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Comedy Movies on Prime

60 comedy movies on Prime in the US. Includes Modern Times, City Lights, and Some Like It Hot.

Common vibes here: Dark Comedy · Coming-of-Age · Coming of Age

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Modern Times
90
Prime

Modern Times

1936 · 87m

Medical DramaLegal DramaPsychological

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in…

City Lights
90
Prime

City Lights

1931 · 87m

Sports DramaHollywood & ShowbizSports

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl.

Some Like It Hot
88
Prime

Some Like It Hot

1959 · 123m

Slapstick & ScrewballMob / MafiaMusic

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne,…

The Great Dictator
86
Prime

The Great Dictator

1940 · 125m

Dark ComedySatire & ParodyWar Drama

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

The Gold Rush
86
Prime

The Gold Rush

1925 · 95m

AdventureDrama

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

The Circus
86
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The Circus

1928 · 72m

DramaRomance

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
85
Prime

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975 · 91m

AdventureFantasy

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir…

Annie Hall
85
Prime

Annie Hall

1977 · 93m

Romantic ComedySports DramaShowbiz & Music Drama

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

The Sting
84
Prime

The Sting

1973 · 129m

HeistCon Artists & GriftersUndercover

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a…

Love and Death
84
Prime

Love and Death

1975 · 85m

Period & Historical DramaRomance

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

Miracle on 34th Street
84
Prime

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 · 96m

Legal DramaLegalHoliday

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the…

One Battle After Another
83
Prime

One Battle After Another

2025 · 162m

Parenthood & Family BondsThrillerCrime

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa.

The General
83
Prime

The General

1926 · 79m

MilitaryEspionageWar

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an…

Duck Soup
83
Prime

Duck Soup

1933 · 68m

PoliticalGrief & LossEspionage

Rufus T.

My Man Godfrey
83
Prime

My Man Godfrey

1936 · 95m

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides…

Life of Brian
82
Prime

Life of Brian

1979 · 94m

Dark ComedySatire & ParodyAncient World

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah.

The Big Sick
82
Prime

The Big Sick

2017 · 120m

Romantic ComedyMedical DramaBiopic

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash.

Manhattan
82
Prime

Manhattan

1979 · 96m

Based on a True StoryDramaRomance

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his…

Hunt for the Wilderpeople
82
Prime

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

2016 · 101m

Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeAdventure

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush.

Charade
82
Prime

Charade

1963 · 113m

Slapstick & ScrewballWhodunit & MysteryEspionage

After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her…

Paper Moon
82
Prime

Paper Moon

1973 · 102m

FriendshipCon Artists & GriftersRoad Trip

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely…

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
82
Netflix

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

2001 · 209m

Drama

Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.

Ball of Fire
82
Prime

Ball of Fire

1941 · 111m

Mob / MafiaMafia & MobRomance

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia.

The Long Goodbye
81
Prime

The Long Goodbye

1973 · 112m

ProceduralNeo-Noir & Film NoirWhodunit & Mystery

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

The Diamond Arm
81
Prime

The Diamond Arm

1969 · 94m

EspionageAdventureCrime

A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him…

Hundreds of Beavers
81
Prime

Hundreds of Beavers

2024 · 108m

Adventure

In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds…

Shaun the Sheep Movie
80
Prime

Shaun the Sheep Movie

2015 · 85m

Amnesia & MemoryMedicalFamily

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for.

American Fiction
80
Prime

American Fiction

2023 · 117m

Dark ComedySatire & ParodyAmnesia & Memory

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of…

Welcome to the Dollhouse
80
Prime

Welcome to the Dollhouse

1996 · 88m

Dark ComedyComing-of-AgeComing of Age

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

Truman
80
Prime

Truman

2015 · 105m

Drama

Tomás, who lives in Canada, travels to Madrid, Spain, to visit his old friend Julián.

The Sheep Detectives
79
Prime

The Sheep Detectives

2026 · 109m

ProceduralWhodunit & MysteryDetective

George Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand.

The Purple Rose of Cairo
79
Prime

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985 · 82m

Romantic ComedyHollywood & ShowbizFantasy

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression.

Bullets Over Broadway
79
Prime

Bullets Over Broadway

1994 · 98m

Art & LiteratureHollywood & ShowbizCrime

After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role…

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
79
Prime

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974 · 105m

Hostage & KidnappingCrimeThriller

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.

The Last Detail
79
Prime

The Last Detail

1973 · 104m

Road TripDrama

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

A Man Called Ove
78
Netflix

A Man Called Ove

2015 · 116m

Dark ComedyFriendshipDrama

Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist.

My Name Is Nobody
78
Prime

My Name Is Nobody

1973 · 117m

Western

Jack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who…

El Infierno
78
Prime

El Infierno

2010 · 148m

Dark ComedyMob / MafiaMafia & Mob

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

Shiva Baby
78
Prime

Shiva Baby

2021 · 78m

Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeCollege & Campus

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and…

Heathers
77
Prime

Heathers

1989 · 103m

Dark ComedyComing-of-AgeHigh School

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social…

Submarine
77
Prime

Submarine

2011 · 97m

Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeDrama

15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired…

A Shot in the Dark
77
Prime

A Shot in the Dark

1964 · 102m

MysteryCrime

Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic…

Radio Days
77
Prime

Radio Days

1987 · 89m

Coming-of-AgeWar DramaMilitary

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV.

Dave
76
Prime

Dave

1993 · 110m

Espionage

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the…

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
75
Prime

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000 · 107m

MusicAdventureCrime

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Hairspray
75
Prime

Hairspray

2007 · 116m

RomanceDrama

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot.

Garden State
75
Prime

Garden State

2004 · 102m

DramaRomance

Andrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends.

Dope
75
Prime

Dope

2015 · 103m

Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeCrime

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT.

EverAfter
75
Prime

EverAfter

1998 · 121m

Mythology & FolkloreMarriage & DivorceRoyalty & Palace Intrigue

Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl.

Get Shorty
75
Prime

Get Shorty

1995 · 105m

Mob / MafiaMafia & MobThriller

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A.

Grosse Pointe Blank
75
Prime

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997 · 107m

ActionThrillerRomance

Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union.

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
74
Prime

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002 · 108m

Epic FantasyUrban FantasyMagic

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

Wag the Dog
74
Prime

Wag the Dog

1997 · 97m

PoliticalConspiracyMilitary

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct.

The Seven Year Itch
74
Prime

The Seven Year Itch

1955 · 105m

Marriage & DivorceRomance

When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive…

The Party
74
Prime

The Party

1968 · 99m

Hollywood & Showbiz

Hrundi V.

Mean Girls
73
Prime

Mean Girls

2004 · 97m

Coming-of-AgeFriendshipComing of Age

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the…

American Made
73
Prime

American Made

2017 · 115m

Mob / MafiaBiopicDrug Cartels & Narcos

The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

Bridesmaids
73
Netflix

Bridesmaids

2011 · 125m

FriendshipRomance

Annie's life is a mess.

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