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10 Must-Watch Comedy Movies on Prime Video (March 2026): ‘Roofman’ and More

Kirsten Dunst and Channing Tatum in Roofman
Kirsten Dunst and Channing Tatum in Roofman.Paramount Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection

Although some of our favorite comedy movies left Amazon Prime Video in February, a new batch arrived in March.

One of the latest additions, Roofman, was criminally underrated when it broke into theaters last year.

However, Superbad has earned quite a reputation 19 years after its initial release in theaters, and it’s back on Prime Video this month.

You can find both of those films and the rest of Watch With Us‘ picks for the must-watch comedy movies on Amazon Prime Video below.

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If the name Jeffrey Manchester means nothing to you, it’s probably because his modern-day gentleman thief routine played out over 25 years ago. Roofman is a crime comedy that casts Channing Tatum as Manchester, an army veteran who perfected a way of breaking into McDonald’s restaurants and robbing the staff at dawn — but politely.

While living in a Toys “R” Us to avoid the police, Manchester meets and falls for Leigh Wainscott (Kirsten Dunst), a single mother and a store employee. In Wainscott and her children, Manchester sees a chance to have the family life that he left behind. But he has a knack for making bad decisions, and he can only hide from the consequences for so long.

Roofman is streaming on Prime Video.

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Superbad isn’t far off from its 20th anniversary, and it’s one of the films that made Jonah Hill, Michael Cera and Emma Stone into movie stars. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg cowrote the film, and cast Hill and Cera as their younger selves in a story that’s loosely inspired by the end of their high school years.

Before they leave for college, Seth and Evan badly want to hook up with Jules (Stone) and Becca (Martha MacIsaac), respectively. First, they have to figure out how to buy beer for Jules’ party. In the meantime, their friend, Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), is stuck with a pair of cops, Officer Michaels (Rogen) and Officer Slater (Bill Hader), as they enjoy some wild misadventures.

Superbad is streaming on Prime Video.

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Ice Cube leads the cast of Barbershop as Calvin Palmer Jr., a hair stylist and owner of his family’s store. Calvin thinks that he wants to cash out and try something new, which is why he makes a deal with a shady loan shark, Lester Wallace (Keith David).

It’s only on the barbershop’s last day that Calvin realizes how wrong he was to let it go. However, Lester isn’t willing to give it back unless he can double his money. Calvin’s more immediate concern is to help out his employee, Ricky Nash (Michael Ealy), who is facing a potential life sentence after being framed for a crime. This story does have its stakes, but it’s not as dramatic as it sounds. It’s also very funny and started a franchise that spawned numerous sequels and spinoffs.

Barbershop is streaming on Prime Video.

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It’s probably best not to think about how 73-year-old Liam Neeson could play the son of Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley‘s characters when they didn’t meet until 1988. So you’ll just have to go with The Naked Gun when it portrays Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. in a sequel rather than a full remake of the original film.

Like his father, Drebin is the rare combination of idiocy and competency that usually allows him to get the job done. In the aftermath of a software engineer’s suspicious death, Frank gets close to the man’s sister, Beth Davenport (Pamela Anderson). From there, Frank literally stumbles into a conspiracy surrounding the dead man that has wider implications if he can’t stop it.

The Naked Gun is streaming on Prime Video.

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Most of the humor in Novocaine comes from the insane things that Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid) puts his body through in the name of love. Nathan may not be able to feel pain, but the things he experiences are enough for the audience to feel it vicariously.

Nathan just can’t help himself, because the woman he loves, Sherry Margrave (Amber Midthunder), has been kidnapped by a bank robber. Although Nathan only has a vague idea of how to fight, he won’t let that stop him from trying to track down the man who took Sherry. Nathan’s unique “gift” might be the only thing that gets him out of this alive.

Novocaine is streaming on Prime Video.

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The Pickup boasts a comedy dream team of Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson as Russell Pierce and Travis Stolly, a pair of mismatched armored car drivers. On their first day out together, the veteran and the rookie are attacked by a criminal mastermind named Zoe (Keke Palmer), as well as her associates, Banner (Jack Kesy) and Miguel (Ismael Cruz Córdova).

Zoe has been planning this robbery for a long time, and she has an even deeper agenda than either Banner or Miguel realizes. That may force Russell and Travis to reevaluate how far they’re willing to go to protect their truck, and whether they can believe Zoe when she explains her endgame.

The Pickup is streaming on Prime Video.

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Director Rian Johnson assembled an all-star cast for his comedy mystery, Knives Out, with James Bond actor Daniel Craig in the lead as a famous detective named Benoit Blanc. Someone has anonymously hired Benoit to investigate the murder of a wealthy author, Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer).

Harlan’s beloved nurse, Marta Cabrera (Ana de Armas), knows all about the murder because she’s been framed for the crime. Things look even more suspicious when Marta is named in Harlan’s will as the sole recipient of his fortune. Someone in the family must have been responsible for Marta’s plight, and she needs to figure out who before Benoit’s investigation can lead back to her.

Knives Out is streaming on Prime Video.

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The Little Hours may be set in the 14th century, but it’s more concerned with laughs than historical accuracy. It’s very loosely based upon The Decameron and features Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie and Kate Micucci as a trio of nuns whose carnal desires can’t be contained by the church.

To escape his brutal master, a young man named Massetto (Dave Franco) begins working for the convent while pretending to be deaf and mute. His presence gives the nuns someone to lust over when they aren’t giving in to temptation with each other.

The Little Hours is streaming on Prime Video.

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Five decades ago, the Monty Python comedy group unleashed one of the all-time great comedy movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin all play multiple roles in this hilarious take on Arthurian lore.

Not even King Arthur (Chapman) is immune to ridicule in this retelling. Arthur and his men are on a quest to find the Holy Grail, and they do some very silly things along the way. Arthur’s duel with the Black Knight (Cleese) is particularly quotable even after 50 years. This is a comedic masterpiece that few films have ever matched.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is streaming on Prime Video.

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Monty Python strikes again with Life of Brian, a spoof of Biblical proportions that centers on Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a man who had the misfortune of being born on the same day as Jesus (Kenneth Colley). At birth, Brian is mistaken for the messiah, and it’s a recurring theme throughout his life.

Brian’s infatuation with Judith Iscariot (Sue Jones-Davies) leads him into the revolutionary factions who want to break Judaea free from Roman rule. From there, Brian’s story becomes increasingly absurd, including his face-to-face meeting with Rome’s governor of Judaea, Pontius Pilate (Michael Palin). This movie is hysterically funny for reasons you’ll just have to see for yourself.

Life of Brian is streaming on Prime Video.

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