Netflixhas always been good at churning out solid, funny comedies for every conceivable demographic. WithOld Dads, Bill Burr’s new comedy about three men in middle age who slowly discover that they are out of step with the world around them, Netflix has made a new classic for anyone who likes sharp comedy about the way the world is changing.
If you’ve already watchedOld Dads, there are several other Netflix comedies that may scratch that same itch. Here are three Netflix comedies likeOld Dadsthat you should definitely check out.
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
Although it has more of a world-weary edge thanOld Dads,The Meyerowitz Storiestells the interlocking tales of three siblings as they deal with their father’s declining health.
Featuring outstanding performances from Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler, the movie has enough outright comedy about fatherhood and growing old to get you laughing, but it’s also a fairly touching movie about what it means to be a sibling when all of you have left the nest. Noah Baumbach is famous for writing sharp, incisive scripts that are also deeply funny, andThe Meyerowitz Storiesdelivers exactly that.
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
An animated story that follows a family of four who find that they are humanity’s last hope in the face of an alien invasion,The Mitchells vs. the Machinesis really a comedy about a father and a daughter who need to find a way to reconnect.
The movie features plenty of jokes about the disconnect between generations, but it takes those ideas seriously and is empathetic with both the father and the daughter in regard to the coldness that has grown between them.The Mitchells vs. the Machinesis a sharply edited action comedy with smart animation, but it’s also a smart movie about the ways time can pass you by.
Me Time (2022)
A great comedy about dudes being bros,Me Timestars Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Hart as two best friends who have more recently grown apart from one another. Hart plays a stay-at-home dad who finds himself with some free time, so he decides to join Wahlberg’s character for an all-out rager. Filled with the kind of debauchery that you see less and less of in modern comedyMe Timeproves that Wahlberg and Hart have great chemistry with one another. The movie also takes just enough time to ensure that we take its central friendship seriously, only to interrupt it at regular intervals with the kind of shenanigans you might expect from a great comedy.
