Critically acclaimed Comedy movies on amazon prime

La La Land(2016)

Combined Rating:
96
Combined Critics Rating: 96

While waiting for their big breaks, two proper L.A. dreamers, a suavely- charming, soft-spoken jazz pianist and a brilliant, vivacious playwright, attempt to reconcile aspirations and relationship in a magical old-school romance.



Paterson(2016)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.



The Big Sick(2017)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 89

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.



Licorice Pizza(2021)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 88

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.



Knocked Up(2007)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.



Sorry to Bother You(2018)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 87

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.



Bridesmaids(2011)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.



The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 83

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.



Superbad(2007)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.



Beginners(2010)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.



Late Night(2019)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A late night talk show host suspects that she may soon lose her long-running show.



About a Boy(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy.



Captain Fantastic(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.



Do the Right Thing(1989)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 80

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.



Borat Subsequent Moviefilm(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Borat returns from Kazakhstan to America and this time he reveals more about the American culture, the COVID-19 pandemic and the political elections.



50/50(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.



Pride(2014)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 79

U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.



Black Bear(2020)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways.



Downsizing(2017)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.



Intolerable Cruelty(2003)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A beautiful gold digger matches wits with a shrewd Beverly Hills divorce lawyer who is increasingly attracted to her.




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