Comedies on Netflix
Last updated March 10, 2025
Hot Rod
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn a silly send-up of stuntman Evel Knievel's famously unsuccessful jump over Snake River Canyon, Andy Samberg plays an accident-prone daredevil who's determined to carry out a ridiculous feat at all costs to prove himself to his abusive stepfather.
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Born Yesterday
1950 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBoorish business tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) fears that ditsy fiancée Billie Dawn (Judy Holliday) will prove an embarrassment in the presence of politicos he wants to influence, so he hires a reporter (William Holden) to tutor the ostensibly brainless blonde in the political and social graces. Brock gets more than he bargained for, however, when the journalist transforms Billie into the backroom dealmaker's most formidable foe.
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(500) Days of Summer
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen his girlfriend, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), unceremoniously dumps him, greeting-card copywriter and hopeless romantic Tom (Golden Globe nominee Joseph Gordon-Levitt) begins sifting through the year-plus worth of days they spent together, looking for clues to what went awry. As he recalls the good and bad times he spent with the commitment-phobic girl, his heart reawakens to what it cherishes most. Marc Webb directs this uncommon love story.
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Clerks 2
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsPicking up 10 years after their original misfit misadventures, director Kevin Smith revisits the doldrums and daily routines of New Jersey's minimum-wage employees in this sequel to his career-defining first film, Clerks. This time, seasoned slackers Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) find themselves working behind the fast-food counter at Mooby's after a catastrophe drives them away from their previous dead-end jobs.
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Away We Go
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBuoyed by the news that they are expecting their first baby, Burt and Verona embark on a journey to locate the perfect place on the planet to raise their child. But their quest inevitably yields many unexpected surprises.
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Buddy
2003 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsKristoffer, a 24-year-old billboard hanger, never expected his video diary to end up on Norwegian national television. But when his innermost thoughts air on a popular talk show, it turns Kristoffer's already rocky love life on its head.
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Clueless
1995 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDirector Amy Heckerling's fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel &NFi;Emma&NFi_; follows the misadventures of meddlesome Beverly Hills high schooler Cher, who gets more than she bargained for when she gives a fashion-challenged student a makeover.
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To Be or Not to Be
1983 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsMel Brooks and his real-life spouse, Anne Bancroft, star as impresarios of a Polish acting troupe circa 1939. When the Nazis invade Warsaw, the ensemble gets enmeshed in a subterfuge to prevent the Germans from finding a list of underground fighters. Bancroft scored an Oscar nomination, as did Charles Durning for his supporting performance as a befuddled Nazi colonel in this zesty remake of Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 classic.
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSmall-time con man Freddy butts heads with Lawrence, a successful European swindler working the Riviera. Hoping to get rid of one another, they make a loser-leaves bet to scam the fortunes of a wealthy heiress.
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The First Wives Club
1996 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThree old college chums reunite for the funeral of a friend who committed suicide after her husband dumped her for a younger model -- only to realize they're all in the same predicament. So they form a troika and plot payback against their exes.
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Four Rooms
1995 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsOne mad New Year's Eve, an overwhelmed bellboy copes with witches and diabolical children, gets caught in the middle of a sour relationship and settles a bloody bet for members of a superstar's entourage.
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The Winning Season
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSearching for a coach for his hapless girls' basketball team, school principal Terry turns to his friend, Bill, a divorced, drunken dishwasher who isn't even involved in his own daughter's life. But Bill's life changes as he bonds with the team.
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The Change-Up
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this contemporary reality-warp comedy, single playboy Mitch and responsible husband-father Dave are best buddies who want each other's life -- and they get the chance when they magically swap bodies after a night of drunken revelry.
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Adam's Apples
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsUtopian clergyman Ivan finds his starry-eyed outlook challenged by neo-Nazi Adam Pedersen in this black comedy from director Anders Thomas Jensen. Just out of prison and ordered to perform community service at Ivan's rural church, the sullen Adam is tasked with tending the chapel's beloved apple tree. But he's determined to undercut Ivan's rosy worldview which proves harder than Adam ever imagined.
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What's Your Number?
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAlly is a twentysomething who begins to suspect that her one true soul mate may be among the many lovers she has left in the dust. Turning to her neighbor for help, Ally begins a quest to locate her exes to see which one might be Mr. Right.
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Salaam Namaste
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsYoung and in love, chef Nick and radio DJ Ambar decide to move in together and, in the process, begin to doubt if they're meant for each other. Living in the hip city of Melbourne, the warring couple is left to decide if they can salvage their union.
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Just Friends
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAfter being snubbed by his high school crush, an overweight nice guy moves to Los Angeles, where he slims down and blossoms into a womanizer. But when he's stranded in his hometown, he bumps into the girl who once broke his heart.
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Bunty Aur Babli
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsLonging to escape humdrum village life, Rakesh and Vimmi each set off to see the world with bold aspirations to make their mark on the universe. But along the way, their destinies collide, and the two instantly become "Bunty" and "Babli."
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Waiting...
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsRandom employees at the restaurant Shenaniganz kill time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they'll have to deal with picky customers and overenthusiastic managers determined to build the perfect wait staff.
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Just Like Heaven
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsShortly after David moves into a new place, winsome Elizabeth shows up to assert that the apartment is hers, then vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
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Bernie
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this black comedy inspired by a true story, affable Texas mortician Bernie befriends the small town's wealthiest widow and then kills her. But despite the suspicious nature of her death, no one wants to think anything but the best of Bernie.
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The Names of Love
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis politically infused comedy follows the crusade of Baya, a left-wing femme fatale who seeks to rescue right-wing men from their conservative values by taking them on as lovers -- until she meets a man whose beliefs are as firmly set as her own.
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Bad Ass
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsLoosely based on a true incident, this tale follows a lonely Vietnam vet who bravely takes on two menacing hoods on a bus. When his heroics are caught on video, Frank sees his life transformed -- but not for very long.
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The Inspector General
1949 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsEnergetic funnyman Danny Kaye stars as Georgi, a traveling medicine show schlemiel who ambles into a fraud-ridden Russian hamlet that's expecting the czar's Inspector General. Taking the snake-oil shill for the examiner, the town's corrupt officials curry favor with Georgi and shower him with bribes. What will happen when the bona fide inspector arrives? A great supporting cast, including Walter Slezak and Elsa Lanchester, adds to the merriment.
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSiblings Jay and Mark Duplass direct this comedy focusing on two brothers -- one a moderate success, the other still living with Mom. A trip to the store for glue, however, turns into an encounter with destiny for the stay-at-home slacker.
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