Streaming has become a great home for stand-up comedy, and Netflix's lineup in particular includes 15 of the best stand-up specials out there.

If you’re like me, then you would have been proven wrong or severely let down by too many of 2025’s stand-up comedy specials. Which made those who did step up this year stand out that much more. I’ve reviewed more than 50 specials for Decider this year,

There, a listless, middle-aged salaryman named Alex (played by Will Arnett) rediscovers himself as a stand-up comic. Based ever so loosely on the true story of a British performer who stumbled into a new life as a club fixture,

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You might expect in a year when everything has gone to shit that comedians—being the social critics in clowns’ clothing that they are—would have plenty to ...