On Netflix, ten good comedies to (re)watch to chase away the depression

Let’s not let ourselves be discouraged by the prevailing gloom. Netflix is ​​full of little burlesque marvels and comedies with cult lines, here are ten good films to keep you smiling.

Jean-Pascal, the agitator: “Simply black”

Actors full of self-deprecation in a mockumentary that sends clichés about black people and communitarianism flying. Bold and biting.

Zadist and Voltaire: “Problemos”

The last survivors on Earth after an epidemic, the members of a community of Zadists from Ardèche have free rein to rebuild everything. The regressive humor assumed, sometimes to the third degree, of this crazy fable does a lot of good. A sequel would be in writing…

Marmaï derails: “Free!”

A fiery policewoman (Adèle Haenel, perfect in her first comedic role) strives to protect a handsome innocent (Pio Marmaï as a brilliant swashbuckler), once trapped by her cop husband. A festival of blunders as poetic as they are burlesque.

Diabetes and wicked: “Charlie and the chocolate factory”

Johnny Depp as a strange confectioner, complex hero of a children’s tale, possible heir to Edward Scissorhands. Tim Burton blockbuster style, but bittersweet, offbeat and successful. Its “prequel” Wonka, released at the cinema for Christmas, doesn’t lack gluttony either…

Fetch the cow! : “Monty Python, Holy Grail!”

A ferocious beast (a rabbit), French cow-throwing knights, anarcho-syndicalist plowmen and the quest for the Grail… Derision, absurdity, satire on the myths and failings of British society: the most hilarious of hilarious films.

Stop! Or I’ll shoot myself in the head with my hand! : “The infernal Montparnasse Tower”

Confronted with hostage takers, Éric and Ramzy – assisted, very poorly, by Marina Foïs in great form and Serge Riaboukine, not bad either – foil their plan, simply armed with their zero IQ points. Stupid, but so funny because of its stupidity.

Déjà vu that we love to see again: “A day without end”

A cynical journalist must cover “Groundhog Day” in a remote town… Suddenly, a spatio-temporal paradox, he relives the same twenty-four hours eternally. The screenplay is a brilliant exercise in style. Bill Murray is (still) immense.

Right to disconnect: “The Mitchells against the machines”

A frosty but clever ode to big nonsense. A joyful mess spiked with hilarious humor and unbridled creativity. Behind the laughter lies the praise of imperfection coupled with a scathing reflection on our dependence on connected objects.

Animated film by Michael Rianda and Jeff Rowe (United States, 2021). 1h54. Watch on Netflix

I’m fine, everything’s fine: “Happiness Therapy”

He leaves the psychiatric hospital, she is widowed and depressed, everyone lives with their parents again. The romantic comedy updated by David O. Russell in a battered America. Ultra manufactured, but carried by two radiant actors.

In quarantine: “Victoria”

A criminal lawyer in the middle of a crisis… After The Battle of Solferino, Justine Triet has created a catchy comedy that clearly embraces its Hollywood role models (Billy Wilder, Blake Edwards). Virginie Efira is cute…