Need a laugh? Given the general state of the world, we can’t say we blame you. Luckily, the best streaming services around house plenty of chuckle-worthy titles that will easily put a smile on your face and get you out of any dystopia-related funk. Prime Video is one such platform, with a wide array of comedic options, from broad slapstick silliness, sharply written satires, pulse-pounding action comedies and more subtle, character-driven fare.
That can make it difficult, at times, to narrow down all that choice and pick just which flick you’ll be clicking “play” on during your next Prime Video session. Handily, Tom’s Guide is here to offer up three great but overlooked comedies that are packed with all of the hilarity and hijinks you could want, but also with a good dose of heartfelt tenderness.
Here are three underrated comedies on Prime Video you probably haven’t seen but should ASAP.
‘My Old Ass’
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Written and directed by Megan Park (“The Fallout”), this coming-of-age Canadian charmer centers on free-spirited Elliott (a Critics Choice Award-winning breakthrough performance by Maisy Stella), who is spending the last few weeks of her pre-university summer vacation working on her family’s cranberry farm, zooming along the Muskoka Lakes in her rickety motorboat and doing magic mushrooms with her BFFs Ro (Kerrice Brooks) and Ruthie (Maddie Ziegler).
It’s during one such psychedelic ‘shroom trip on her eighteenth birthday that Elliott encounters, well, Elliott, only this time she’s a 39-year-old played by deadpan comedy queen Aubrey Plaza. Elliott’s “old ass,” as you will, gives her younger self advice about how to move through her future, especially where it concerns an intriguing neighbor named Chad (Percy Hynes White). What follows is a truly transformative summer for all versions of Elliott involved.
“A humorous sci-fi cocktail with a twist of drama, ‘My Old Ass’ doesn’t throw out the wisdom with the reckless abandon of youth and the effects are hallucinogenic,” reads the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, where the comedy has a 90% approval rating.
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‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’
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This funny, folksy 2025 film from Tim Key and Tom Badsen was a long time coming. It’s based on the pair’s 2007 short film “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island” and expands on the premise for a full-length feature. In it, Basden and Carey Mulligan star as the beloved but disbanded folk duo McGwyer Mortimer, who are invited to reunite after years apart to perform a private show for a wealthy, eccentric fan (played by Key) on a remote Welsh island.
Though Basden’s Herb and Mulligan’s Nell reconnect over their shared love of music while revisiting their old folk songs, things are complicated by lingering resentments and emotions between the former couple-slash-bandmates, as well as the unexpected presence of Nell’s husband (Akemnji Ndifornyen) and the extremely secluded nature of the gig’s setting.
Critics were charmed by “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” giving the tender comedy a very strong 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes: “The Ballad of Wallis Island hums along a sweet melody without lapsing into outright sentimentality, mining a great deal of warmth from its humble premise.” And TG’s own Rory Mellon calls it “the most charming movie of 2025.”
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‘Uncle Frank’
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In this early-1970s-set road comedy written and directed by Alan Ball (“Towelhead”), Paul Bettany plays the titular Frank Bledsoe, a NYC literature professor who road-trips from Manhattan to his rural hometown of Creekville, South Carolina to attend his father’s funeral alongside his 18-year-old niece Beth (Sophia Lillis) and his longtime but secret gay lover Wally (Peter Macdissi).
Over the journey, Frank has to reluctantly confront the long-lingering trauma and shame that he’s spent years running from. As the film unpacks themes of acceptance, identity and family connection, “Uncle Frank” finds both humor and heartbreak in its stacked ensemble, which includes Stephen Root, Margo Martindale, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer and Lois Smith.
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