Whether you’ve had a tough day at work, or need a little pick me up after a bad date, there’s nothing quite like a funny movie or a feel-good show to shake off the stress and hit reset on everything. But you know what’s definitely not fun? Bouncing between a dozen apps, juggling logins, and still rewatching the same thing. If you’re in the mood to call off the scavenger hunt, switch off your brain, and simply laugh, keep scrolling to check out the 10 funniest comedies to watch on Netflix right now.
But there’s all kinds of funny. While some days call for something simple like Adam Sandler being Adam Sandler out on a beach, doing silly things with his funny friends. Others call for something with a little more bite, like Vir Das, using his razor-sharp humour to bring uncomfortable truths to light in his latest stand-up special. Depending on your mood, your sense of humour, and how much brainpower you’re willing to commit, we’ve put together a guide to the funniest movies and TV shows streaming on Netflix right now.
Back In Action (2025)
Best Action Comedy
Cameron Diaz makes her comeback after nearly a decade away from acting. This alone should be reason enough to watch Back In Action. But fangirling aside, Back In Action is your classic action-comedy comfort watch. The movie stars Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz as Matt and Emily, two retired CIA spies dealing with their toughest mission to date—parenting their two unimpressed teenagers, who think they’re anything but cool—when their cover is blown, thrusting them back into the world of espionage.
Darlings (2022)
Best Dark Comedy
Alia Bhatt’s debut film as a producer under her banner Eternal Sunshine Productions, Darlings, is anything but light and sunshine. Set in Mumbai’s Barha chawl, the movie follows Badru, a housewife who is continually subjected to domestic violence by her alcoholic husband. After some urging from her mother, Badru chooses a bold and unconventional way to stand up for herself, resulting in a night of unexpected twists, dark humour, and long-overdue reckoning.
Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
Best of Adam Sandler
Yes, we’re classifying Adam Sandler as a subgenre in comedy, because at this point, he deserves to have his own shelf in the library of laughs—right between goofy comedy and family-friendly chaos. Thirty years after he graced the screen with Happy Gilmore, a rage-fuelled, golf-club-swinging underdog comedy that cemented its place in pop culture, he’s back as Happy in Happy Gilmore 2. This time, he’s stepping out of retirement for one last chaotic swing to fuel his daughter’s dream of learning ballet in France.
The Great Indian Kapil Show (2024)
Best Indian Comedy Series
Thanks to Netflix, you no longer have to wait for Kapil Sharma to show up on television. He’s just a click away whenever you need a laugh. Whether it’s his stand-up specials, over-the-top sketches, or guest appearances in unexpected places, the king of Indian comedy has chosen a streaming home, and it’s Netflix. Kapil Sharma’s comedy show was India’s louder, more masala-filled, Bollywood-obsessed cousin to Saturday Night Live. While old episodes continue to stream on a different platform, Kapil has teamed up with Netflix to reboot the show, now titled The Great Indian Kapil Show, with new episodes dropping weekly.
Vir Das: Fool Volume (2025)
Best Indian Comedy Special
Vir Das: Fool Volume, marks the fifth and most personal comedy special for India’s Emmy award-winning stand-up artist, Vir Das. After losing his voice just six weeks before shooting, Vir Das, completely revamped his show, rewriting the entire script from scratch. The result? A special that’s equal parts razor-sharp and vulnerable, filmed across a packed stadium in Mumbai, a gothic church in London, and iconic comedy-cellar in New York. Fool Volume is an exploration of culture, identity, chaos, and what it means to be yourself in a world that’s constantly trying to define you. It’s Vir Das at his most unfiltered and, arguably, his finest.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
Best Bollywood Comedy
There’s few films that stand the test of time as well as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (ZNMD). A full of heart relatable, and quietly profound comedy about three childhood friends reuniting for a road trip across Spain. What starts out as a bachelor party for one of the friends, turns into something much deeper, as each of them are forced to confront their baggage, fears, and relationship dynamics. The easy friendship between the trio, and their effortless chemistry makes ZNMD both timeless and endlessly rewatchable.
Kim’s Convenience (2016)
Best Sitcom
If you’re looking for a break from classic sitcoms like Friends or Seinfeld (both of which, by the way, are streaming on Netflix), check out Kim’s Convenience. Set in Toronto, the series follows the lives of the Korean-Canadian Kim family as they run their mom-and-pop convenience store while trying to chase their big-city dreams. Mixing generational clashes with cultural quirks, Kim’s Convenience is warm, witty, and an easy 10 on the binge meter.
Never Have I Ever (2020)
Best Teen Comedy
If you grew up on Disney Channel classics like Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place, then you probably wondered, at some point, what being an Indian in an all American high school would be like. Thanks to Mindy Kaling’s teen will-they-won’t-they series Never Have I Ever, your inner child no longer needs to rely on pure imagination. The series follows Devi Vishwakumar, an awkward but determined sophomore with a huge crush on high school heartthrob Paxton, as she navigates grief of losing her father, the pressure of climbing up the social ranks at school, and the drama that comes with teenage love triangles. It’s hilarious, outrageous at times, and really messy—kind of like high school itself.
The Mask (1994)
Best Classic Comedy
Chaos gremlin in a zoot suit, The Mask is Jim Carrey at his absolute best. Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, a shy, unlucky-in-love bank clerk who stumbles upon an ancient mask that unleashes his deepest desires and transforms him into a zoot-suited, green-faced, living cartoon character with Looney Tunes-esque super abilities. Suddenly, he’s dancing with gangsters, dodging bullets, and literally spinning his way into the life of nightclub singer Tina Carlyle, played by a then-undiscovered Cameron Diaz in her breakout role. The Mask is loud, endlessly quotable, ridiculously over the top, and the definition of quirky. Whether it’s for the nostalgia, the high-energy chaos, or to watch Jim Carrey pull a million expressions with his face, The Mask still lives up to its name.
A Man on the Inside (2024)
Best Heartfelt Comedy
If you loved Ted Danson in The Good Place, you’ll really enjoy A Man on the Inside. Hailed by Mike Schur, the creator of The Good Place, A Man on the Inside stars Ted Danson as Charles Nieuwendyk, a widowed, retired engineer professor, who finds a renewed purpose in life after getting recruited to go undercover at an old age home to solve the mystery of a stolen necklace. Loosely inspired by the real-life story from the documentary The Mole Agent about an elderly man hired as a spy in a Chilean nursing home, A Man on the Inside is a warm, witty, and unexpectedly moving comedy about second chances, growing old, and finding connections in unlikely places.
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