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Netflix has a dazzling selection of comedy movies that put that good-time feeling on demand. Whether you're craving action-spiked shenanigans, quirky coming-of-age adventures, awkward humor, stranger-than-fiction silliness, madcap musical numbers, or crime with a spree of laughs, there's a perfect pick for you. And we've made singling it out all the easier by highlighting the most hilarious below.
Eddie Murphy returns as wise-cracking Detroit police officer Axel Foley. 30 years after Beverly Hills Cop III, this sensational sequel sees Foley returning to Los Angeles to fight a new foe, reunite with old friends, and reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Are you ready for a shell with a googly eye to make you cry? The YouTube sensation Marcel the Shell has his own movie, and while it's filled with goofy visual gags and silly jokes, it's also got a poignant undercurrent about loss.
Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp reunite for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, an A24 outing that has the eponymous hero (voiced by Slate) befriending a human documentarian (Fleischer-Camp). Together, they search for Marcel's long-lost family. As with the YouTube shorts, the feature-length film showcases Marcel's adorable meanderings around household objects that tower over him, like a potted plant, a stand mixer, or a tennis ball, as well as his eccentric musings. But there's a sophisticated meta commentary on the highs and lows of internet fame.
Looking for a revenge flick that pays tribute to teen classics like Mean Girls, Heathers, Cruel Intentions, and more? Then check out Do Revenge, a dark comedy sure to join the canon of iconic high school movies. Students Drea (Camila Mendes) and Eleanor (Maya Hawke) couldn't be more different... apart from the fact that both have major bones to pick with people who ruined their reputations. They decide to team up and execute one another's revenge plans, which leads down a winding road of morally dubious choices, snappy one-liners, and excellent outfits.
This 2016 adventure about bad egg Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) and his curmudgeonly foster father Hec (Sam Neill) is the kind of eccentric delight that writer/director Taika Waititi specializes in (this time co-writing with Barry Crump, who wrote the original book).
Sometimes true crime can lead to some pitch-perfect dark comedy. This is the case for this outrageous offering, which stars Jack Black as infamous scammer/local celebrity Jan Lewan. Black brings all the rock star panache you need to understand how Lewan could be so beguiling to the Pennsylvanian retirees who surrendered their savings to the self-proclaimed Polka King.
Sony Pictures Animation has given audiences such daring and dynamic animated movies as Surf's Up, Hotel Transylvania, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. This zany 2021 release centers on a family who's battling back the robo-apocalypse with togetherness, internet savviness, and a wall-eyed pug named Monchi (voiced by social media icon Doug the Pug).
Writer/director Rian Johnson follows up his critically heralded whodunnit with a sequel that's even more explosive than Knives Out. Southern gentleman/detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is back, drawling deductions and whipping out witticisms, much to the chagrin of a group of wealthy and conniving friends.
With its reputation for wacky musical numbers, the Eurovision Song Contest is ripe for parody. Luckily for Eurovision lovers, the contest gets the send-up it deserves in this gloriously goofy flick starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. They play the Icelandic musical duo Fire Saga, who find themselves in the Eurovision spotlight. There, they discover that the famed competition is a world of cutthroat competitors, glitzy costumes, and many, many bops.
Kristy Puchko is the Film Editor at Mashable. Based in New York City, she's an established film critic and entertainment reporter, who has traveled the world on assignment, covered a variety of film festivals, co-hosted movie-focused podcasts, interviewed a wide array of performers and filmmakers, and had her work published on RogerEbert.com, Vanity Fair, and The Guardian. A member of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA as well as a Top Critic on Rotten Tomatoes, Kristy's primary focus is movies. However, she's also been known to gush over television, podcasts, and board games. You can follow her on Twitter.
A story of arrested development, Knocked Up follows a man who finds his life turned upside down after a one-night stand results in a pregnancy. Directed by Judd Apatow, Knocked Up is really the story of a man finally discovering that he has to grow up, and also realizing that growing up is not as bad as he might have assumed.
In case you're wondering why Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is suddenly on top of the most popular movies on Netflix, there are two things that you should know. First is that every new movie that Sony debuts in 2024 will stream on Netflix, and the other reason is that people just love the Ghostbusters even when the sequels don't quite measure up to the originals. Nostalgia is almost always the king on Netflix, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is an even better example of that.
But if you're looking for something fresh, one of this week's other new movies, Find Me Falling, is a Netflix original rom-com. You can find those films, and 48 more among our picks for the best movies on Netflix right now. And the great thing about Netflix is that it's always adding new films, which is why we update this list every Friday.
Have you watched Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F? The latest installment in Eddie Murphy's action comedy franchise premiered earlier this month on Netflix to surprisingly positive reviews. Murphy can still flex those movie star muscles when given the right role, and Axel is right up his alley. Other movies on Netflix in July include Spider-Man 2, Bad Boys II, Zombieland, and Vanished into the Night.
Unfortunately, not every movie can stay on Netflix forever. There is a crop of entertaining movies leaving Netflix in July 2024. With under a week left in the month, stop what you are doing and watch these three movies before August 1. Our selections include an iconic psychological thriller, a landmark sci-fi action staple, and an underrated thriller from a Netflix star.
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When the pickings are slim on Netflix, subscribers can take advantage of that programming lull to catch up on shows that they may have missed the first time. These hidden gems can be found across genres on Netflix, because no matter how much the streamer pays for original shows, something always falls through the cracks,
This list of the best hidden gems on Netflix right now is meant to give these series a spotlight they might otherwise never receive. For July, our latest selections are Loudermilk, iZombie, and Master of the House. But you can find all of our previous choices below.
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"Players" is one of the top new movies this week. Starring Gina Rodriguez and Tom Ellis, this Netflix romantic comedy dropped right in time for Valentine's Day and has quickly shot to the No. 1 spot on the Netflix top 10.
Still, critics sometimes miss the point of popcorn flicks. After all, not everything has to be the height of art, sometimes you just want a fun movie. So let's dive into what "Players" is about before seeing if critics and audiences agree that this movie is a swing and a miss (I promise the sports references will make sense).
"Players" stars Rodriguez as New York City sports reporter Mack. Mack typically likes to go out to bars with her typically goes out after work with her friends (Damon Wayans Jr., Liza Koshy, Augustus Prew and Joel Courtney) and run hook-up "plays" to try and score with men or women, depending on who is running the play (see, the sports references made sense!).
But one day, Mack meets Nick (Tom Ellis), a correspondent at her paper and decides to run a play on him. Only this time, she's maybe playing for keeps, opting for a long-term relationship rather than a quick fling.
At one point in the trailer, one of her friends Adam (Wayans Jr.) calls out Mack and Nick's incompatibility despite that earlier in the movie he helped Mack run a play to get Nick, so it's unclear if this is a classic case of she's had the right guy in front of her all along of if Adam is just a genuinely concerned friend. Either way, you'll need to watch the full movie to find out.
The question, of course, is should you watch the full movie to find out? According to critics, the answer is a resounding no. "Players" currently holds a 43% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. If the best movies are "certified fresh," a 43% rating feels almost certified rotten. A closer look though shows a more mixed bag of reviews, with a lack of a critical consensus.
So if the positive reviews all seem to coalesce around the idea that this is an old-school, unimaginative but palatable romantic comedy ... that seems to be why most critics hate it. Brittany Witherspoon of Screen Rant calls the movie "about as trashy as they come" and Roger Moore of Movie Nation is frankly scathing in his critique, calling the movie "A pre-#MeToo rom-com sitcom masquerading as a feature-length comedy."
Unfortunately for "Players" most audience reviews seem to side with the negative critical reviews. There are only five audience reviews on Rotten Tomatoes so far, but they average out to 2.1 out of 5 stars. Not exactly a ringing endorsement, especially since the best review said that "Gina Rodriguez was amazing, as always!" and yet still only gave the movie 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Look, is this the worst film you'll ever see? As someone who recently watched "Argylle," I doubt it. But I think unless you're a glutton for trashy rom-coms (nothing wrong with that) then "Players" probably isn't for you. Feel free to skip this Netflix movie.
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