Melissa McCarthy is one of the most bankable actresses in Hollywood and we absolutely love watching her on screen.
From hilarious comedic roles in the likes of Bridesmaids to the dramatic and heartfelt in The Starling, there is seemingly nothing that Melissa McCarthy can't turn her hand to.
Undoubtedly she got her big break in Gilmore Girls alongside Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel when she played Sookie St. James all the way back in 2000.
Notching up 153 episodes on the hit show, she quickly moved on to Samantha Who? with Christina Applegate before he first big movie role in The Back-Up Plan with Jennifer Lopez in 2010.
And then came Bridesmaids in 2011, one of the funniest movies of all time and the one that catapulted McCarthy into the spotlight.
Having flexed her comedic muscles, she quickly became the go-to funny girl of cinema and movies like Identity Thief, The Heat and Tammy soon followed.
Of course they were all filmed at the same time she was starring in another hit show, Mike & Molly, for which she won a Primetime Emmy in 2011.
The accolades kept coming as did an Academy Award nomination in 2018 for her role as Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me?.
With her career soaring, McCarthy went on to make Thunderforce and The Starling, both for Netflix and of course, the mega hit show Nine Perfect Strangers on Amazon Prime.
She has a number of shows and movies in post-production including the live adaptation of The Little Mermaid but while you are waiting for them, there are plenty of Melissa McCarthy movies on Netflix and other streaming platforms that you can watch right now.
Melissa McCarthy Movies On Netflix
God's Favorite Idiot
God's Favorite Idiot follows Clark, an ordinary guy who gets hit by lightning before finding out he has been chosen as a messenger for God to help save the world when Satan arrives. Comedy series starring Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone.
The Starling
Lilly and Jack Maynard have suffered a huge loss and a year later their lives are in very different places in The Starling, a little bird that has taken over Lilly's garden. A beautiful poignant drama starring Melissa McCarthy.
Ghostbusters
This modern reboot of the 1984 cult classic cleverly stands on its own, delivering hilarious moments topped off by cameo roles from many of the original cast.
The Kitchen
The Kitchen follows Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss as three 1970s Irish mob wives who take over the family business when their husbands go to prison. Watchable but not great.
Melissa McCarthy Movies On Amazon & Apple TV
Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine people arrive at a remote health resort in the hopes of transforming their lives. But all is not what it seems at Tranquillum House and soon our Nine Perfect Strangers are wondering if they will ever get out. Drama starring Nicole Kidman and Mel...[Read More]
Life Of The Party
When Deanna's husband asks for a divorce she decides to go back to the same college as her daughter and finish her degree. Melissa McCarthy is great in this feel-good, entertaining comedy about getting the most out of life.
Of course that is only a taster of the Melissa McCarthy movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime. In the UK you can also watch her in:
Bridesmaids
Directed by Paul Feig, Bridesmaids is the hit comedy about the escalating competition between the maid of honour and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend.
Annie's life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and a group of bridesmaids on a wild ride of expensive and bizarre rituals for the wedding.
Also stars Kristen Wigg, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Chris O'Dowd and Ellie Kemper.
Identity Thief
McCarthy plays a deceptively harmless looking woman who has been living it up after stealing the real Sandy Patterson's identity.
Things go a bit haywire when the real Sandy, a mild mannered businessman, travels from Denver to Florida to confront her.
Thunderforce
Written and directed by McCarthy's real-life husband, Ben Falcone, Thunderforce is an action comedy set in a world where supervillains are commonplace.
Two estranged childhood best friends, McCarthy and Octavia Spencer reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
A funny, slapstick action comedy that also stars Jason Bateman and Bobby Cannavale.
Tammy
Life is not going so well for Tammy. First she gets fired, then she finds out her husband is cheating on her.
So what does she do? She packs everything up and hits the road with her profane, alcoholic grandmother, played by Susan Sarandon.
Co-written by Melissa McCarthy and directed by Ben Falcone, Tammy is a funny adventure movie.
The Heat
When an uptight and ambitious FBI Agent, Sarah Ashburn, is sent to Boston to track down a drug lord, she must work alongside Boston PD detective Shannon Mullins (Mellisa McCarthy) and the two do not get along.
Another Paul Feig directed action comedy that brings the laughs.
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
With an Oscar nomination in the bag for this role, McCarthy plays Lee Israel, a biographer with a bit of writing success who has fallen on hard times.
Recognising the market for celebrity memorabilia she decides to go into the fraudulent business of creating and selling fake personal documents purportedly by dead celebrities.
Melissa McCarthy Movies On Netflix
As you can see there is a lot of choice when it comes to Melissa McCarthy movies available on Netflix UK and Amazon Prime. Of course, depending on which country you live in you may be lucky enough to have even more than that.
And with films also available on Apple TV+ and Disney+ there is seemingly no end to the hours you can spend watching the great Melissa McCarthy.
So sit back and let yourself be entertained by one of the funniest and most versatile actresses of all time.