Comedies on Netflix
Last updated November 28, 2025
Kiss Them for Me
1957 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsCary Grant stars as Cmdr. Andy Crewson, leader of a trio of naval officers who finagle their way into a shore leave in San Francisco. While the other sailors just want to have some fun, Crewson falls for a tycoon's pretty fiancée.
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Slacker
1991 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsTold through a series of unrelated vignettes, Richard Linklater's 1991 cult classic serves up surreal slices of what it's like to be a young underachiever in the college town of Austin, Texas.
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Hudson Hawk
1991 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter being released from jail, skilled cat burglar Hudson Hawk wants to do nothing more than hang out in cafés. But a pair of criminal financiers blackmails Hawk into one last job: stealing a Leonardo da Vinci invention that turns lead into gold.
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The Man with One Red Shoe
1985 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsRichard (Tom Hanks) is a classical violinist who's picked out of a crowd and accused of being a spy just because he wears one red shoe. Soon, he's mixed up in a dispute between two factions of the CIA, with both sides following his every move: Cooper (Dabney Coleman) is the agency's ruthless leader who pulls out all the stops to find out what Richard knows, while Ross (Charles Durning) must track Richard in order to keep him safe.
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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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Spanglish
2004 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen a beautiful Mexican housekeeper, Flor (Paz Vega), is hired by a rich Los Angeles family, everyone's life is upended in hilariously zany ways, especially when the parents (Téa Leoni and Adam Sandler) make it their mission to be so welcoming that they become overwhelming. Cultures clash with a mighty clang -- especially when the man of the house is charmed by Flor's beauty -- in this comedy of manners and mayhem directed by James L. Brooks.
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In Good Company
2004 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAn ad salesman, Dan, must take a junior position after a corporate shakedown. Worse, he now reports to a much younger boss, Carter -- a mandate made more difficult when Carter becomes smitten with Dan's daughter.
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Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh
2005 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsNo one is more surprised than short-statured Mithilesh when gorgeous Veena agrees to marry him. But insecure Mithilesh seethes every time a man talks to Veena, and things get even worse when his wife's childhood friend enters the picture.
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Wedding Daze
2006 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsHaving lost the girl of his dreams, Anderson accepts a dare to propose marriage to the next girl he sees: a lovelorn waitress who accepts on a whim. Against everyone's better judgment, their impulsive decision sets them on the road to true love.
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The Bothersome Man
2006 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsMysteriously deposited in a perfectly serene but colorless city where every need is met, Andreas soon realizes that not even a new lover can change the sterile banality drowning him. Is this placid life a dream come true or an inescapable hell?
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Perrier's Bounty
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen a gangster orders his henchmen to collect a debt from small-time crook Michael McCrea, his unstable gal pal accidentally shoots one of the goons during the shakedown and the couple must go on the run -- along with Michael's errant father.
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Youth in Revolt
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsNick Twisp, a cynical sex-deprived teenager living a less-than-satisfactory existence, is pushed by the manifestation of his debonair, rebellious id to bed his dream girl, Sheeni Saunders.
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Moscow, Belgium
2008 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter a fateful fender bender brings them together, Matty, a middle-aged mother of three with a wandering husband, decides to take a chance on Johnny, a handsome 29-year-old who falls for her.
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The Answer Man
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsReclusive author Arlen Faber, who's intentionally been out of the spotlight since he penned an inspirational self-help book two decades ago, finds himself in need of spiritual healing in this quirky indie romance. Though everyone still looks to Arlen for answers, he's an emotional cipher without a clue until he meets an angst-ridden, overprotective single mom and a recovering alcoholic.
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Weather Girl
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen she discovers that her vapid anchorman boyfriend is sleeping with their TV news program co-anchor, weather forecaster Sylvia wildly denounces him live on the air and soon finds herself without a job.
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Frankenhood
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsEager to escape their morbid morgue jobs, slackers Motown and Darius plan to win the big three-on-three basketball tournament and take home its $25,000 cash prize. So when their pal brings to life a tall corpse, they chance upon a wild idea.
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Extract
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsPoised to sell his successful flavor extract company, Joel's life is pretty sweet -- until an on-the-job accident threatens his livelihood. To make matters worse, his marriage is failing, and a sexy con artist is stirring things up at the office.
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I Hate Valentine's Day
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsNia Vardalos and John Corbett star in this romantic comedy -- set on Valentine's Day -- in which a commitment-phobic florist persuades a handsome restaurateur to take a chance on a no-strings-attached relationship.
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St. Trinian's
2007 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen a fanatical education minister threatens to close St. Trinian's school because of its bad reputation and dire financial straits, the student body -- which consists of a gaggle of devilish girls -- plans a heist worthy of a million detentions.
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Arj Barker: LYAO
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIndian-American actor and stand-up comedian Arj Barker treats an enthusiastic audience to his absurd observations about life in the modern age. No topic is too subtle, too weird or too taboo for Barker's wry and incisive sense of humor.
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Tiny Furniture
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen twenty-something film theory major Aura (Lena Dunham) returns home after college to live with her artist mother in TriBeCa, she confronts a long list of personal and professional failures and wonders whether her dismal past will become her future. It's an early midlife crisis for sure, but there's hope on the horizon if Aura can figure out who she is and what she's really meant to do. Dunham also wrote and directed this wry comedy.
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Everything Must Go
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter his alcoholism costs him his marriage and his job as a sales executive, sad sack Nick Halsey tries to make a fresh start -- and hopes to let go of his baggage -- by selling all of his belongings in a yard sale.
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Bad Teacher
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsCameron Diaz stars as Elizabeth Halsey, a scheming and coarse-tongued middle school teacher who gets dumped by her wealthy boyfriend and rebounds by sinking her claws into a handsome substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake).
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Faintheart
2008 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsRichard's (Eddie Marsan) wife Cath (Jessica Hynes) dumps him because of his passion for historical re-enactments -- in other words, because he wears homemade armor and runs around in the forest with other wannabe Vikings. Richard hopes to win back Cath and prove a hero to his bullied son, Martin (Joseph Hamilton), but all he's got is a hopeless Trekkie friend (Ewen Bremner) to help him discover his path back to adulthood.
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Woodshop
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAmbitious high school student Chris Johnson (Scott Cooper Ryan) creates a big problem for himself when he accidentally blows up the chemistry lab. To avoid being disqualified as class valedictorian, Chris must attend a Saturday detention session. Unfortunately, the school's pugnacious woodshop teacher (Jesse Ventura) will be running the session, and a number of unstable characters will be in attendance -- any of whom could derail Chris's future.
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