Comedy

Buddy the elf goes to New York to find his dad and treats the whole city like the North Pole. Will Ferrell, 2003, and it is on Prime and Max. If the room can only agree on one movie, it is often this.

Kevin gets left behind, the house becomes a fortress, and a lot of us still know the soundtrack by heart. On Disney+. The 1990 one, not a remix.

Clark Griswold wants a perfect Christmas and the house, the relatives, and a squirrel have other plans. On Max. Quote it only if everyone in the room can take a PG-13 joke.

Kurt Russell plays Santa like a rock star who lost his sleigh, and two kids have to help him get it back. It is loud in the best way, and it is still on Netflix.

Steve Martin just wants to get home for Thanksgiving, and John Candy is the universe's answer. Rated R for one very famous meltdown. On Paramount+ and Peacock. The Thanksgiving movie.

Kevin and the same two burglars, this time in a toy-store New York. Bigger, louder, and still the sequel people quote. Disney+ again.

Santa gets kidnapped and Dwayne Johnson has to get him back before Christmas morning. Big, silly, PG-13, and on Prime because Amazon made it. A blockbuster, not a lullaby.

Two useless cops go undercover in high school and discover they were not cool the first time either. Loud, dumb, and very funny. On Netflix and Paramount+.

They go to college this time, and the movie knows it is a sequel. Same pair, bigger budget, same joke, still works.

He has to make her fall in love with him again every morning. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, sweeter than the premise sounds, on Paramount+.

A 1970s newsman cannot handle a woman in the anchor chair. Will Ferrell, on Paramount+. Absurd on purpose.

A thief gets a suit that shrinks him, and the heist gets very small. Paul Rudd, light on its feet, on Disney+.

Two people who cannot stand each other pretend to be a couple at a destination wedding. Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, on Hulu and Max.

A recently dead couple hires the afterlife's worst bio-exorcist to scare out their house's new owners. PG, strange, funny, and still a family Halloween if your kids like weird. On Peacock.

Axel Foley takes a Detroit case to Beverly Hills and bothers every rich person in the zip code. Eddie Murphy, 1984, free on Tubi.

A kid, a soft robot, and a city that looks like San Francisco married Tokyo. A superhero movie that is really about grief. On Disney+.

Parents try to stop their daughters from a pact on prom night, and the daughters are ahead of them. On Max.

A hurricane party turns into a whodunit the moment the lights go out. Mean, funny, and very online.

Two overachievers realize they skipped the fun and try to fit four years into one night. On Prime.

A maid of honor falls apart in public, and Kristen Wiig makes the disaster specific. On Netflix. Rated R, and the friendship is the real plot.

A podcast host who does not believe in relationships meets someone who might change the policy. Billy Eichner, on Netflix.

Several assassins, one train, and a briefcase nobody agrees about. Brad Pitt, stylish, and on Hulu.

Cher is rich, well-meaning, and completely sure she can fix her friends' lives. Alicia Silverstone, 1995, on Paramount+. Still the funniest teen movie a lot of us own in our heads.

A man whose marriage just ended gets lessons in charm and then has to become a person. Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone. On Max. A grown-up romcom with a full table of feelings.

A stepdad tries to win over his wife's kids, and then their father shows up and is better at everything. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, on Paramount+.

A mercenary who will not stop talking gets a revenge story and breaks the fourth wall doing it. Rated R, on Disney+.

A rumor turns a good student into the school's pretend scandal, and she decides to run it. Emma Stone, on Paramount+.

A kid who feels misplaced on Earth gets taken by aliens who think he is the one in charge. The 2025 Pixar film, on Disney+.

A Colombian family has a miracle in the house, and the one granddaughter without a gift might be the one holding it together. On Disney+.

Bodies get swapped across a whole family right before Christmas, and everybody has to live somebody else's day. Jennifer Garner sells the joke, and kids will follow it.

A clownfish crosses an ocean to find his son, and a forgetful friend comes along. Pixar, on Disney+.

The body swap comes back for another generation. The 2025 sequel, on Disney+, for people who already know the song.

A mother and daughter wake up in each other's lives and have to survive a day of it. Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, 2003, on Disney+.

Two turkeys time-travel to get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu. It is a kids' cartoon and it is proud of that. On Paramount+ and Tubi.

A background character in a video game notices the game and decides to be the hero. Ryan Reynolds, on Disney+.

The 2016 reboot, with Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy answering a call the city does not believe. On Hulu.

A family inherits a farm, a ghost trap, and a grandfather's unfinished business. The 2021 one, on Hulu, aimed at people who grew up with the original.

A cynical weatherman relives February 2 until he learns how to live it. Bill Murray, on Tubi. Not a Valentine's movie on paper, and somehow the most romantic time loop we have.

A thief, a green assassin, a raccoon, and a tree steal the wrong orb. The mix-tape Marvel movie, on Disney+.

She is murdered, wakes up, and has to do the birthday again until she finds the killer. A horror comedy with a real pulse.

A mild professor pretends to be a hitman for the police and gets too good at the role. Glen Powell and Richard Linklater, on Netflix.

Adam Sandler is the town's most earnest Halloween volunteer, and for once the town needs him. Goofy, PG-13, and the right amount of spooky for people who scare easy.

A very average man wakes up in a future that has gotten much dumber. Mike Judge, on Prime. Mean, and not entirely a joke.

Elastigirl gets the mission and Bob stays home with the baby, which is its own disaster. On Disney+.

Riley hits puberty and a new set of emotions moves into headquarters, Anxiety first. Pixar, on Disney+.

A couple fosters three siblings and finds out good intentions are not a plan. Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, on Paramount+.

A man with a wedding ring as a prop has to produce a fake family when the bit works too well. Adam Sandler, on Paramount+.

A lawyer who lies for a living is cursed to tell the truth for a day, because his kid asked. Jim Carrey, on Netflix.

A lonely girl in Hawaii adopts an experiment that was built to destroy. The 2002 film, on Disney+. Elvis, ohana, and a blue disaster.

A stay-at-home dad finally gets a weekend off and his oldest friend has a terrible plan for it. Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg, on Netflix.

The 2004 one. A new girl learns the rules of a high school that runs on burn books. Lindsay Lohan, on Prime and Paramount+.

The musical version, with the same plastics and more songs. On Paramount+.

A disposable worker on a colony mission dies for a living, and then there are two of him. Bong Joon Ho, Robert Pattinson. It lands on Hulu November 23, 2026.

Moana goes back out on the ocean because the job was not finished. The 2024 sequel, on Disney+.

A father banned from his own house becomes the nanny. Robin Williams, on Disney+ and Hulu. The farce is the love letter.

A New York cop and his wife get pulled into a death on a rich man's yacht. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, on Netflix.

The same couple, now private detectives, and a kidnapping at a wedding. The sequel, also on Netflix.

A high school kid in Idaho runs a campaign, dances once, and means it. On Prime. You already know if this is your movie.

A man who cannot feel pain gets pulled into a bank robbery. Jack Quaid, on Prime and Paramount+, an action comedy that uses the gimmick well.

Danny Ocean gets out of prison and assembles ten friends to rob three casinos at once. George Clooney, 2001, on Max. Smooth on purpose.

Two people are stuck repeating the same wedding day until they decide what they actually want. Rated R, very funny, and weirdly romantic. On Hulu.

A process server witnesses a murder and hides with his dealer. Seth Rogen and James Franco, on Hulu.

A wedding night game of hide and seek, except the in-laws are armed. Gory, funny, and on Netflix.

An FBI profiler, the world's most wanted art thief, and a third person who is lying. Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, on Netflix.

Two assistants start setting up their nightmare bosses so they can have a night off, and then they catch feelings of their own. Fast, funny, and rated R for how adults actually talk.

A foster kid says a magic word and becomes a superhero who still thinks like a teenager. Zachary Levi, on Max, and it is a comedy first.

Miles Morales learns there are other Spider-People, and the movie looks like a comic that learned to move. On Netflix.

Two friends try to get to a party, and the night becomes a farewell they are not ready to say out loud. On Paramount+.

A pilot from the future crash-lands in his own childhood and has to team up with the kid he used to be. Ryan Reynolds, on Netflix.

The reformed animal criminals get pulled into one more job. The 2025 animated sequel, on Netflix, built for a loud living room.

Five friends go to a cabin, and the people watching them have a job to do. A horror comedy that laughs at the genre and then commits. On Max.

The 23rd century needs five elements to survive, and one of them is a woman who just fell out of the sky. Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, orange and outrageous. On Tubi.

A family of retired supers gets dragged back in, and the baby is the most dangerous one. Brad Bird, on Disney+.

A exclusive dinner on an island where the chef has planned more than courses. Satire with a knife. On Netflix.

Two desk cops get a real case and are completely unprepared. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, on Netflix.

Twin sisters meet at camp and scheme to put their parents back in the same house. The 1961 Hayley Mills film, on Disney+.

A failed musician takes a substitute-teaching job and turns the class into a band. Jack Black, on Paramount+.

A wedding singer in 1985 falls for a waitress who is engaged to the wrong man. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, on Paramount+.

A blind date from a group text is not the woman he meant to invite on the company trip. David Spade, on Netflix. Rude and committed.

Thor loses his hammer, gains a gladiator arena, and has to stop his sister from ending Asgard. The funny one, on Disney+.

A cowboy doll has to share the bedroom with a space ranger. The first Pixar film, on Disney+. Still the one.

A bet between rich brothers swaps a commodities broker with a street hustler. Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, 1983, on Paramount+.

A war movie shoot goes wrong and the actors think the explosions are still special effects. Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, on Paramount+. Rated R and aware of it.

Two nice guys with a vacation cabin get mistaken for killers by panicked college kids. A horror comedy that is actually kind. On Peacock and Tubi.

A Toronto teenager turns into a giant red panda whenever the feelings get too big. Domee Shi, on Disney+.

Benoit Blanc walks into a church with a dead priest and a congregation full of motives. The 2025 Knives Out film, on Netflix.

A trash-compacting robot on an empty Earth finds a plant and a reason to follow a probe into space. Pixar, on Disney+. Almost no dialogue, and it does not need it.

The children of captured superheroes have to save them, and they are better at it than the adults expected. A Netflix family action film.

A small-time dealer builds a fake family to move a truck across the border. Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston, on Paramount+.

Two men who live for other people's weddings finally meet a family they cannot leave. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, on Max.

They argue for years about whether men and women can be friends, mostly in New York diners. Rated R, and one of the best romcoms ever made. On Paramount+. The deli scene still clears a room.

Parents who always say no agree to one day of yes, and the kids have a list. Jennifer Garner, on Netflix.

Rules, Twinkies, and a road trip through the end of the world. Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg, on Max. A comedy that happens to have zombies.

The same survivors, a new kind of zombie, and the jokes still running. The sequel, also on Max.

A male model who has been replaced tries to understand a world that was never asking him to think. Ben Stiller, on Paramount+.

A rabbit cop and a fox con artist try to solve a case in a city built for every species except trust. On Disney+.

Judy and Nick get another case, and the city is still pretending it is fair. The 2025 sequel, on Disney+.