good movie from this list, you can sit back and enjoy a fun-filled night.
In the meantime, you can check out our Netflix comedy series content.
We also leave our Netflix animated movies and Netflix Turkish movies lists here.
Best Netflix Comedies
1) The Big Lebowski (1998) | IMDb: 8.1
When everything usually is going, a sudden mess can turn everything upside down. Wandering Jeff Lebowski, known as ‘The Dude’, finds himself in a mess when mistaken for someone by his name. Moreover, he is not alone in this mess. As a result of being confused with a millionaire, the number of people in a mess has increased. He has to be beaten for being mistaken for the Millionaire in debt. Jeff has to solve this case. He decides to talk to his namesake, the millionaire. In addition, this production stands out as the movie with the highest IMDB score in our Netflix comedy movies list.
Type : Comedy, Crime, Sports
Players : Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
IMDb : 8.1 Rotten Tomatoes : 83% Google : 88%
2) The Breakfast Club (1985) | IMDb: 7.9
A group of students who have nothing in common, but who are outside the education system, come together because of the punishments they received. Now they had hundreds of topics to talk about. A great movie that sheds light on the education system from a different angle. “You should spend more time with yourself and less time impressing other people.”
Type : Comedy, Drama
Players : Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald
IMDb : 7.9 Rotten Tomatoes : 89% Google : 94%
3) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) | IMDb: 7.8
High school student Ferris convinces the whole school that he is about to die. Ferris, who wants to get away from school for a day, takes his friend with him, and they decide to have a fun day. This couple’s sense of fun includes a lot of danger. Kidnapping their friend’s father’s Ferrari, the duo take Ferris’ lover Sloeane with them and throw themselves into the streets of the city. They will face many unexpected situations.
Type : Comedy
Players : Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara
IMDb : 7.8 Rotten Tomatoes : 80% Google : 94%
4) Among the Family (2017) | IMDb: 7.7
On the day that Solmaz, a vocalist in a music hall, broke up with his 21-year-old relationship full of lies, Fikret was abandoned by his estranged wife. The duo, who met when Fikret hired Solmaz’s next door, became close friends. Solmaz’s daughter is about to get married, and she lies to her lover’s family about her own family. Solmaz tries to make these lies seem real so that her daughter will be happy. She asks Fikret to act as her husband, and the comedy flood begins.
Type : Comedy
Players : Engin Günaydın, Demet Evgar, Erdal Özyağcılar
IMDb : 7.7 Google : 93%
5) As Good as It Get (1997) | IMDb: 7.7
Do you have any intense obsessions? The hero of our movie, Melvin Udall, has various obsessions. For example, he permanently closes the garden gate four times. Every morning he goes to the same place to have breakfast and asks the same waiter to serve. Melvin is a famous romance novelist and has a considerable readership, never loved by those around him. The life of Melvin, a racist, selfish and homophobic character who hates gays and blacks, changes one day when his gay neighbor is hospitalized, and the child of the waiter serving breakfast falls ill. The adventure begins for Melvin and his surroundings, who have to go out of their obsessions and habits.
Type : Comedy
Players : Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
IMDb : 7.7 Rotten Tomatoes : 85% Google : 90%
6) Birdman – The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014) | IMDb: 7.7
Famous actor Riggan, who became famous with the superhero Birdman, is making final preparations for a play in Broadwey that he plays and also directs. A player injured during rehearsals must be replaced immediately. While dealing with all this, Riggan has to deal with some problems in his spiritual and private life. Riggan aims to be recognized again through this game and will do anything to gain positive reactions contrary to expectations.
Type : Comedy, Drama
Players : Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton
IMDb : 7.7 Rotten Tomatoes : 91% Google : 81%
7) The Hangover (2009) | IMDb: 7.7
Have you ever had a night when you drank too much and couldn’t remember what you did that night? Four close friends head to Las Vegas for one of their bachelorette parties. What started as a fun night turns into a nightmare. The groom is absent in the morning. They wake up with a baby, a missing tooth, and a tiger in their room. All three of them don’t remember anything about the night. There was an absent groom, three men in the same room with a tiger, and a baby just hours before the wedding. A movie with a comedy in every scene, the ending of which you can never predict, awaits you.
Type : Comedy
Players : Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha
IMDb : 7.7 Rotten Tomatoes : 78% Google : 92%
8) Dazed and Confused (1993) | IMDb: 7.6
The movie, which takes place in a tiny town in Texas, is about high school students’ crazy and fun lives. Students who will be seniors next year want to have fun on their last day of school. The calculation made by young people aiming for a crazy party will not fit the market. When the home party moves out, the hippie types in Texas will make a big mess.
Type : Comedy
Players : Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey
IMDb : 7.6 Rotten Tomatoes : 92% Google : 89%
9) Kick- Ass (2010) | IMDb: 7.6
Having a great interest in superheroes and comics, Dave decided to become a superhero. Dave, a masked crime fighter, will go after the bad guys and dispense justice. However, everything will not be so simple. Compelling characters will come across each other.
Type : Comedy, Action, Crime
Players : Aaron Taylor- Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Grace Moretz
IMDb : 7.6 Rotten Tomatoes : 76% Google : 91%
10) Superbad (2007) | IMDb: 7.6
Evan and Seth are close friends who are about to graduate high school. They will face difficulties separately in their new life when they start university. However, these two young people could not get rid of their asocial attitudes even in high school. Evan is more cowardly, Seth is more talkative and stands out with his interest in the opposite sex. Are you ready to watch what happens to these young people with different characters in a fun high school comedy? In the movie, we will see the middle of it, like real life, that breaks down the losers vs. fantastic hierarchy stereotypes that we usually see in high school comedies.
Type : Comedy, Sexuality
Players : Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
IMDb : 7.6 Rotten Tomatoes : 83% Google : 91%
11) Midnight Run (1988) | IMDb: 7.5
The film’s main protagonists are bounty hunter Jack Walsh, a former cop, and Jonathan Mardukas, an accountant. They defrauded the mob, obtained $15 million, and donated it to charity. Jack is offered to bring Jonathan to Los Angeles. Jack will receive $100,000 in exchange for it. However, things will not be that simple. The FBI and the Mafia are after Duke. If this triangle is broken, the death of the duo may occur.
Type : Comedy, Action, Crime
Players : Robert De Niro, Charles Gordin, Yaphet Kotto
IMDb : 7.5 Rotten Tomatoes : 94% Google : 90%
12) Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) | IMDb: 7.4
Cal Weaver, who seems to have the perfect life on the outside, is living the life everyone dreams of. He has a beautiful home, a perfect wife, and children. However, his life is not as perfect as it seems. Cal learns that he has been cheated on by his wife and wants a divorce. Now a loner, Cal relearns dating and flirting thanks to Jacob he meets at the bar.
Type : Comedy, Romance
Players : Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore
IMDb : 7.4 Rotten Tomatoes : 79% Google : 92%
13) Up in the Air (2009) | IMDb: 7.4
Ryan Bingham is content with his free life at airports, different hotels, and rental cars in America. He can continue on his way by fitting all his belongings in a single suitcase. He is one of the distinguished members of all flight mile programs, and he is very close to reaching 10 million flight miles, which he calls his great success. But there is no tangible improvement in Ryan’s life. Ryan’s manager threatens to take him off the road. Initially frightened by this threat, Ryan begins to think about what it would feel like to own a home.
Type : Comedy, Drama, Romance
Players : George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick
IMDb : 7.4 Rotten Tomatoes : 91% Google : 84%
14) Dolemite Is My Name (2019) | IMDb: 7.3
Rudy Ray Moore is about the comedian’s life who became famous with the movie Dolemite, which was released in 1975 together with the comedy albums Dolemite recorded in the 70s. Eddie Murphy plays this famous name in the movie, which tastes like a biography. It is one of the Netflix-made movies among Netflix comedy movies.
Type : Comedy, Drama, Biography
Players : Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps
IMDb : 7.3 Rotten Tomatoes : 97% Google : 93%
15) Chef (2014) | IMDb: 7.3
Do you sometimes feel that your skills are dulling in your job? If your answer to this question is yes, watching Carl Casper’s experiences can motivate you. Carl, a head chef working in a fancy restaurant, feels his skills are slowly eroding due to sticking to the place’s menu and doing the same things repeatedly. Unable to take the nasty comments any longer, Carl buys a caravan and sets out to travel to America and refresh his skills.
Type : Comedy, Adventure, Drama
Players : Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson
IMDb : 7.3 Rotten Tomatoes : 87% Google : 90%
16) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) | IMDb: 7.3
In The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a Western production, six different funny stories are told, independent of each other. The stories talk about what happened in the last stages of the civil war.
Type : Comedy, Drama, Musical
Players : Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Clancy Brown
IMDb : 7.3 Rotten Tomatoes : 90% Google : 88%
17) Jerry Maguire (1996) | IMDb: 7.3
The highest level representative of the International Sports Administration, Jerry Maguire, is the undisputed leader in this industry. He is fired when he wants to write down his thoughts on the company policy and give them to the employees. Shocked by this situation, Jerry asks his friends from his left company to join him. But only Dorothy, the company secretary, does that. Jerry now has to start life from scratch. The only customer in the hands of this manager, who will give his life to win his customers back, is an American football player named Rod Tidwell. Jerry, Dorothy, and Rod will try to find their way in the challenging conditions of the sports world.
Type : Comedy, Drama, Romance
Players : Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger
IMDb : 7.3 Rotten Tomatoes : 83% Google : 90%
18) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) | IMDb: 7.2
Ron Burgundy is a hugely popular television announcer in 1970s San Diego. The feminism movement, whose presence is felt effectively in the country, has not missed the channel it works on. Veronica Corningstone, the ambitious and beautiful woman announcer, will now be the announcer with Ron. Ron, who likes to be alone and stay ahead, asks Veronica to leave the most important job to herself by taking on subjects like animals, tabloid news, and cooking. But our determined female character Veronica is determined not to make any concessions to Ron in this regard. We are witnessing an entertaining comedy in the newscaster race.
Type : Comedy
Players : Will Ferrel, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell
IMDb : 7.2 Rotten Tomatoes : 66% Google : 85%
19) Love, Rosie (2014) | IMDb: 7.2
Rosie and Alex, who have been best friends since the age of five, are extraordinary and contradictory when choosing a lover. The friendship brought by many years has made the idea of rapprochement impossible. For Rosie and Alex, who are preparing to go to university, a sudden crossroads pushes them into entirely different lives. They were both married and even later divorced. Despite the long distances, will these two be able to get together again, and will they have a chance to be together?
Type : Comedy, Romance
Players : Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Christian Cooke
IMDb : 7.2 Rotten Tomatoes : 32% Google : 95%
20) Pitch Perfect (2012) | IMDb: 7.2
Beca is a freshman at Barden University. They persuade Beca to join the school’s all-female band called The Bellas. What these group needs are energy, motivation, and self-belief. Will they successfully emerge from the competition with the boy band? In the film, where we will see a lot of contention, we will feel the warmth of university friendships.
Type : Comedy, Romance, Musical
Players : Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson
IMDb : 7.2 Rotten Tomatoes : 80% Google : 91%
21) The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) | IMDb: 7.1
Andy is a 40-year-old man who has been through a lot. Except for one thing, sex. He has a good job and a good life. There are occasional relationships. However, he does not have sexual intercourse with any of them. Learning about this, his colleagues try to do something for Andy. They want to introduce him to sex. Just then, Andy meets a woman named Trish, a mother of 3 children. The two who like each other start a relationship. However, there is a rule in their relationship. “No sex.”
Type : Comedy, Romance
Players : Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
IMDb : 7.1 Rotten Tomatoes : 85% Google : 88%
22) It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010) | IMDb: 7.1
Craig is a high school student who thinks he has suicidal tendencies. He goes to the hospital and asks for all the necessary checks to be made. Craig, who thinks he can go to school after the examinations, does not go as planned. He is required to stay in the hospital for a week and will be treated in the adults section as the junior section is under renovation. In this film, where we will question life through the eyes of adolescence Craig, we will also witness the fun and warm friendships he made at the hospital.
Type : Comedy, Romance, Drama
Players : Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts
IMDb : 7.1 Rotten Tomatoes : 57% Google : 92%
23) The Intern (2015) | IMDb: 7.1
Young Jules, a fashion entrepreneur who owns a very successful company, has started an intern program. This program is aimed at people who are a little older. 70-year-old Ben Whittaker decides to apply for this program and becomes the first intern. While the average age of the company is very young, 70-year-old Ben Whittaker will upset this balance. A solid friendship will form between Whittaker and his collaborator Ostin.
Type : Comedy
Players : Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo
IMDb : 7.1 Rotten Tomatoes : 60% Google : 90%
24) Coming to America (1988) | IMDb: 7.0
African prince Akeem, whose 21st birthday is approaching, has to marry a woman he never knew at the request of his family on his birthday. But Akeem wants to track down true love and goes to America to look for someone to love him for who he really is, not for his money and fame. His faithful servant, Semmi, will go from adventure to adventure with him on this journey. The Prince will try to find the love of his life in America by hiding who he is. Their different identities will bring them new friends, enemies and lots of trouble.
Type : Comedy, Romance
Players : Eddie Murphy, Paul Bates, Garcelle Beauvais
IMDb : 7.0 Rotten Tomatoes : 67% Google : 94%
25) American Pie (1999) | IMDb: 7.0
American Pie is one of the most watched comedy movies of all time. While graduating from high school, four close friends who have never had sex yet make a bet. They have to be with a girl until their high school graduation night. When the job becomes a bet, four friends embark on an adventure with a financial and moral burden. It is possible to see American Pie, which is known as one of the legends of youth movies, among Netflix comedy movies.
Type : Comedy
Players : Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Chris Klein
IMDb : 7.0 Rotten Tomatoes : 61% Google : 88%
26) We’re the Millers (2013) | IMDb: 7.0
David is a local drug dealer, and his business is on track. One day, when extorted David has his property stolen, he becomes indebted to Brad, the marijuana seller. Brad gives him a chance and asks David to bring a large number of drugs from Mexico. While David contemplates how to do it, he develops a plan to avoid attracting attention; change costume. David’s family members will be striptease dancer Rose in the role of mother, virgin teen Kenny and runaway teenage girl Casey. Do you think these people with different characters can manage to look like family, or is the plan already canceled?
Type : Comedy, Crime
Players : Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Jason Sudeikis
IMDb : 7.0 Rotten Tomatoes : 47% Google : 93%
27) Rush Hour (1998) | IMDb: 7.0
Detective Lee, a successful member of the Hong Kong Police Department, has been declared a national hero in his last mission by saving a treasure of great importance in Chinese culture from the hands of thieves. Following this success, Lee is assigned to a secret and dangerous mission; Going to America to find the kidnapped daughter of Chinese Consul Han. The critical thing for Lee is the American policeman James Carter who will accompany him on this mission, and an adventure full of fun and misfortunes awaits them.
Type : Action, Comedy, Crime
Players : Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Ken Leung
IMDb : 7.0 Rotten Tomatoes : 60% Google : 94%
28) Mean Girls (2004) | IMDb: 7.0
“The strongest survive in nature!” Adopting this as a principle in her life, Candy is the daughter of a zoologist couple. It was born and raised in Africa. When she starts high school, as many people experience, she sees that the world is actually very eclectic. She realizes that her principal doesn’t fit in high school. Love changes your life no matter what age you are. Candy’s experience of this change coincides with the age of 15. Every school has a popular girl. Candy falls in love with that popular girl’s ex-boyfriend. The adventure begins.
Type : Comedy
Players : Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried
IMDb : 7.0 Rotten Tomatoes : 84% Google : 90%
29) Wayne’s World (1992) | IMDb: 7.0
Having tried so many jobs, Wayne can’t stick to any of them. He decides to shoot a television show in the basement of his house. Together with his friend, they shoot a program where they talk about women, music, and the flow of life. A producer who watches their program offers them a more professional program. Accepting this offer, the duo realize that they have moved away from their old personalities in the following days.
Type : Comedy, Music
Players : Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe
IMDb : 7.0 Rotten Tomatoes : 84% Google : 87%
30) Meet the Parents (2000) | IMDb: 7.0
Grek Fokker, a nurse, falls in love with a woman whose father is a former CIA agent. While they continue their relationship well, he proposes to the woman. But your spy dad has very strict and old rules. During the marriage of Grek and his girlfriend Pam, Pam’s sister is also about to get married. This makes things even more difficult for the Greek.
Type : Comedy, Romance
Players : Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo
IMDb : 7.0 Rotten Tomatoes : 84% Google : 90%
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