6 Best Sites With Free Comedy Movies

You can find hundreds of free comedy movies online, saving you money, as well as the hassle of going out to rent a DVD or visit a movie theater.

These free movie sites have featured lots of comedies over the years, including Charlie Bartlett, Bruno, American Pie Presents: The Book Of Love, Shaun of the Dead, Beverly Hills Ninja, Click, and RV, among many more.

If you're looking for something more classic, there are some older comedy movies including Some Like It Hot, Blondie on a Budget, Navy Blues, Smart Alecks, and Chasing Trouble.

You might also stumble across titles you've never heard of, that may just turn out to be the unique and hilarious movie you've been looking for. Since they're free to watch, you'll feel more comfortable taking the chance on something new.

Use this list of free movie apps to see where you can watch comedies on the go. You can also see our picks for other genres, like free documentaries, free action movies, free dramas, and free kids' movies. If streaming isn't your thing, consider downloading free movies.

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Comedy Movies at Crackle

What We Like

Good selection of content.
Free service.
Available on many platforms, including on many Smart TV sets.

What We Don't Like

Catalog, while robust, has a hit-or-miss feel to it.
Can't sort the list of films by popularity.

Our Review of Crackle

Crackle has hundreds of full length comedies that are completely free to watch. You can browse by date added or the title.

Blankman, Man On The Moon, Bruno, American Pie Presents: The Book Of Love, Balls Out: Gary The Tennis Coach, Woke Up Dead Movie, Shaun of the Dead, Beverly Hills Ninja, Click, and RV are some of the comedies we've seen here.

Crackle has dozens of free TV sitcoms too, like 3rd Rock From the Sun, Being Human, Dennis the Menace, Detectorists, and Dilbert.

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Free Comedies at Popcornflix

What We Like

Offered by a film distributor, so the content is perfectly legal to watch.
Apps for many different platforms.
Clean website design.

What We Don't Like

The catalog reflects the mid-tier status of Screen Media Ventures — you'll get a lot of okay stuff, but less top-tier content.
Movies can't be sorted or filtered by anything but genre.
Small selection.

Our Review of Popcornflix

Popcornflix has several genres of free movies, one of which is specifically for comedies, which you can select through the menu at the top of the website.

Of the few dozens movies in this genre, here are a few we've seen available: Paperback, The Grand Theft, Black Spring Break, Director's Cut, The Hustle, Side By Each, Entropy, and Caught in the Act.

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Classic Cinema Online's Comedies

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What We Like

Good collection of silent movies.

What We Don't Like

Not much content.
Videos are sourced from YouTube.

Dozens of free classic comedies are available from Classic Cinema Online. Some of the movies are categorized as romantic comedies and others are silent films.

I'm From Arkansas, Some Like It Hot, Blondie on a Budget, Navy Blues, Smart Alecks, Topper, and Three Husbands are a few examples.

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Pluto TV's Free Online Comedies

What We Like

Good site design — looks like a cable-TV interface.
High-quality video performance.

What We Don't Like

Frequent ads.
Content appears in a station-like format, not a catalog format.
Most content appears to be mid-to-low tier movies and TV shows, not fan favorites or blockbusters.

Our Review of Pluto TV

Pluto TV is another source of free online comedy movies and TV shows. There are two ways you can find comedy videos at Pluto TV...

The first is through the Pluto TV mobile app. You can pick from a list of comedies like Legally Blonde (1 and 2), Barbershop, Stan Helsing, Wedding Daze, Inbetweeners, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, and Dead Man on Campus.

The other way to find free comedies here is to watch them live through the Pluto TV Comedy channel. Movies are played here 24/7 and new ones are added every week, but they might also be mixed in with movies from other genres like dramas or romance movies.

On-demand comedies are available, too, which means you can watch them at any time, as many times as you like.

Pluto TV is also known for their TV shows. You can get comedy-specific shows from a multitude of comedy channels, which include The Onion and CRACKED, among others.

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Free Comedy Movies at Tubi

What We Like

Partners with groups like Starz and Paramount, so it offers a decent catalog of legal content.
Lots of dedicated mobile apps and apps for embedded platforms.

What We Don't Like

Some content requires registration.
Plenty of ads.

Our Review of Tubi

Thousands of free movies and TV shows are available through Tubi, and they can all be viewed on a number of mobile devices in addition to a computer.

Some of the free comedies at Tubi include Fully Loaded, Jeff Who Lives At Home, Eldorado, He's Way More Famous Than You, 10 Years Later, Johan, Ghost Team One, and Dreamworld.

There's also a whole section at Tubi that's just for stand up comedy videos.

Some movies require you to log in to view them, but registration is free and only takes a few moments.

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Streaming Comedy Movies at YouTube

What We Like

Vast catalog.
Available on every platform.

What We Don't Like

No guarantee that content is legal to view or download.
No cataloging system to identify, e.g., comedy movies.

How to Watch Movies on YouTube

YouTube is widely known for music videos, movie trailers, and other types of online video, but there are also lots of movies you can watch for free.

YouTube doesn’t let you search for movies by genre, which means you must scroll through all the films to find one you want to watch. The best way to find a comedy here is to visit the link below and search the page for the word Comedy; you'll find dozens of titles this way.

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