Best Mexican comedy movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch comedy films from Mexico, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Instructions Not Included

    Instructions Not Included 2013

    Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.

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  • Poster for The Exterminating Angel

    The Exterminating Angel 1962

    A formal dinner party starts out normally enough, but after the bourgeois group retire to the host’s music room, they inexplicably find themselves unable to leave.

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  • Poster for BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

    BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths 2022

    A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.

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  • Poster for El Infierno

    El Infierno 2010

    After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

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  • Poster for We Are the Nobles

    We Are the Nobles 2013

    Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a financial scandal that forces the whole family to escape to an old house in the poor side of town, and leads the "kids" to do what they haven't done before: get jobs.

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  • Poster for Caveman

    Caveman 1981

    Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

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  • Poster for Our Times

    Our Times 2025

    Husband and wife Nora and Héctor's scientific breakthrough lets them time travel from 1966 to 2025. As Héctor struggles, Nora thrives—but at what cost?

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  • Poster for Tu madre o la mía: Guerra de suegras

    Tu madre o la mía: Guerra de suegras 2024

    Paco and Regina are going to get married, but they don't know that this will unleash a fight between their mothers to see who decides every detail of the wedding. Carmen, Paco's mother, is an expert in sentimental blackmail to get what she wants. While Catalina, Regina's mother, is an expert in using her contacts to pressure and extort people until her slightest whim is fulfilled. Their struggle unleashes a battle of epic proportions, where nothing will be left standing.

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  • Poster for Don't Blame the Kid

    Don't Blame the Kid 2016

    After a one-night stand results in pregnancy, a young woman decides to become partners with the emotionally immature father-to-be.

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  • Poster for No manches, Frida

    No manches, Frida 2016

    After being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.

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  • Poster for Book of Love

    Book of Love 2022

    Henry, an English writer who has written a new book that has become a failure in the U.K, gets notified that the dull book has been highly trending over in Mexico. Little does he know that Maria, a Spanish translator, turned the book into an erotic novel. Henry and Maria then swerve around Mexico to do a book tour and go through a wind of events.

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  • Poster for In a Relationship

    In a Relationship 2018

    Long-term couple Owen and Hallie are breaking up—or maybe not?—and just as their relationship reaches a turning point, Matt and Willa embark on a romance of their own.

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  • Poster for The Perfect Dictatorship

    The Perfect Dictatorship 2014

    TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?

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  • Poster for Rudo & Cursi

    Rudo & Cursi 2008

    Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes: fame, fortune, fast cars and beautiful women.

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  • Poster for A Deadly Invitation

    A Deadly Invitation 2023

    Eccentric millionaire Olivia sends her half sister Agatha, and a group of old acquaintances, a mysterious invitation for a weekend on her yacht, where they will discover the true motive behind this invitation: the celebration of… a murder?

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  • Poster for Simon of the Desert

    Simon of the Desert 1965

    Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.

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  • Poster for Herod's Law

    Herod's Law 1999

    In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.

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  • Poster for Güeros

    Güeros 2014

    Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.

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  • Poster for You've Got This

    You've Got This 2020

    An ad creative and a successful exec have a great marriage — until he wants to be a dad just as her star is rising. Then he brings someone new home.

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  • Poster for A la mala

    A la mala 2015

    Maria Laura "Mala" is an actress with little luck, but she is successful working for other women, seducing their boyfriends to know if they are faithful or not. But everything changes when her dream to perform in her acting career depends on a job to be performed with Santiago who breaks the pattern and shakes her professional convictions.

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  • Poster for Perfectos desconocidos

    Perfectos desconocidos 2018

    A group of longtime friends get together for dinner. When they decide to share the content of every text message, email, and phone call they receive, secrets are unveiled and the balance is upset.

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  • Poster for Killer Babes

    Killer Babes 2024

    Three girlfriends, neglected and mistreated by their husbands, plan to take revenge on them with the help of an experienced man in this type of job.

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  • Poster for Killing Cabos

    Killing Cabos 2004

    Two young men get involved with some criminals while trying to free the tycoon they kidnapped.

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  • Poster for Top Cat Begins

    Top Cat Begins 2015

    Top Cat and his new feline friend hatch a scheme to steal from the fearful Mr. Big.

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  • Poster for Out of the Clear Blue Sky

    Out of the Clear Blue Sky 2019

    Returning to Earth as an imitator, the legendary Mexican artist Pedro Infante must prove that he is no longer a womanizer to enter paradise.

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  • Poster for Ready to Mingle

    Ready to Mingle 2019

    A wannabe bride seeks professional help to find a husband and in the process finds herself.

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  • Poster for La Cocina

    La Cocina 2024

    In the sweltering back kitchen of a Times Square restaurant, undocumented cook Pedro is caught between mounting pressures at work and a complicated romance with waitress Julia. When money goes missing, suspicion spreads, igniting tensions that threaten to upend the fragile hopes of the staff.

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  • Poster for Tótem

    Tótem 2023

    In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded, Sol begins to understand the gravity of the celebration this year and watches as her family does the same.

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  • Poster for No manches, Frida 2: paraíso destruido

    No manches, Frida 2: paraíso destruido 2019

    Zequi and Lucy are about to get married. Although he promises not to overdo it during the bachelor party, things get out of control.

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  • Poster for The Dad Quest

    The Dad Quest 2025

    When a father-son duo learns that they may not be biologically related, the two embark on a wild adventure through Mexico to find the truth.

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  • Poster for The Great Seduction

    The Great Seduction 2023

    When a golden opportunity arises to boost the fortunes of a forgotten fishing town, its residents set out to trick their way to making it happen.

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  • Poster for Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-Cellent Adventure

    Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-Cellent Adventure 2015

    Toto has grown and now is a young cock. An evil rancher tricks the female owner of the ranch where they live and forces her to bet the property in a cockfight in the arena. Toto is the only option to defend their home, so he must train in just one week and win the championship of the arena.

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  • Poster for Compadres

    Compadres 2016

    A disgruntled Mexican cop is forced to work with a teenage hacker to hunt down the criminals who killed his wife, and dismantle their operation.

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  • Poster for A Not So Merry Christmas

    A Not So Merry Christmas 2022

    A curse is placed on grinchy Chuy, who wakes up to find he's lived a full year, but is doomed to remember only Christmas Day. Every year. From now on.

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  • Poster for Strawberry and Chocolate

    Strawberry and Chocolate 1993

    Set in 1979, following a young Communist man's relationship with a gay Catholic writer, exploring tolerance, inclusion, homophobia and challenging its Cuban audience with great humour. Based on the short story by Cuban writer Senel Paz.

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  • Poster for Tales of an Immoral Couple

    Tales of an Immoral Couple 2016

    Lucio and Martina used to share an indescribable chemistry during their highschool years, however, they took separate ways. 25 years later they meet again, but this time they decide to invent an ideal life in order to hide themselves from an inevitable truth: they were really waiting for each other in all of these years.

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  • Poster for All the Freckles in the World

    All the Freckles in the World 2019

    Teen comedy set in the school-year of 1994. José is the new kid on high-school, falling immediately for the popular and freckled Christina. Trying to impress her, he's going to unsuccessfully join the soccer try-outs. Is he shooting way out of his league?

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  • Poster for A Movie of Eggs

    A Movie of Eggs 2006

    A small egg named Toto decides that he wants to fulfill his purpose in life and become a chicken instead of dying in a frying pan; so he starts a quest to return to the farms along with his new friend, the noisy egg Willy and a crazy bacon stripe. The three friends will face lot of obstacles in their quest.

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  • Poster for Where the Tracks End

    Where the Tracks End 2023

    Georgina is a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of the children she educates in the classroom of a wagon school in rural Mexico.

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  • Poster for Top Cat: The Movie

    Top Cat: The Movie 2011

    There's a new police chief in the neighbourhood who is disappointed with Officer Dibble's performance. The chief and his army of robots declare war on Top Cat and his gang of feisty felines.

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  • Poster for Cindy La Regia

    Cindy La Regia 2020

    When Cindy decides that she doesn't want to marry her boyfriend, she runs to Mexico City, where new friendships and unexpected paths teach her that there are so much more possibilities on her life and her talent than she imagines.

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  • Poster for Zorro, The Gay Blade

    Zorro, The Gay Blade 1981

    In 19th century Mexico, legendary swordsman Zorro has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego, a dashing swashbuckler like his father. But after an injury sidelines Diego, he is forced to hand the mask over to his twin, Ramon.

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  • Poster for The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

    The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz 1955

    A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

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  • Poster for Like or Die

    Like or Die 2023

    Fatima, a woman in her forties, becomes an online overnight sensation. Sofi and Cami, a pair of young influencers, will try to take advantage of Fatima's sudden popularity by pretending to be her friends, unbeknownst to them that they messed with the wrong person!

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  • Poster for El padrecito

    El padrecito 1964

    Young priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not welcomed by the community, particularly the resident priest Father Damián. The newcomer gradually earns the trust of the people through humor, but firmly captures their hearts by saving the town fiesta by fighting a bull when the hired torero failed to show. Father Sebastián counsels the townspeople, lecturing them on their duties in a modern society. He used the collection plate to redistribute the town's wealth more evenly.

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  • Poster for ¡Que viva México!

    ¡Que viva México! 2023

    After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.

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  • Poster for The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales

    The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales 1960

    A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.

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  • Poster for You’re Missing the Point

    You’re Missing the Point 1940

    Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.

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  • Poster for Sex, Shame & Tears

    Sex, Shame & Tears 1999

    A comedic drama featuring two couples and two old friends in Mexico City. Tomas visits Carlos and Ana, while Miguel and Andrea are joined by Maria. The presence of guests triggers lust, rejection, infidelities, reconciliation and other consequences.

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  • Poster for Pulling Strings

    Pulling Strings 2013

    Rachel is an intelligent, modern-day woman constantly on the move. Primarily focused on her career as a diplomatic consul for the U.S. embassy, she's literally lived her life on the move, globe-trotting from city to city. Currently working in Mexico City and set to leave for London, Rachel's world turns upside down on the eve of her own goodbye party when she gets drunk and passes out on the street. Saved by Alejandro, a handsome Mariachi singer and single father, Rachel wakes up in his apartment with no recollection of how she got there. Nor does she remember that she rejected his visa the day before, which he desperately needs for his daughter. Romance unexpectedly blossoms between the two, but either sparks or fists will fly after she finds out his secret.

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  • Poster for Sólo con tu pareja

    Sólo con tu pareja 1992

    Tomás Tomás is a young yuppie playboy with a string of discarded girlfriends. But when Silvia, the victim of one of his adventures, tries to get revenge by typing "positive" on his AIDS test, Tomás experiences for the first time the realities of love and death.

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  • Poster for El Jeremías

    El Jeremías 2016

    In Sonora, Mexico. Jeremías, an eight year old, who finds out he is a gifted child initiates a journey of self discovery. When an opportunistic physiologist makes contact with Jeremías, a new world of experiences open up to him but at the expense of being away from the family he loves. Jeremías must choose between this exciting but lonely new world he finds himself in or returning home to his loving family.

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  • Poster for Queens on the Run

    Queens on the Run 2023

    When four women finally take the road trip they planned in high school, they have no idea of the things they'll bump into... sometimes literally.

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  • Poster for 3 Idiotas

    3 Idiotas 2017

    A group of friends embark on an adventure to find a classmate from university who disappeared without a trace on graduation day.

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  • Poster for Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It

    Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It 2014

    Elvira had a fight with her husband, he went to purchase some cigarettes but he never came back, now Elvira is searching for him.

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  • Poster for Ex-Husbands

    Ex-Husbands 2024

    Manhattan dentist Peter Pearce is facing a midlife crisis after his wife of 35 years leaves him. On the spur of the moment, he books a trip to Tulum, Mexico, only to crash his son’s bachelor party.

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  • Poster for Down the Rabbit Hole

    Down the Rabbit Hole 2024

    Raised in opulence and culture, 10 year old Tochtli's lavish life contrasts with the darkness that seeps in from his father's criminal activities.

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  • Poster for Gunmen

    Gunmen 1993

    A New York DEA agent springs an outlaw from jail to lead him to stolen money in South America.

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  • Poster for Don't Blame Karma!

    Don't Blame Karma! 2022

    The travails of Sara, a frustrated fashion designer who blames karma for her bad luck. Fate will put her face to face with her sister, Lucy, who enjoys very different luck, and in a series of events and reunions that will lead her to make a radical decision.

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  • Poster for I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long

    I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long 2013

    Julia, Lucas, Aaron, Nora and Lola live in a building in chaotic Mexico City. Everything changes when Felix moves to the unoccupied apartment next to them. Félix comes to know their neighbors and this changes the dynamics of the lives of the characters.

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  • Poster for Duck Season

    Duck Season 2004

    Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery.

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  • Poster for El analfabeto

    El analfabeto 1961

    Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.

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  • Poster for Charm School

    Charm School 2007

    Defiant 18-year-old Adela León pushes her father and an unbending headmistress to the limit in this delicious comedy.

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  • Poster for Get Married If You Can

    Get Married If You Can 2014

    Ana Paula catches her fiancé cheating. After a night of drinking, she wakes up far from home, not so certain she wants to go back.

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  • Poster for The Amazing Catfish

    The Amazing Catfish 2013

    Young Claudia works in a supermarket where she promotes various types of products. One night, she ends up in the emergency room with severe appendicitis and meets Martha, a patient, laying in the bed next to hers.

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  • Poster for I Do...Knot

    I Do...Knot 2009

    Sebastian is very lucky with women, going to parties and getting drunk every night. His mother asks him to change his way of life but he refuses to stop partying and meeting new women. One day, after one night of serious partying he wakes up with a beautiful woman named Alexa. He realizes he got married to her, but he can't remember anything about it. And being married is a serious problem for a man like him.

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