Best German comedy movies

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

  • Poster for Tropic Thunder

    Tropic Thunder 2008

    A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.

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  • Poster for Role Models

    Role Models 2008

    Two salesmen trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad.

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  • Poster for Machete

    Machete 2010

    After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

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  • Poster for A Hologram for the King

    A Hologram for the King 2016

    Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

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  • Poster for Good Bye, Lenin!

    Good Bye, Lenin! 2003

    Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

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  • Poster for Look Who's Back

    Look Who's Back 2015

    When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomenon.

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  • Poster for Ghost World

    Ghost World 2001

    Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

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  • Poster for Hector and the Search for Happiness

    Hector and the Search for Happiness 2014

    Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

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  • Poster for Suck Me Shakespeer

    Suck Me Shakespeer 2013

    Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.

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  • Poster for Toni Erdmann

    Toni Erdmann 2016

    Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, a father shows up unannounced while she's living abroad and bombards her with outrageous jokes.

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  • Poster for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988

    An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

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  • Poster for Suck Me Shakespeer 2

    Suck Me Shakespeer 2 2015

    A rowdy teacher accompanies a class trip to Thailand to recover some diamonds accidentally sent there and restore the school's reputation.

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  • Poster for Down by Law

    Down by Law 1986

    A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

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  • Poster for Black Cat, White Cat

    Black Cat, White Cat 1998

    Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.

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  • Poster for Knockin' on Heaven's Door

    Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1997

    Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.

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  • Poster for The Golden Glove

    The Golden Glove 2019

    A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

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  • Poster for Monster Family

    Monster Family 2017

    The Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, they plan a fun night out. However, the plan backfires when they are cursed and all turned into Monsters.

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  • Poster for Manitou's Shoe

    Manitou's Shoe 2001

    Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly.

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  • Poster for Isi & Ossi

    Isi & Ossi 2020

    Isi and Ossi couldn't be any more different: She's a billionaire's daughter from Heidelberg, he's a struggling boxer from the nearby town of Mannheim. But when Isi meets Ossi, the two quickly realize that they can take advantage of one another: She dates the broke boxer to provoke her parents and get them to fund a long-desired chef training in New York. He tries to rip off the rich daughter to finance his first professional boxing match. Their plans soon develop into emotional chaos that challenges everything the two believe to know about money, career and love.

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  • Poster for Suck Me Shakespeer 3

    Suck Me Shakespeer 3 2017

    A bank robber becomes a teacher after being released from prison and finds himself at the center of a number of crazy adventures.

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  • Poster for Soul Kitchen

    Soul Kitchen 2009

    In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

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  • Poster for Asterix Conquers America

    Asterix Conquers America 1994

    When marauding Romans capture - and catapult - their pal Getafix into lands unknown, the shrewd and cunning Asterix and his able sidekick Obelix spring into action! But their journey leads them to a strange and dangerous new world, where they must face a tribe of Indians, a stampeding herd of buffalo and a medicine man with designs on their magic potion!

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  • Poster for (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1

    (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 2004

    Hundreds of years after humans have settled on Mars, Regulator Rogul and Lord Jens Maul, lead a force of Martians to Earth in order to conquer the planet. Queen Metaphor looks to the gay heroes aboard the spaceship Surprise -- Captain Kork, Mr. Spuck, and first engineer Schrotty -- for help.

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  • Poster for I'm Your Man

    I'm Your Man 2021

    Alma is a scientist coerced into participating in an extraordinary study in order to obtain research funds for her work. For three weeks, she has to live with a humanoid robot tailored to her character and needs, whose artificial intelligence is designed to be the perfect life partner for her. Enter Tom, a machine in human form in a class of its own, created solely to make her happy.

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  • Poster for Wetlands

    Wetlands 2013

    Helen is a nonconformist teenage girl who maintains a conflictual relationship with her parents. Hanging out most of her time with her friend Corinna, with whom she breaks one social taboo after another, she uses sex as a way to rebel and break the conventional bourgeois ethic. After an intimate shaving accident, Helen ends up in the hospital where it doesn’t take long before she makes waves. But there she finds Robin, a male nurse who will sweep her off her feet...

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  • Poster for Blame the Game

    Blame the Game 2024

    Pia and Jan have just fallen in love and arranged to meet Pia's friends for a game night. Jan meets Pia's friends for the first time and is under pressure to make the perfect first impression. When Pia's ex-boyfriend shows up and even Jan's buddy's tips can't save anything, everything is at stake: the relationship, the friendship, and the definition of truth.

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  • Poster for The Perfect Secret

    The Perfect Secret 2019

    Seven friends - three women and four men - meet for dinner. Everyone should put their cell phone on the table. No matter what message comes in - anyone can read it and listen to the phone calls. However, this leads to a lot of chaos.

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  • Poster for 100 Things

    100 Things 2018

    Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, whereby they receive one of their items back on each day. During this challenge the two realize, that the only thing they cannot be without is their friendship. A story about contemporary materialism and the quest for the truly important things in life.

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  • Poster for The Edukators

    The Edukators 2004

    Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

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  • Poster for How About Adolf?

    How About Adolf? 2018

    The family dinner at Stephan and Elisabeth could have been wonderful. But when Thomas announces that he and his pregnant girlfriend Anna are going to call their son Adolf, the hosts and the family friend René are stuck in the throat.

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  • Poster for Stromberg – The Movie

    Stromberg – The Movie 2014

    The celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Capitol-Insurance” is due – that's what the bosses thought. All employees are invited to join the party in a hotel. However, rumors say the company's not doing very well. To avoid unemployment due to the possible shutdown of the smaller branch office the only option is to move to the headquarters. Now that's the ultimate challange for Stromberg, who is notoriously trying to be the example of a department manager, gathering all of his employees behind him.

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  • Poster for The NeverEnding Story III

    The NeverEnding Story III 1994

    A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.

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  • Poster for Rabbit Without Ears

    Rabbit Without Ears 2007

    Rainbow press reporter Ludo is sentenced to 8 months, but is released on probation. But he has to work 300 hours for a local daycare center and meets Anna who has unfinished business with him.

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  • Poster for Berlin Calling

    Berlin Calling 2008

    A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.

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  • Poster for Animals United

    Animals United 2010

    A group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover that the humans, who have been destroying their habitats have built a dam for a leisure resort. The animals endeavour to save the delta and send a message to the humans not to interfere with nature.

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  • Poster for Dinner for One

    Dinner for One 1963

    A very old woman wants to have dinner with her friends. As they are all dead, the butler has to play the role of every guest.

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  • Poster for Happily N'Ever After

    Happily N'Ever After 2007

    An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.

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  • Poster for Goodbye Berlin

    Goodbye Berlin 2016

    Maik, a fourteen-year-old teenager, sets out on a road trip during summertime with Tschick, a new classmate, in a stolen car. The two share life changing experiences during the eventful journey.

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  • Poster for Turkish for Beginners

    Turkish for Beginners 2012

    During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider together with the Turkish Super Macho Cem Öztürk must fight for survival. After initially Cem macho repulsive acts on Lena, a jellyfish in the water and sand in a bikini, she recognizes the time the romantic core behind his cool facade. Meanwhile, meet also their parents, who obdurate psychologist Doris and Metin Öztürk to work together to find their missing children. So both generations take an involuntary Turkish Basic Course for beginners.

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  • Poster for Head Full of Honey

    Head Full of Honey 2014

    Before eleven years old Tilda's parents can put her beloved grandfather in an old people's home due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, she takes him on one last adventure that subliminally threatens to tear her family apart.

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  • Poster for A Coffee in Berlin

    A Coffee in Berlin 2012

    Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes.

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  • Poster for My Blind Date with Life

    My Blind Date with Life 2017

    An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.

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  • Poster for 25 km/h

    25 km/h 2018

    A road movie about two very different brothers who have not seen each other for 20 years: city manager Christian and cabinetmaker Georg, who never left their hometown and took care of their father until his passing. After their fathers funeral, the brothers decide on a whim, and with some help from the alcohol, to fulfil their old dream: travel trough Germany together on their mopeds.

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  • Poster for Bang, Boom, Bang

    Bang, Boom, Bang 1999

    Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth.

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  • Poster for Lammbock

    Lammbock 2001

    Stefan and Kai run a thriving business: a home-grown cannabis trade disguised as a pizza delivery service. For now they just have to fight aphids.

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  • Poster for Welcome to Hartmanns

    Welcome to Hartmanns 2016

    The Hartmann family is turned upside down when mother Angelika decides to take in the refugee Diallo, against her husband's will. Amidst the typical chaos of our time, hope remains that the family finds its stability, confidence and peace again - just like the whole country.

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  • Poster for Kokowääh

    Kokowääh 2011

    Henry is a playboy who has no idea that he is the father of a beautiful, cute girl out of a One-night-Stand. Her mother left the daughter in front of Henry door after her husband realized after 8 years of marriage that he is not the father so their relationship now is breaking up... By the way: Kokowääh, is how a German (in this case an 8 Year old child) that has never heard the dish before - would pronounce "Coq Au Vin" (chicken in a wine sauce).

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  • Poster for Confessions of Felix Krull

    Confessions of Felix Krull 1957

    Thomas Mann's witty and intimate story of a irresistible scoundrel.

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  • Poster for Bagdad Cafe

    Bagdad Cafe 1987

    A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her unusual appearance and demeanor are at first suspicious to Brenda, the exasperated owner who has difficulty making ends meet. But when an unlikely magic sparks between the two women, this lonely desert outpost is transformed into a thriving and popular oasis.

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  • Poster for The Kangaroo Chronicles

    The Kangaroo Chronicles 2020

    A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.

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  • Poster for 303

    303 2018

    Two university students gain insight into life and love as they get to know each other during a road trip across Europe.

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  • Poster for Pets United

    Pets United 2019

    When Roger (a Robin Hood-esque, stray dog) and Belle (an elegant yet spoilt pet cat) are thrown together amidst the chaos of a robot take-over of their home city, they must push all their preconceptions aside in order to survive, as they embark on a high-stakes, action-packed adventure.

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  • Poster for Contra

    Contra 2020

    With his uncouth manner, Professor Pohl doesn’t enjoy the best reputation at the university where he works. To make matters worse, he makes a racist remark when student Naima arrives late for his lecture. Unfortunately for him, a video of his verbal outburst spreads like wildfire on the Internet, and the university’s president, Lambrecht, is called to deal with the incident. But Pohl is not dismissed. Instead, he is put to the task of helping Naima prepare for an important debating competition. The lecturer and the student could not be more different, yet they are thrown together to work as a team.

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  • Poster for Rising High

    Rising High 2020

    Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.

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  • Poster for Werner and the Wizard of Booze

    Werner and the Wizard of Booze 1990

    Comic artist Brösel trades a magic pen that helps him come up with funny stories for the promise to fulfill one of Rumpelstiltskin's wishes. The resulting animated films show episodes of the life of Werner, a plumber apprentice and motorbike enthusiast and his friends. They are interspersed with the live-action portions.

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  • Poster for Bullyparade: The Movie

    Bullyparade: The Movie 2017

    A multi-episode movie based on the skit TV show "bullyparade".

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  • Poster for Summer Storm

    Summer Storm 2004

    Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorological.

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  • Poster for 2001: A Space Travesty

    2001: A Space Travesty 2000

    When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the United States is being held captive on a secret international moon base called Vegan and that he has been replaced on Earth by a clone, the US Marshall Service immediately sends their 'best' man, Dix, on the mission.

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  • Poster for All About Me

    All About Me 2018

    Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians, Hape Kerkeling.

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  • Poster for The Most Beautiful Day

    The Most Beautiful Day 2016

    The overambitious pianist Andi and the more laid back Benno have one thing in common: They will both die soon. So the two of them decide to have the most awesome day before its too late.

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  • Poster for Afire

    Afire 2023

    Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.

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  • Poster for Hard Feelings

    Hard Feelings 2023

    Teenagers Charly and Paula worry that sex could ruin their friendship, while their suddenly and surprisingly bossy private parts urge them to go for it.

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  • Poster for Rabbit Without Ears 2

    Rabbit Without Ears 2 2009

    Two years have passed. There is a normal life, but handsome Ludo meets his old love, and Anna is very jealous...

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  • Poster for The Trixxer

    The Trixxer 2004

    A mysterious serial killer is shocking the underworld. Scotland Yard is investigating the case. Clues lead the detectives to Blackwhite Castle.

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  • Poster for In July

    In July 2000

    Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?

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  • Poster for The Chumscrubber

    The Chumscrubber 2005

    The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry about anything else than themselves. And everybody is on some form of drug just to get through their days.

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