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Lunatics

★ 6.6 4K votes 2019–2019 1 season · 10 episodes Ended Netflix
Cringe comedyLaughs mined from social discomfort and embarrassment.This show: 8/10AbsurdistSurreal, logic-bending comedy.This show: 8/10RaunchyExplicit, adult, boundary-pushing humor.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Chris LilleyJudi YoungBrock ThornburghJett ThornburghKane SheehyAnne McCaffery
Written by
Chris Lilley
Starring
Chris LilleyJudi YoungBrock ThornburghJett ThornburghKane SheehyAnne McCaffery
Written by
Chris Lilley
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03875113150

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S17.36.77.17.37.47.47.37.27.67.67.7

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About

"Cringe comedy built entirely on committed weirdness"

Lunatics is a mockumentary-style comedy in which one creator plays a rotating cast of deeply odd, oversized characters, each getting their own episode to reveal an absurd private world. The humor leans hard into cringe, deadpan interviews, and characters who seem utterly unaware of how strange they are. It moves fast between vignettes, never settling long enough to build a plot, and the tone stays flat and deliberately awkward throughout. Whether it lands depends entirely on your tolerance for uncomfortable, near-the-bone caricature comedy rather than warm, character-driven storytelling.

Watch it for

the sheer commitment to bizarre, fully-realized characters played by one performer.

Maybe skip if

you dislike deadpan, deliberately uncomfortable humor without much plot or warmth.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12019
7.3913105h 57m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.16.7
15036 min
▶2Episode #1.27.1
10936 min
▶3Episode #1.37.3
9335 min
▶4Episode #1.47.4
8833 min
▶5Episode #1.57.4
8034 min
▶6Episode #1.67.3
7837 min
▶7Episode #1.77.2
7536 min
▶8Episode #1.87.6
8136 min
▶9Episode #1.97.6
7836 min
▶10Episode #1.107.7
8138 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Chris Lilley Becky Douglas, Gavin McGregor, Jana Melhoopen-Jonks
Judi Young Rhonda
Brock Thornburgh Ethan
Jett Thornburgh Dustin
Kane Sheehy Harrison Gordon
Anne McCaffery Helen
Dylan Gavasse Jack
Leena Arora Patika
Millie Morice Clementine
Ellyse Gough Model, Skateboarder

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