Movies are always a good way to escape reality, but the best movie for you depends on your mood. I want to cry. I want a sad movie that breaks your heart and puts it back together again. If you want to laugh, here are some of the best comedies available on Hulu right now, and once you've seen everything Hulu has to offer, check out our favorite new comedies of 2022.

Few films manage to strike the perfect balance between irreverent and tender, but "Book Smart" does just that while also incorporating refreshing sincerity. On the eve of high school graduation, high-achieving Amy and Molly (Caitlin Dever and Beanie Feldstein) vow to make up for lost time by engaging in one night of unregulated debauchery. Cheeky and cool, "Book Smart" is the antidote to conventional high school boy mayhem.

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Some action hero movies are serious and gritty, but "Deadpool" is anything but: full of bawdy humor and sharp sarcasm (from the perfectly cast Ryan Reynolds' anti-hero himself), Dead Deadpool will appeal to everyone.

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This black comedy became the most famous film of 2019, and for good reason. Commenting on classicism, economic inequality, greed, and family hierarchy, this award-winning film deftly straddled the line between absurdity and deliberation, entertainment and contemplation. The film's depiction of an impoverished family's scheming attempts to gain entry into the lives of a wealthy family is as much an art film as it is a crowd-pleaser.

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If you like dark humor, try "Ingrid Goes West." Aubrey Plaza plays a mentally unstable woman who heads to Los Angeles to befriend an Instagram role model. A casually social commentary on the perils of social media culture, this is an off-kilter romp.

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In this Hulu original, two reluctant wedding guests, played by Andy Samberg and Christine Milioti, find themselves trapped in a never-ending time loop where the same day, over and over They are forced to repeat it over and over again. Reminiscent of "Groundhog Day," but with a mysterious sci-fi twist and a charismatic (and highly chemistry) comedy duo.

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Margot Robbie plays an eccentric and extremely competitive figure skater who plans to attack her rivals on the ice. How darkly humorous this sounds until you remember that this disturbing tale happened in real life.

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A sweet queer romance about Paige (Rowan Blanchard), an aspiring artist high school girl who has a longtime crush on her classmate Gabby (Isabella Ferreira). When Paige is accused of Banksy-like vandalism, she teams up with Gaby's tomboyish twin sister AJ (Aurii Cravalho) to find the real killer.

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This hilarious Oscar-winning film is a textbook irreverent comedy about a family determined to get their youngest daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant held on the other side of the country.

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A decade after writing the screenplay for Bridesmaids together, Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo penned and starred in the film.

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This romantic comedy is the ultimate throwback, with Lindsay Lohan in her prime playing the luckiest girl in the world who swaps (literally) luck for a guy with no luck. The heroine, trying to get her luck back, accidentally falls in love with a young Chris Pine (as everyone does).

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High school comedy starring Emma Stone. The film features John Cena in a comedic performance alongside Lil Rel Howery and Meredith Party of "Search Party."

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John Cena gives a comedic performance, co-starring Lil Rel Howery, Meredith Hagner of Search Party, and Yvonne Orji of Insecure. While vacationing in Mexico, an honest couple and a couple of party-goers quickly become friends, but things get very awkward when they try to remain friends in the real world.

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In this Danish black comedy, a group of middle-aged friends test the spiritual art theory that the human body has an alcohol deficiency and that being constantly low-level drunk makes you better at being yourself. If that premise alone isn't interesting enough, the film features some of Mats Mikkelsen's best dance scenes.

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This holiday rom-com puts a new twist on the bring-someone-home trope. On her way to spend Christmas with her boyfriend Harper's (Mackenzie Davis) family, Abby (Kristen Stewart) learns that she must pretend she is not dating in front of Harper's extended family.

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This classic fairy tale comedy is one of the most beloved and most quoted 80s films about the epic love story of Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright) and Westley (Cary Elwes).

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Saturday Night Live star (and Kardashian boyfriend) Pete Davidson stars as the older, slacker friend of straight-laced teen Monroe (Griffin Gluck) in this coming-of-age film.

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Will Ferrell and Mark Walberg play desk-bound detectives living in the shadows of hotshots Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in this Adam McKay comedy. When these two bumbling duos get caught up in a big case, they must solve it without getting killed and without bringing the entire department crashing down.

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