If you’re in the mood for a classic comedy, Prime Video is a great place to stream. You can get started with a 30-day FREE trial, and there’s a lot to love.
Classic Comedy Movies on Prime Video
For the purposes of this list, we’ll consider “classic comedies” as titles that came out at least 20 years ago.
- Death Becomes Her
- The Big Lebowski
- Dr. Strangelove
- Heathers
- Swingers
- Galaxy Quest
- Fargo
- Billy Madison
- An American Werewolf in London
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Election
- Army of Darkness
- Overboard
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- American Graffiti
- Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- Bowfinger
- Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
- CB4
- Roxanne
- Sprung
- Duck Soup
- Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers
- Bubba Ho-Tep
- Heaven Can Wait
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Classic Comedy TV on Prime Video
The TV library is great on Prime Video, and it includes many landmark comedies back to the dawn of television.
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Frasier
- Northern Exposure
- Spin City
- The Addams Family (‘64)
- Newhart
- The Three Stooges Show
- The Bob Newhart Show
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- The Steve Harvey Show
- Designing Women
- Laverne & Shirley
- Father Ted
- The Carol Burnett Show
- My Three Sons
- The Danny Thomas Show
- The Best of Flip Wilson
- Happy Days
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (‘88)
- Coupling
- Moesha
- My Favorite Martian
- Benson
- The Lucy Show
- Sanford & Son
- The Bernie Mac Show
- The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
- The Donna Reed Show
- Mr. Bean
- Peep Show
Add More Comedy with Prime Video Channels
Prime Video is unique because you can add dozens of premium subscriptions. Almost all include a 7-day free trial, and you can access all the content within the Prime Video interface. These are your best add-ons for comedy.
-
Paramount Plus
Watch TV comedies like “Chappelle’s Show,” “Freaks and Geeks,” “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Cheers,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Family Ties,” “Taxi,” and “Penn & Teller: B*s**!”
The movie library includes titles like “Airplane!” “Top Secret!” “Soapdish,” “The Brady Bunch Movie,” “Coneheads,” “Head of State,” “Reefer Madness,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut,” “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Clue,” “School of Rock,” “Mean Girls,” “Tommy Boy,” “Coming to America,” “Anchorman,” and “Old School.”
-
Max
Classic TV comedies on Max include “Friends,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “South Park,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (‘98), “Mr. Show,” “Entourage,” “Tenacious D,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Robot Chicken,” “Living Single,” “The Wayans Bros.,” and “The Chris Rock Show.”
The comedy movie lineup is also strong on Max with titles like “Beetlejuice,” “Legally Blonde,” “The Birdcage,” “Pretty Woman,” “Major League,” “Parenthood,” “Get Shorty,” along with the Peter Sellers Pink Panther movies and Charlie Chaplin classics.
