Critically acclaimed Comedy movies on netflix that are award winners or nominees

Marriage Story(2019)

Combined Rating:
95
Combined Critics Rating: 95

Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.



Mank(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 87

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).



Sing Street(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.



The Ballad of Buster Scruggs(2018)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 83

An anthology film comprised of six stories, each dealing with a different aspect of life in the Old West.



Tully(2018)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A mother of three hires a night nanny to help with her newborn.



Dolemite Is My Name(2019)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.



The Two Popes(2019)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.





Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.



Monster House(2006)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.



Pineapple Express(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witnesses his dealer's boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him.



Missing Link(2019)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Mr. Link recruits explorer Sir Lionel Frost to help find his long-lost relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight, this trio of explorers travel the world to help their new friend.



St. Vincent(2014)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.



The Boxtrolls(2014)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.



The Sea Beast(2022)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 72

When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters - and make history to boot.



The Prom(2020)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.



Parenthood(1989)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The Buckmans are a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.



Notting Hill(1999)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.



Over the Moon(2020)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 65

In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess.



The Mask of Zorro(1998)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A young thief, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, is trained by the once great, but aged Zorro, who also pursues vengeance of his own.




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