Best Comedy Movies and Shows on Amazon Prime Video 2022

With a library of over 60,000 titles, it’s no wonder Amazon’s Prime Video is a leader in streaming services. And over 21,000 of these shows and movies are free, offering users access to a dizzying amount of content at no additional cost. As to be expected, with so many titles, there are plenty of funny movies on Prime Video and comical shows to watch too, especially if you need a good laugh.

Whether it be comedic rom-coms or hilarious sitcoms, Prime Video has some epic comedy movies and shows to enjoy. So grab the popcorn and get ready to giggle the night away with these best comedy shows and comedy movies on Prime Video.

My Best Friend’s Wedding

• Release Year: 1997
• Rating: PG-13
• Stars: 3.7/5

Starring big-name celebrities such as Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, and Rupert Everett, My Best Friend’s Wedding is the romantic comedy of the 1990s. Jules Potter and Michael O’Neal are old friends who, when young, plan to marry each other if they are still unmarried by age 28. After losing touch, a few weeks before Jules turns 28, Michael contacts Jules to announce that he’ll be marrying a woman named Kimmy. 

When Kimmy and Jules meet, they become friends — but Jules secretly interferes and tries to win over Michael’s heart. Expect to both laugh and cry when watching this heartfelt romantic comedy.

Brittany Runs a Marathon

• Release Year: 2019
• Rating: R
• Stars: 4.2/5

Brittany Runs a Marathon features Jillian Bell as Brittany Fogler, an overweight young adult living in Manhattan with a less-than-healthy lifestyle. After a doctor deems her overweight, she decides she needs to change. Too broke to pay for a gym membership, she’s finally motivated to jog with her neighbor, with a goal of running the New York City marathon.

As one might imagine, things on Brittany’s fitness journey don’t quite go as planned, but she learns a lot about love, life, and friendship along the way.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

• Release Year: 2020
• Rating: R
• Stars: 3.6/5

If you’ve seen Borat and couldn’t stop laughing (and if you haven’t seen it, start by watching that first on Prime Video), you’ll love Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, often referred to as Borat 2. Once again, Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Borat, a journalist from Kazakhstan. His plan is to offer up his daughter Tutar (Maria Bakalova) as a bride to the vice-president of the United States, Mike Pence, and when that backfires, to former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. Plans quickly go awry and adventures with babysitters, breast implants, and QAnon conspiracy theorists ensue. 

The mockumentary was nominated for and has won a number of awards, with its final message encouraging people to vote in the 2020 presidential election.

Heathers

• Release Year: 1989
• Rating: R
• Stars: 4.7/5

Shannon Doherty, Winona Ryder, and Christian Slater star in the cult classic 1980’s film Heathers. The movie, a black comedy, features Veronica as she ditches her snobby high school clique (three girls named Heather) to hang out with the rebellious new kid, Jason. The drama explodes after the teens attend a local party, and events take a dark turn when the girls begin to die. The deaths are staged as suicides, but they’re really murders.

Although this film was originally considered a flop at the box office, over the years, it’s gained a select following and is now revered as a cult classic.

Major League

• Release Year: 1989
• Rating: R
• Stars: 4.7/5

The feel-good sports comedy Major League starts when the Cleveland Indians baseball team has a new owner, Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton). Thanks to a strange clause in the contract, she realizes she can move the team to Miami if they lose the season. Her plan is to pick ‘losers’ to play for the team so she can get to Florida.

Two of these players are pitcher and former convict Rick Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) and outfielder Wille Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes). As predicted, the team of misfits starts off losing, but then begins working together and rapidly improving, even winning, despite Phelps’ intentions to hold them back along the way.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

• Release Year: 2017
• # of Seasons: 3 (and counting)

Set in the late 1950s/early 1960s in New York City, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel follows the adventures of Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), a bored housewife turned stand-up comedian. Much to her wannabe comedian husband Joel’s (Michael Zegen) dismay, her comedic skills are far better than his. And he isn’t her husband for long. As she devotes more and more time to midnight comedy, he devotes more and more time to his secretary. 

The award-winning show is chock-full of comedic moments, from Midge’s stand-up routines to her interactions with her quintessentially Jewish parents and her sarcastic manager Susie Myerson (Alex Borstein). The show will release the fourth season in 2022.

Cougar Town

• Release Year: 2010
• # of Seasons: 6

Cougar Town follows the life of divorcee Jules Cobb (Courtney Cox), as she navigates life in her 40’s alongside her teenage son Travis (Dan Byrd), ex-husband Bobby (Brian Van Holt), neighbor Ellie Torres (Christa Miller), and quirky friend Laurie Keller (Busy Philipps). The show features many hysterical moments as the crew deals with themes like dating, aging, friendships, and of course, wine (Jules names her giant wine glasses Big Joe and Big Carl). 

Fans of the beloved sitcom Friends will love seeing Courtney Cox in Cougar Town, along with guest appearances from former Friends cast members Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, and Matthew Perry.

Catastrophe

• Release Year: 2015
• # of Seasons: 4

For those who love dry humor, the series Catastrophe merges two cultures for lots of laughs. Irish schoolteacher Sharon and American advertising exec Rob meet at a bar and after a one-night stand, Sharon becomes pregnant. The show follows the two as they start a life together in London, getting married and later having a son, then a daughter. 

Hilarity ensues as the couple gets to know each other. Enjoy watching as the couple experiences cultural clashes, stag nights (bachelor parties), weddings, and births.

Red Oaks

• Release Year: 2015
• # of Seasons: 3

Red Oaks takes place in 1985 and follows college kid David (Craig Roberts) during his summer job at Red Oaks, a popular Jewish country club in New Jersey.

As a tennis pro, he’s constantly connecting with the club’s varied collection of clients, all of which offer him advice on how to deal with adolescence and what to do with the rest of his life. Viewers will chuckle as David faces comedic struggles like falling for the Red Oaks aerobics instructor and dealing with the club’s more demanding clients. 

The Office

• Release Year: 2005
• # of Seasons: 9

Although you’ll have to pay an additional cost to watch The Office on Prime Video, the extra money is worth the extra laughs. The series originally started in the U.K., but the U.S. adaptation is a humorous take on the daily office grind, something many Americans know all too well.

The original cast includes famous names such as Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer, and Rainn Wilson as part of the mockumentary, which focuses on deadpan humor. Watch and laugh as socially clueless, annoying manager Michael Scott (Carell) runs things, often offending his employees and causing tension within the office.