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The best comedy movies on Amazon Prime Instant is a complete Amazon Prime streaming list for your perusal. All the best comedies on Amazon Prime are listed in one convenient place so you can fully utilize your Amazon Prime service to find funny flicks that'll entertain you for days. Some of the best movies of all time are now available on Amazon Prime so you can catch up on new hit movies and classic film hits right in your living room.

This Amazon Prime streaming list of comedies has nearly as many of the greatest comedy films to watch as a traditional movie store would offer. Academy Award winners like Goldfinger are available on Amazon Streaming streaming, as are classics like Coming to America. There are also plenty of new fan favorite comedies like Superbad, The Lobster, and What We Do in the Shadows that can be viewed on the Amazon Prime instant service.

What are the best Amazon Prime comedy movies? What comedies are available on the Amazon Prime movie selection? Are there new comedy movies on Amazon Prime instant? This Amazon Prime streaming list of comedy films is here to get you started on the best Amazon Prime streaming movies has to offer. This is in no way a complete list, so if you know your favorite comedy movie isn't on this list of Amazon Prime comedy movies, make sure to add it so other Amazon Prime users can find the funniest movies on Amazon Prime instant.

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What We Do in the Shadows is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
What We Do in the Shadows Jemaine Clement, Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi What We Do in the Shadows is a 2014 New Zealand mockumentary comedy horror film about a group of vampires who live together in Wellington. Directed and written by Taika Waititi and Jemaine ...more

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Superbad is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Superbad Emma Stone, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill Superbad is a 2007 American teen comedy film directed by Greg Mottola and starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera. The film was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who began working on the ...more

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Daddy's Home is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Daddy's Home Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini Daddy's Home is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Sean Anders and written by Brian Burns, Anders and John Morris. The film is about a mild-mannered executive named Brad (Will Ferrell) who ...more

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Seven Psychopaths is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Seven Psychopaths Colin Farrell, Olga Kurylenko, Christopher Walken Seven Psychopaths is a 2012 comedy and crime film written and directed by Martin McDonagh.

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Captain Fantastic is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Captain Fantastic Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn Captain Fantastic is a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Matt Ross and starring Viggo Mortensen. The story centers on a family who are forced by circumstances to ...more

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Chef is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Chef Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, John Leguizamo Chef is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Favreau. After a public altercation with a food critic, a professional chef (Jon Favreau) quits his job at a popular Los Angeles ...more

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Dirty Grandpa is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Dirty Grandpa Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch Dirty Grandpa is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Dan Mazer and written by John Philips. The film stars Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza and Dermot Mulroney. It was ...more

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The Big Sick is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Big Sick Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter The Big Sick is a 2017 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Showalter, from a screenplay by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon. It is based on the real courtship of Nanjiani and ...more

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His Girl Friday is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
His Girl Friday Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, from an adaptation by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of the play The Front Page by Hecht and ...more

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The Kentucky Fried Movie is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Kentucky Fried Movie Donald Sutherland, Tina Louise, Leslie Nielsen The Kentucky Fried Movie is an 1977 American anthology comedy film, released in 1977 and directed by John Landis. The film's writers were the team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker, ...more

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The Kings of Summer is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Kings of Summer Alison Brie, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman The Kings of Summer is a 2013 comedy film written by Chris Galletta and directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a 2016 American biographical war comedy-drama film directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, and written by Robert Carlock, based on the memoir The Taliban Shuffle: ...more

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Behaving Badly is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Behaving Badly Selena Gomez, Heather Graham, Elisabeth Shue Behaving Badly is a 2014 American comedy film written and directed by Tim Garrick, which is the film adaptation of the 2000 Ric Browde autobiographical novel While I'm Dead Feed the Dog. It ...more

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The Dressmaker is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Dressmaker Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth The Dressmaker is a 2015 Australian revenge comedy-drama film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, based on the novel by Rosalie Ham. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, a glamorous woman ...more

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The Lobster is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Lobster Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell The Lobster is an upcoming science fiction romantic comedy-drama film directed by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos in his English-language debut. Its script was awarded the ARTE International ...more

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Florence Foster Jenkins is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Florence Foster Jenkins Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg Florence Foster Jenkins is a 2016 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears. A New York heiress (Meryl Streep) decides to became an opera singer despite her painful lack of ...more

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Take Me Home is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Take Me Home Sam Jaeger, Amber Jaeger, Lin Shaye Take Me Home is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by and starring Sam Jaeger. A man driving an illegal taxi cab picks up a woman whose life is in ruins and they decide to have an ...more

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Hello, My Name Is Doris is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Hello, My Name Is Doris Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs Hello, My Name Is Doris is a 2016 US romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Showalter. A woman (Sally Field) in her 60s tries to act on her attraction to a younger co-worker (Max

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Barbershop: The Next Cut is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Barbershop: The Next Cut Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall Barbershop: The Next Cut is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and written by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver. It is the sequel to 2004's Barbershop 2: Back in Business and the ...more

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Swiss Army Man is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Swiss Army Man Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Swiss Army Man is a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Hank (Paul Dano) is a man who is attempting suicide after being lost on an island, when ...more

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If I Were You is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
If I Were You Marcia Gay Harden, Aidan Quinn, Leonor Watling If I Were You is 2011 comedy drama film written and directer by Joan Carr-Wiggin.

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The Last Word is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Last Word Amanda Seyfried, Shirley MacLaine, AnnJewel Lee Dixon The Last Word is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Mark Pellington. A retired businesswoman (Shirley MacLaine) decides to write her own obituary to ensure her life story is told her ...more

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Someone Marry Barry is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Someone Marry Barry Lucy Punch, Damon Wayans, Jr. Someone Marry Barry is a romantic comedy film directed by Rob Pearlstein.

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Everybody Wants Some is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Everybody Wants Some Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guzman Everybody Wants Some!! is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Richard Linklater. In 1980, a group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of ...more

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Paterson is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Paterson Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley Paterson is a 2016 drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film stars Adam Driver as a bus driver and aspiring poet named Paterson and Golshifteh Farahani as his wife who dreams of ...more

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Clear History is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Clear History Kate Hudson, Eva Mendes, Jon Hamm Clear History is an American HBO comedy film written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, directed by Greg Mottola and starring Larry David, Kate Hudson, Danny McBride, ...more

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Rapture-Palooza is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Rapture-Palooza Anna Kendrick, Ken Jeong, Ana Gasteyer Rapture-Palooza is a 2013 American fantasy-comedy film written by Chris Matheson and directed by Paul Middleditch. The film stars Anna Kendrick and John Francis Daley as a young couple who ...more

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Madea Goes to Jail is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Madea Goes to Jail Sofía Vergara, Whoopi Goldberg, Tyler Perry Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 parodic comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, which was based on his 2006 play. The play and the film deal with Perry's recurring character Madea ...more

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Anomalisa is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Anomalisa Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Thewlis, Tom Noonan Anomalisa is a 2015 American stop-motion animated comedy-drama film directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson. A lonely customer service expert (David Thewlis) perceives everyone (Tom Noonan) ...more

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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Alyssa Milano, Carol Kane, Beau Bridges My Girlfriend's Boyfriend is a 2010 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Daryn Tufts, and stars Alyssa Milano, Christopher Gorham, Michael Landes, Beau Bridges, Tom Lenk and ...more

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Fifty Shades of Black is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Fifty Shades of Black Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Affion Crockett Fifty Shades of Black is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Michael Tiddes. Christian Black (Marlon Wayans) introduces shy college student Hannah Steele (Kali Hawk) to the world of ...more

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The Foot Fist Way is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Foot Fist Way Danny McBride, Jody Hill, Ben Best The Foot Fist Way is a 2006 low-budget comedy film directed by Jody Hill and starring Danny McBride. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions, picked up ...more

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Kill Your Friends is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Kill Your Friends Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley Kill Your Friends is a 2015 British dark comedy crime-thriller film directed by Owen Harris, based on the 2008 novel by John Niven. An A&R man (Nicholas Hoult) working at the height of the ...more

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Cuban Fury is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Cuban Fury Rashida Jones, Ian McShane, Chris O'Dowd Cuban Fury is a 2014 British romantic comedy film starring Nick Frost, Rashida Jones and Chris O'Dowd.

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Sassy Pants is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Sassy Pants Haley Joel Osment, Ashley Rickards, Anna Gunn Sassy Pants is a 2012 American comedy film written and directed by Coley Sohn. The film stars Anna Gunn, Ashley Rickards, Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader and Jenny O'Hara. The film was ...more

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Sharknado is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Sharknado Tara Reid, Cassie Scerbo, Julie McCullough Sharknado is a 2013 science fiction TV movie directed by Anthony C. Ferrante.

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a 2012 drama film directed by Lasse Hallström.

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Cafe Society is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Cafe Society Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg Café Society is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. The plot follows a young man (Jesse Eisenberg) who moves to 1930s Los Angeles to work for ...more

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30-love is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Cannonball of Death added 30-Love David Alan Graf, Meredith Thomas, Steven Owsley

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30-love is a 2013 short comedy film written and directed by Richard Stark.

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What If is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
What If Daniel Radcliffe, Oona Chaplin, Adam Driver What If is a 2014 romantic comedy film written by Elan Mastai and directed by Michael Dowse.

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Wiener-Dog is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Wiener-Dog Ellen Burstyn, Kieran Culkin, Julie Delpy Wiener-Dog is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Todd Solondz, and a spinoff of the 1995 film Welcome to the Dollhouse. A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose ...more

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The Intervention is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Intervention Katie Aselton, Mark Duplass, Steve Zissis The Intervention is a 2004 short film written by Mark Duplass and directed by Jay Duplass.

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Iron Sky is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Iron Sky Charlie Chaplin, Udo Kier, Julia Dietze Iron Sky is a 2012 Finnish-Australian-German comic science fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko. It tells the story of a group of ...more

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Evolution is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Evolution Julianne Moore, Sarah Silverman, Dan Aykroyd Evolution is a 2001 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore and Ted Levine. In the United ...more

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Back to School is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Back to School Robert Downey Jr., Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Kinison Back to School is a 1986 comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Terry Farrell, William Zabka, Ned Beatty, Sam Kinison, and Robert Downey, Jr. It was ...more

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The Benchwarmers is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Benchwarmers James Earl Jones, David Spade, Rob Schneider The Benchwarmers is a 2006 American sports-comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan. It stars Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Jon Heder. It is produced by Revolution Studios and Happy Madison ...more

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Serving Sara is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
Serving Sara Amy Adams, Elizabeth Hurley, Matthew Perry Serving Sara is a 2002 romantic comedy film which stars Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, and Bruce Campbell. Joe Tyler is a process server who is given the assignment to serve Sara Moore with ...more

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In the Mix is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
In the Mix Emmanuelle Chriqui, Usher, K. D. Aubert In the Mix is a 2005 American crime-comedy film starring R&B/pop singer Usher. It was released in the United States on November 23, 2005, the film being targeted at the traditionally large ...more

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House of D is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
House of D Robin Williams, David Duchovny, Téa Leoni House of D is 2004 coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by David Duchovny as his directorial debut in film. The film stars Erykah Badu, Frank Langella, Téa Leoni, Zelda Williams, ...more

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The Pink Panther 2 is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list The Best Comedy Films On Amazon Prime
The Pink Panther 2 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Steve Martin, Jeremy Irons The Pink Panther 2 is a 2009 American detective comedy film directed by Harald Zwart. It is the eleventh installment in the The Pink Panther film series and the sequel to the 2006 film The Pink ...more