The 30 Funniest Shows On Netflix Right Now (March 2024)

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 February 27, 2024.

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.

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!

Year: 2003

Cast: Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Portia de Rossi

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.

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.

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.

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!

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 While fans still have no answer on if Netflix will bring the boys back for a sixth season, a re-watch is never a bad idea.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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

Year: 2023

Cast: Debra Jo Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Callie Haverda

Genre: Sitcom

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 1 season

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!

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Year: 2023

Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Genre: Animation

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 1 season

Created By: BenDavid Grabinski, Bryan Lee O’Malley

Trailer: Watch here

The only way a Scott Pilgrim animated series would really be good is if they got the entire cast of the live-action movie to return to and…they did! Based on the popiular graphic novels, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off acts as both a remake and a sequel to the cult classic film, and the whole gang is back together! Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Satya Bhabha, Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Aubrey Plaza, and everyone else you love from the initial movie is back for a longer series, which follows Scott as he battles Ramona’s seven evil exes.

Year: 2023

Cast: Nick Zano, Shelley Hennig

Genre: Action-Comedy

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 8 episodes

Created By: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald

Trailer: Watch here

Anytime Jason Mantzoukas shows up in any type of series, you know it’s going to be fun and weird. Obliterated follows a special ops team who are tasked with dismantling a bomb and saving Las Vegas. They succeed in doing so and naturally, they celebrate by getting obliterated, only to find out that they disarmed a fake bomb, and have to continue the mission under the influence of drugs. This is why you turn your work phone off after hours!

Year: 2015

Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Rob Corddry, John David Washington

Genre: Drama

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 5 seasons

Created By: Stephen Levinson

Trailer: Watch here

Before he was ready to return to the Fast and Furious world, Dwayne Johnson portrayed a former NFL star turned financial manager on HBO’s Ballers. The series follows Johnson as Spencer Strasmore, who must forge his own future after retiring from the NFL. He begins to sign clients and has to adjust to his new path with the help of some other form NFL pals.

Year: 2024

Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien

Genre: Action-Comedy

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 8 episodes

Created By: Brad Falchuk, Byron Wu

Trailer: Watch here

Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh stars as the mother of Charles and Bruce, two very different brothers who come from a dangerous criminal family. The only problem is that Bruce has no idea about their complicated past, and has lived a very sheltered life in America. After their father, head of a powerful Taiwanese triad, is shot by a mysterious assassin, Charles must flee to Los Angeles to protect his family and their very complex (and slightly bloody) legacy.

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”