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Cringe comedy

Cringe comedy TV Series

Laughs mined from social discomfort and embarrassment.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 95 series

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95 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

★ 8.8
167K 120 2000–2024
Cringe comedy · Dry humor
10/10

The Office

★ 8.5
133K 14 2001–2003
Cringe comedy · Workplace
10/10

The Inbetweeners

★ 8.4
101K 18 2008–2010
Cringe comedy · Raunchy
10/10

Peep Show

★ 8.7
74K 54 2003–2015
Cringe comedy · Central duo
10/10

I'm Alan Partridge

★ 8.6
24K 12 1997–2002
Cringe comedy · Dry humor
10/10

Life's Too Short

★ 7.5
17K 8 2011–2013
Cringe comedy · British TV
10/10

The Comeback

★ 7.9
11K 29 2005–2026
Cringe comedy · Character study
10/10

Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge

★ 8.2
7K 8 1994–1995
Cringe comedy · Talk & panel
10/10

Clown

★ 8.5
7K 95 2005–2025
Cringe comedy · Raunchy
10/10

The Office

★ 9.0
838K 191 2005–2013
Workplace · Comfort rewatch
9/10

Girls

★ 7.4
84K 62 2012–2017
Female perspective · Cringe comedy
9/10

Extras

★ 8.3
64K 13 2005–2007
Cringe comedy · Dry humor
9/10

Nathan for You

★ 8.9
50K 32 2013–2017
Deadpan cool · Dry humor
9/10

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

★ 8.1
27K 18 2019–2023
Sketch & variety · Absurdist
9/10

Who Is America?

★ 8.2
22K 7 2018–2018
Satirical · Social commentary
9/10

Da Ali G Show

★ 8.0
19K 18 2000–2004
Cringe comedy · Satirical
9/10

The Curse

★ 7.1
17K 10 2023–2024
Cringe comedy · Satirical
9/10

PEN15

★ 8.1
16K 25 2019–2021
Coming of age · Cringe comedy
9/10

Summer Heights High

★ 8.5
16K 8 2007–2007
School & campus · Cringe comedy
9/10

Hello Ladies

★ 7.4
14K 8 2013–2014
Cringe comedy · Outsider lead
9/10

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

★ 7.7
12K 56 2007–2017
Absurdist · Sketch & variety
9/10

Chewing Gum

★ 7.7
12K 12 2015–2017
Cringe comedy · Raunchy
9/10

Stromberg

★ 8.4
11K 46 2004–2012
Workplace · Cringe comedy
9/10

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

★ 8.3
11K 23 2008–2018
Cringe comedy · Deadpan cool
9/10