Slapstick Comedies on Netflix
Last updated April 18, 2025
The Benchwarmers
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAthletically challenged misfits Clark (Jon Heder), Gus (Rob Schneider) and Richie (David Spade) learn it's never too late for glory in this goofy sports comedy that proves every (under)dog has its day -- even though it might take, say, 20 years. Humiliated as children on the baseball field, the now-adult trio forms a three-man team to take on the top Little League squads, becoming unlikely champions for uncoordinated kids everywhere.
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Bushwhacked
1995 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDelivery man Max Grabelski finds trouble when he discovers that he's uknowingly a participant in a money-laundering scheme. When the guy who hired him ends up dead, Max goes undercover as a scout leader to outrun the cops.
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Superstar
1999 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsReprising her popular "Saturday Night Live" role as Irish-Catholic schoolgirl and proto-nerd Mary Katherine Gallagher, Molly Shannon stars as the ugly duckling who resolves to attain her twin dreams of fame and kissing the class stud.
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Anger Management
2003 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAfter a dispute on an airplane, gentle businessman Dave Buznik finds himself in anger management counseling. But when his therapist -- who seems to have his own anger issues -- moves into Dave's house, he approaches the brink of insanity.
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The Disorderly Orderly
1964 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThe zany antics of a mental hospital orderly cause the head of the sanitarium to consider herself a candidate for the straightjacket. But despite his high jinks, the wacky orderly transforms a suicidal patient into a confident woman.
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Tomcats
2001 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsSeveral years after a group of buddies antes up money for a pot that will go to the last remaining bachelor among them, only two are left -- and one of them is scheming to get his competitor married ... to a former girlfriend.
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Another You
1991 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn their final comedy pairing, Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder star as a chronic liar and a con man whose deceptive ways get them into a very sticky situation involving a missing millionaire, his beautiful wife and a fearsome estate executive.
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Christmas with the Kranks
2004 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsA break from the frenetic activity of Christmas is what Luther Krank and his wife have in mind when they decide to skip the holiday, nixing the tree and the rooftop Frosty. But can they handle the fallout from their crestfallen family and neighbors?
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RV
2006 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsClimbing aboard their mammoth recreational vehicle for a cross-country road trip to the Colorado Rockies, the Munro family prepares for the adventure of a lifetime. But spending two weeks together in small space has a way of cramping their style.
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Clifford
1994 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsPint-sized Clifford Daniels is a handful, and his parents do their best to deal with him. When they send him to stay with his Uncle Martin, he has equally bad luck as Clifford throws a hissy fit because Martin won't take him to Dinosaur World.
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The Animal
2001 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAfter loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, a deranged scientist saves him with organ transplants from assorted animals -- giving Marvin amazing new powers. But their adverse side effects could take over his life.
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The Three Stooges
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThis contemporary take on the Three Stooges follows the iconic comic trio from their zany childhood in an orphanage in the 1950s, to their later accidental involvement in a madcap murder plot, to their bumbling into stardom on a hit television show.
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Witless Protection
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn an attempt to play hero, a bumbling small-town deputy "saves" a well-heeled woman from the four men holding her hostage. The fact that her captors were FBI agents never crossed his mind -- but it doesn't mean his instincts were all wrong.
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Balls of Fury
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsFormer table-tennis pro Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) is down on his luck and down on his game when FBI agent Ernie Rodriguez (George Lopez) recruits him for a mission he can't refuse -- to smoke out his father's killer, the evil Feng (Christopher Walken). With the help of a blind sage (James Hong) and an expert trainer (Maggie Q), Daytona travels to Feng's jungle compound, where he'll face a raft of formidable players en route to the prize.
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Boat Trip
2002 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWith their love lives in shambles, two pals head for some R&R on the high seas. Jerry is nursing a broken heart, while his friend Nick is forever single. But instead of a fun adventure with single ladies, they're inadvertenly booked on a gay cruise.
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Blankman
1994 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsMechanically gifted but socially inept, a hopeless nerd develops bulletproof underwear that enables him to take his rightful place in the pantheon of crime-fighters. Damon Wayans stars as the titular superhero with no superpower.
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Little Man
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThe Wayans brothers (who split a Razzie Award for Worst Actor) star in this outrageous comedy about a man (Shawn Wayans) so eager to become a dad that he'll believe anything, including the notion that a baby-faced thief (Marlon Wayans) on the lam is really an abandoned toddler. Toting the "boy" home to his wife (Kerry Washington), the proud papa unwittingly serves as an accomplice to his new son's string of crimes.
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Mr. Woodcock
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen self-help author John returns to his childhood home, he learns his mother has fallen for his sadistic high school gym teacher, Mr. Woodcock. With the couple's nuptials looming, John does everything he can to make sure his mom says "I don't."
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Jack and Jill
2011 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAdam Sandler pulls double duty as family man Jack and his overbearing twin sister, Jill, who settles in over the holidays for an extended stay. Her visit was supposed to be temporary ... but now it feels painfully permanent.
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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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Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsTaking a hiatus from his touring gigs with the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour," Larry the Cable Guy stars in his own feature-length film, following the efforts of a restaurant health inspector to acclimate to local tastes.
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High School High
1996 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsLooking for a challenge, idealistic teacher Richard Clark chucks his post at a posh private academy for a position at the district's worst public high school, where gangs and guns rule the day. Things are so bad, in fact, that the school boasts its own cemetery! Still, Clark is intent on getting through to his lunkheaded, apathetic charges even if it means locking horns with militaristic principal Evelyn Doyle.
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The Brothers Solomon
2007 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThe socially inept Solomon brothers (Will Forte and Will Arnett) go on a quest to grant their dying father's last wish to have a grandchild in this quirky comedy. But because their dad home-schooled them in the wilds of the Arctic, the guys have no idea how to relate to women. They give it a good try, though, as they proposition potential mates, look into adoption and surrogacy and engage in their own wacky version of fatherhood training.
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Son of the Mask
2005 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsTim Avery (Jamie Kennedy) aspires to fame and fortune as a successful cartoonist. He finds his inspiration from an unusual source -- his loony baby son, whom, it appears, has been gifted with unusual "mask" superpowers. The young child even has a nemesis, a character called Loki (Alan Cumming), whose mask has been purloined by the infant; now, Loki wants it back -- pronto. What transpires is a struggle of comic-book proportions.
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