The Shows That Guaranty To Lift Your Mood
By Rashmi Goel
Netflix comedies are designed to make us laugh and forget our stress for a while. You'll laugh so hard you'll get tears in your eyes watching these shows and movies from the comfort of your own couch. If you enjoy dark comedy, satire, or just downright silliness, you're sure to find something you'll like on this list of the best Netflix comedy shows and movies. With a wide selection of movies and TV shows, Netflix is among the best streaming services. Comedies on Netflix include cult favorites like Happy Endings and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, as well as stand-up specials by Bo Burnham and Hannah Gadsby.
Grace and Frankie
The Grace and Frankie television series for Netflix was created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris. Grace Hanson is a sharp-tongued, retired cosmetics mogul and Frankie Bergstein is a quirky artist and hippie whose long-term husbands are successful divorce lawyers in San Diego. Robert and Sol announce their love for each other and that they intend to leave their wives, which turns Grace's and Frankie's lives upside down. As the two women embark on their path to becoming best friends, they encounter a variety of family dramas, medical scares, business problems, and romantic complications.
Kim's Convenience
Kim's convenience store is located in Toronto's inner city and is owned by a first generation Korean-Canadian family. It is generally believed that they have integrated themselves into Canadian society and have modernized, but this isn't completely how others view them, who believe they have a more traditional Korean sensibility. It is their most valuable customers and their two Canadian-born children, Jung and Janet, who see them as such. During an argument with his father at sixteen, Jung left home and went into a life of juvenile delinquency. Since Jung has not been home, he is now trying to make a better life for himself. What Appa is unaware of is that Jung actually lives and works within the neighborhood, and that his mother ("umma") and Janet have kept in touch with him over the years in hopes he will reconcile with Appa. Umma pay for her schooling to become an artist, they really are just hoping that she can find a nice Christian Korean boyfriend and take over the family business.
Space Force
The television series Space Force is an American workplace comedy created by Greg Daniels and Steve Carell. The show revolves around the work misadventures of the United States Space Force, a branch of the United States armed forces. Compared to The Office, Space Force is a much more sober show, but don't be fooled. Aside from the thinly-veiled satire and absurd situations, there is plenty of pure fun to be had in this series.
Chappelle's Show
Founded by comedians Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series. Chappelle hosts the show and stars in most of its sketches. Possibly the most influential comedy series of the 21st century, Chappelle's Show is an incredible (and incredibly funny) sketch comedy series from Dave Chappelle. Chappelle's Show is as much a social commentary as it is a comedy series thanks to the comedian's ability to walk right up to the line without crossing it. Netflix only carries the first two seasons of the show, as Chappelle convinced the streaming service to not carry the abbreviated third season, during which Chappelle abruptly quit the show and Comedy Central decided to continue airing it.
The Kominsky Method
All those expectations are broken down into tiny pieces by the Kominsky Method and then trampled over. With its tragic circumstances and biting humor, it is an incredibly beautiful show. Michael Douglas portrays Sandy Kominsky, an aging actor with a promising career that never materialized. However, and as the saying goes, those who can't do, teach, and Sandy is the best acting coach in the business. His various misadventures are shown as he deals with life, love, death, and his prostate. Sandy and Norman Newlander (Alan Arkin), Sandy's best friend and agent, are by far the best part of the series, though the other characters are also quite endearing.
30 Rock
Tina Fey created the television series 30 Rock, a satirical sitcom. As a fictional live sketch comedy show presented on NBC, Fey's show is based on his experiences as the head writer on Saturday Night Live. Showrunner and writer Liz Lemon is the brains behind NBC sketch comedy series TGS with Tracy Jordan (originally called The Girlie Show) produced in Studio 6H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. While working with network executive Jack Donaghy and page Kenneth Parcell, she supervises cast and crew, including star Jenna Maroney, her best friend. Jack forces Liz to hire Tracy Jordan as a co-star in the first episode. Liberal Liz and conservative Jack frequently disagree during episodes, Jenna tries to become a film star, Tracy behaves immaturely, and the characters engage in romantic and personal relationships. The show satirizes the cultures of NBC, parent company General Electric, and the entertainment industry. The network airs programs like reality shows MILF Island, Queen of Jordan and America's Kidz Got Singing as well as paranormal drama Hunchbacks, and game shows Gold Case and Celebrity Homonym. In later seasons, the show depicts the network being acquired by Philadelphia-based media company Kabletown, a parody of Comcast's acquisition of NBC.
Happy Endings
The television sitcom Happy Endings is based in the United States. It follows the lives of a group of friends whose lives will be upended when the couple who brought them together, Dave and Alex, break up. Max, Brad, Jane, and Penny are left in an awkward position where either they have to choose sides or stay together as friends. Despite remaining friends, Alex and Dave face many more complications down the road. Penny's long-suppressed feelings for Dave and their openly gay friend Max's concern that the breakup will traumatize him more than his parents' divorce. Alex's sister Jane, and her husband Brad, a suburban couple desperately trying to start a family are now distraught over what has happened. They find it difficult to concentrate on their plans to start a family.
Community
Dan Harmon is the creator of the American television sitcom Community. In the wake of the discovery that Jeff Winger didn't hold a bachelor's degree from Columbia University, he was disbarred and suspended from his law firm. In order to earn a degree, he enrolls at Greendale Community College in Colorado. As soon as he meets Britta Perry, a social activist, he pretends to run a study group in order to spend time with her. Meanwhile, Britta invites her classmate Abed Nadir (who struggles with social interactions and is obsessed with pop culture), who in turn invites other classmates: religious single mother Shirley Bennett, naive overachiever Annie Edison, former high school football star Troy Barnes, and racist, elderly millionaire Pierce Hawthorne. They soon became close friends despite their differences. The students are occasionally asked to assist the college's flamboyant dean, Craig Pelton, in making the school look more respectable, as well as deal with the antics of their mentally unstable teacher and classmate Ben Chang.
New Girl
Created and produced by Elizabeth Meriwether for Fox Broadcasting Company, New Girl is an American television sitcom. Zooey Deschanel stars as Jessica "Jess" Christopher Day, a bubbly, eccentric teacher in her 20s transitioning to adulthood after her boyfriend cheats on her. A former law-school dropout now working as a bartender, Nick, Schmidt, and Winston, a former basketball player from Latvia who recently returned after playing professional ball for two years, provide her with a place to call home. The group of unlikely friends is rounded out by Jess's street-smart model friend, Cece.
Schitt's Creek
The television sitcom Schitt's Creek was created by Dan Levy and his father, Eugene Levy. John Rose (Eugene Levy), his wife Moira (Catherine O'Hara), and their adult children David and Alexis (Dan Levy and Annie Murphy) lose their fortune after being defrauded by their business manager. The two men are left with only one asset: a small town named Schitt's Creek, which Johnny had bought for David as a joke gift in 1991. Schitt's Creek is the Rose family's new home, where they move into two adjacent rooms at an old motel. Their well-to-do attitudes clash with those of the more provincial residents of Schitt's Creek, including mayor Roland Schitt (Chris Elliott), his wife Jocelyn (Jennifer Robertson), and the motel's manager Stevie Budd (Emily Hampshire).
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
I Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin created the sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. In most of the sketches, someone makes a social or professional mistake, then refuses to admit to it and instead insists that they are right and everyone around them is wrong. The series features a lot of surreal and awkward humor, as well as some toilet humor.
Flowers
A British black comedy-drama sitcom written by Will Sharpe and starring Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt. A dark comedy about the eccentric characters in the Flowers family. Deborah and Maurice are still together but not yet divorced. Maurice and his mother live with their maladjusted twin children.
Glow
Netflix's GLOW is an American comedy-drama series created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch. Ruth Wilder, a struggling actress, enters the Beautiful Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) audition in Los Angeles in 1985 along with many other women. Although highly idealistic and traditional in her approach to acting, she clashes with GLOW's director Sam Sylvia because of his cynical disposition and unconventional work style. As things progress, Ruth learns that Sylvia has hired her former best friend, retired soap opera actress Debbie Eagan, to appear on the show. Debbie and Ruth had fallen out after Ruth had an affair with Mark, Debbie's husband, whom she later divorced. Whether the show succeeds or fails depends on how tension between the two women plays out. Following the fictional show's cast and crew as they navigate the 1980s in Southern California and Southern Nevada, the series shows both their personal and professional lives.
The Good Place
A fantasy comedy television series created by Michael Schur, The Good Place is set in the fantasy world of Avalon. This is the first town Michael (Danson) has been charged with creating. After arriving at the Good Place, Eleanor (Bell) discovers that everything else about the place is wrong, except for her name. She doesn't belong there at all. She tries to right her wrongs with the help of Chidi (Harper), her soul mate, in order to finally earn her position in the Good Place.
Sex Education
Laurie Nunn created the streaming television series Sexual Education for Netflix. Even though Otis, a socially awkward high school student, lacks much experience with lovemaking, he gets some assistance with this subject when he lives with his mom, a sex therapist. After spending countless hours reading manuals, watching videos, and engaging in countless open conversations about sex, Otis has become an expert in the subject. Aware that his classmates are learning about how he lives, Otis decides to use his insider knowledge to improve his status at school, so he and the whip-smart Maeve start an underground sex therapy clinic to deal with their classmates' problems. After analyzing teenage sexuality, Otis realizes that he may need some therapy of his own.
Russian Doll
The television series Russian Doll, created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler, is an American comedy-drama. The movie Russian Doll tells the story of a woman named Nadia who finds herself trapped in a time loop when she attends an inescapable birthday party one night in New York City. Trying to figure out what is happening to her, she dies repeatedly, always resetting at the same moment at the party. A man is going through the same thing at a different event. When the 6 Train sends Nadia back in time to 1982, she is 10 days away from celebrating her 40th birthday. It is soon discovered, however, that she has been trapped inside the body of her pregnant mother, Lenora. In an attempt to change the course of her family's history, Nadia decides to pursue the gold Krugerrand her mother lost that same year.
Trailer Park Boys
Mike Clattenburg created Trailer Park Boys, a Canadian mockumentary television series. This series examines life between prison terms. They are hardworking, decent guys trying to cope with the New World Economic Order while always playing the angles and being done in by forces beyond their control. While the boys know right from wrong, "right" rarely presents itself to them.
Documentary Now!
Documentary Now! A mockumentary television series created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Rhys Thomas. It is conceived as a mockumentary anthology, in which each half-hour episode is based on a famous or groundbreaking documentary genre, given the comedy treatment by Hader and Armisen.
The End of the F***ing World
A British dark comedy-drama television series, The End of the F***ing World. 17-year-old James thinks he is a psychopath. Despite his passion for killing animals, he becomes bored with the practice. Eventually, he commits a crime against humanity. Alyssa, a mouthy, rebellious classmate, is the one he settles on. A desperate attempt to escape her turbulent home life, she suggests they run away together, and James agrees with the intention of finding an opportunity to kill her. After a series of mishaps, they embark on a road trip across England and begin to develop a relationship. They grow distant in series 2 and Alyssa marries another man. Someone hungry for revenge hunts them down, bringing them together once more.
Arrested Development
It is an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz. The Bluth family is wildly dysfunctional. When Orange County, California, was at its peak of real estate development, this family was at the top. In the end, their family business - the Bluth Company - goes bankrupt, and they find themselves penniless and their assets frozen. The last remaining asset of their housing tract - the model home - is relocated. A memory of their former wealth replaces their luxury vehicles: "their stair car which accompanied their private jet.". It's the Bluth family patriarch, George Bluth, who is now in prison and seems to be enjoying his time there. Lucille and Lindsay, his wife and daughter, are spoiled socialites who can't deal with being thrown out of family restaurants. His son Buster, who is in his 30's, lives at home. The son of George Oscar Bluth is a magician who started a group to get magicians taken more seriously and gets kicked out when he shows off his own tricks. Linda's husband is Tobias Funke, an actor who was a psychiatrist before becoming an actor. The only sane member of the Bluth family: Michael Bluth and son George Michael are opposed to the family business. However, bizarre circumstances keep Michael and George Michael from leaving their eccentric family.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tina Fey and Robert Carlock created the American television sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Kimmy Schmidt, who lived fifteen years underground in a bunker, decides to live a normal life in New York City after she is rescued. Titus, her new roommate, becomes a friend, and she works as a babysitter for Jacqueline Voorhees, the wife of a billionaire with many issues. Despite many challenges, Kimmy makes the most of her new life while adapting to the new world around her.
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