19 great comedies to watch on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and more

polygon.com:

Everybody needs a good laugh from time to time. Nowadays more than ever. And between streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO Max, there’s never been a greater wealth or assortment of comedies to choose from or available at the click of a button.

From romantic comedies like Charade and Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, to action comedies like The Last Action Hero andThe Paper Tigers, to horror comedies like Army of Darkness andFreaky, to classics like Tampopo and To Be or Not to Be, and much more, we have a variety of options sure to bring you laughter and brighten up your night.

So, with that in mind, we’ve sifted through the libraries of the most popular streaming services to bring you our top picks for the 19 best comedies streaming right now.

The third movie in Sam Raimi’s delirious Evil Dead trilogy is by far the most ridiculous of the group, veering much further into the “comedy” part of “horror comedy.” After series protagonist Ash (Bruce Campbell) is accidentally sent back in time to the Middle Ages, he is imprisoned by King Arthur’s men, who think he is a spy. A spy with a chainsaw for an arm and a shotgun in his hand.

Featuring extended slapstick sequences, silly time travel gags, and extensive effects work (including an army of skeletons), Army of Darkness is a deranged 90 minutes of horror comedy fun times. —Pete Volk

Army of Darknessis available to stream on HBO Max.

Michael Jai White is one of the great under-appreciated actors of our time, and his blaxploitation parody Black Dynamite is one of the funniest movies of the century. White stars in the movie as Black Dynamite, a former CIA agent whose quest for vengeance for his brother’s death leads him all the way to the Nixon White