Comedies on Netflix
Last updated March 10, 2025
Happy Feet Two
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsMumble, the tap-dancing penguin who can't carry a tune, returns in this sequel to the hit animated musical. This time around, Mumble has a son. But unlike his toe-tapping father, young Erik has two left feet and struggles to find the groove.
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Tootsie
1982 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFew actors go as far to bag a part as Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman), who transforms himself into a woman to prove he can get hired on a soap opera. But Michael has an enviable problem when his alter ego, Dorothy, becomes daytime television's hottest ticket. His pretty co-star (Jessica Lange) has no idea that her dear friend Dorothy is a man -- and neither does the actress's father (Charles Durning), who falls for Dorothy hook, line and sinker.
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Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDynamic duo Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong embark on an outrageous road trip of sorts, which finds the pair tearing through Los Angeles, making mayhem in massage parlors, trying to collect unemployment, harassing the rich and taking on the LAPD. On their journey through the city, the stoners encounter Cheech's moocher cousin, a rude hotel receptionist and aliens in this laugh-a-minute comedy. Evelyn Guerrero, Sy Kramer and Betty Kennedy co-star.
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Down Periscope
1996 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge (Kelsey Grammer) has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the enemy flagship in the upcoming war games … and to make matters even &NFi;worse&NFi_;, Dodge's crew is a band of idiots even more incompetent that he is!
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Loose Cannons
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis fiery comedy from director Ferzan Ozpetek finds young Tommaso about to reveal to his large, frenetic Italian family that he's gay. But he's beaten to the punch by his older brother, who is promptly disinherited by their furious father.
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Middle of Nowhere
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSeeking financial independence, rebellious teen Dorian and his serious new friend, Grace, go into business selling pot. But when business gets complicated, so do their lives, as both Grace and Dorian find themselves dealing with issues from the past.
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Abbott & Costello Colgate Comedy Hour
1951 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsComic duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello take their turn in the rotation as hosts of "The Colgate Comedy Hour," performing some of their classic skits and welcoming big-name guests such as swashbuckler Errol Flynn and jazzman Louis Armstrong.
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Growing Op
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter years of being home-schooled by his earnest, post-hippie, pot-growing parents, Quinn (Steven Yaffee) decides to jump from the nest and give himself a normal high school experience. He quickly learns, however, that there's nothing normal about high school. When the teen falls for a beautiful blonde neighbor (Rachel Blanchard), he realizes he'll have to make some compromises to get what he wants -- once he's sure what that is.
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The Accidental Spy
2001 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBuck is a salesman with dreams of a better life who hits the jackpot when he discovers he may be the long-lost son of a wealthy businessman. But Buck's father turns out to be a secret agent who makes Buck the key figure in locating an elusive drug.
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Break Ke Baad
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsChildhood friends Abhay Gulathi and Aaliya Khan turn into teenage paramours in this romantic comedy that throws plenty of obstacles in the young lovers' paths as they find their way in the world and back to each other.
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Airheads
1994 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe Lone Rangers (Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi) have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape. Sandler's "Saturday Night Live" cohorts Chris Farley and Michael McKean round out the cast, along with Judd Nelson, Amy Locane and David Arquette.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this Golden Globe-winning yarn, two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain, become enamored with the same flamboyant painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
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Zoolander
2001 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe fashion world is turned upside down when beautiful and utterly empty-headed male model Derek Zoolander discovers that fashion mogul Jacobim Mogatu is behind a plot to assassinate the prime minister of Malaysia.
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Monkey Business
1952 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsCary Grant and Ginger Rogers make a delicious screwball comedy team in this caper directed by Howard Hawks. Grant's a middle-aged fuddy-duddy who may have invented a fountain of youth serum in his laboratory. But when a rampaging chimp mixes it into the water cooler, Grant and wife Rogers regress to their childhood. Marilyn Monroe is also a scream as the dim-bulb secretary to Charles Coburn.
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CJ7
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDicky (Jiao Xu) yearns for the hottest new toy -- a robotic dog -- but his poor father (Stephen Chow) gives him a strange, green ball he found in a junkyard instead. Turns out the unassuming present is actually an alien endowed with unearthly powers. Is Dicky ready for the responsibility of a pet that's capable of granting his every whim? Chow also directs, lending his off-kilter sensibility to this fable about being careful what you wish for.
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The Hangover: Part II
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen the wolf pack reunites in Thailand for Stu's wedding, they wake up one morning in a seedy hotel with no idea how they got there. They find Teddy's severed finger -- but the rest of him is missing.
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Sliding Doors
1998 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTwo wholly different universes unfold in writer-director Peter Howitt's romantic fantasy about alternate realities, the reliability of subway schedules and the role fate plays in shaping random lives.
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Dirty Work
1998 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsUnemployed Mitch Weaver and his pal Sam McKenna start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs for an operation. But problems arise and a feud ensues when a wealthy developer recruits the duo to trash a building.
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She's All That
1999 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this charming teenage spin on "Pygmalion," jock and class president Zack Siler accepts his friends' bet to make over the geeky, bespectacled Laney Boggs into a prom queen beauty. But along the way, Zack falls in love with his sparkling creation.
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Ruby Sparks
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn an effort to conquer his writer's block, a young novelist -- who's having trouble duplicating the success of his earlier work -- jots down all the attributes of his dream girl. But things get weird when she suddenly comes to life.
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The Burbs
1989 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) and his friends (Bruce Dern and Rick Ducommun) let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation. Carrie Fisher and Corey Feldman co-star.
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Johnny Dangerously
1984 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this gangster spoof set in the 1930s, Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) is forced into a life of crime to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. In an attempt to hide his new persona, Johnny takes the name Dangerously. But he becomes a little &NFi;too&NFi_; successful in the underworld ... and while Johnny's turning into a powerful mobster, his district attorney brother (Griffin Dunne) is threatening to ruin the Dangerously name.
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Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWith money, fame and a reality star for a fiancée, R.J. Stevens travels back home to Georgia for his parents' 50th anniversary. But after pompously showing off his Hollywood lifestyle, he's forced to take a deeper look at what he's become.
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Mardi Gras: Spring Break
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThree college pals disillusioned with their lackluster social lives decide they need a change of venue, so they pack up and head to New Orleans, where they find plenty of alcohol-fueled party action as they try to change their luck with the ladies.
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The Back-Up Plan
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, her perfect match. Now, Zoe has to figure out how to make her two life's dreams fit with each other.
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