Foreign Comedies on Netflix
Last updated April 19, 2025
Golmaal Returns
2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAfter Gopal rescues an attractive woman from a criminal gang, the two are forced to spend the night together on a yacht. He tells his wife a little white lie about his whereabouts that soon balloons into a comedy of errors.
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The Maid
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhen Raquel's (Catalina Saavedra) place in the Valdes family -- for whom she's provided 23 years of maid service -- is threatened after they hire more help, she decides to do something about it in this Golden Globe-nominated comedic drama from director Sebastián Silva. Rolling out anything but the red carpet for the new employees, Raquel's juvenile tricks just might work in this examination of loyalty, family dynamics and duty. Claudia Celedón co-stars.
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Le Crime est Notre Affaire
2008 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsHusband-and-wife sleuthing team Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford trade barbs and unmask criminals. After their eccentric aunt witnesses a murder, they are led to a mansion, where the members of a quirky family become prime suspects.
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The Salt of Life
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsRather than living the good life he'd imagined, newly retired Gianni spends his days running errands for those around him. Bemoaning his fate, he decides to take a mistress -- a task that proves easier said than done in this wistful comedy.
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3/4 Life Crisis
2009 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsOn the surface, Jean-Paul appears happy and content, with a devoted wife and two successful, grown children. Beneath the surface, however, infidelity and Jean-Paul's mistaken belief that he has cancer conspire to tear the family apart.
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Turn Me On, Dammit!
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAlma is a sexually curious teenager living in a small town. To cope with her boring existence, she indulges in an active fantasy life with the help of a phone sex chat line. Soon her peers learn of Alma's ways, forcing her to stand up for who she is.
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Kalakalappu
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsCheenu dreams of resurrecting the restaurant he has inherited to its former glory, but when he leaves town to stop the marriage between his lover and her uncle, his brother, a compulsive gambler, loses the place to a cop with development plans.
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Son of Sardaar
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsJassi returns to his hometown and stumbles into a long-simmering family feud. When the opposing family's patriarch unwittingly invites Jassi into his home but then learns his identity, Jassi resorts to humorous shenanigans to escape the man's wrath.
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Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola
2013 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsBijlee falls in love with fellow student Badal while at Oxford and is delighted when her business tycoon father consents to their marriage. But Bijlee's announcement stuns her father's longtime aide, with whom she's always had a special relationship.
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I, Me aur Main
2013 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsNarcissistic music producer Ishaan is indulged by all the adoring women in his life until, finally, his long-suffering girlfriend kicks him out. Can a cute new neighbor prompt this bad boy to take responsibility for his ne'er-do-well ways?
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Tulpan
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsFreshly discharged from the Russian navy, young Asa (Askhat Kuchencherekov) returns to the arid Kazakh steppe to find a bride and become a shepherd. But his plans go awry when Tulpan, the only eligible bachelorette around, rejects him because his ears are too big. What's more, Asa turns out to be a lousy shepherd. Can his persistence win Tulpan's love, the respect of his flock and the life he dreams of? Documentarian Sergei Dvortsevoy directs.
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Pièce Montée
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsWhat can go wrong when two people come together in matrimony? Bride Bérengère and groom Vincent soon find out when they have to fend off annoying in-laws, gorgeous exes and cantankerous priests at their haute bourgeoisie wedding.
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Jodi Breakers
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThis Bollywood-style romantic comedy centers on Sid, a man who earns his living by helping clients weasel out of relationships-gone-bad. When Sid encounters the clever Sonali, the two begin working together -- and unexpectedly wind up in love.
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Neal 'n Nikki
2005 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn this romantic comedy, man-about-town Neal consents to an arranged marriage, with one condition: He gets to live it up in Vancouver before taking the plunge. But upon arriving, he crosses paths with ditsy waitress Nikki, who derails all his plans.
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Footnote
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsLong-buried tensions erupt in this witty drama, which follows the strained relationship between a reserved Talmudic scholar and his ambitious son -- both professors at the same university -- when the father wins a prestigious award the son covets.
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Carnage
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn this comic drama from director Roman Polanski, two sets of parents meet in the aftermath of an incident in which one of their children bullied the other. As the evening progresses, the adults confront each other in increasingly hostile ways.
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Promedio Rojo
2004 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 Stars17-year old geeky Roberto Rodríguez lives only to read and draw. But his life is overturned when Cristina arrives from Spain and joins his school.
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Double Dhamaal
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA quartet of slackers determined to get rich quick blackmails wealthy Kabir in this slapstick Bollywood comedy. But the tables are turned when Kabir hoodwinks the four -- and now they're determined to get revenge.
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Ghanchakkar
2013 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsFormer con artist Sanju surrounds himself with the finer things, a blissful life troubled by only one thing: his wife, who wants even more. Sensing an end to their luxurious existence, she pushes Sanju back into the world of the grift.
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Sexual Chronicles of a French Family
2012 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter her son is caught filming himself masturbating at school, his mother rounds up the whole family to discuss their sexual issues. The revelations that follow involve all three generations of the clan.
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Himmatwala
2013 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen Ravi's father, a school teacher, is murdered in cold blood, the young man returns to his native village on a mission of vengeance. This Bollywood action comedy updates the classic story, filmed before in 1981 (as Ooriki Monagadu) and 1983.
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Kal Kissne Dekha
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsCollege freshman Nihal has a brilliant mind for complex scientific concepts, a trait Prof. Verma and others admire -- all except beautiful Meesha. But Nihal also has a secret, and when it's revealed, even Meesha falls under his spell.
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Do Knot Disturb
2009 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsFeeling stifled by the success of his wealthy wife and her control of their relationship, a businessman becomes involved with a supermodel. But when his wife suspects his infidelity, he pays a waiter to pose as the model's boyfriend.
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Rubber
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsIn this inventive twist on low-rent revenge flicks, a car tire named Robert rolls through the desert Southwest, using its strange psychic powers to blow everything up. But when Robert spies a gorgeous woman, he decides to take a chance on love.
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Vampires
2010 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsIn this sly faux-documentary send-up of both the current cultural obsession with vampires and the way society treats those on its fringes, a TV crew sets up shop with a family of bloodsuckers living the good life in French-speaking Belgium. Vampires, it turns out, are not so different than the rest of us. Thus, when party-boy son Samson breaks bat rule No. 1 -- no sleeping with your leader's wife -- the family of immortals gets exiled to Canada.
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