Laugh, Cry, Repeat: The Best Buddy Movies of All Time


Best Buddy Movies

Grab your popcorn and your best friend — this is the ultimate ride through cinema’s greatest bromances, comedic chaos, and unforgettable adventures!

From the hilariously matched duo in The Nice Guys (Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe at their best) to iconic pairs like Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon, buddy movies prove that friendship can survive — and even thrive — in the most absurd, action-packed, and sometimes heartwarming situations.

Ready to binge the funniest, wildest, and most legendary buddy films ever made? This list has everything: explosive chemistry, quotable one-liners, and friendships stronger than any Hollywood stunt. Let’s go!

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32 Dude, Where’s My Car?, 2000

Dude, Where's My Car?

Jesse and Chester are two potheads who got so wasted the night before, they don’t remember a thing! All they know is Jesse’s car is gone and they encounter a transsexual stripper who wants his/her suitcase of stolen money, a group of alien-seeking nerds and an angry street gang. And their girlfriends Wilma and Wanda are super-pissed that they trashed their house. And they must find a «continum transfuctioner», a mystical device that could either save or destroy the world. And a group of jumpsuit-wearing, sexy-as-hell, aliens posing as humans want it….

Director: Danny Leiner
Writer: Philip Stark
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Garner
Budget: $13 000 000
Box office: $73 180 000

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31 White Men Can’t Jump, 1992

White Men Can't Jump

Two basketball hustlers, black Sidney Deane and white Billy Hoyle, join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts as well as in a tournament.

Director: Ron Shelton
Writer: Ron Shelton
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez
Box office: $90 753 000

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30 Friday, 1995

Friday

Craig Jones and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles, California hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and looking for something to do. Encounters with neighbors and other friends over the course of the day and night, and their ensuing antics, make up the rest of the movie.

Director: F. Gary Gray
Writers: Ice Cube, DJ Pooh
Starring: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long
Budget: $3 500 000
Box office: $28 215 000

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29 Sideways, 2004

Sideways

Struggling writer and wine enthusiast Miles takes his engaged friend, Jack, on a trip to wine country for a last single-guy bonding experience. While Miles wants to relax and enjoy the wine, Jack is in search of a fling before his wedding. Soon Jack is sleeping with Stephanie, while her friend Maya connects with Miles. When Miles lets slip that Jack is getting married, both women are furious, sending the trip into disarray.

Director: Alexander Payne
Writers: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Rex Pickett
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
Budget: $16 000 000
Box office: $109 334 000

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28 Turner & Hooch, 1989

Turner & Hooch

Det. Scott Turner is an uptight, by-the-book police officer who hopes to leave his sleepy California town and work in the big city. When his friend Amos Reed, the proprietor of a junkyard, is killed, Turner reluctantly inherits the man’s dog. Realizing that the canine may be able to help him solve the murder case, Turner attempts to adjust to life with the big dog, resulting in much household destruction and unwelcome chaos.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Writers: Daniel Petrie Jr., Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Beasley the Dog, Mare Winningham
Budget: $13 000 000
Box office: $71 079 000

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27 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, 2005

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

After being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.

Director: Shane Black
Writers: Brett Halliday, Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan
Budget: $15 000 000
Box office: $15 785 000

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26 The Darjeeling Limited, 2007

The Darjeeling Limited

A year after the accidental death of their father, three brothers — each suffering from depression — meet for a train trip across India. Francis, the eldest, has organized it. The brothers argue, sulk, resent each other, and fight. The youngest, Jack, estranged from his girlfriend, is attracted to one of the train’s attendants. Peter has left his pregnant wife at home, and he buys a venomous snake. After a few days, Francis discloses their surprising and disconcerting destination. Amid foreign surroundings, can the brothers sort out their differences? A funeral, a meditation, a hilltop ritual, and the Bengal Lancer figure in the reconciliation.

Director: Wes Anderson
Writers: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman
Starring: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman
Budget: $17 500 000
Box office: $35 078 000

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25 Dumb and Dumber, 1994 + Sequels

Dumb and Dumber

Harry and Lloyd are two good friends who happen to be really stupid. The duo set out on a cross country trip from Providence to Aspen, Colorado to return a briefcase full of money to its rightful owner, a beautiful woman named Mary Swanson. After a trip of one mishap after another, the duo eventually make it to Aspen. But the two soon realize that Mary and her briefcase are the least of their problems.

Directors: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Writers: Peter Farrelly, Bennett Yellin, Bobby Farrelly
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly
Budget: $17 000 000
Box office: $247 275 000

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24 The Nice Guys, 2016

The Nice Guys

In 1977 Los Angeles, Jackson Healy is a private investigator, of sorts. He is the man you call when someone needs to be given a message, violently. Holland March is more legit and conventional, taking cases involving tracking down missing persons and the like. Their paths cross when porn star Misty Mountains dies in a car crash. Misty’s aunt hires March because she believes that Misty is still alive. Their investigations lead them to a young woman named Amelia and a massive conspiracy plot.

Director: Shane Black
Writers: Shane Black, Anthony Bagarozzi
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe
Budget: $50 000 000
Box office: $71 261 000

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23 It, 2017 + Sequel

It

In the Town of Derry, the local kids are disappearing one by one. In a place known as ‘The Barrens’, a group of seven kids are united by their horrifying and strange encounters with an evil clown and their determination to kill It.

Director: Andres Muschietti
Writers: Chase Palmer, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis
Budget: $35 000 000
Box office: $702 781 000

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22 50/50, 2011

50/50

Adam is a 27 year old writer of radio programs and is diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. With the help of his best friend, his mother, and a young therapist at the cancer center, Adam learns what and who the most important things in his life are.

Director: Jonathan Levine
Writer: Will Reiser
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick
Budget: $8 000 000
Box office: $41 097 000

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