Cult Comedies on Netflix
Last updated January 21, 2025
The Breakfast Club
1985 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn writer-director John Hughes's seminal 1980s Brat Pack film, the athlete (Emilio Estevez), the brain (Anthony Michael Hall), the criminal (Judd Nelson), the princess (Molly Ringwald) and the basket case (Ally Sheedy) break through the social barriers of high school during Saturday detention. The disparate group clashes at first but begin to bond as they reveal their feelings and find a common enemy in their bully principal (Paul Gleason).
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VGHS: The Movie
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn a world where professional video gaming is the biggest sport on Earth, hapless young gamer Brian D gets the chance of a lifetime: to sharpen his skills with the best of the best by enrolling in the most elite private gaming academy in the world.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsTeenage Ferris convinces his entire school he's at death's door, then hits the streets of Chicago with his girlfriend and best friend for a day of fun. But the school's fed-up principal is determined to catch him and put an end to his field trip.
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Superbad
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 Stars40-Year-Old Virgin collaborators Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen re-team for this partially autobiographical high school comedy starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as best buddies facing separation anxiety as they prepare to go off to college. While attempting to score alcohol for a party with help from their fake ID-toting friend, "McLovin" (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), the guys' evening takes a turn into chaotic territory.
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Dazed and Confused
1993 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDirector Richard Linklater's coming-of-age comedy follows a group of teenagers on their last day of school in 1976, centering on Randall "Pink" Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks.
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Jackass 3
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsJohnny Knoxville -- the original Jackass himself -- returns after a long hiatus and subjects himself to all-new stunts involving wild animals, dangerous heights and other perils guaranteed to do him bodily harm.
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Clue
1985 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsDirector Jonathan Lynn's board game-inspired campfest finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler (Tim Curry) must suss out the culprit before the body count rises. Lesley Ann Warren also stars in this hilarious whodunit (filmed with three different endings).
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Shaun of the Dead
2004 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThirty-something slacker Shaun (Simon Pegg) has no clue what to do with his life or with his relationship with his girlfriend, Liz (Kate Ashfield). But motivation comes in the form of a freak zombie attack that has once-ordinary citizens terrorizing the streets of London. With support from his well-meaning best mate (Nick Frost), Shaun acts quickly to save Liz and his mother (Penelope Wilton) from danger. But is it simply too late for heroics?
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Raising Arizona
1987 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEx-cop Edwina "Ed" McDonnough (Holly Hunter) and her ex-con husband, H.I. (Nicolas Cage), are devastated when they learn they can't have children. Not to worry: They reckon they'll just "borrow" one of furniture magnate Nathan Arizona's (Trey Wilson) new quintuplets. Featuring oodles of idiosyncratic humor, this kidnapping farce from Joel Coen and Ethan Coen is a deft nod to classic screwball comedy. John Goodman and William Forsythe co-star.
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Mallrats
1995 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsYoung, suburban everymen Brodie and T.S. lose their girlfriends on the same day, so they take to the mall in search of solace in writer-director Kevin Smith's comical look at love and loss between the escalators.
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Clerks
1994 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsStore clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed, and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives in this classic indie comedy.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis cult favorite chronicles the hallucinogenic misadventures of a sportswriter and his lawyer on a three-day romp from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Motoring across the Mojave Desert to Sin City, the hazy travelers ingest a cornucopia of drugs.
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The Gods Must Be Crazy 2
1989 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsN!xau is back in this sequel to the 1980 cult hit, and this time, an even stranger turn of events -- stranger than a Coke bottle -- leads him to an unexpected run-in with the world beyond his African village. While hunting in the desert, N!xau discovers that his children have been abducted by elephant poachers and vows to find them. But he's forced to save the day (again) when he meets transplanted New Yorkers and soldiers who've lost their way.
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Teen Wolf
1985 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAdolescence means changes, and for nerdy basketballer Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox), that includes transforming into a werewolf. What would seem like a setback proves to be a great asset as Scott finds himself unstoppable on the court and a hit with the ladies. Susan Ursitti co-stars as Boof, Scott's best friend and confidante, and Jerry Levine plays the snarky "van surfing" buddy who tries to turn Scott's lycanthropy into a windfall.
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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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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBuddies Harold and Kumar set out to satisfy a stoner craving for hamburgers but end up on an epic journey when they can't find White Castle. Along the way, they cross paths with a freakish tow truck driver, an escaped cheetah and Neil Patrick Harris.
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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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Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams
1981 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis third outing for the unambitious kings of stoner comedy -- Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong -- concerns their latest enterprise: selling ice cream from a truck. (But, of course, they're delivering more than just good humor to their customers.)
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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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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter learning that his ex-girlfriend had an experimental medical procedure to purge all memories of him, a man decides to do the same with her. But during the operation, he realizes he doesn't want to lose what's left of their relationship.
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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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Team America: World Police
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone apply their acerbic wit to global crime-fighting in this musical satire about an all-marionette police force that takes on the challenging role of keeping peace on a troubled planet. Wherever there's a dictator itching to rule the world, Team America flies in to dismantle the government. The team's newest recruit is Gary Johnston, a Broadway star who just may have found his true calling.
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Wayne's World
1992 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this "Saturday Night Live" spinoff, goofy rockers Wayne and Garth host a no-budget cable access show that attracts the attention of a big television producer. They think they're on the road to fame and fortune, but they may have fallen for a scam.
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Jackass: The Movie
2002 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDirector Jeff Tremaine turns the MTV show "Jackass," in which Johnny Knoxville and his fellow stunt-loving pranksters perform daring and strangely idiotic feats, into a full-length film. Knoxville and friends -- including Tony Hawk and Spike Jonze -- are willing to do anything to amuse themselves and those around them. They wander Japan in panda outfits, wreak havoc on a golf course, perform stunts involving live alligators and more.
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Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDreaming of becoming a rock god, Midwesterner JB heads to California, where he crosses paths with idler KG -- giving rise to the musical duo Tenacious D. Together, the would-be rock icons set out to prove they're the greatest band in history.
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