Best comedy & biography shows streaming, ranked.

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

Larry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a blind flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.

Former Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.

Comedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture.

A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

A high school mathlete starts hanging out with a group of burnouts while her younger brother navigates his freshman year.

In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy, and the ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force her to recant her claims of holy visions.

Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.

Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

A character study of five young men at crucial turning points in their lives in a small town in Italy.

During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.

Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's never-before-revealed experiences of making The Godfather (1972).

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

After being a victim of fraud, Johnny Rose and his family go from extremely wealthy to penniless overnight. The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. They relocate there. Culture shock ensues.

Follows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.

Bret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.

As a reserved young graduate vacations in a seaside town, he hopes his girlfriend will join him. But he ends up bonding with a local young woman whose female friend is also smitten with him.

Q, Sal, Joe and Murr are real-life best friends who love challenging each other to the most outrageous dares and stunts ever caught on hidden camera.

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.

The wife of a band leader constantly tries to become a star - in spite of her having no talent, and gets herself (along with her best friend) into the funniest predicaments.

A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.

Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.

A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

Film star, Vince Chase, navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.

A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.

Following the suspicious death of the Bongomian king, his disregarded prince assumes the throne, initiating an intricate tale.

A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.

Former Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone ever warned her about.

The exploits of various guests and employees of a luxury resort over the span of a week.

Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.

A group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country house. To their despair, a young couple inherits the house with hopeful plans to renovate it into a luxury hotel.

The personal and professional lives of six friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.

Features Jerrod Carmichael in a standup comedy show at the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.

Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.

A hotshot Hollywood studio executive starts receiving death threats from a rejected writer.

A devout Catholic man's rigid principles are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.

The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.

A comedic behind the scenes look at a late night talk show.

Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his friend and deputy, Barney Fife.

A writer tries to juggle his career, his relationship with his daughter and his ex-girlfriend, as well as his addiction to beautiful women.

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane full of passengers.

A comedy news show featuring humorous takes on top stories.

In front of a live studio audience, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele banter about a topic woven between filmed shorts and sketches.

Chronicles the ups and downs of legendary music group New Edition from their humble beginnings in Boston to individual solo success and everything in between.

After a tragic event, a woman finds herself alone while everyone else continues with their lives as if nothing had happened.

As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.

A biographical story of TV personality and transgender icon La Veneno and those who surrounded her.

The professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports' most revered and dominant dynasties - a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.

Sam is a true Kansan on the surface, but, beneath it all, struggles to fit the hometown mold. Grappling with loss and acceptance, she discovers herself and a community of outsiders who don't fit in but don't give up.

Dave Chappelle returns to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more.

During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.

Dr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle, where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.

Explores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.

A workplace comedy centered on a group of dedicated teachers - and an oblivious principal - in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life.

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.

A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.

Inspired by Julia Child's extraordinary life and her show The French Chef, which essentially invented food television.

In the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists. With support from the medical community, they try to raise awareness about the disease.

Three best friends living in San Francisco share the nuances and complexities of contemporary gay relationships as they explore a variety of options, both in love and in life.

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship.

Two couples spend an interesting day together.

The lives of four socially awkward scientists take a wild turn when a beautiful and free-spirited girl moves in next door.

Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses.

A professor marries a nightclub singer, much to the consternation of his family and friends back home.

A nerdy college student will do anything to become popular on campus.

This is a sketch-comedy show. The twist here is that all of the sketches (even the monologue) are connected in some strange way.

A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

Gary Gulman offers candid reflections on his struggles with depression through stand-up and short documentary interludes that provide insight into his mental health journey.

Follows a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work.

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

A dramatization of the life of lesbian trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister.

A single-camera comedy featuring three pothead, slacker friends who work together as telemarketers from 9 to 5, and live together from 5 to 9.

A Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.

The comedy illusionist duo explore various topics and debunk what they consider misconceptions about them.

Widower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.

An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.

A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.

Single-camera buddy comedy that centers on Sam (Richardson) and Tim (Robinson), two local ad men who make low-budget commercials in Detroit, Michigan and aspire to greater things.

History's greatest playwright is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.

The delirious journey of a mentally-disordered man who is obsessed with committing the perfect crime.

This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner.

A series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.

A sheriff's milquetoast son has a chance to prove himself when a medicine show run by con artists comes into town.

The regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.

A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

A comedy that explores the private lives of unique New York individuals through a common thread: their weed deliveryman.

An overprotective father is obsessed with becoming a principal and competes against the popular vice principal. However, something happens that makes them work together to save the day.

After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.

A group of kids at a summer camp, run by the heard-but-never-seen Dr. Kahn, form friendships as they spend time harassing buffoonish camp counselor Kevin "Ug" Lee.

A woman struggles to find a balance between her dissociative identity disorder and raising a dysfunctional family.

An irreverent look at what goes on behind the scenes in Reno, Nevada's Sheriff's Department.

A young Egyptian-American stand up comedian tackles universal predicaments such as sex with the latest pop culture references and from the specific vantage point of a Muslim millenial.

Precious Ramotswe launches the first-ever female detective agency in Botswana. She embarks on various adventures while investigating cases and must also overcome several challenges in her quest.

A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.

Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn's launch into orbit while dealing with racial and gender discrimination.

A microbrewery owner and a student doctor are brought together by a car accident that injures a stray dog they agree to adopt, forcing them to navigate each other's vulnerabilities.

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

Janet Frame was a brilliant child who, as a teen, was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Explore Janet's discovery of the world and her life in Europe as her books are published to acclaim.

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.

A 46-year-old ex-drug addict returns to high school as a freshman.

Set in the 1880s, chronicles how during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.

A young couple, Sam and Jay, inherit a haunted mansion and, unaware of their invisible housemates, plan to turn it into a B&B. Their lives become much more complicated after a fall causes Sam to see the ghosts. Based on the UK ser...

Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

A Hong Kong actress, Maggie Cheung playing a fictional version of herself, is cast in France to star in a remake of Les Vampires (1915), but petty intrigues and clashing egos plague the production.

Patrick returns to San Francisco in search of closure and resolution regarding his relationships with Richie and Kevin.

Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.

After being bullied and discriminated because of her ugly looks, a high school girl transforms herself into a gorgeous "goddess" and quickly rises to fame after mastering the art of makeup via online tutorial videos.

Two sloppy actors spend a weekend holiday at an uncle's country cottage.

A female prison employee in upstate New York becomes romantically involved with a pair of inmates and helps them escape.

Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.

Watch as the life of a leader of a menacing group of deviants, explodes in a spectacle of debauchery. Accidentally filmed from beginning to end, on purpose.

A group of 20 somethings living in New York City. Ben and Cameron work on starting a fashion company, while enjoying their lives in the greatest city in the world.

An ex A-list celebrity attempts to rekindle the flame of her once prominent acting career with nothing but a camera crew and some determination.

A well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels.

Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.

A glimpse into the outrageous lives and loves of those responsible for a global women's magazine.

The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.

A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.

Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.

Kenan and Kel, best friends who live in Chicago, are always dragged down by Kenan's get-rich-quick schemes; orange-soda-loving buddy Kel is dragged along but tends to mess things up.

Fresh out of the army, Hazel Motes attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.

Comedian John Mulaney talks about his milk toast boyish looks, his childhood, his Jewish girlfriend, his gayish charm, his favorite TV shows, Ice-T, a homeless person he met in N.Y., and a prostate exam with Batman.

A group of college buddies in the throes of middle age keep their friendship going long after they've graduated.

Historical reenactments by A-list talent are presented by inebriated storytellers.