With a new year comes a whole new slew of titles to add to your watchlist, including the hundreds of shows you keep saying you are going to watch but never get around to it. We are all guilty of that, but now, more than ever, there are so many choices of what to watch, it can be hard to determine which show will be your next favorite and which one will end up on your “Worst Of” list 11 months from now.
You can’t really go wrong with good comedy shows, and since there are so many to choose from on so many different platforms, here we have narrowed it down to the 30 funniest Netflix shows as of this moment. Whether or not you’ve seen them, it’s always nice to be reminded that there are full seasons of your favorite light-hearted comfort show out there, or your next go-to show to put on while you’re falling asleep, only to wake yourself up by laughing too hard.
You can see the full list of the funniest shows on Netflix below:
Last updated on August 26, 2024.
1. I Think You Should Leave
Year: 2019
Cast: Tim Robinson, Sam Richardson
Genre: Sketch Comedy
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 2 seasons
Created By: Tim Robinson, Zach Kanin
Trailer: Watch here
If you are looking to lean into the selection of absurd shows on Netflix, this is the one. Tim Robinson’s series features now-classic sequences that will go down in history as the most bizarre but strangely heartwarming sketch shows. There are two seasons of the series, and a third is on the way, so now is the time to research why exactly everybody is buying these really neat hats.
2. Community
Year: 2009
Cast: Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Alison Brie
Genre: Comedy, Sitcom
Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 6 seasons
Created By: Dan Harmon
Trailer: Watch here
Even though Community didn’t immediately get the same amount of love as other sitcoms of its time, the Joel McHale-led comedy has secured a lasting legacy thanks to its dedicated fan base, who would not rest until a movie was ordered (spoiler: it was ordered). The comedy series follows a group of misfits as they attend the local Greendale community college, where they encounter various shenanigans and over-the-top bits that are almost too hard to explain. There are alternate realities, bottle episodes, and a dramatic pillow war that has since gone down in history. Be sure to catch up before the movie comes out. It’s happening this time! Really!
3. Arrested Development
Year: 2003-2019
Cast: Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi, David Cross
Genre: Comedy, Sitcom
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 5 seasons
Created By: Mitchell Hurwitz
Trailer: Watch here
Arrested Development is one of those perfectly acted and written shows, it makes you wonder if this is a real family that might actually hate each other. After a series of bad business decisions, Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) is forced to keep his family’s real estate development company alive after his father is arrested. Of course, this all goes downhill in a disastrous way, but it’s very entertaining! Netflix even revived the series for two more seasons in 2013 and 2018.
4. Bojack Horseman
Year: 2014
Cast: Will Arnett, Aaron Paul
Genre: Comedy, Animated
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 6 seasons
Created By: Raphael Bob-Waskberg
Trailer: Watch here
Don’t let the ‘comedy’ tag and animation fool you: this show is a deep dive into what it’s like to be a good person. Only it’s about a horse, so it seems funny and quirky at first, and then you’ll get hit with some heartbreakingly realistic scenes about family and growing up. Will Arnett voices the titular BoJack, a former sitcom star who has to navigate Hollywood after his golden years and subsequent downfall. Still, there are some great laughs in between each emotional crisis!
5. Cobra Kai
Year: 2018
Cast: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Xolo Maridueña
Genre: Comedy, Action
Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 5 seasons
Created By: Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Trailer: Watch here
The series picks up three decades after the original story that was introduced in The Karate Kid, with Johnny Lawrence slowly getting back to his karate roots by helping some kids learn how to defend themselves. Sometimes violence is the answer? The sixth and final season is in process of rolling out, and somehow, karate is still the most important thing in the world for these warring adults and their successors in this heightened world.
6. Key And Peele
Year: 2012
Cast: Keegan-Michael Kay, Jordan Peele
Genre: Sketch Comedy
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 3 seasons
Created By: Keegan-Michael Kay, Jordan Peele
Trailer: Watch here
Before Jordan Peele was crafting innovative horror stories and churning out the biggest blockbusters of the summer, he was part of the aptly named comedy duo Key and Peele. The two had a sketch show which consisted of various spoofs on movies, pop culture, and intense substitute high school science teachers.
7. Beef
Year: 2023
Cast: Steven Yeun, Ali Wong
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 1 Season
Created By: Lee Sung-Jin
Trailer: Watch here
Beef is what happens when a bad day gets worse by a minor interaction that haunts you for days. In the Netflix original series, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun star as two strangers who butt heads in the parking lot of a home improvement store, and the events that follow them both in the aftermath.
8. Wednesday
Year: 2022
Cast: Jenna Ortega
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 1 season
Created By: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Trailer: Watch here
Surely you’ve seen and/or heard about the hit series, or at least saw that dance on TikTok last year, but Wednesday is always a fun re-watch. Gen Z icon Jenna Ortega stars as the titular goth child who tries to get through school at Nevermore Academy…if only a mysterious figure wasn’t killing a bunch of people! Naturally, she is the only one who can investigate the murder spree. With the help of her severed hand, too.
9. The Good Place
Year: 2016
Cast: William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, Kristen Bell, Ted Danson
Genre: Comedy
Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 4 seasons
Created By: Michael Schur
Trailer: Watch here
Yes, this former NBC comedy is about death, but there is also other stuff going on here! After dying, Eleanor Shellstrop finds herself in The Good Place due to a tiny little error in which she was mistaken for someone else. The good news is that this inspires her to be a better human in the afterlife! In order to avoid being sent to The Bad Place, Eleanor is desperate to stay, with the help of her also recently-deceased new pals.
10. Emily In Paris
Year:2020
Cast: Lily Collins, Ashley Park
Genre: Comedy
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 3 Seasons
Created By: Darren Star
Trailer: Watch here
You all know her, and you may not love her, but one thing’s for certain: nothing will keep Emily away from Paris. Except maybe a Visa issue but that hasn’t been a problem yet. Lily Collins stars as a young woman who gets the chance of a lifetime to pursue her job in Paris, only to realize things aren’t always sunshine and rainbows and baguettes. She has to juggle work, her Parisian social life, and some handsome Paris men. It cannot be easy… but it’s Emily in Paris! (You have to say it ion a French accent for the joke to rhyme).
11. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Year: 2015
Cast: Ellie Kemper, Jane Krakowski, Titus Burgess
Genre: Comedy
Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 4 seasons
Created By: Tina Fey, Robert Carlock
Trailer: Watch here
If you’re looking for a show to fill the 30 Rock void but even more ridiculous, this is for you! Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, starring Ellie Kemper, follows the lovable but naive Kimmy after being rescued from a doomsday cult led by Jon Hamm. Can you really blame her? Slowly but surely, she is taken in by various new friends who help her out along the way. It does tend to get a little absurd at points, but hey, females are strong as hell!
12. Loudermilk
Year: 2017
Cast: Ron Livingston, Will Sasso, Laura Mennell
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 3 Seasons
Created By:Peter Farrelly and Bobby Mort
Trailer: Watch here
This 2017 series has had a long life shuffling from platform to platform (including from Audience Network to Amazon), but now it seems to have found a home on Netflix, where it is sitting comfortably on the Top 10. The series follows former music critic Sam Loudermilk, a sarcastic substance abuse counselor who is trying to piece his life back together after getting sober. With the help of his very patient friends, Loudermilk learns how to be a decent human. Sometimes.
13. Shameless
Year: 2011
Cast: William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin
Genre: Drama
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 11 Seasons
Created By: Paul Abbott, John Wells
Trailer: Watch here
If dysfunctional families are more your jam, Shameless is the way to go. Before Jeremy Allen White was Carmie in The Bear, he got his start on the hit family drama alongside William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum. The long-running series follows the eclectic Chicago family as they deal with the tribulations of living with their alcoholic father.
14. GLOW
Year: 2017
Cast: Alison Brie, Marc Maron, Betty Gilpin
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 3 seasons
Created By: Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch
Trailer: Watch here
Full of bright neons and sequin suits, GLOW shows a group of aspiring actresses in the ’80s as they train to become to strongest (and most gorgeous) ladies in the women’s Southern California wrestling circuit while participating in various shenanigans and spending hours on those updos. While we never got the ending we deserved, there are still three seasons of the misfit comedy that are well worth watching.
15. Santa Clarita Diet
Year: 2017
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, Liv Hewson
Genre: Comedy
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 3 seasons
Created By: Victor Fresco
Trailer: Watch here
Santa Clarita Diet didn’t live long enough to give fans a proper conclusion, but the comedy/zombie series was able to bring together the most iconic TV couple of all time, portrayed by Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant, who won’t let something like dying get in the way of being a happy family. Just because someone may crave flesh and blood doesn’t mean they are a bad parent!
16. American Vandal
Year:2018
Cast: Tyler Alvarez, Griffin Gluck, Jimmy Tatro
Genre: Comedy, Mockumentary
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 2 seasons
Created By: Tony Yacenda, Dan Perrault
Trailer: Watch here
Riffing on the true crime craze of the 2010s, American Vandal is a gripping (fake) documentary about the aftermath of a gruesome high school prank and the subsequent effect it had on a small town. The show might be fake, but everyone can relate to at least some part of it. Everyone knew that one kid in high school who just drew penises on every school surface, right? That was a thing that just always happened?
17. Seinfeld
Year: 1989
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Genre: Comedy, Sitcom
Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 9 seasons
Created By: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld
Trailer: Watch here
While it’s often described as a show about nothing, there is definitely something about this show that helps it remain one of the most beloved sitcoms of the 20th century. It really is just a group of four friends who lead ordinarily hilarious lives, while also annoying the heck out of each other. People really love their shows about quirky misfit friends, right? With classically awkward run-ins and timeless bits that are always referenced in other shows, it’s never too late to watch the landmark series again…or for the first time.
18. Dead To Me
Year: 2019
Cast: Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 3 seasons
Created By: Liz Feldman
Trailer: Watch here
Sometimes, death and grief can be funny, because the human brain is a strange thing to understand. And sometimes, death makes for a good comedic arch! In Dead To Me Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini star as an unlikely duo, who must deal with very morbid life events and lean on each other in order to survive and thrive.
19. Master Of None
Year: 2015
Cast: Lena Waithe, Naomi Ackie, Aziz Ansari
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 3 seasons
Created By: Aziz Ansari, Alan Yang
Trailer: Watch here
This acclaimed series focuses on Dev and Denise, two thirtysomethings experiencing the great big world of New York City, where people are always cutting in front of the line at ice cream parlors! But Aziz Ansari’s witty one-liners paired with Lena Waithe’s seemingly effortless humor makes this a must-watch.
20. Russian Doll
Year: 2019
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Greta Lee
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 2 seasons
Created By: Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler
Trailer: Watch here
Half “comedy” and half “what am I watching,” Russian Dollis a psychedelic experience that is a great example of how shows can (and should be!) pure fun and a little mind-bendy. Natashia Lyonne stars as Nadia, a woman who gets trapped in a time loop on her 36th birthday, and becomes faced with her own morality over and over (and over).
21. Documentary Now!
Year: 2019
Cast: Fred Armisen, Bill Hader
Genre: Comedy, Mocumentary
Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 3 seasons
Created By: Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, Rhys Thomas
Trailer: Watch here
What do a bunch of SNL alums do after they leave the late-night sketch show? Honestly, they just make shows likeDocumentary Now!, which parodies the absurdity of various celebrated documentary styles. Each episode brings in a familiar face (the likes of Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson, just to name a few) to tell the story of some absurd “documentary” subject that just you might start believing in! Hey, maybe Michael C. Hall really is a bowling league champion.
22. Suits
Year: 2011
Cast: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Abrams, Sarah Rafferty
Genre: Legal Drama
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 8 seasons
Created By: Aaron Korsh
Trailer: Watch here
You’ve probably heard of Suits, the witty legal drama with comedic touches that runs a marathon every weekend on USA, but did you know that there are eight full seasons on Netflix? There’s a ninth season floating around the internet, too! The series, which had a second wind this summer, follows a group of hot-shot lawyers as they go through cases and personal turmoil, all while wearing suits. Most of the time.
23. That ’90s Show
Year: 2023 –
Cast: Debra Jo Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Callie Haverda
Genre: Sitcom
Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 2 seasons
Created By: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner
Trailer: Watch here
When you’re hanging out down the street, sometimes you end up doing the same old thing you did last week, which is the case with Netflix’s latest revival, That ’90s Show. Taking place almost 15 years after That ’70s Show (because that’s how time works) the sitcom introduces Leia Foreman, daughter of Eric and Donna, who stays at Red and Kitty’s comfy basement on her summer break. There, she meets her quirky neighbors, makes new friends and, of course, tries marijuana for the first time. History repeats itself!
24. Tacoma FD
Year: 2019
Cast: Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Eugene Cordero
Genre: Sitcom
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 4 Seasons
Created By:Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme
Trailer: Watch here
Fire departments are important, especially in Tacoma, Washington, which is one of the wettest cities in the country. With not much else to do, the boys of the Tacoma Fire Department embark on various shenanigans like playing “Jaws of life Jenga” and having an ongoing feud with the police department.
25. Unstable
Year: 2023 –
Cast: Rob Lowe, John Owen Lowe, Aaron Branch, Rachel Marsh, Fred Armisen, Emma Ferreira
Genre: Workplace comedy
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 2 seasons
Created By: Rob Lowe, John Owen Lowe
Trailer: Watch here
Rob Lowe is already riding high on the 911 franchise, but he’s amiably sprinting throughout the streaming world as well. Interestingly enough, Lowe decided to combine forces with the son who torments him on social media, and the pair riffs off this dynamic well in the series. As such, John Owen Lowe joins his dad (who’s playing a bit of a narcissistic nightmare here) for a biotech-focused workplace comedy that comes courtesy of Better Off Ted and Santa Clarita Diet creator Victor Fresco.
26. Exploding Kittens
Year: 2024 –
Cast: Tom Ellis, Sassier Zamata, Ally Maki, Mark Proksch, Kenny Yates
Genre: Comedy, Animated
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: seasons
Created By: Shane Kosakowski
Trailer: Watch here
After several years of portraying the Devil, Tom Ellis is here to portray God, at least in voice form, in this series that is loosely based upon Matthew Inman’s card game. Strangely enough, God must also mingle with humanity on earth, and he ends up stuck inside of a house cat’s body, and his new home happens to be situated near another cat who is actually the Antichrist. Also, Godcat is obsessed with a pigeon and Devilcat really enjoys naps. You in?
27. My Demon
Year: 2023
Cast: Kim Yoo-jung, Song Kang, Lee Sang-yi
Genre: Romantic comedy
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 10 episodes
Created By: Lee Kwang-soon
Trailer: Watch here
After losing his powers, a 200-year-old demon named Gu-won targets a successful young woman named Do Do-hee who might be the only person who can save him. The two embark on a love-hate relationship while trying to get Gu-won’s powers back, and as much as they try to stay apart, they are constantly pushed back together.
28. Chapelle’s Show
Year:2005
Cast: Dave Chapelle
Genre: Reality
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 2 seasons
Created By: Dave Chapelle
Trailer: Watch here
You’ve probably seen (or at least heard of) Dave Chapelle’s various raunchy and controversial stand-up specials, but it’s always good to go back to where it all started. In this case, the comedian began his career on the groundbreaking Comedy Central sketch show which has been quoted (and memed) a million times over, featuring some of his most iconic characters. The series will leave the steamer at the end of June, after that, you’ll have to settle for his more recent (and controversial) Netflix specials.
29. Resident Alien
Year: 2021 –
Cast: Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Alice Westerlund, Linda Hamilton, Jenna Lamia, Corey Reynolds
Genre: Comedy
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 3 seasons
Created By: Chris Sheridan
Trailer: Watch here
Alan Tudyk (who genre fans know and love from Firefly and Rogue One) is still a freaking alien in this adaptation of the Dark Horse comic of the same name. If that’s not enough to stoke your curiosity, then please know that he’s also an alien who decides to become a small-town doctor as a cover for his true desire: to murder humans. Somewhere along the way, he decided to reevaluate that mission and has since entered morally grey territory. It’s a wacky, goofy, and stress-free bingewatch.
TIE: 30. F Is For Family
Year: 2015 – 2021
Cast: Bill Burr, Justin Long, Laura Dern, Sam Rockwell, Haley Reinhart
Genre: Comedy, Animated
Rating: TV-MA
Runtime: 5 seasons
Created By: Bill Burr, Michael Price
Trailer: Watch here
Bill Burr’s animated comedy series is a little bit King of the Hill with much more profanity, and the show progressively pushes the NSFW envelope while throwing back to the 1970s, when parents weren’t as mindful of drinking and cursing and generally behaving badly in front of their kids.
TIE: 30. Grace And Frankie
Year: 2015 – 2022
Cast: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sam Waterston
Genre: Comedy
Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 7 seasons (94 episodes)
Created By: Marta Kaufman, Howard J. Morris
Trailer: Watch here
The longest-running sitcom (that somehow racked up even more episodes than Orange Is The New Black) finally came to an end in 2022. That didn’t happen without the show racking up a few dozen Emmy nominations and bringing us the wonderous team of Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin to bring us stories from their “grand generation”
