Taking Care of Business

This week's easiest comedy pick in the US on Amazon Prime Video and Hoopla is Taking Care of Business. A tight runtime that never overstays its welcome. Its 6/10 TMDB score, built from 188 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Jim Belushi is the obvious draw, but the whole ensemble earns its laughs. Available now on Amazon Prime Video — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Taking Care of Business is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Taking Care of Business gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him. Jim Belushi and Charles Grodin lead a cast with the timing to make it work. It hit screens in 1990. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Taking Care of Business holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, Taking Care of Business is a strong candidate. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Jim Belushi anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.

Taking Care of Business was released in 1990, directed by Arthur Hiller. The full 108-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.