Need a good laugh? Amazon Prime Video has some wonderful comedies on offer, with a bit of something for everyone. From the light-hearted, to the pitch black, you're guaranteed to find some laughs below.
Coming 2 America
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Made during the height of Eddie Murphy's popularity, 1988's Coming to America is considered by many to be one of the greatest comedy films of all time. With that in mind, it takes a lot of guts to follow-up such a classic movie roughly 33 years later, but thankfully director Craig Brewer (Dolemite is My Name) makes a valiant effort, reuniting most of the original's cast members in the process. Sure, it falls short of the comedic heights set by the original, but there's a great deal of warmth and nostalgia generated by the film, especially in the many side characters played by Murphy and co-star Arsenio Hall.
IMDB Rating: 5.5, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%
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Long Shot
After quitting his job as a journalist for an underground political publication, Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) attempts to cheer himself up at a party only to reconnect with his former babysitter Charlotte Fields (Charlize Theron) – now the US secretary of state and a real contender for the presidency. Charlotte offers the hot-headed Fred a job as her speech writer, and while the two initially butt heads, it's not long before the pair start falling for each other. Unfortunately, their relationship is made complicated by Charlotte's political aspirations, forcing the pair to figure out what's more important – their feelings or the public's perception. Sure, it all sounds very serious, but Long Shot is actually quite hilarious and occasionally profane (it's a Seth Rogen movie, after all). One of the best comedies of 2019, Long Shot works well off the back of Rogen and Theron's surprisingly convincing chemistry.
IMDB Rating: 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%
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Hot Rod
Before they exploded onto the scene with their comedic hip-hop group The Lonely Island, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer released Hot Rod, a hilarious comedy starring Samberg as a talentless stuntman named Rod who believes his birth father was Evel Knievel's back-up. In order to raise money for his stepfather's operation, Rod teams up with his stepbrother (Taccone) and friends (Bill Hader, Danny McBride and Isla Fisher) to host a huge stunt that would see him attempt to jump over 12 buses on a moped. Quirky, quotable and filled with off-the-wall moments (including an incredible montage set to John Farnham's 'You're the Voice'), Hot Rod is a comedy cult classic that was completely misunderstood by critics at the time of its release, but will only grow in popularity as the years tick over. Cool beans? Cool beans.
IMDB Rating: 6.7, Rotten Tomatoes: 40%
The Big Lebowski
One of the Coen Brothers' finest (and funniest) films, The Big Lebowski has continued to grow in popularity since its 1998 release. Jeff Bridges stars as 'The Dude', a laid-back hippie who lives his life without a care in the world – that is, until a case of mistaken identity finds him embroiled noirish mystery involving a rich guy's missing trophy wife, misplaced money, shady pornographers, scissor-happy nihilists and a stolen rug (it really tied the room together). On top of this, The Dude's crazy bowling partner Walter (John Goodman) forces himself into the situation, making everything worse as a result. Surprising and endlessly quotable, The Big Lebowski is a bonafide classic – but that's just, like, our opinion, man.
IMDB Rating: 8.1, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
Hot Fuzz
Following the success of their classic rom-zom-com, Shaun of the Dead, director Edgar Wright, star and writer Simon Pegg and co-star Nick Frost teamed up once again to bring their hilarious sensibilities to the buddy-cop movie genre with Hot Fuzz. London super-cop Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is involuntarily transferred to a village in the English countryside for making his superiors look bad by comparison. There, he teams up with dim-witted (but well-meaning) cop Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) and together, the pair uncover a murder conspiracy. If films like Point Break and Bad Boys II are in constant rotation at your place, you absolutely owe it to yourself to grab a Cornetto and watch Hot Fuzz.
IMDB Rating: 7.9, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Airplane!
The spoof comedy that started it all, Airplane! is the kind of film that throws out so many gags per minute, that you won't even notice when one falls flat. A pitch-perfect send-up of the Airport disaster movies of the 1970s, Airplane! works because its performers play their roles completely seriously, as if they're oblivious to the immense silliness all around them. If you love deadpan comedy of The Naked Gun and Top Secret!, which were both made by the same people, you'll love Airplane!
