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The 17 Comedy Movies On Netflix With The Highest Rotten Tomatoes Scores

By Jade Budowski @jadebudowski

Published March 13, 2018, 10:30 a.m. ET

These are the best comedies on the platform, ranked by their Rotten Tomatoes Critic Scores.Photos: Everett Collection ; Illustration: Dillen Phelps

**Blind Date**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 100%
This French-language romantic comedy pairs together an endearing odd couple as neighbors - a dedicated pianist and a man who needs silence to work - and lets things play out how they may. While it doesn't exactly reinvent the wheel, the palpable chemistry between the two leads makes every moment of their screen time together a total treat.
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**Don't Think Twice**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 98%
Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Gethard, Gillian Jacobs, and a slew of other top comedians star alongside Mike Birbiglia in this fresh, candid take on what happens when one member of a friend group achieves success and the rest of the gang is forced to reevaluate things. A heartfelt exploration of the friendship, humanity, and the reality of dreams in the world of comedy, this Birbiglia-penned flick is a home run.
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**Paddington**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 98%
Ben Whishaw voices the eponymous Paddington, a Peruvian bear (with a love of marmalade sandwiches) who travels to London to find a new home - and does, albeit with some reluctant family members. While h tries to get settled however, a villainous figure (played by a perfectly evil Nicole Kidman) has something else in mind. Fun and clever for viewers of any age, this adorable flick will crack you up and warm your heart in equal measure.
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**Ghostbusters**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 97%
Who ya gonna call? Featuring your faves Bill Murray, Dan Akyroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, and more, this classic supernatural comedy sees an unlikely crew of professors set up a ghost removal service.
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**Tangerine**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 97%
Directed by *The Florida Project*'s Sean Baker, this iPhone-shot dramedy follows Sin-Dee, a transgender sex worker recently out after a 28-day prison sentence hellbent on finding the pimp who cheated on her and broke her heart. Smart, funny, and groundbreaking, *Tangerine* will surprise you in more ways than one.
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**Who Framed Roger Rabbit?**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 97%
This modern classic integrates live action and cartoon characters in a seamless, entertaining fashion as a grumpy detective is forced to team up with a cartoon rabbit to prove his innocence when he's framed for murder. Funny, exciting, and full of crowd-pleasing Easter eggs, this gutsy flick stands the test of time.
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**Antz**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 96%
Z, a neurotic worker ant, finds himself an unexpected hero after a wacky series of events and winds up breaking from his totalitarian society - and falling for his princess - in the process. The animated comedy poses the eternal question: *Antz* or *A Bug's Life*? We won't make you answer now, but they're both formidable, funny contenders.
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**Heathers**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 95%
This teaming up of a reluctant good girl and straight-up sociopath is one that is way more fun to watch than it should be. Starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater as masochistic teenagers with a taste for murder, the off-beat, twisted dark comedy became a true cult classic after its 1988 release - and it's not hard to see why.
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A woman practices singing. — **Marguerite**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 95%
Set in Paris in the 1920s, this French film (which tells the same story as *Florence Foster Jenkins*) follows Marguerite Dumont, a wealthy woman with a love of music and the opera. While she cannot sing to save her life, she loves to sing for her friends, and with her husband, they continue to allow her to live out her fantasy of performance. Things change, however, when she begins performing in front of real audiences, and the rest is history.
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Moana leans on a sailboat in MOANA. — **Moana**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 96%
Disney's animated triumph tells the story of the eponymous Moana, the young daughter of the chief of a Polynesian tribe who sets out with legendary demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) to become a master wayfinder and save her island's people. Beautifully animated and stocked with songs you won't be able to get out of your head for weeks (thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda), this sweeping adventure film is fun for the whole family.
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**Donald Cried**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 94%
This darkly funny flick follows Peter, a young Wall Street guy who returns home to Rhode Island after his grandmother passes - and becomes stranded after losing his wallet. Without anywhere else to turn, he enlists the help of his long lost childhood friend Donald, an eccentric fellow whose companionship evolves from a simple favor to a deep dive into their past. This bizarre twist on the buddy comedy and family reunion drama will surprise you in more ways than one.
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**The Truman Show**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 94%
Featuring Jim Carrey in one of the best performances of his career, this fantasy dramedy follows an insurance salesman who discovers his entire life is actually a television show. Funny, gut-wrenching, and stunningly performed, there's a reason we're still watching *The Truman Show*.
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Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams in MIDNIGHT IN PARIS. — **Midnight in Paris**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 93%
One evening, while on a walk in Paris, a man (Owen Wilson) discovers that he can time travel back to the 1920s, and while there, he meets his literary idols, among other fascinating figures. This whimsical romantic comedy also features memorable performances from Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Allison Pill, and Tom Hiddleston (Pill and Hiddleston delightfully play the melodramatic, charming Fitzgeralds).
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Frances McDormand and Bill Murray in MOONRISE KINGDOM. — **Moonrise Kingdom**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 93%
Helmed by indie god Wes Anderson, this quirky story of young love depicts two pre-teens who decide to run away together from their New England hometown. The disapproving adults who will do whatever they can to stop our two young lovers from being together, but Suzy and Sam won't give up. Rife with innocence, humor, and wit, Moonrise Kingdom is the offbeat youth romance you're bound to fall in love with.
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**She's Gotta Have It**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 93%
Written and directed by Spike Lee, this innovative, sexy comedy follows Nola Darling, a woman carrying on 3 simultaneous sexual relationships with men who all want them to commit monogomously to them. As Nola, her partners, and her friends tell her story, she resists being "owned" by any one man.
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**Frances Ha**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 92%
Noah Baumbach's black-and-white indie flick starring (and written by) *Lady Bird* writer/director Greta Gerwig is true-to-life funny in unexpected ways. This Brooklyn-based twenty-something (Gerwig) is caught off guard when her best friend decides to move out of their apartment and relocate to Tribeca. If you're a fan of the cringe-comedy of *Girls*, this might be right up your alley.
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**Men in Black**
**Rotten Tomatoes Score:** 92%
This hilarious modern classic brings unlikely duo Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones together for an intergalactic kegger of an adventure, one that sees them protect the world as we know it from extraterrestrial forces at work. Filled with iconic one-liners and lovable characters, this sci-fi comedy is out of this world.
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