7 Best Comedy Movies on HBO and Max Right Now (April 2025)

Some films like Extinction and Pixels attempted to recapture the magic of the original Ghostbusters, but there’s no recreating the comedic rapport between Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson. Even the supporting players in this Ivan Reitman comedy are hilarious, including Rick Moranis, Annie Potts and William Atherton.
The real secret of Ghostbusters’ success is that it’s funny without slipping into farce. There are real stakes for Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver), a woman haunted by a malevolent spirit. She and Louis Tully (Moranis) have both been selected as part of an otherworldly plot to release something evil into our world. Who you gonna call when that happens?  
Ghostbusters is streaming on Max.

No list of the best comedy movies would be complete without at least one Jim Carrey film when the actor was at his peak. The Cable Guy features Carrey in one of his most unhinged roles to date — Ernie “Chip” Douglas. Chip’s entire persona is based on giving his customers what they need, and he happily accepts a bribe from Steven (Matthew Broderick) to give him the best cable channels without extra fees.
However, Chip views their arrangement as more than a one-time thing and he ingratiates himself into Steven’s life. He seems harmless at first, but Steven soon realizes that Chip is a maniac who will never take no for an answer. As far as Chip is concerned, Steven is his new best bud and there’s no escape from his affection.
The Cable Guy is streaming on Max.

The original Deadpool let caution fly to the wind with its R-rated action and some of the filthiest humor ever seen in a Marvel-related movie. Ryan Reynolds found the perfect character for his comedic sensibilities and the result was box office gold.
There isn’t much to the story of the movie, which involves Wade Wilson (Reynolds) falling in love with a former stripper named Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). Their love affair is cut short when Wade’s attempt to cure his cancer leads him to Ajax (Ed Skrein). Ajax’s cure leaves Deadpool with grotesque scars across his face and body, as well as a thirst for revenge. It’s a lot funnier than it sounds, and Deadpool never takes itself too seriously.
Deadpool is streaming on Max.

Before Jordan Peele went off to direct horror movies, he and his Key & Peele co-star Keegan-Michael Key reunited on the big screen in Keanu. The title character is an adorable kitten who mends the broken heart of Rell Williams (Peele) following a breakup.
That cat is Rell’s pride and joy until Keanu is stolen during a gang robbery. Rell and his best friend, Clarence Goobril (Key), trace the robbery to a gangster named Cheddar (Method Man), who mistakes the duo for a pair of assassins. Cheddar will only return Keanu if Rell and Clarence do him a professional favor in their adopted personas. That favor is just going to make Rell and Clarence a target for the real assassins.
Keanu is streaming on Max.

It would have been a crime to exclude Blake Edwards’ The Pink Panther from the best comedies on Max. The famous cartoon Pink Panther made his debut in the very amusing opening credits sequence, but the rest of the hilarious film revolves around Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) and Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven), who lives a secret life as the jewel thief known as the Phantom.
The Pink Panther itself is a rare and valuable diamond held by Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale), and Charles plans to steal it. Clouseau is a clueless idiot, but he still somehow manages to prevent Charles from easily claiming the diamond. It’s a comedy of errors on both sides, and this film spawned numerous sequels with Clouseau in the lead.
The Pink Panther is streaming on Max.