It could be argued that most comedy movies are guilty pleasure movies that simply vary between ridiculousness. The more ridiculous, far-fetched or over-the-top a comedy is, the guiltier the pleasure of watching it. As a pure form of escapism, the comedy genre tends to sit near the top of the heap, offering audiences a chance to forget about life for a while with a big smile on their face.
The following list features 10 of the best guilty pleasure comedies you can stream on Netflix, varying from slapstick to spoof comedy, some with heartfelt themes, others full of hijinx and mayhem instead. They all come with hilarious, memorable characters and performers. Whatever the viewer's taste, there is a guilty pleasure comedy for them on Netflix right now - here are the best on offer.
10 The Naked Gun (1988)
Starring comedy legend Leslie Nielsen, The Naked Gun and its sequels follow the misadventures of Lieutenant Frank Drebin, who in this first film, is tasked to stop an assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth II. His bumbling exploits see him inadvertently cause a ruckus everywhere he goes, much to the delight of the audience.
Leslie Nielsen was the master of spoof comedy, with his role in The Naked Gun series his most memorable and most hilarious. Based on the 80s TV show Police Squad!, the three Naked Gun films are a send-up of police dramas that replace the usual hardboiled detective-type character with a blundering idiot. The film offers what feels like an endless amount of gags, and they usually all hit the mark.
9 Step Brothers (2008)
Comedy living-legend Will Ferrell and the highly adaptable John C. Reilly team up for director Adam McKay's Step Brothers. The pair play middle-aged men with the sensibilities of children who live at home with their single parents. Their parents happen to meet and get married, forcing the new stepbrothers to live and share a room together, soon becoming best friends.
Ferrell and Reilly are hilarious on their own but together make for something special, as shown in this film. The chemistry between the two feels natural, despite the silly plot and characters they play, and the comedic timing between them is perfect. The humor in Step Brothers is so ludicrous that audiences can easily turn to this one for an easy-viewing, guilty pleasure movie night.
8 Police Academy (1984)
An 80s comedy standout, Police Academy tells the story of a misfit group of police wannabes as they attempt to make it through the rigorous Police Academy training camp, all while receiving a lot of grief from their instructors. The cadets give back as much as they get, however, often with highly amusing results.
Police Academy is extremely well written with jokes that fit hilariously into a plausible narrative. The film's cast is its key feature though, with each of its many characters bringing their own unique, quirky personalities, making for one of the more memorable 80s ensemble casts.
7 Scary Movie (2000)
From the minds of the Wayans brothers comes the laugh-out-loud-funny Scary Movie, a comedy spoof of 90s teen horror films like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. In Scary Movie, a group of teens is hunted by an idiotic masked killer who wants to make them pay for accidentally killing a man, one summer ago.
Teen horror movies were all the rage in the 90s, so it was no surprise to see a comedy spoof about them released soon after. Scary Movie, while being disregarded by critics (like most comedies), would go on to become a cult classic, featuring some highly entertaining inappropriate humor.
6 Murder Mystery (2019)
Adam Sandler's films have been hit and miss in this latter part of his career, though in 2019 fans were treated to a hit with the Netflix Original film, Murder Mystery. Sandler plays a cop, who along with his wife (played by Jennifer Aniston) goes on a trip to Europe so the pair can rekindle their relationship. They unwittingly become a party to the murder of a billionaire, after which they're wanted by police as the main suspects.
Murder Mystery is a classic whodunit film with the addition of Adam Sandler's peculiar type of humor. The film is full of colorful, quirky characters and features plenty of action alongside the comedy, making for a worthy entry into the murder mystery film genre. The jokes in this one are somewhat toned down in comparison to Sandler's other films but are still just as funny.
5 The Waterboy (1998)
Adam Sandler has many guilty pleasure comedies to his name, though one of the more noteworthy ones is 1998's The Waterboy. In it, he plays a dimwitted waterboy for a college football team who discovers he has a unique and unrivaled talent for tackling and goes on to become a member of the team while keeping it a secret from his overbearing mother.
Sandler was at the height of his career in 1998, with the release of The Waterboy coming off the success of his film The Wedding Singer. His character in the film, Bobby Boucher, is one of his most recognizable, with a schtick that would accompany the actor well into his future roles.
4 Swearnet: The Movie (2014)
From the team that brought audiences the irreverent comedy TV series Trailer Park Boys comes Swearnet: The Movie. Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, and Mike Smith play themselves in the film, in which they decide to create an uncensored internet network after being annoyed by all the censorship that followed them around post their Trailer Park Boys careers.
Fans of these actors and the series that made them famous are in for a treat with this one, and newcomers to the Trailer Park Boys world that love some tasteless humor will also get a kick out of Swearnet. The trio is well-known for their anything-goes depiction of their characters and plotlines, and they don't disappoint here.
3 A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Before becoming one of the biggest stars in the comedy film world, Will Ferrell starred alongside fellow SNL alumni Chris Kattan in the silly comedy A Night at the Roxbury. Ferrell and Kattan play a pair of dopey brothers who have a dream of opening up their own nightclub, but first, they'll have to find a way to get into the hottest club in town, The Roxbury, while going through the trials and tribulations that come with love and relationships.
A Night at the Roxbury is filled with extremely goofy humor that may not entirely hold up in a 2020s world, but its charismatic stars give it their all in the timing and delivery of the jokes, and the film does contain universally relatable themes, making for an all-round, funny guilty-pleasure comedy film.
2 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 (2014)
Fans of Jackass were treated to another entry in their long lineup of entertaining slapstick comedies with 2014's Bad Grandpa .5 (the .5 referring to the unrated version of the film). Bad Grandpa sees an 86-year-old take his young grandson on a cross-country road trip to meet his father, and along the way, they'll encounter many unique characters and get up to plenty of mischievous adventures.
Jackass veteran Johnny Knoxville is unrecognizable as the grandpa in this one and the hidden-camera-style look of the film is reminiscent of the Jackass antics of old. The film is full of inappropriate, poor-taste humor (especially considering there's a kid involved), but it no doubt will leave the audience in stitches, as its hard not to laugh at the absurdity of it all.
1 Hot Rod (2007)
In the 2007 comedy film Hot Rod, funnyman Andy Samberg plays Rod Kimble, a suburban slacker who believes he is a stuntman, with a goal to jump over 15 buses and raise money to pay for his abusive stepfather's life-saving operation. Kimble and his like-minded buddies set about to get the ball rolling on the plan while trying to avoid facing humiliation.
Hot Rod comes from The Lonely Island comedy troupe so audiences can expect some glorious goofball humor in the film. The comedy ranges from clever and witty to completely ridiculous and over-the-top, meaning there's something for everyone in this film.
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