It’s always a good time to catch a great Comedy Movie, and that’s never been more true than during the current pandemic.

Luckily, Netflix has everything you could want when it comes to a good laugh – regardless of your sense of humor.

From some of the best films in cinema history to great Netflix originals that have hit the streaming service over the past few years, here are 15 of the best comedy movies you can catch in July 2020 on Netflix.

Updated on July 10 – Every month movies come and go from Netflix, and one previously suggested movie (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) exited the streaming service. However, more movies arrive all the time.

We added six new movies to replace the departed one, to give you more options when you need a good laugh.

Airplane! (1980)

The Zucker brothers created one of the best spoof movies of all-time with Airplane!

Over the last two decades, the spoof movies were dreadful for the most part, but when it comes to the ’70s and ’80s, comedy directors did it right and Airplane! is a perfect example.

Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty star in the movie about an airplane whose pilot falls ill and a passenger on the plane who is a former pilot with demons in his past is tasked with landing the aircraft.

The comedy spoof was added to the United States National Film Registry in the Library of Congress in 2010.

The Naked Gun (1988)

David Zucker and Jerry Zucker also created the spoof movie, Naked Gun, based on the classic television series Police Squad.

This movie turned former dramatic actor Leslie Nielsen into a comedy legend, a bumbling buffoon who says the wrong things at the worst moments and often ends up in clumsy slapstick moments that puts everyone around him in danger.

This movie has an assassination attempt on the Queen of England that Det. Frank Drebin has to stop, and when it turns out to be New York Yankees legend, Reggie Jackson, with the gun, hijinks ensue.

Spaceballs (1987)

Mel Brooks was the king of satires and created some of the most beloved in the history of film, with Young Frankenstein as possibly his masterpiece.

However, in 1987, he also directed a spoof of Star Wars called Spaceballs and proved to the world how to spoof a movie franchise, while also keeping it original and funny on its own merits.

The cast included Bill Pullman as a Han Solo character and John Candy as his alien co-pilot Barf.

On top of Star Wars, Spaceballs also spoofs The Wizard of Oz, Star Trek, Alien, and Planet of the Apes.

As Good as it Gets (1997)

Jack Nicholson stretched his romantic comedy chops in the 1997 movie As Good as It Gets.

Directed by James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment), Nicholson stars as Melvin Udall, a romance novelist who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, which adds to his misanthropic nature.

When Melvin is guilted into caring for a dog belonging to a neighbor who is assaulted and almost killed, the dog brings out something in Melvin that no one knew existed.

The film picked up seven Oscar nominations and won both Jack Nicholson a Best Actor award and Helen Hunt a Best Actress award.

Clueless (1995)

Clueless hit Netflix in July 2020 and brought one of the ’90s seminal comedies to a new generation of streaming comedy fans.

Alicia Silverstone stars in the movie as Cher, a fashion-conscious high school student who is mostly clueless about everything else in life. She believes she finds her true calling when she helps a new fashion blind student find herself.

This was also the film debut of Paul Rudd, who plays Cher’s stepbrother. Also appearing in the film is Stacey Dash and the late Brittany Murphy.

Groundhog Day  (1993)

Bill Murray got his start on Saturday Night Live before becoming one of the most iconic comedy stars of the 80s and 90s.

Many love his work on Ghostbusters and his iconic role in Caddyshack, but Groundhog Day is one of Murray’s most critically acclaimed movie role.

Harold Ramis, the director of Ghostbusters, re-teamed with Murray for Groundhog Day in 1993. In the movie, Murray stars as a bitter weatherman.

He finds himself in an endless loop of re-living the same day over and over again. He starts to use it to his advantage, realizing over time that he has to make serious changes if he wants his life back.

Groundhog Day tied with Schindler’s List for the year’s best screenplay, according to the New York Film Critics Circle.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Jim Carrey broke out from his role on the TV sketch show In Living Color and became one of the most prominent comedians of the 90s.

In 1994, Carrey had three massive successful comedies hit theaters:  The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Now, fans can relive the brilliance of Ace Ventura on Netflix.

Carrey stars as Ace Ventura, a pet detective hired to find out who stole the mascot of the Miami Dolphins football team. The film includes a hilarious cameo from legendary Dolphins’ quarterback Dan Marino.

Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil (2010)

For fans of comedy horror such as Evil Dead, Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil will surely be a hit.

The movie was initially released in 2010 with Alan Tudyk (Firefly) and Tyler Labine (Reaper) starring as the title characters, simple-minded yet kindly rednecks who live in the woods.

A group of kids goes camping in the woods of West Virginia, and when they mistakenly see something they think is Tucker and Dale killing someone, the kids go on the defensive, using their knowledge of horror movies to help them.

As expected, the kids start dying one by one due to their stupidity while Tucker and Dale stand around trying to figure out what is going on.

It’s a wacky comedy that flips horror tropes on their heads. Slasher movie lovers will find a lot to love.

Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

Eddie Murphy made a triumphant comeback in 2019 with the Netflix original movie Dolemite Is My Name.

This Netflix comedy is based on the true story of Rudy Ray Moore, an actor who portrayed Dolemite in his standup routines as well as a series of 70s blaxploitation films.

Some big names showed up in the movie, including Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, and Wesley Snipes, and it was easily the best movie Murphy has starred in in years.

Murphy picked up a Golden Globes nomination for the role. He also won The Razzie Redeemer Award, which is for actors who have been in many bad movies but turned it around with something critically acclaimed.

The Other Guys (2010)

Adam McKay and Will Ferrell have teamed up for several hit comedies over the years, and one of those has hit Netflix.

The Other Guys stars Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as misfit police detectives in the NYPD who end up in the middle of a massive case that they are ill-equipped to handle.

Ferrell is hilarious in his role as a bookish detective with a dark past, while Wahlberg plays a trigger-happy cop who was demoted when he accidentally shot Derek Jeter.

The movie also has one of the best jaw-dropping openings in comedy history, in which The Rock and Samuel L. Jackson steal the entire film.

Comedy Central named it the Best Comedy Film in 2011.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Netflix is the home for Monty Python and has two of the group’s best movies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Life of Brian.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was initially released in 1975 and stood the test of time- 45 years later, it’s still regarded as one of the best comedies ever made.

The film was a spoof that had its origins in sketches from the Monty Python television show (which is also available to watch on Netflix).

Holy Grail is about the quest by King Arthur and his knights for the Holy Grail. The movie was named the second-best comedy of all-time in a fan-based poll by ABC and People, behind only Airplane.

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

The second Monty Python movie on Netflix is the Christian satire Life of Brian.

The movie tells the story of a man named Brian, who was born in the stable next to Jesus Christ. This causes the Three Wisemen to find him and initially confuse him with the King of the Jews.

Brian then fells in love with a young rebel and joins the People’s don’t of Judea, a freedom movement that spends as much time in-fighting as getting anything done.

The movie found protestors from every religious sect, but it might be the funniest movie from Monty Python.

Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke (1978)

When it comes to stoner comedy, the kings of the mountain are easily Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin. Out of all their combined efforts, Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke sits at the top.

The two worked as standup comedians for years in the counterculture of the 70s and then took their talents to the big screen.

The comedy movie, now available to watch on Netflix, stars Chong as a stoner whose parents tell him to get a job or go to military school. He leaves and meets Cheech before the two are arrested for smoking pot.

The film follows a day in the life of these two stoners and is credited as the genesis of stoner movies.

Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)

Released in 1998, Can’t Hardly Wait was one of the ’90s comedy movies that dealt with high school students. It’s one in a long line of one-night party movies from the era.

The cast was solid, with Ethan Embry as a high school kid who wanted to tell his crush (Jennifer Love Hewitt) how he feels about her before they go their separate ways after graduating.

Also appearing in the movie is a young Seth Green, Lauren Ambrose, and the future head of the Cullen-clan, Peter Facinelli.

The movie was forgotten among films like American Pie that debuted around the same time, but it is there to relive on Netflix.

Murder Mystery (2019)

Adam Sandler has a terrible track record when it comes to Netflix comedy movies, but he had a rare critical hit in 2019 with Murder Mystery.

Sandler plays an NYPD detective married to a hairdresser played by Jennifer Aniston. When she calls him out for never taking her on a European vacation he promised her 15 years earlier, he lies and claims that he already booked the trip.

The two head to Europe and end up at a billionaire’s yacht party. When someone kills the guest of honor (Terence Stamp), they become the prime suspects.

People start to die like in an Agatha Christie novel, and it is up to the two Americans to solve the mystery before they are next.

Get Him to the Greek (2010)

The 2010 comedy Get Him to the Greek was a spin-off of the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall. While that movie starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, and Mila Kunis, this one features two supporting characters played by Jonah Hill and Russell Brand.

Russell Brand stole almost every scene he appeared in in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and he gets the chance to carry the load in Get Him to the Greek.

Brand plays British rock star Aldous Snow, who finds his life in a spiral due to personal and professional failures. Hill is a talent scout for a record company tasked with escorting Snow to an event at the Greek Theatre.

Some big names from the music industry also appear in the movie, including Pink, Pharrell Williams, and Lars Ulrich from Metallica.

Swiss Army Man (2016)

Possibly the most unusual comedy movie on Netflix right now is Swiss Army Man.

The synopsis of the film is head-turning. A young man named Hank (Paul Dano) is stranded on an island and comes across a corpse (Daniel Radcliffe) that starts to flatulate.

The two then develop a friendship as the flatulence eventually leads to the corpse reanimating, and the two set off to try to find their way back to civilization-and the girl that Hank secretly desires.

The dark comedy has a bizarre plotline, but it’s certainly worth a watch.

Nacho Libre (2006)

Jack Black went from a hilarious supporting comic actor in movies like The Cable Guy and High Fidelity to a leading man in his comedies throughout the years.

Fans with Netflix can now catch his 2006 movie Nacho Libre. The film is based in the Mexican world of Lucha Libre wrestling.

Black plays Ignacio, a cook in the monastery orphanage in which he was raised who has dreams of becoming a luchador wrestler.

Ignacio finds his dreams of becoming a luchador could also help him earn money to help the orphanage, but finds an evil luchador, played by former WCW wrestler Silver King, standing in his way.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

For possibly the strangest comedy movie on Netflix right now, look no further than the 1988 horror comedy Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

There are no clowns as scary as Pennywise here, as the Klowns in this movie are all grotesque and over-the-top in their design, and they are here to laugh at.

In the film, aliens resembling circus clowns have crashed to Earth. Their goal is to kill and harvest humans to use as sustenance.

As expected, this is a cult classic and delivers dark, silly fun for fans of absurdist films.

Tootsie (1982)

Dustin Hoffman is one of cinema’s greatest actors. He has won two Oscars, six Golden Globes, and two Emmy Awards.

In 1982, he dressed up in drag and starred in the movie Tootsie. Hoffman starred as Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who dresses up as a woman to secure an acting role.

Sidney Pollack, who won an Oscar three years later for Out of Africa, helmed the film, which itself picked up 10 Oscar nominations.

The movie has since been added to the Libray of Congress National Film Registry and is available to stream on Netflix.