Best Comedy Movies to Watch Right Now

Are you looking forward to spending a lazy weekend at home watching movies? Did you have a tough day at your job and are now looking for a quick, but sure-fire way to blow off some steam? If your answer is yes, then let the laughter bug bite you with best comedy movies. We have carefully hand-picked these movies to make sure that you get your fix of laughs all through the weekend.

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Best Comedy Movies to Watch in 2020

Always Be My Maybe (2019)

• IMBD Rating: 6.8
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 90%
• Available: Netflix

Always Be My Maybe is an excellent romantic comedy, which is about two friends (Sasha and Marcus) who fell for each other in their teens but drifted apart as they grew up. They didn’t contact each other for almost fifteen years but reconnected Sasha (a Celebrity Chef) runs into Marcus (Struggling Musician) when she visits her hometown. The two are reluctant to reconnect; they find out soon enough that the old sparks have fizzled out as they once thought.

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

• IMBD Rating: 7.3
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94%
• Available: Netflix

The Edge of Seventeen, the movie itself, gives a clue that it is about someone who is seventeen years old. It provides an honest, candid, and hilarious look at what it’s like to grow up in the modern world. Growing up for Nadine is exceptionally hard as she is at peak awkwardness when her older brother Darian, who she has a turbulent relationship with, starts dating her best friend, Krista. Nadine feels more alone than ever until she develops an unexpected friendship with a thoughtful boy (who has had a crush on her for a long time), which gives her some much-needed hope that things might get better.

Meet The Parents (2000)

• IMBD Rating: 7
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 84%
• Available: Hulu

This movie provides a sidesplitting view when the boyfriend meets the parents of the love of his life. In this movie, a young man endures a disastrous weekend at the home of his girlfriend’s parents. Greg Focker is entirely in love with Pam Byrnes and views their upcoming trip to her parents’ house as a perfect opportunity to ask her to marry him. However, things quickly go downhill. Pam’s father instantly dislikes his daughter’s boyfriend, criticizes him for his job as a nurse, and highlights the differences between him and Pam’s family. Things go from bad to worse with Greg incurring the wrath of both Pam’s father who is an ex-CIA and the rest of her family when he almost single-handedly destroys their house and Pam’s sister’s wedding

Superbad (2007)

• IMBD Rating: 7.6
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87%
• Available: Netflix

This movie is about two best friends, Seth, and Evan navigating their way through the last weeks of high school. The popular kids usually shun them. Seth and Evan luck out when they receive a party invitation, and spend a long day trying to buy alcohol with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell for the party in hopes that it would get them off the geek list. Fogell acquires a hastily created fake I.D. that instantly endears him to a pair of incompetent cops, which complicates things for the group. Superbad is an authentic take on friendship and the awkwardness of the high school experience.

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Kick-Ass (2010) 

• IMBD Rating: 7.6
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 76%
• Available: Hulu

Kickass tells the tale of an average New York teenager who decides to put on a costume and fight crime. Dave Lizewski purchases a flashy wet suit on the Internet and starts busting up baddies with nothing but brute force. He calls himself Kick-Ass and can take a beating as well give it. Kick-Ass becomes a local sensation and is noticed by another pair of superheroes, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl, who are a father-daughter crime-fighting duo and are after mobster Frank D’Amico. They’re doing a decent job of shredding Frank’s underworld empire, but Dave also gets involved in this fight. Frank’s men don’t play nice, and Frank’s son, Chris, is about to become Kick-Ass’ very first arch-nemesis. Chris assumes the persona of Red Mist, and the stage is set for an epic superhero battle that could spell the end of Kick-Ass once and for all.

Logan Lucky (2017) 

• IMBD Rating: 7
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92%
• Available: Amazon

When Jimmy Logan gets fired, he persuades his brother and sister (Clyde and Mellie) to help him rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway during a NASCAR Race. They recruit the help of Joe Bang, who is a convicted safe-cracker. All they have to do is to break Joe out from jail, crack open the racetrack safe and get away with the cash while also returning Joe to prison and avoid missing jimmy’s daughter’s beauty pageant. What could go wrong?

Mean Girls (2004)

• IMBD Rating: 7
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 84%
• Available: HBO

Cady Heron is a 15-year-old girl who has spent most of her life in Africa and has been home-schooled by her parents. Her parents relocated to the United States; Cady finds herself attending a high school where she gets a crash course about hierarchy of the student body. Surprisingly, Cady finds herself embraced by popular girls group known as “the Plastics.” Grateful at first to her new friends, it doesn’t take long for her to see how manipulative they are. Cady has to face a level of vengeful behavior for which years in the jungle didn’t prepare for her when she walks on the warpath against the Plastics leader Regina.

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

• IMBD Rating: 6.9
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91%
• Available: HBO

The movie Crazy Rich Asians are all about how one needs to be rich by all means. Jon M Chu has covered this sensitive issue in such a comic way in the movie with a fantastic lesson at the end of how money cannot resolve every existing problem or difficulty in life. The movie is all about Rachel Chu, who travels with her boyfriend, Nick, to his hometown for his best friend’s wedding. Nick’s family is wealthy and is the most eligible bachelor in Asia. Rachel was unaware of this and became the target of every single woman who wants to bring her down and also Nick’s disapproving mother.

Despicable Me (2010)

• IMBD Rating: 7.6
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 81%
• Available: HBO

Despicable Me is considered one of the best animated movies. The plot centers on Gru, an evil scientist, who is planning the biggest heist in the history of the world by stealing the Moon. Gru delights in all things wicked. He is unprepared to face the unbreakable will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something in him that others don’t see. The world’s greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge.

Groundhog Day (1993)

• IMBD Rating: 8
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96%
• Available: Netflix

On February 2, Phil, Rita, and Larry are sent on an assignment that Phil hates: the annual Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney where the citizens await the appearance of Phil(the groundhog) who supposedly a determine the length of winter by his ability to see his own shadow. Phil is eager to leave, but when a freak snowstorm stops him from leaving, he wakes up the next morning with the weird sense of déjà vu: he realizes that he is living the same day over again. This keeps happening, and no matter what he does, he is stuck on February 2. At first he uses this to his advantage, then realizes that he is doomed to spend eternity in the same place with the same people EVERY day.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)

• IMBD Rating: 7.2
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 97%
• Available: Netflix

Imagine your crush finding out about how you feel. Now imagine all your crushes finding out your feelings. That’s exactly what happens to Lara, which spins her life out of control when the love letters, which weren’t meant to be sent, for every boy she’s ever loved are mysteriously mailed out. Her life gets thrown further into chaos when her crushes come to confront her about the letters.

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

• IMBD Rating: 6.3
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93%
• Available: Amazon

Cassius Green plays the role of an African American telemarketer who is struggling at his job as he is working in a predominately white people who don’t want to buy from a black man. This changes when a veteran advises him to use his “white voice” and the attitude behind it to make himself more appealing to customers. Following the veteran’s advice, he becomes a success. Regardless, Cassius finds himself promoted and starts selling the morally detestable but lucrative products and services. As Cassius changes because of his job, His connection to his girlfriend and colleagues starts to fade away. Cassius’ conscience comes into play when he finds himself amid his boss’ intolerant world, and his evil plan to create the perfect subservient workforce with Cassius’ help.

Ingrid Goes West (2017)

• IMBD Rating: 6.6
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86%
• Available: Hulu

Ingrid is the girl who played a lead role in the movie. She is a habitual social media stalker, who has a history of confusing “likes” with meaningful relationships. Taylor Sloane, an Instagram influencer, becomes Ingrid’s latest obsession due to her perfectly curated lifestyle. Ingrid moves to LA and manages to insinuate herself into the social media star’s life. Both the women’s relationship quickly goes from BFF to “its-complicated”.

Scary Movie (2000)

• IMBD Rating: 6.2
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 53%
• Available: Amazon

The movie has a good blend of horror, mystery, and comedy. Scary Movie is an American parody slasher film in which elements were taken from movies like Scream, and I know what you did last summer. Cindy Campbell and her friends, hit a man by mistake while driving, and get rid of the body, but now they are being stalked by a recognizable masked killer. The victim count increases, while Cindy must survive the carnage that has she has seen in so many films before.

A Simple Favor (2018)

• IMBD Rating: 6.8
• Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85%
• Available: Amazon

A stylish, post-modern era has been shown in the movie, where Stephanie is a single mother who runs a parenting vlog. She befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman, who has a child at the same elementary school as hers. When Emily disappears, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate. Paul Feig has brought a unique essence of thrill and humor at the same time in the movie. The hunt for her friend has multiple highs and lows with many hilarious scenes.

Keep Laughing – It’s the Best Medicine

So, there you go with the best comedy movies on the internet. Did you like them? Do you have your own suggestion? Let’s hear your feedback – once you’re done laughing.

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