Best Critically Acclaimed Comedies on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Critically Acclaimed Comedies on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 35 titles in category code 9736. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Back to the Future (1985)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1985, 1h 56m. Eccentric inventor Doc Brown turns a DeLorean into a time machine that inadvertently sends his young friend, Marty McFly, 30 years into the past.
2. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Rated 8.2/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2013, 2h 59m. Martin Scorcese's high-rolling Wall Street drama is based on the memoirs of stockbroker Jordan Belfort, whose giddy career ended in federal prison.
3. Queen (2014)
Rated 8.2/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 2h 23m. Jilted just days before her wedding, a young woman goes on her honeymoon by herself and discovers a newfound zest for life.
4. The Big Lebowski (1998)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1998, 1h 57m. Slacker Jeff 'The Dude' Lebowski gets involved in a gargantuan mess of events when he's mistaken for another man named Lebowski.
5. Hot Fuzz (2007)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2007, 2h 00m. A top London cop is assigned to investigate a seemingly sleepy town, which suddenly starts to stir with a series of grisly 'accidents.'
6. Shrek (2001)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2001, 1h 30m. On a mission to retrieve a princess from a fire-breathing dragon, gruff ogre Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
7. The Lego Movie (2014)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 40m. After being mistaken for the LEGO MasterBuilder, ordinary mini-guy Emmet is swept up in an urgent quest to thwart the evil plans of Lord Business.
8. Lost in Translation (2003)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2003, 1h 41m. Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star -- find solace in each other's company.
9. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2004, 1h 38m. Sing, a mobster in 1940s China, longs to be as cool as the formally clad Axe Gang, a band of killers who rule Hong Kong, but can only pretend.
10. Adaptation. (2002)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2002, 1h 50m. A Hollywood screenwriter battles insecurity as he struggles to adapt The Orchid Thief -- a book about a mercurial orchid poacher named John Laroche.