10 Best Comedy Movies on Amazon Prime Video
If you’re looking for a quick fixer-upper to brighten your day, a comedy film can do the trick. Amazon Prime Video is also a great streaming service to enjoy some humor. We’ve assembled some of the best flicks to tickle your funny bone right now.
Prime Video is included with Amazon Prime for $12.99 per month ($119 per year), or can be purchased on its own for $8.99 / month, or $107.88 / year
Now let’s get to the laughs!
10 best comedy movies on Amazon Prime Video
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Superbad
March 20, 2007Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
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Beetlejuice
March 30, 1988A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
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The Blues Brothers
June 16, 1980Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
March 23, 2023A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
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The Birdcage
March 8, 1996Middle-aged gay life partners, Armand Goldman, a Jewish drag club owner, and Albert, the club’s flamboyant star attraction, live in the eclectic community of South Beach and have raised a straight son. Now, their newly engaged son, 20-year-old Val, wants to bring his fiancée, Barbara, and her ultraconservative parents home to meet his family for the first time. By Val’s request, Armand pretends to be straight, not Jewish and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert, in order to please Barbara’s father, controversial right-wing Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley.
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Bull Durham
June 15, 1988Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, “Nuke” Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when baseball groupie Annie Savoy sets her sights on the two men.
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
October 23, 2020When you’re a journalist from Kazakhstan exploring the United States of America for the first time “the cultural differences are … vast.” If you’re a fan of jaw-dropping cringe comedy, Borat will fit the bill nicely. Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen goes undercover as he interacts with real people to expose how they really think. This is the sequel to the original 2004 comedy blockbuster, and it features just as many crazy stunts, hilarious interviews, and unexpected cameos.
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Late Night
January 25, 2019When talk show host Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) starts falling out of style for being “too old and too white” she wants to save her image and her career - even if her studio is more than happy to see her fall. The only one with the gumption to bring her mojo back is Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling) by giving her punchlines a rewrite. This title is an Amazon Original.
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The Big Sick
March 30, 2017Despite the culture schism that separates Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner, the pair falls in love. But a mysterious illness complicates their courtship. The two may be able to overcome adversity and embrace their differences, but will their parents follow suit? This heartfelt comedy is a wonderful twist on the traditional rom-com.
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Some Like It Hot
March 19, 1959Two musicians (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis) witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate (Marilyn Monroe) and a very determined suitor.
This classic farce from director Billy Wilder was ranked the best comedy of all time in the American Film Institute's “100 Years…100 Laughs” list in 2000.
