Best Melissa McCarthy movies and shows (and where to stream them)

Since we first came to love Melissa McCarthy in her breakthrough role in Gilmore Girls, and then again in her Academy Award-nominated role in Bridesmaids, she’s become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

Melissa McCarthy returned to Netflix last year with a hilarious new series, God’s Favorite Idiot, in which she stars across from her real-life husband, Ben Falcone. The new show follows “mid-level Tech support employee Clark Thompson” as he becomes the unwitting messenger of God. It’s a supremely fun show to watch and even more fun to quote, so if you’re yet to catch the new series, then we recommend you get on to it fast, as it’ll surely be the talk of the office soon.

The actress has a long career in the industry and has several movies and shows which are unmissable! Here are the best Melissa McCarthy movies and shows and where you can stream them below!

Melissa McCarthy movies and shows on Netflix

Kicking things off with Melissa McCarthy’s work on Netflix, there are plenty of movies and shows to choose from on the streamer. At the moment, there are six titles that fans of the actress can catch on Netflix:

• Gilmore Girls (2006)
• Bridesmaids (2011)
• St. Vincent (2014)
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
• The Happytime Murders (2018)
• The Starling (2021)
• Thunder Force (2021)
• God’s Favorite Idiot (2022)

Melissa McCarthy movies and shows on Hulu

Hulu’s library of shows and movies is the second largest for the comedic actress. You can find these tiles to watch on the streamer:

• Nine Perfect Strangers (2021)

Melissa McCarthy movies and shows on Max

Max has a few titles for Melissa, which include all six seasons of her beloved CBS sitcom Mike & Molly. Check out more titles below:

• Mike & Molly (2010)
• Cocktails & Tall Tales with Ina Garten & Melissa McCarthy (2021)
• The Great Give Back with Melissa McCarthy and Jenna Perusich (2022)
• Tammy (2014)

Melissa McCarthy movies to stream

• The Back-Up Plan (2010) — Pluto TV, YouTube
• Life As We Know It (2010) — rent or purchase
• This Is 40 (2012) — Peacock
• Identity Thief (2013) — Sling TV, The Roku Channel
• The Heat (2013) — rent or purchase
• Spy (2015) — rent or purchase
• The Boss (2016) — rent or purchase
• Ghostbusters (2016) — rent or purchase
• Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) — rent or purchase
• Life of the Party (2018) — rent or purchase
• The Kitchen (2019) — rent or purchase
• Superintelligence (2020) — rent or purchase
• The Little Mermaid (2023) — Disney + (beginning Sept.6)

What’s you favorite Melissa McCarthy movie or show?