Dark comedy is a tricky beast—it asks you to laugh at things you really shouldn’t, and yet, somehow, it works. The genre thrives on absurdity satire, and the kind of gallows humour that makes you wonder, should I really be laughing at this?  

  
Recently, YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia landed in hot water after making a controversial remark on comedian Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent, reigniting debates on the limits of dark humour. But in the world of television, dark comedies have long blurred those boundaries, turning crime, corruption, and even existential despair into gripping, hilarious storytelling. 

  
From assassins with a conscience to sociopathic pub owners, these ten shows deliver pitch-black laughs in spades. 

Best Dark Comedy Shows to Stream To Watch On Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, JioCinema, Apple TV+ 

Afsos 
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video 

What do you do when you can’t even succeed at ending your own life? If you’re Nakul, you hire a hitman to do it for you—only to change your mind once the job’s already in motion. What follows is a darkly funny game of cat and mouse, with an assassin who takes her work a little too seriously. Morbid, bizarre, and completely unpredictable. 

Guns & Gulaabs 
Where to watch: Netflix 

A small-town crime saga drenched in ’90s nostalgia, Guns & Gulaabs is what happens when love, gangsters, and government opium deals collide. Featuring Rajkummar Rao and Dulquer Salmaan, the show balances genuine laughs with unhinged violence, all wrapped up in a world where no one is as innocent as they seem. 

Hasmukh 
Where to watch: Netflix 

Vir Das co-created this twisted little gem about a small-town comedian discovering that murder is the secret ingredient to a killer stand-up set. The more people he eliminates, the funnier he gets—but fame, of course, comes at a price. A properly dark satire on ambition, talent, and just how far one man will go for a good punchline. 

Black Widows 
Where to watch: Zee5 

Murderous wives club? Count us in. Black Widows follows three women who decide they’ve had enough of their abusive husbands and take matters into their own hands. But as anyone who’s watched Gone Girl knows, getting away with murder is never as easy as it looks. A mix of suspense, humour, and a dash of feminist revenge fantasy. 

A Simple Murder 
Where to watch: SonyLIV 

What should have been a straightforward hit job turns into a tangled mess when a desperate man is mistaken for a professional assassin. Chaos ensues, with stolen money, mobsters, and double-crosses aplenty. If you like your crime stories with a side of ridiculous misunderstandings, this one’s for you. 

The Boys 
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video 

Superheroes, but make them awful human beings. The Boys is a savage takedown of the Marvel-DC industrial complex, following a group of vigilantes determined to bring down corrupt, power-hungry ‘heroes’. Equal parts shocking and laugh-out-loud funny, this is dark satire at its absolute best. 

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 
Where to watch: Disney+ Hotstar 

Fifteen seasons, zero character growth. This show follows five of the worst people in Philadelphia as they manage a failing Irish pub and commit increasingly unhinged acts. From scamming welfare to faking deaths, they are selfish, morally bankrupt, and completely hilarious. If you love humour that’s as black as a pint of Guinness, Sunny delivers. 

BoJack Horseman 
Where to watch: Netflix 

Hollywood satire, but make it existential. BoJack Horseman follows a washed-up sitcom star (who happens to be an anthropomorphic horse) as he battles addiction, self-loathing, and the general emptiness of fame. Depressing? Absolutely. Hilarious? Somehow, yes. 

Fleabag 
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video 

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s masterpiece of self-destruction, grief, and fourth-wall-breaking brilliance. Fleabag is the kind of show that has you howling with laughter one minute and staring at a wall in deep reflection the next. And if you haven’t yet fallen in love with the Hot Priest, we have nothing more to discuss. 

The Bear 
Where to watch: Disney+ Hotstar 

What’s more stressful than working in a chaotic restaurant? Watching The Bear, a show that turns the high-stakes world of a failing sandwich shop into a beautifully anxious fever dream. The humour is bleak, the tension is real, and Jeremy Allen White is a revelation as a chef trying (and failing) to keep it all together.