Make Your Day a Little Brighter With These 50 Comedies on Netflix Starring Women

While we love our light and breezy romantic comedies, Happy Anniversary is a refreshing look at what happens after the meet-cute. Sam and Molly, like many who find themselves in long-term relationships, struggle to accept the idea that love isn't just grand, romantic gestures and passion — it's hard work, tears, and struggle, but still a lot of laughs. Also, Ben Schwartz and Noël Wells — who you may better known as Jean-Ralphio on Parks and Recreation and Rachel on Master of None — are actually perfect together.

Watch Happy Anniversary now.

This feel-good comedy follows Julie Powell (Amy Adams) as she sets out to re-create all of Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) legendary recipes.

Watch Julie and Julia now.

A high school girl signs up to run a kissing booth at the Winter carnival, but gets way more than she bargained for. When she falls for her best friend's brother, a lopsided and complicated triangle emerges.

Watch The Kissing Booth now.

A male comic artist (Ben Affleck) falls in love with a woman, only to find out that she's not interested in men. Despite her sexuality, he confesses his feelings, and a relationship between the two friends begins to form.

Watch Chasing Amy now.

Charlotte (Jennifer Lopez) is madly in love with Kevin Fields (Michael Vartan), a doctor who has it all. When Kevin asks Charlotte to marry him, she happily says yes. However, Kevin's mother-in-law is not pleased and makes Charlotte's life miserable.

Watch Monster-in-Law now.

This sequel to the 2016 film Bad Moms brings back the dream team of Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn for more bad mom behaviour — this time over the holidays. With erotic dancers, sexy Santas, and three hot moms desperate to blow off some steam during the stress of the holidays, you know that things are going to get pretty naughty.

Watch A Bad Moms Christmas now.

Starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu, this 2000 flick revolves around of kick-ass trio of private investigators who are brilliant, lethal, and just happen to be total bombshells.

Watch Charlie's Angels now.

How could a romantic comedy with Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie be anything less than hilarious and delightful? Sleeping With Other People is the modern When Harry Met Sally, if you can imagine Harry and Sally having a lot more sex.

Watch Sleeping With Other People now.

Buried among the higher-profile teen rom-coms is this lesser-known flick, set in a high school debate club. When a quiet, working-class girl and her polished-and-pressed rival have to work together, they realise that they might have more common ground than anyone thought.

Watch Candy Jar now.

Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter who hasn't had the best luck until he gets assigned to bring in his ex-wife, Nicole (Jennifer Aniston), who he thinks will be a breeze. However, Nicole's not as easy to catch as he thought.

Watch The Bounty Hunter now.

In a nod to classic romantic comedies, this Netflix original is about two demanding workaholics (played by Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs) who unwittingly bring together their overworked assistants (Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell) as they attempt to play matchmaker with their bosses. Deutch's and Powell's performances are so fun and flirty that they have even been compared to that of rom-com legends Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.

Watch Set It Up now.

Before Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen quit acting, they took on a boatload of trouble in this film that's still one of our faves.

Watch New York Minute now.

Netflix's feel-good romance Falling Inn Love has everything you need in a cheesy rom-com: a punny title, a gorgeous setting, and a scenario built to make its leads fall in (sorry, inn) love against all odds. Singer and actress Christina Milian stars as Gabriela, a city girl who spontaneously enters a contest to "win an inn" — aka renovating the dilapidated Bellbird Valley Farm — after a breakup. Lo and behold, she's chosen! Which means she has to travel from her home in San Francisco to New Zealand, where the Bellbird is located. Luckily, with the help of a handsome contractor (Adam Demos), Gabriela fixes up not only the building but also her heart.

Watch Falling Inn Love now.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. You mean you haven't watched this a dozen times already? Netflix's breakout rom-com about a pair of teenagers who make a fake-relationship contract, only to fall in love for real, has launched its stars' careers and already has a sequel in the works!

Watch To All the Boys I've Loved Before now.

For a rom-com that transforms into a psychological thriller, look no further than You Get Me, starring Bella Thorne, Halston Sage, and Taylor John Smith. After Holly (Thorne) meets Tyler (Smith) at an end-of-Summer party, the obsession begins.

Watch You Get Me now.

An ad executive finds herself at a personal (and fashion) crossroads in this Netflix original. With the help of a hairstylist and some serious self reflection, she takes control of her own life — and her hair, too.

Watch Nappily Ever After now.

In To All the Boys I've Loved Before's highly anticipated sequel, Lara Jean finds herself in a love triangle between John Ambrose, her old Model UN crush whom she's recently reconnected with, and Peter Kavinsky, whom she's definitely falling for. Lana Condor and Noah Centineo are returning to reprise their roles, with Jordan Fisher joining the cast as John.

Watch To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You now.

Here's a lighthearted Netflix original if you're in the mood for a comedy about a fearless woman leader. As she dreams of Harvard Law School, a sorority president and star student help a rowdy rival sorority with a step dancing competition after the group trashes her school's reputation.

Watch Step Sisters now.

Holly and Eric may not really like each other, but when tragedy strikes and they have to become the guardian of their friends' baby, they set their differences aside.

Watch Life as We Know It now.

When a music journalist gets her dream job in San Francisco, her longtime boyfriend breaks up with her. To heal her broken heart, she and her two best friends hit the town in New York City for one last girls' night out.

Watch Someone Great now.

Formerly a correspondent on The Daily Show, Jessica Williams stars as a struggling playwright who reels over a bad breakup while falling for a charming divorced app developer. We're all for female leads who know just how awesome they are, and so as soon as Jessica says, "I'm tall, I'm pretty, I'm smart, I'm a cocoa queen," we knew she had us.

Watch The Incredible Jessica James now.

Ellen, a high-powered and privileged heiress, is set to inherit her father's business. But there's one catch: she has to deliver a Christmas card to his former partner, who has moved to the small town of Snow Falls. When she gets snowed in, she finds herself learning about what really matters.

Watch Christmas Inheritance now.

Childhood best friends Sasha and Marcus reconnect after more than 15 years apart. Old wounds are reopened as they clash over their differing outlooks on life, but there's still a lot of love there.

Watch Always Be My Maybe now.

A pair of best friends run a business together: for a fee, they'll figure out a way to break up any relationship. When one of them starts to doubt they're actually doing the right thing, everything starts to unravel.

Watch The Breaker Upperers now.

Directed, produced, and starred-in by Amy Poehler, Wine Country will make you both laugh and cry. Experience this group of women's holiday in Napa and all the comical ups and downs.

Watch Wine Country now.

Costarring The Kissing Booth's Joel Courtney and Riverdale's Madelaine Petsch, F the Prom tells the story of two best friends, Maddy and Cole, whose friendship changes once they start high school. It's only after Maddy finds herself single just in time for prom that she and Cole reconnect with a mission in mind: destroy prom at any cost.

Watch F the Prom now.

This ridiculously sexy rom-com stars Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt as a mom-and-daughter duo who run a lucrative scam together: the mom marries a rich guy, and the daughter seduces him, leading to a generous divorce settlement. However, these two encounter an issue when they both fall in love with the same wealthy beach bar owner.

Watch Heartbreakers now.

This movie is the epitome of a YA film: teen girls, a huge rivalry, and a bit of romance.

Watch Sleepover now.

In a modern take on the beauty-and-the-geek setup, a geeky "average" guy is surprised to discover that a beautiful woman is interested in him. With his family and friends even more shocked, he struggles to find a way to make the relationship work and not get inside his own head.

Watch She's Out of My League now.

You can't help but love the chemistry between Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler in this romantic comedy. Butler plays a chauvinistic morning show commentator who tries to prove his relationships theories to Heigl, but she holds her ground!

Watch The Ugly Truth now.

Martha, played by Anna Kendrick, is fresh out of a relationship when she meets Francis. His exciting lifestyle enthralls her, until she finds out he's a hitman.

Watch Mr. Right now.

Comedian Donna Stern (Jenny Slate) is dumped by her boyfriend who leaves her to be with her friend. Donna is sent into a tailspin of emotions and ends up hooking up with a guy named Max (Jake Lacy), resulting in an unplanned pregnancy. Typical rom-com stuff, right?

Watch Obvious Child now.

If you're in the mood for early 2000s nostalgia, the modern teen fairy tale A Cinderella Story encapsulates tragic family drama, good old-fashioned high school politics, and a charming romance. Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray depict high school pen pals who meet up during a Halloween high school dance. The problem is they're from two different worlds: she's a smart, hardworking social outcast, and he's a popular quarterback.

Watch A Cinderella Story now.

A teen pop star hides away in a small town to take a break from his celebrity lifestyle and winds up falling for a local.

Watch Be Somebody now.

A group of college friends reunite at the funeral of a friend who killed herself over her ex-husband's marriage to a younger women. After talking, they realise all their ex-husbands have done them dirty, and seek revenge.

Watch The First Wives Club now.

Based on the bestselling book by Julie Murphy, this flick follows an outspoken, curvy, Dolly Parton-obsessed teenager named Willowdean (played by Danielle Macdonald) as she navigates life under the rule of her overbearing pageant-queen mother (played by Jennifer Aniston) in a small town Texas. Willowdean decides to regain her confidence by entering the beauty pageant run by her mother, and wow, is it a trip.

Watch Dumplin' now.

After a bloody massacre at a dress rehearsal, Uma Thurman's Black Mamba, the pregnant bride, is left for dead. Except she's not dead, and she's coming back for vengeance against her former assassin boss and ex-lover, Bill, in Quentin Tarantino's stylish comedic thriller.

Watch Kill Bill Vol. 1 now.

In a story so twisty it could only take place in high school, a witty band geek winds up in a texting romance with her popular secret crush — but he thinks he's texting the popular cheerleader. Mistaken identities and crossed wires abound until everything unravels en route to a happy ending.

Watch Sierra Burgess Is a Loser now.

Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler team up to play a bored husband and wife who go on a long-awaited trip to Europe, only to have a chance meeting with a handsome stranger on the plane (Luke Evans) that leads the pair to an intimate family gathering on the yacht of ageing billionaire Malcolm Quince (Terence Stamp). Though their surroundings are lavish, things soon take a turn when Quince turns up dead and everyone aboard the boat becomes a suspect in his murder.

Watch Murder Mystery now.

Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer, and Phoebe Robinson play three best friends whose trip to Ibiza becomes a game to track down a popular DJ (played by Game of Thrones hottie Richard Madden). Sure, it may embrace every gross-out girl comedy cliché there is, but that doesn't mean it isn't still a good time (with a damn good soundtrack).

Watch Ibiza: Love Drunk now.

High school rom-com Class Rank tells the story of two teen outcasts who try to take down the school board together, only to end up falling in love.

Watch Class Rank now.

You may not know the name Ava Michelle, but the vertically gifted dancer is taking on the title role in Tall Girl. The comedy centres on the tallest girl in high school who finds her match with a Swedish exchange student (Luke Eisner). Steve Zahn, Angela Kinsey, and Sabrina Carpenter are all costarring.

Watch Tall Girl now.

While definitely created by adults who have never once used social media themselves, this millennial flick revolves around a nerdy high school girl named Dani who catches the eye of the hottest guy in school — as well as in competition with the school's Instagram-obsessed mean girl. While totally predictable, Nesta Cooper (who plays Dani) is too charming not to love, and Kate Walsh is fabulous as Dani's hopelessly romantic boss.

Watch #RealityHigh now.

Based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, the film follows a young girl living in 1960s Baltimore with high hopes of making it big as a dancer. After scoring a dream spot on The Corny Collins Show, she becomes an overnight sensation for her fun personality and optimistic attitude.

Watch Hairspray now.

Believe it or not, rom-com protagonists don't have to be under the age of 30 to matter. Robert Redford and Jane Fonda star in this one as a widow and widower who have lived next door to each other for years, but who one day decide to alleviate their shared loneliness by sleeping together — and by "sleeping together," we mean just that: sharing a bed. Needless to say, the platonic element of their relationship doesn't last long.

Watch Our Souls at Night now.

Matthew McConaughey is having a critical renaissance right now, so what better time to remember his romantic-comedy roots? Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, and Kathy Bates all costar.

Watch Failure to Launch now.

Directed by Sex and the City executive producer Cindy Chupack, this comedy is based on the novel Whatever Makes You Happy by William Sutcliffe, telling the story of three suburban moms (played by Patricia Arquette, Angela Bassett, and Felicity Huffman) who show up in the NYC apartments of their adult sons unannounced.

Watch Otherhood now.