hasn't had a ton of so far, but that doesn't mean movie theaters aren't offering up some good laughs. As comedy-dramas maintain popularity, it can be challenging to find laugh-out-loud movies. Comedy is also one of the more difficult genres. This is especially true when it comes to movies, where the same film can get rave reviews from one outlet and devastating criticism from another.

In order to remain as objective as possible, critical and audience responses to the comedies on this list have been carefully reviewed. These are the 8 comedy movies with the most consistent positive feedback, strong jokes, and the most laugh-out-loud scenes of 2025 so far.

is a buddy comedy starring Nope's Keke Palmer and "Kill Bill" singer SZA in her feature film debut. Dreux (Palmer) and Alyssa (SZA) are best friends and when Alyssa's boyfriend steals their rent money, the two of them have until the end of the day to get the money back and avoid eviction. The film was written by Syreeta Singleton (Insecure) and directed by Lawrence Lamont (Rap Sh!t).

The supporting cast includes a number of comedians, including Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), Gabrielle Dennis (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Janelle James (Abbott Elementary), Keyla Monterroso Mejia, and Katt Williams (Friday After Next). One of Them Days has a 94% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, with Time Magazine calling Palmer and SZA a "dazzling team." A sequel is in the works and both leads are expected to return.

flips the romantic comedy on its head when a weekend getaway between two lovers goes horribly awry. Molly Gordon (The Bear) stars as Iris, a young woman who is shocked to discover that the man she's been seeing, Isaac (played by Logan Lerman), doesn't think they are actually dating. From there, things get awkward, and dark, real fast.

Written and directed by Sophie Brooks (The Boy Downstairs), Oh, HI! was originally developed by Brooks and Gordon in 2020 as a small-scale project that could be made during the pandemic. It ultimately took four more years for the film to take shape, with Lerman (Hunters) joining the cast alongside Geraldine Viswanathan (Thunderbolts*), John Reynolds (Stranger Things), and David Cross (Arrested Development). The film holds a 72% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Paste Magazine calls Oh, Hi! "a romantic comedy that keeps threatening to turn into a horror film, with a hilariously spiraling performance from Molly Gordon."

Brittany Runs a Marathon star Jillian Bell makes her directorial debut with , which she wrote with Liz Nico and Jules Byrne. The Hulu comedy stars Sam Morelos (That '90s Show) as Abby Flores, an awkward high school senior who hires a stripper to teach her how to be more sexually savvy. Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live) plays the stripper, who is named Santa Monica, and Matt Cornett (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) plays Abby's crush, Max.

Summer of 69 has received some mixed reviews, but it still has an 89% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It's a raunchy comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously. The supporting cast features the comedic talents of Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Natalie Morales (My Dead Friend Zoe), Alex Moffat (80 for Brady), Paula Pell (Mapleworth Murders), Liza Koshy (A Family Affair), Ian Karmel (Game On!), and Nailed It! host Nicole Byer.

Believe it or not, is loosely based on something writer-director Tracie Laymon (Goodnight Burbank) experienced first-hand. After a falling out, Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira) tries to reconnect with her father on Facebook but ends up meeting a different man named Bob Trevino (John Leguizamo). From here, Lily and Bob strike up an unlikely friendship.

Critics and audiences both like this one. The film has a 96% rating from critics and a 98% rating from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. Bob Trevino Likes It has won several festival awards, including the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award for Narrative Feature at the SXSW Film Festival. It's a moving film that might just make you cry a little after the laughs. Barbie Ferreira (Euphoria) and John Leguizamo (The Menu) are phenomenal.

The foursome at the heart of this film can't be beat. Lee (Lily Gladstone) and Angela (Kelly Marie Tran) are having trouble conceiving their first child, while their friends Chris (Bowen Yang) and Min (Han Gi-chan) are struggling with the idea of marriage, since Min has yet to come out to his family. The two couples come up with a plan. Min will marry Angela to obtain a green card to stay in the United States and, in exchange, Min will help Angela and Lee pay for fertility treatment. The plan goes awry, however, when Min's grandmother shows up to provide a Korean wedding banquet for the fake couple.

Andrew Ahn (Fire Island) directed the film and wrote the screenplay with James Schamus (Taking Woodstock). This romantic comedy holds an 87% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. It won the Amazon Studios Producers Award at the Sundance Film Festival and has been nominated for three America's Rainbow Film Festival Awards. is based on the 1993 romantic comedy of the same name, directed by Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain).

is the latest dark comedy from The Grand Budapest Hotel writer-director Wes Anderson. Benicio del Toro (Sicario) stars as Anatole "Zsa-Zsa" Korda, an arms dealer and industrialist, as he tries to repair his relationship with an estranged daughter, who is training to become a nun under the name Sister Liesl (Mia Threapleton). Anderson's films are usually stacked with stars and this one is no exception.

The cast includes Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Riz Ahmed (Mogul Mowgli), Tom Hanks (Asteroid City), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Jeffrey Wright (The French Dispatch), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Willem Dafoe (Nosferatu), and one of Anderson's most frequent collaborators, Bill Murray in the role of God. So far, Anderson has received a Palme d'Or nomination at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival for The Phoenician Scheme. Reviews have been mixed, tipping towards positive, with a 77% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

is one of those unlikely comedies that actually pays off. Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) plays Kat Boyles, an improv teacher who enlists comedy students Marlon (Orlando Bloom) and Hugh (Nick Mohammed) to join her in an undercover police operation in London. The film is directed by Tom Kingsley (Ghosts) with a cast of characters filled out by Paddy Considine (House of the Dragon), Ian McShane (John Wick), and Bloom's 2001 Lord of the Rings co-star Sean Bean.

It's a wild setup, but the cast sells it. Brian Tallerico gives the film three out of four stars on RogerEbert.com, calling Deep Cover "a reminder of how far a comedy can overcome when it hires the right people to land the jokes." Critics on Rotten Tomatoes have given the crime comedy a 90% rating.

Most of the movies on this list feature adult content, but is a PG-rated comedy for the whole family. It was written by Jonathan Davenport and directed by Kenny Beaumont, who previously collaborated together on the 2013 television series The Rub. F Plus follows a group of middle school kids who plan a heist to change their low test scores. The film stars Wells Rappaport (The Roses), James Williams Jr. (The Electric State), Randy Couture (The Expendables 4), Tommy Davidson (In Living Color), and Jennifer Esposito (Blue Bloods) as Principal Sandra Neely.

F Plus has 8.6/10 stars on IMDB and a 99% rating from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. Viewers are calling the movie fun and refreshing, reminiscent of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. If you're looking for a new movie that kids and parents can enjoy together, this is the one.