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10 Most Hilarious Comedy Movies to Stream on Netflix When You're Down

10 Most Hilarious Comedy Movies to Stream on Netflix When You're Down
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Fans have discovered that a Netflix subscription can be the perfect cure for sadness — if you know the appropriately light-hearted movies to watch, that is.

10. Murder Mystery (2019)

Seeing the positives in every situation is a great quality, but not always helpful. When a married American couple visits Europe, they get invited to a famous billionaire’s yacht party. Everything goes well until the rich man is murdered, and the spouses become the main suspects. The wife, who loves detective stories, is so excited!

9. Dumplin' (2018)

Being different is always hard; even more so, when you’re shamed for it. For a plus-sized teenage girl, being the daughter of their town’s former beauty queen is a torture. To protest her mother, the girl joins the local beauty contest and is soon joined by other unlikely contestants who want the world to stop shaming them.

8. The Other Guys (2010)

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If you don’t like where you’re at in life, it’s not always someone else’s fault. Two misfit cops are forced to work with papers all day, but they want blazes of glory. When they get an opportunity to step up for a real case, dangerous and risky, they seize it — but very quickly, the duo learns exactly why they were only allowed to move papers.

7. Game Over, Man! (2018)

Sometimes, you have to really work to get a chance in life… Even if you just had it in the palm of your hand a second ago. Three slacker friends want to create a video game and need funding. They manage to convince a rich kid to sponsor their production only to find him captured by terrorists. Now, they have to save the guy.

6. The Ridiculous 6 (2015)

Family can be found anywhere, at all times. In the Wild, Wild West, a young man gets raised by a Native American tribe. He learns to follow their customs, but when he grows up, he learns the truth: he has five half-brothers, and they want to find their father. He joins his new family and embarks on this dangerous and unlikely quest.

5. Father of the Year (2018)

Being the best doesn’t inherently mean being the strongest or the toughest, but not everyone knows that. After getting properly smashed, two student friends get into an argument about whose dad would win in a fight. When the loser dad learns the results, he sets off to find his “rival” and show him who’s the real king of the town.

4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

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One should follow their dream as if their life depends on it; moreso, when that’s true. A mild-mannered mall cop dreams of joining the real force and wants to prove himself. The perfect opportunity arises when terrorists capture hostages in his mall, and there’s no one but him available to resolve the situation and save the people.

3. Always Be My Maybe (2019)

Fate is a funny mistress, isn’t it? Two childhood friends have been shipped with each other by everyone around them for years, but they just didn’t see it. After drifting apart, they meet again fifteen years later and start wondering: what if all those years, their friends and families were right? What if they should be together, after all?

2. Pineapple Express (2008)

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The bigger the monsters behind you, the faster you run. So what if you’re imagining them? When a marijuana enjoyer witnesses a murder, the mafia puts a hit on him to silence him forever. The young man finds his dealer and together, they try to outrun an army of hitmen and corrupt cops to get away with their lives and reveal the truth.

1. The Do-Over (2016)

Building a new life from scratch isn’t always easier than fixing your current one. Two misfit friends decide to try the former method, though, and imitate their deaths. With new identities and a thousand dreams, they begin their new lives — only to realize that the people they’re pretending to be are in a much deeper trouble than their original selves.