The 17 Best Comedy Movies of 2026

Are comedies making a comeback? Over the past decade, you couldn’t get a laugh into theaters even if it was forced. Hollywood decided that comedies weren’t worth the same treatment as superhero tentpoles or low-budget horror, and just about every legacy franchise sequel of a former ‘90s comedy disappointed audiences because they were basically cash grabs that played on nostalgia. Comedy needed help.So, in 2026, some fresh films forced Hollywood to come to its sense. Coyote vs. Acme, a Looney Tunes film that Warner Bros. originally dropped to claim a tax writeoff, grossed over $126 million at the box office. Olivia Wilde’s The Invite might just receive nominations for every major award category at the Oscars, and Airplane!-esque humor made a comeback in RuPaul’s hilarious disaster flick Stop! That! Train! If you’re in need of a belly laugh, check out the best comedies of 2026 below.Coyote vs. AcmeDon’t get me wrong, Coyote vs Acme is no Space Jam. But the Looney Tunes film that triumphantly won the box office—even after Warner Bros. gave up on it—is still one of the funniest movies of the year. The story follows Wile E. Coyote as he partners with a lowly injury attorney (Will Forte) to sue the ACME Corporation for their defective products. The comedy also stars John Cena as ACME’s defense attorney, who probably has the funniest line of the year when he tells Tweety Bird: “I don’t pay you to tink you taw, I pay you to taw.”WickerOlivia Colman stars in this romantic comedy drama about a lonely fisherwoman who grows tired of the town’s harassment due to her smell. So, she asks a magical basket weaver (Peter Dinklage) to make her a husband (Alexander Skarsgård) out of wicker. What follows is a bizarre yet hilarious story about the follies of marriage, jealousy, and tons of sex with a man made out of basket material.Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t DieSam Rockwell leads this sci-fi comedy by former Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, about a time-traveler who travels to the same diner over and over again in a Groundhog’s Day-esque loop because he believes that if can take the right configuration of people from the diner back to the future with him then he may be able to save the world from AI’s takeover. I know, it’s strange. But Verbinski makes the comedy work, especially when you learn about each diner patron via small vignettes emphasizing various doomsday scenarios.Little BrotherReal estate agent Rudd Landy (John Cena) is called to the hospital when his brother gets into a car accident. Turns out, the man in emergency care is not his real brother (Christopher Meloni), but someone that he used to mentor when he was younger as part of a Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Without anywhere else to go, Rudd agrees to help take care of his “little brother” (Eric André) while he recovers, even if his little brother might just ruin his life.Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex PassWhen Gail Daughtry’s (Zoey Deutch) husband takes their celebrity sex pass joke literally, Gail sets out to get even by tracking down her celebrity sex pass—John Hamm—to have sex with him and even out the score. The comedy film also stars “Weird Al” Yankovic, Ben Wang, Sabrina Impacciatore, Joe Lo Truglio, Fred Melamed, and Mad Men’s John Slattery as himself.Jackass: Best and LastJohnny Knoxville, Steve-O, and the whole Jackass crew return for one last ride in Jackass: Best and Last, another compilation of skits, stunts, and pranks from some of the most fearless people on the planet. They hit each other in the groin with wooden mallets, hook their penises up to shock collars, and reminisce about some of their most iconic sketches throughout the years.Stop! That! Train!Half RuPaul’s Drag Race, half Airplane! for Bravo fans, Stop! That! Train! is the dumbest movie I’ve seen all year (complimentary). The film follows RuPaul and her Drag Race stars as they attempt to stop a speeding bullet train heading straight toward the storm of the century, aka a Stormaganza. Even if you’re so out of your depth that you have no idea what’s going on, Stop! That! Train! argues that that’s okay. It’s comedy for comedy’s sake, and we need more of that at the theater.Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!Mel Brooks just turned 100 years old (!!!). But before that, he was 99 in Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!—a two-part HBO documentary directed by Judd Apatow. The film, which chronicles the comedian’s career throughout The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Young Frankenstein, and many more, also touches on his work as film producer. Still, it’s the testimonies from his friendship with Carl Reiner and his marriage to Anne Bancroft that really pull at the heartstrings after a good laugh down memory lane.The InviteOlivia Wilde is not afraid of Virginia Woolf. In the actress’s latest film, The Invite, the classic dinner-party setup full of playful talking and relationship arguments somehow morphs into a sex comedy. The whole film takes place in Angela (Wilde) and Joe’s (Seth Rogen) apartment as they welcome the raucous upstairs neighbors Pina (Penelope Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton). But unlike Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and its descent into anger and grief, The Invite asks more questions about love, commitment, and everyone’s stance on orgies.Nirvanna the Band the Show the MovieThe struggling music duo always works for me. Whether it’s Flight of the Conchords or Ishtar, there’s something funny about people with no talent still trying to make it to the top. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie takes the genre to maybe its lowest budget yet, as the Canadian web-series comedians somehow also make room to spoof Back to the Future and incorporate real Nathan Fielder–like guerrilla filmmaking.Mike & Nick & Nick & AliceOne of the coolest movies to premiere out of SXSW was the Hulu original Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, from writer/director BenDavid Grabinski. A loan shark (Vince Vaughn) uses a time machine to undo one bad night involving his close friend (James Marsden) and his wife (Eiza González). Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is the kind of movie you want when the pizza is hot, the beers are cold, and your friends are indecisive about what you all want to watch.HoppersAfter years of creative and financial slump, Pixar has found its groove again with Hoppers. Essentially Animal Farm meets Avatar, Hoppers tells the story of a genius college student whose participation in a breakthrough science experiment lets her become a beaver who can communicate with animals. Though her efforts to help animals seem promising at first, she quickly realizes what really happens when animals (and bugs!) fight back against mankind. Directed by We Bare Bears creator Daniel Chong, Hoppers is an easygoing, family-friendly romp through the wilderness.Cold StorageLiam Neeson continues his funny streak in the action comedy Cold Storage. Joe Keery (Stranger Things) plays a slacker employee of a storage facility who, along with his cute coworker (Georgina Campbell), discovers a deadly, mutating fungus. Teaming up with a grizzled federal agent (Neeson), the three work to save the world. Basically a modern-day Outbreak, Cold Storage isn’t one to leave dormant on your watch list.The Wrecking CrewDave Bautista and Jason Momoa make up the ultimate action-movie tag team in The Wrecking Crew. The guys play estranged brothers in Hawaii who work together to piece together who killed their father and how on earth the Japanese yakuza is involved.I Love BoostersBoots Riley, the writer and director of Sorry to Bother You, does it again with his crime caper I Love Boosters. In this anticapitalist satire, a crew of professional thieves works to take down a ruthless fashion giant (Demi Moore). Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, and more make up this delirious ensemble that takes Ocean’s Eleven and dresses it in hyper-surreal shades.Solo MioSometimes we need a nauseatingly cute rom-com. Kevin James (yes, The King of Queens) stars in this breezy and uplifting comedy about a man who, after being left at the altar, goes on his Italian honeymoon solo. While there, he makes new friends and even deeper connections with strangers halfway around the world. A feel-good flick about new beginnings, Solo Mio can lift you high when you’re feeling down.Pizza MovieA stoner comedy? In 2026? In this economy? Well, the streaming generation can finally know what it’s like to have their own Harold & Kumar with Pizza Movie. Gaten Matarazzo and Sean Giambrone star as college roommates and social pariahs who, while high on a new hallucinogenic drug, embark on a psychedelic odyssey to make it downstairs and get their pizza delivery. Despite a popular meme mocking the movie’s marketing, Pizza Movie performed well with critics at its SXSW premiere.