Best TV shows — comedie on Netflix : our Top 20

2020 · Michael Patrick King, RuPaul · 1 season

On a cross-country journey in a dilapidated RV, flamboyant drag performer Ruby Red's routine is upended when she discovers AJ—a streetwise ten-year-old who has been hiding on board and soon becomes her unlikely companion.

With RuPaul, Izzy G., Michael-Leon Wooley, Josh Segarra, Katerina Tannenbaum, Tia Carrere and Matthew Wilkas

2013 · Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland · 8 seasons

A brilliant, morally untethered scientist drags his painfully shy grandson on chaotic, galaxy-spanning escapades that pit reckless invention against reluctant conscience and blur the line between genius and madness.

With Justin Roiland, Spencer Grammer, Chris Parnell, Sarah Chalke, Kari Wahlgren, Dan Harmon and Maurice LaMarche

2019 · Laurie Nunn · 4 seasons

Awkward and inexperienced, Otis, whose mother is a sex therapist, teams up with rebellious Maeve to run a clandestine sex-and-relationship counseling service for their classmates at school.

With Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling and Alistair Petrie

2013 · Michael Schur, Daniel J. Goor · 8 seasons

Filmed in a single-camera style, this ensemble comedy follows the personal and professional chaos of an unlikely team of detectives in a New York precinct, where a charming underachiever must turn his life around after a strict new supervisor arrives.

With Andy Samberg, Melissa Fumero, Terry Crews, Joe Lo Truglio, Stephanie Beatriz, Andre Braugher and Dirk Blocker

2011 · John Wells, Paul Abbott · 11 seasons

Frank Gallagher is a Chicago single father who’s more often at the bar or passed out than parenting, leaving his six clever, hardworking children to fend for themselves. Resourceful and fiercely independent, they navigate poverty and chaos on their own terms, building a makeshift family that’s rough around the edges but unapologetically true to who they are.

With William H. Macy, Jeremy Allen White, Cameron Monaghan, Emma Kenney, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton and Steve Howey

2017 · Jonathan Entwistle · 2 seasons

Seventeen-year-old James is convinced he has no empathy and watches his own impulses with a detached, clinical curiosity. Alyssa, also 17, arrives at school as a moody, magnetic new student and the two form an unlikely connection; she convinces him to join her on a darkly comic, impulsive road trip to find the man she believes is her biological father. As they travel, their uneasy bond unravels secrets, tests their morals, and forces both teens to confront who they really are and what family might mean.

With Alex Lawther, Jessica Barden, Steve Oram, Naomi Ackie, Josh Dylan, Jack Veal and Navin Chowdhry

2003 · Mitchell Hurwitz · 5 seasons

Stripped of their fortune, a once-privileged family is left scattered and vulnerable. Their only son is thrust into the role of guardian and strategist, compelled to mend old wounds, manage mounting debts, and keep the family from falling apart.

With Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale and David Cross

2018 · Hayden Schlossberg, Josh Heald, John Hurwitz · 6 seasons

Thirty years after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, Johnny Lawrence seeks a chance to redeem himself by reopening the notorious Cobra Kai dojo. His decision sparks a renewed feud with Daniel LaRusso, now prosperous and striving to keep his life in balance without the guidance of his mentor, Mr. Miyagi.

With Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Mariduena, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser and Jacob Bertrand

2015 · 3 seasons

Once a man who became a crimefighter on a whim, Saitama endured a brutal three-year regimen and emerged with such overwhelming strength that every opponent falls with a single punch. That absolute power has drained the thrill from battle, leaving him bald and strangely apathetic as fights become routine and unchallenging. New threats keep cropping up, but without any real test left to face, he’s forced to wonder how long he can keep acting as the world’s champion when nothing can truly push him.

With Makoto Furukawa, Kaito Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Yuichi Nakamura, Kenjiro Tsuda, Aoi Yuki and Hiroki Yasumoto

1989 · Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David · 9 seasons

Set in 1990s New York, a stand-up comic and his three idiosyncratic friends navigate the petty dramas, awkward encounters and unexpected small victories of city life, turning mundane moments into comic gold.

With Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ruth Cohen, Wayne Knight and Larry David

2016 · Michael Schur · 4 seasons

Eleanor Shellstrop unexpectedly wakes up in the afterlife and quickly faces the truth that her past choices weren't exactly admirable. With the guidance of a perceptive mentor in this new realm, she resolves to abandon old habits and grow into a better—if not flawless—version of herself.

With Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, Manny Jacinto, D'Arcy Carden and Marc Evan Jackson

2014 · Raphael Bob-Waksberg · 6 seasons

Twenty years later, the '90s' most beloved sitcom horse is back — gruff and irritable on the surface, but secretly soft-hearted underneath; not exactly a heart of gold, maybe more like something in the copper family.

With Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, Adam Conover and Keith Olbermann

2023 · François Uzan, Jean-Pascal Zadi · 2 seasons

A principled teacher, accustomed to shaping minds rather than headlines, is unexpectedly propelled into an accidental campaign for the French presidency, where media scrutiny, political scheming and the moral compromises of power put their convictions to the test.

With Jean-Pascal Zadi, Benoît Poelvoorde, Eric Judor, Fadily Camara, Marina Foïs, Fary and Panayotis Pascot

2015 · 3 seasons

Saitama became a hero on a whim, but three years of relentless training left him virtually unbeatable. Enemies crumble from a single blow, and the constant ease of victory has drained all excitement from the job. Bald and disillusioned, he still faces new threats every day—yet without challenge, the question becomes whether he can keep pretending this empty routine is enough.

With Makoto Furukawa, Kaito Ishikawa, Hiroki Yasumoto, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Yuichi Nakamura, Kenjiro Tsuda and Aoi Yuuki

2022 · Miles Millar, Alfred Gough · 3 seasons

With Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Percy Hynes White, Hunter Doohan, Gwendoline Christie and Riki Lindhome

2026 · Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jeong-eun, Yoo Young-eun · 1 season

A famed TV host and her loyal interpreter crisscross the globe shooting a travel series, only to find that what they feel for one another is continually mangled by languages and cultural misunderstandings. As behind-the-scenes intimacy grows amid chaotic sets and foreign cities, they must decide whether a deeper connection can be spoken without words — or whether love will invent its own way to be understood.

With Kim Seon-ho, Go Youn-jung, Sota Fukushi, Lee E-dam, Choi Woo-sung, Sung Joon and Kim Won-hae

2024 · Guy Ritchie · 2 seasons

Eddie, an aristocratic heir, inherits his family’s country estate only to discover it secretly houses a sprawling cannabis empire — and the entrenched operators have no plans to leave.

With Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Michael Vu and Stephane Fichet

2013 · Jenji Kohan · 7 seasons

A mistake from her past lands Piper Chapman in a women's penitentiary, forcing her to abandon a comfortable New York life and navigate an unpredictable world of friendships, rivalries and odd alliances among a colorful group of inmates.

With Taylor Schilling, Nick Sandow, Kate Mulgrew, Laura Prepon, Diane Guerrero, Uzo Aduba and Danielle Brooks

2019 · Ricky Gervais · 3 seasons

Tony's once-perfect existence collapses when his wife Lisa dies unexpectedly. Plunged into profound grief, he briefly considers ending his life, but instead decides to stay alive long enough to take out his rage on the world—speaking and acting without restraint, indifferent to the consequences.

With Ricky Gervais, Tom Basden, Kerry Godliman, David Bradley, Joe Wilkinson, Tony Way and Diane Morgan

2023 · Lee Sung-jin · 2 seasons

A brief highway confrontation between a failing contractor and an unfulfilled entrepreneur explodes into a personal vendetta, escalating beyond petty anger into a tense, escalating battle that peels away civility and reveals their most destructive impulses.

With Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Joseph Lee, Young Mazino, David Choe, Patti Yasutake and Remy Holt