Netflix is stacked with great stand-up comedy specials, but which ones are the absolute best? We picked and ranked the top 15.

Netflix has been producing and distributing original stand-up specials for well over a decade, with no indication that they are slowing down. In 2024 alone, the streaming service released more than 40 ...

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some of the biggest names in the business launching their shows on the service. This includes a growing number of ...

After everything that happened in 2024, and heading into the five-year anniversary of the pandemic, you might have expected comedians to either reckon with the wreckage of the recent past and their ...

Eddie Murphy is arguably one of the biggest comedians ever. Before making an impact on Saturday Night Live, he was building a reputation for himself with an early stand-up career, and continued to do ...

Saturday Night Live standout Marcello Hernández has set his debut stand-up comedy special at Netflix. The hourlong special, titled American Boy, begins streaming January 7 on Netflix. Written by ...

Netflix viewers have declared they’ve seen ‘comedy gold’ after a new stand-up special was added just in time for Twixmas. If you’ve already caught up on all the Christmas TV specials and raced through ...

Sooner or later, nearly anyone who's made a name for themselves in stand-up comedy gets at least one shot at leading a movie (it’s now Matt Rife’s turn). But there are only a select few truly ...