Best sci-fi, comedy, & war shows streaming, ranked.
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NetflixStranger Things
2016–2025 · Series · 5 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Horror
12 EmmysBest Sci-Fi & Fantasy SeriesIn 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.
Netflix - #1594#1594
PeacockMystery Science Theater 3000
1989–1999 · Series · 11 seasonsComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In the not-too-distant future Joel Robinson is held captive by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, forced to watch B-Grade movies on the Satellite of Love with the help of his robot friends: Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.
Peacock - #1694#1694
NetflixJohn Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City
2018 · Movie · 1h 5mComedy
1 EmmyJohn Mulaney relays his childhood and Saturday Night Live (1975), eviscerates the value of college, and laments getting older in this comedy special. Other topics include the church, his family, President Trump and pedophiles abdu...
Netflix - #2493#2493
PeacockPrime VideoBrassic
2019–2025 · Series · 7 seasonsComedy · Drama
Comedy series about Vinnie and Dylan, who have grown up together and are inseparable. When Dylan's girlfriend wants to move in search of a better life for her and her son, he must face the hardest decision of his life.
PeacockPrime Video - #2593#2593
PeacockThe Holdovers
2023 · Movie · 2h 13mComedy · Drama
1 OscarIn 1970, a curmudgeonly history teacher at a New England boarding school remains on campus during Christmas break to supervise held over students, and ends up forming an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker.
Peacock - #2693#2693
PeacockPrime VideoThe Carol Burnett Show
1967–1978 · Series · 11 seasonsComedy · Family
25 EmmysLegendary long-running television variety show featuring skits and songs by Carol Burnett, her comedy troupe, and their celebrity guests. Stars Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway.
PeacockPrime Video - #3892#3892
NetflixCinema Bandi
2021 · Movie · Telugu · 1h 38mComedy · Drama
When a driver finds an expensive camera in the back seat of his rickshaw, he comes up with a ridiculously ambitious plan to gather the village and make a film - a ticket to get their drought-hit village out of its dreary conditions.
Netflix - #3992#3992
PeacockPrime Video'Allo 'Allo!
1984–1992 · Series · 9 seasonsComedy · History · War
In France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.
PeacockPrime Video - #4092#4092
Netflix1917
2019 · Movie · 1h 59mWar · Action · Drama
3 OscarsApril 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Netflix - #4492#4492
NetflixThe Forgotten Battle
2021 · Movie · Dutch · 2h 4mWar · Action
In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.
Netflix - #5791#5791
HuluPeacockPrime VideoThe Good Place
2016–2020 · Series · 4 seasonsComedy · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Eleanor Shellstrop, a deceased saleswoman who lived a morally corrupt life, finds herself in a heaven-like afterlife in a case of mistaken identity and tries to hide her past in order to stay there.
HuluPeacockPrime Video - #6590#6590
NetflixGrace and Frankie
2015–2022 · Series · 7 seasonsComedy · Drama
Finding out that their husbands are not just work partners, but have also been romantically involved for the last twenty years, two women with an already strained relationship try to cope with the circumstances together.
Netflix - #7889#7889
NetflixSteve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
2018 · Movie · 1h 14mComedy
Comedians and writers Steve Martin and Martin Short perform a live comedy set with music by The Steep Canyon Rangers and jazz pianist, Jeff Babko, at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina.
Netflix - #8089#8089
NetflixThe Forty-Year-Old Version
2020 · Movie · 2h 3mComedy · Drama
Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.
Netflix - #9089#9089
PeacockBabe
1995 · Movie · 1h 31mComedy · Drama · Family
1 OscarGentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other animals acce...
Peacock - #9289#9289
NetflixNorm Macdonald Has a Show
2018– · Series · 1 seasonComedy
Based on his podcast, comedian and former Saturday Night Live (1975) alumni Norm Macdonald and his sidekick Adam Eget sit down and chat with celebrity guests about their life, career and views in a somewhat unconventional and ofte...
Netflix - #9988#9988
HuluPeacockPrime VideoEmma
2009– · Series · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Romance
1 EmmyEmma Woodhouse, a wealthy young woman living in the early 19th century, whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures, which leads her into deeper meanings of love and life
HuluPeacockPrime Video - #10388#10388
NetflixOrange Is the New Black
2013–2019 · Series · 7 seasonsComedy · Crime · Drama
4 EmmysConvicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
Netflix - #12188#12188
PeacockThe Dresden Files
2007–2008 · Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy · Crime · Drama
Harry Dresden is a wizard, the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats.
Peacock - #12487#12487
NetflixPrime VideoA Man Called Ove
2015 · Movie · Swedish · 1h 56mComedy · Drama · Romance
Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
NetflixPrime Video - #12787#12787
NetflixPrime VideoImage of Victory
2023 · Movie · Hebrew · 2h 8mWar · Drama · History
In 1948, Hassanin joins a platoon going to Palestine to liberate farmers. While documenting their mission, Hassanin's values are tested and both sides re-evaluate what they understand about war.
NetflixPrime Video - #13987#13987
NetflixPrime VideoBecause This Is My First Life
2017– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Romance
Ji Ho is a single woman. She's a writing assistant of dramas. She's a strong and determined woman. Unfortunately, she has to leave her house and seeks other place to live. Her friends help her to find a roommate. That roommate is ...
NetflixPrime Video - #14187#14187
NetflixPinocchio
2014–2015 · Series · Korean · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Mystery
A young boy, whose life and family has been destroyed by new media, gets adopted by a family in a rural area after being found lost at sea. He conceals his past for 13 years. But then the girl he loves, a reporter, finds out the t...
Netflix - #14587#14587
MAXNetflixTrue Beauty
2020–2021 · Series · Korean · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Romance
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.
MAXNetflix - #14787#14787
NetflixSmiley
2022– · Series · Spanish · 1 seasonComedy · Romance
Álex has just suffered a love disappointment and sends a voice message to his boyfriend in anger but the voice is received by Bruno. This mistake ends up making them meet and what begins as a date ends up having greater significance.
Netflix - #15486#15486
NetflixSecret Garden
2010–2011 · Series · Korean · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Gil Ra-im is a tough stuntwoman with a soft heart. Kim Joo-won is a nit-picky CEO with a long list of complexes. Love-struck, Joo-won barges into Ra-im's life in all the wrong ways, trying to make sense of his illogical feelings.
Netflix - #17386#17386
NetflixMaster's Sun
2013– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonComedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Horror
Tae Gong Sil has the ability to see ghosts, but their constant demands for help make her life impossible until she meets Joo Jong Won, a handsome CEO who measures everything by money, since when she touches him, the ghosts disappear.
Netflix - #18185#18185
NetflixOn My Block
2018–2021 · Series · 4 seasonsComedy · Drama
A coming-of-age story about four bright, street-savvy friends navigating their way through high school in gritty South Central Los Angeles, trying to get their friend out of a gang, and having friendship turn into something more.
Netflix - #18485#18485
PeacockPrime VideoMatch Game
1973–1990 · Series · 10 seasonsComedy
Host Gene Rayburn's five-day-a-week syndicated successor to the popular CBS game show, where two contestants could compete to match fill-in-the-blank phrases with answers provided by a panel of six celebrities.
PeacockPrime Video - #19085#19085
NetflixHasan Minhaj: Homecoming King
2017 · Movie · 1h 13mComedy
In his first stand-up special, Hasan Minhaj weaves humorous and heartbreaking anecdotes to tell his life story as an Indian-American Muslim. Topics include racism, bullying and meeting the demanding expectations of his immigrant p...
Netflix - #19785#19785
PeacockPoker Face
2023–2025 · Series · 2 seasonsComedy · Crime · Drama
1 EmmyCharlie has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and at every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes that she can't help but investigate an...
Peacock - #21185#21185
PeacockThe Dick Cavett Show
1968–1988 · Series · 7 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy · Horror
3 EmmysThis particular series combines several "The Dick Cavett Show" on ABC: ABC This Morning/The Dick Cavett Show ABC Daytime March 1968 - January 1969 The Dick Cavett Show ABC Primetime May 1969 - September 1969 The Dick Cavett Show A...
Peacock - #21684#21684
NetflixHome for Christmas
2019–2025 · Series · Norwegian · 3 seasonsComedy · Drama · Romance
When the constant comments on her single status and society's expectations of the perfect family Christmas finally get to 30-year-old Johanne, she starts a 24-day hunt for a partner to bring home for Christmas.
Netflix - #21984#21984
NetflixPrime VideoBoys Over Flowers
2009– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Romance
Geum Jan Di gets a scholarship to the elite Shin Hwa High School. She is picked on by Gu Jun Pyo, one of the richest and most popular students, but soon Jun Pyo finds himself attracted to her.
NetflixPrime Video - #22484#22484
NetflixThe Double
2024– · Series · Mandarin · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Romance
A county magistrate's daughter loses everything but regains her life by masquerading as a minister's daughter, overcoming injustice with help from Duke Su Xiao Heng, rescuing her imprisoned father, and upholding justice.
Netflix - #22584#22584
NetflixManiac
2018– · Series · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial for a drug that they're assured will, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, permanently solve all of their problems. Things do not go as planned.
Netflix - #22684#22684
NetflixSee You in My 19th Life
2023– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Ban Ji-eun can remember all her past lives. When her previous life is cut short by a tragic accident, she sets out to reunite with a man named Moon Seo-ha whom she met in her 18th life.
Netflix - #23583#23583
NetflixCatching Feelings
2017 · Movie · 2h 4mComedy · Drama · Romance
Catching Feelings is a dark romantic comedy which follows an urbane young academic and his beautiful wife, as their lives get turned upside down when a celebrated and hedonistic older writer moves into their Johannesburg home with...
Netflix - #24883#24883
NetflixTeenage Bounty Hunters
2020– · Series · 1 seasonComedy · Crime · Drama
After joining forces with a veteran bounty hunter, 16-year-old fraternal twin sisters Sterling and Blair dive into the world of bail-skipping baddies while still navigating the high stakes of teenage life.
Netflix - #25883#25883
NetflixI Am Not Okay with This
2020– · Series · 1 seasonComedy · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Sydney is a teenage girl navigating the trials and tribulations of high school while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her.
Netflix - #26382#26382
NetflixDragon
2025 · Movie · TamilComedy · Drama · Romance
Raghavan transforms from a school topper into a “bad boy” to score girls in college, but ends up a heartbroken dropout. He then cons his way into a successful finance career, but the lies keep building and maintaining the facade proves tricky.
Netflix - #27182#27182
PeacockMeet the Parents
2000 · Movie · 1h 48mComedy · Romance
Chicago male nurse and chronic under-achiever Greg Focker meets his charming teacher girlfriend Pam Byrnes' parents Jack and Dina before proposing, but suspicious Jack is an overprotective former CIA agent - every date's worst nig...
Peacock - #27582#27582
NetflixThe Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · Movie · 2h 4mWar · Drama · Romance
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war. Then she learns the secret they are afraid to reveal.
Netflix - #27882#27882
NetflixAli's Wedding
2017 · Movie · 1h 50mComedy · Drama · Romance
After a "white lie" which spirals out of control, a neurotic, naive and musically gifted Muslim cleric's eldest son must follow through with an arranged marriage, except he is madly in love with an Australian born-Lebanese girl.
Netflix - #28082#28082
NetflixParamount+PeacockMartin
1992–1997 · Series · 5 seasonsComedy · Drama · Romance
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne, focusing on his relationship with his girlfriend Gina, interactions with Gina's best friend Pam, and escapades with his best friends Tommy and Cole.
NetflixParamount+Peacock - #28182#28182
NetflixYou're Beautiful
2009– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonComedy · Drama
Go Mi-Nyu, a girl about to become a nun, is asked to cover for her indisposed twin brother, Mi-Nam, who's on the verge of becoming a k-idol. To do so, she disguises herself as a boy and joins A.N.Jell, a really popular boy band.
Netflix - #28282#28282
NetflixNothing to Hide
2018 · Movie · French · 1h 30mComedy · Drama
3 couples and a friend meet for a dinner party. The men have known each other for a long time. During the evening, they place all 7 cell phones on the table and share their incoming messages. This game leads to unexpected results.
Netflix - #29181#29181
PeacockPrime VideoALF
1986–1990 · Series · 4 seasonsComedy · Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
When an adorable, fuzzy creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.
PeacockPrime Video - #29381#29381
NetflixThe Full-Time Wife Escapist
2016– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonComedy · Romance
Moriyama Mikuri has graduated from university and gotten no job offers; she was even laid off as a temp worker. Now she works as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance and he proposes a contract marriage to her.
Netflix - #29481#29481
NetflixHANA-KIMI
2007–2008 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonComedy · Drama
Mizuki disguises herself as a boy and transfers to the same all-boys' high school her idol, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete who gave up on the sport, attends. In between their classmates' antics she tries to get him to jump again.
Netflix - #29581#29581
PeacockPrime VideoRepublic of Doyle
2010–2014 · Series · 6 seasonsComedy · Crime · Drama
Jake Doyle and his father Malachy run a private investigations agency in St. John's, Newfoundland. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings - not all of them on the right side of the law.
PeacockPrime Video - #29681#29681
NetflixPit Babe
2023– · Series · Thai · 2 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy · Documentary · Romance
Babe, the number 1 driver, is Charlie's idol. Charlie wants to be like Babe, but he does not have a race car. He plucks up courage and approaches Babe to ask to borrow one. Babe agrees and the two make an interesting deal.
Netflix - #29781#29781
NetflixAlexa & Katie
2018–2020 · Series · 4 seasonsComedy · Drama · Family
Lifelong best friends Alexa Mendoza and Katie Cooper are anticipating the start of their freshman year of high school. They confront a crisis that leaves them feeling like outsiders at a time when fitting in is what seems to matte...
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