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This list is regularly updated as movies rotate on and off of Prime Video. *New additions are indicated with an asterisk.
Who needs a good laugh? Prime Video has a deep catalog of comedies for every mood from romantic classics to modern blockbusters to the laugh-busters you loved when you were young. However, navigating their interface to find the best comedies can be tough, so we’re here to help Amazon connect with your funny bone with this updated list of the best comedies on Prime Video.
Year: 2025
Runtime: 2h 2m
Director: Paul Feig
It’s a little insane that MGM and Amazon didn’t give this a theatrical run after how well the first film did in theatres but that’s where we are in 2025. Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively return in a film that doesn’t quite match the original but is worth a look, nonetheless. And the costumes are breathtaking.
Year: 1998
Runtime: 1h 58m
Director: Joel Coen
Well, that’s just like your opinion, man. Joel and Ethan Coen followed up the biggest hit of their careers win Fargo with the story of Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, unforgettably played by Jeff Bridges. In one of his most iconic roles, Bridges captures a kind of lazy L.A. style that turned this flick into a comedy classic, a movie that’s being quoted somewhere in the world on every minute of every day.
Year: 2017
Runtime: 2h
Director: Michael Showalter
The wonderful screenwriters Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon basically told their own love story in this sweet and funny rom-com that Amazon picked up after audiences fell for it at Sundance. Nanjiani plays a loose variation on himself, a struggling stand-up who falls for a woman (Zoe Kazan) just before she becomes incredibly ill, forcing their relationship to move at an unusual pace. A smart, sweet, genuinely human film, this is one of the best romantic comedies of the 2010s.
Year: 1980
Runtime: 2h 12m
Director: John Landis
One of the most beloved comedies of all time, this 1980 musical classic stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Jake and Elwood Blues, characters they developed together on Saturday Night Live. The humor in this John Landis classic has held up, but the music really holds it together, including appearances from James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, and Chaka Khan.
Year: 1985
Runtime: 1h 36m
Director: John Hughes
Few films of the ‘80s are more influential to this day than John Hughes’ mega-popular collection of misfits, a comedy that has basically been remade almost every year since it came out. Look at any of the modern teen comedies and you can pick out the Judd Nelsons, Anthony Michael Halls, Molly Ringwalds, and Ally Sheedys. See where a subgenre basically changed forever.
Year: 2008
Runtime: 1h 31m
Director: The Coen Brothers
Joel and Ethan Coen followed their Best Picture winner No Country For Old Men with one of their most cynical and hysterical movies, a comedy of errors about some incredibly stupid people. Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Richard Jenkins, John Malkovich, and J.K. Simmons star in a movie that’s basically about, well, a bunch of total idiots. No one drops an f-bomb like John Malkovich.
Year: 1996
Runtime: 1h 34m
Director: Joel Coen
Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1996 masterpiece is only one of the best films ever made, a story of violence and redemption in the great American North. The Coens won Best Original Screenplay and Frances McDormand took her first Oscar home for playing the unforgettable Marge Gunderson, a Minnesotan cop who gets entangled in a car salesman’s deeply inept foray into the criminal world.
Year: 1988
Runtime: 1h 43m
Director: Charles Crichton
Movies simply don’t get much funnier than this Oscar winner starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. The story of a jewel robbery gone very wrong, the barrister who gets involved, and the fish that gets caught in the middle is regularly included on any short list of the funniest movies ever made. You know how the Academy Awards never include any comedy performances? This one won an Oscar for Kevin Kline, who is simply impossible to deny.
Year: 2024
Runtime: 1h 48m
Director: Mike Cheslik
One of the biggest indie films of the year is also one of the most inspired, a slapstick comedy with almost no dialogue, an ode to the silent classics of the 1920s and 1930s. Self-financed and self-distributed, this labor of love is an unforgettably original piece of filmmaking, unlike anything else you could watch on Prime Video, that’s for sure.
Year: 2019
Runtime: 2h 5m
Director: Rian Johnson
Daniel Craig’s mystery/comedy hasn’t been available on streamers other than Netflix (the home of Glass Onion) very often, so check it out! He stars as Detective Benoit Blanc, brought in to investigate the mysterious death of an author played by Christopher Plummer. Jamie Lee Curtis, LaKeith Stanfield, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Ana de Armas, and Chris Evans co-star in one of the most purely enjoyable films of the last decade.
Year: 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m
Director: Jeff Baena
There’s a movie on Prime that features Aubrey Plaza as a profanity-spewing nun and you haven’t watched it yet? Jeff Baena’s Sundance hit also stars Alison Brie, Dave Franco, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, and Fred Armisen in a ridiculous, raunchy retelling of The Decameron. It’s reminiscent of classic Mel Brooks in the way it skewers classical storytelling structures with modern comic sensibilities. Watch it in honor or Baena, who passed in late 2024.
Year: 1988
Runtime: 1h 39m
Director: Jonathan Demme
The great Jonathan Demme directed this comedy about a gangster’s widow (one of Michelle Pfeiffer’s best performances) who connects with an undercover FBI agent, played by Matthew Modine. Smart and very funny, it features excellent supporting work from Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, and Alec Baldwin.
Year: 1975
Runtime: 1h 29m
Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
During a hiatus between the third and fourth seasons of Monty Python’s Family Circus, the gang of mega-talented comedians decided to make movie history. Inspired by the King Arthur legend, Holy Grail is a timeless comedy, the rare kind of film that will still be making people laugh hundreds of years from now. And while the Monty Python boys were already famous, this film took them to another level, cementing their place in movie history.
Year: 1988
Runtime: 1h 41m
Director: Norman Jewison
It’s fun to see a movie that catches a star at just the right moment in his or her career. A great example of that is 1987’s Moonstruck, which contains Cher’s best performance, an acting turn that won the famous singer an Oscar. She stars as an Italian American who faces a small problem when she falls for the brother of her fiancé, played by an also-perfectly-cast Nicolas Cage.
Year: 2024
Runtime: 1h 28m
Director: Megan Park
If there’s any justice, this Sundance darling will make Maisy Stella a star. The delightfully charming actress plays Elliott, a woman at a turning point in her life, about to leave her family home and start out on her own. This naturally chaotic chapter is interrupted by a drug-induced visit from Elliott’s older self, played marvelously by Aubrey Plaza. This one will sneak up on you.
Year: 2025
Runtime: 1h 25m
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Liam Neeson headlined this pretty great reboot of the famous comedies starring Leslie Nielsen. Spoofing his late-life action persona, Neeson is all-in on the kind of slapstick physical comedy that they don’t really make anymore. This should be huge on Amazon Prime, the kind of thing that can be watched over and over again, especially after a long night at the bar.
Year: 2010
Runtime: 1h 43m
Director: Adam McKay
One of the final films of the McKay/Ferrell partnership is also maybe the most underrated. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg star in this buddy comedy about the two cops who almost never get to save the day, but they’re forced into action when the legends at the precinct make a fatal mistake. The comedy timing between Wahlberg and Ferrell is some of the best of its era and this movie is much sharper than people remember.
Year: 2025
Runtime: 1h 41m
Director: Wes Anderson
The newest work from Wes Anderson is already available on Prime Video after its 2025 Cannes Film Festival premiere and successful summer 2026 release. Benicio del Toro plays businessman Zsa-zsa Korda, who has taken the most recent of several assassination attempts seriously. A dissection of business and faith, this is high-tier Wes, and it includes maybe the best performance of Michael Cera’s career.
Year: 2016
Runtime: 1h 26m
Director: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
One of the best mockumentaries ever made, this 2016 comedy perfectly captures the anarchic spirit of the Lonely Island guys. Andy Samberg plays Connor Friel, a moronic popstar with a massive ego. When Connor’s career collapses, he’s forced to reunited with The Style Boyz, the group he left years ago and the friendships that got destroyed in the process. As consistently hilarious as any comedy of the last decade, this movie should have been much bigger.
Year: 1999
Runtime: 1h 28m
Director: Wes Anderson
Writer/director Wes Anderson’s best film is arguably still his second work, a brilliant coming-of-age comedy about a teenager named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) and the love triangle that forms (at least in his mind) between him, a teacher named Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams), and a wealthy man named Herman Blume (Bill Murray). Charming, eccentric, and hysterical, this is a modern classic.
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