If you’re in need of a speedy mood boost, why not turn your attention to Netflix’s brilliant back catalogue of comedy series, movies and specials?

The streaming service has one of the most impressive libraries around, and that means that the platform is home to an array of hilarious TV and film favourites, from old classics to newer original offerings.

There are beloved sitcoms aplenty from both sides of the Atlantic, from US series like Friends and Seinfeld to British hits like Peep Show and Spaced, as well as more recent gems like Grace & Frankie, Feel Good, Motherland and Derry Girls.

Three seasons in, comedy drama Sex Education remains a firm favourite for the streamer, and has acted as a launch pad for an array of talented stars like Ncuti Gatwa (soon to be the Fifteenth Doctor in Doctor Who), Emma Mackey (who will soon star alongside Margot Robbie in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie) and BAFTA winner Aimee Lou Wood.

Netflix has also firmly established itself as the home of an array of stand-up specials, from Bo Burham’s lockdown-inspired Inside (complete with songs that will stick around in your head for weeks after) to Katherine Ryan’s Glitter Room.

Film fans needn’t miss out either, as the platform is packed with treats like Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop, Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up (which features a staggeringly star-studded cast, including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio) and classics like the Monty Python movies.

Read on for RadioTimes.com’s guide to the very best comedy that Netflix has to offer, and if you want more streaming inspiration, check out our guides to the best series on Netflix and best movies on Netflix

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  • Romesh Ranganathan: The Cynic

    Going back to his hometown of Crawley, England, Romesh Ranganathan will talk about vegan-ism, his kids - and offers a peek into the making of his comedy special.
    Netflix

  • Norm Macdonald Has a Show

    Based on his podcast, comedian and former Saturday Night Live (1975) alumni Norm Macdonald and his sidekick Adam Eget sit down and chat with celebrity guests about their life, career and views in a somewhat unconventional and often irreverent way.
    Netflix

  • Dead to Me

    A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems. Comedy drama, starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini
    Netflix

  • Human Resources

    Animated spin-off from Big Mouth featuring the voices of Nick Kroll and Maya Rudolph.
    Netflix

  • Don't Look Up

    Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
    Netflix

  • Call My Agent!

    Award-winning French comedy drama set at the fictional ASK (Agence Samuel Kerr) talent agency following the death of the founder.
    Netflix

  • On My Block

    A coming-of-age story about four bright, street-savvy friends navigating their way through high school in gritty South Central Los Angeles, trying to get their friend out of a gang, and having friendship turn into something more.
    Netflix

  • Seinfeld

    American sitcom set in New York following the exploits of stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld, his best friend George, former girlfriend Elaine and neighbour from across the hall Kramer.
    Netflix
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  • In the Loop

    Political comedy based on the BBC TV sitcom The Thick of It, starring Tom Hollander, Peter Capaldi and James Gandolfini. With war in the Middle East seemingly on the cards, naive junior minister Simon Foster incurs the wrath of the prime minister's cynical director of communications Malcolm Tucker when his comment that conflict is "unforeseeable" is picked up by the US antiwar lobby.
    ITVX
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  • Good Girls

    Three suburban mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take back their power. Comedy drama, starring Christina Hendricks, Retta and Mae Whitman
    Netflix

  • Grace & Frankie

    Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.
    Netflix

  • Atypical

    Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, decides it's time to find a girlfriend, which sets Sam's mom on her own life-changing path as her son seeks more independence.
    Netflix

  • Special

    A young gay man with cerebral palsy branches out from his insular existence, hoping to finally go after the life he really wants.
    Netflix

  • The Good Place

    US comedy. When Eleanor Shellstrop finds herself in the afterlife, she's both relieved and surprised that she's made it into the Good Place. But Eleanor realises she's there by mistake.
    Netflix

  • Schitt's Creek

    The very first episode of the award-winning sitcom. After losing everything, the Roses are forced to move to their only remaining asset... the town of Schitt's Creek.
    U
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  • Bojack Horseman

    American adult animated comedy-drama series. Bojack was the legendary TV sitcom horse of the 1990s. Since his heyday, he's struggled through life in a haze of whisky and self-loathing.
    Netflix

  • The Kominsky Method

    Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin star in an award-winning comedy about a washed-up actor turned acting-coach and his long-suffering agent.
    Netflix

  • Gilmore Girls

    American comedy drama set in Stars Hollow, Connecticut. It follows the lives of single mother Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her teenage daughter Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel).
    ITVX
    +2 more

  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    Comedy from the Monty Python team. AD 932: King Arthur and his page Patsy are seeking knights to join them at the Round Table. But a more demanding task awaits them when God appears telling them of their quest to find the Holy Grail.
    Netflix

  • Chicken Run

    Animated comedy adventure, with the voices of Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson and Mel Gibson. A clutch of hens, led by head chick Ginger, suffers life on a grim 1950s egg farm. When the avaricious owners decide to move into the meat-pie business, the chickens fear the worst. With the help of American rooster Rocky, the birds start to plan a prisoner-of-war-style escape.
    Netflix
    +2 more

  • Community

    American sitcom starring Joel McHale as lawyer Jeff, who's forced to attend the Greendale Community College, Colorado, after his degree is deemed invalid by the state bar association.

  • Motherland

    Comedy with Anna Maxwell Martin and Diane Morgan about the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, featuring ultra-organised Amanda, chaotic Liz and stay-at-home dad Kevin.
    BBC iPlayer
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  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    Six tales of life and violence in the Old West, following a singing gunslinger, a bank robber, a travelling impresario, an elderly prospector, a wagon train, and a perverse pair of bounty hunters. Western, starring Tim Blake Nelson
    Netflix

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