Every buddy comedy movie streaming on MGM+ in the US right now — 30 films ranked by rating, checked against MGM+’s live catalog.
Updated July 2026 · Availability refreshed from MGM+ US
Directed by Alexander Payne
✦ MovieMuse AI takeBlack-and-white restraint amplifies the silent resentment between father and son, letting pauses do the comic heavy lifting.
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Directed by Charles Crichton
✦ MovieMuse AI takeEnsemble chemistry elevates a heist plot into pure chaos—everyone double-crossing everyone creates perfect buddy comedy momentum.
While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.
Directed by Stanley Kramer
✦ MovieMuse AI takePhysical comedy born from literal constraint: two men chained together force genuine vulnerability beneath witty banter.
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
Directed by Frank Oz
✦ MovieMuse AI takeRival con artists battling for turf creates mutual respect disguised as contempt—the best buddy dynamic.
Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
Directed by Woody Allen
✦ MovieMuse AI takeWoody Allen's framing device—comedians swapping stories—captures buddy comedy's essence: male friendship forged through shared misadventure and mutual loyalty.
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.
Directed by Billy Wilder
✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe alter-ego device generates absurdist hijinks while exploring codependency masquerading as romantic comedy.
When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.
Directed by Doug Liman
✦ MovieMuse AI takeEnsemble male friendship feels lived-in and specific; group dynamics matter more than plot mechanics.
After 6 years together, Mike's girlfriend leaves him, so he travels to LA to be a star. Six months on, he's still not doing very well— so a few of his friends try to reconnect him to the social scene and hopefully help him forget his failed relationship.
Directed by Ted Demme
✦ MovieMuse AI takeNostalgic reunion captures the comedy of adults reverting to adolescent patterns while confronting genuine heartbreak.
During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connect with the women who affect their decisions, dreams and desires.
Directed by Norman Jewison
✦ MovieMuse AI takeCold War tensions defuse through absurdist mishaps; ideological enemies bond through shared small-town chaos.
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
Directed by Stephen Herek
✦ MovieMuse AI takeTeenage best friends' time-travel scheme works because their genuine bromance makes their moronic philosophy genuinely endearing.
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.
Directed by Jonathan Demme
✦ MovieMuse AI takeTonal shift from romantic escapade to psychological thriller upends genre expectations while maintaining comedic rapport.
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
Directed by Kevin Smith
✦ MovieMuse AI takeKevin Smith weaponizes meta-commentary as narrative fuel, making the buddy dynamic's verbal sparring the actual plot engine.
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
Directed by Ivan Reitman
✦ MovieMuse AI takeDrill sergeant scenes weaponize buddy dynamics; two misfits weaponize their incompetence into inadvertent heroism.
Hard-luck cabbie John Winger, directionless after being fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, enlists in the U.S. Army with his close pal, Russell Ziskey. After his barely satisfactory performance in basic training, the irreverent Winger emerges as the figurehead for a ragtag band of misfits. However, his hijinks threaten to cause an international scandal when he inadvertently commandeers a military assault vehicle behind enemy lines.
Directed by Colin Higgins
✦ MovieMuse AI takeSlapstick crime-solving lets the cop and librarian's incompetence generate charm; chemistry transcends plot absurdity.
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
✦ MovieMuse AI takeStan and Ollie's wordless physical gags create empathy through pratfalls; duo-ness precedes all narrative.
Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.
Directed by Michael Winner
✦ MovieMuse AI takePOW elephant trek generates oddball camaraderie; man-animal bond becomes the film's true buddy relationship.
A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy. They escape and go on the run in order to get to Switzerland.
Directed by Gore Verbinski
✦ MovieMuse AI takeSibling discord over inherited property forces brothers into constant problem-solving partnerships, wedding familial obligation to comedic desperation.
Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant—a tiny and tenacious mouse.
Directed by John Landis
✦ MovieMuse AI takeThree-way dynamic proves superior to pairs; incompetent heroes' desperation for acceptance drives the comedy.
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
Directed by Shane Atkinson
✦ MovieMuse AI takeMistaken identity forces mismatched partners into improvised survival; panic chemistry generates spontaneous humor.
Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
Directed by Tim Story
✦ MovieMuse AI takeBarbershop becomes character; daily ritual and rotating ensemble create layered buddy dynamics across generations.
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Directed by Hal Walker
✦ MovieMuse AI takeBing and Bob's crooning, banter, and manufactured romantic rivalry celebrate performance as buddy comedy.
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.
Directed by Betty Thomas
✦ MovieMuse AI takeCultural displacement creates fish-out-of-water bonding; family unit functions as single comedic organism.
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
Directed by Sean Anders
✦ MovieMuse AI takeFormerly feuding stepfather and father forced into alliance; resentment undercuts saccharine Christmas sentiment.
Father and stepfather Dusty and Brad join forces to make Christmastime perfect for the children. Their newfound partnership soon gets put to the test when Dusty's old-school, macho dad and Brad's gentle father arrive to turn the holiday upside down. After a sudden change in plans, the four men decide to take the kids to a luxury resort for a fun-filled getaway that turns into a hilarious and chaotic adventure.
Directed by Jay Roach
✦ MovieMuse AI takeUptight executive and eccentric manchild create contrasting rhythms; incompatibility breeds absurdist dependence.
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.
Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
✦ MovieMuse AI takeGender dynamics fracture the male barbershop tradition; economic pressure reshapes buddy comedy into ensemble friction.
To survive harsh economic times, Calvin and Angie have merged the barbershop and beauty salon into one business. The days of male bonding are gone as Eddie and the crew must now contend with sassy female co-workers and spirited clientele. As the battle of the sexes rages on, a different kind of conflict has taken over Chicago. Crime and gangs are on the rise, leaving Calvin worried about the fate of his son. Together, the friends come up with a bold plan to take back their beloved neighborhood.
Directed by Mel Brooks
✦ MovieMuse AI takeOpposing class positions create genuine ideological conflict disguised as friendly wager; stakes feel real.
Affluent and arrogant businessman Goddard Bolt, feuding with rival Vance Crasswell over a land deal, makes a bet with Crasswell that he has the wits and street smarts to live penniless and anonymous on the rough streets of Los Angeles for thirty days. But Bolt has a rude awakening when the reality of homelessness hits him. Still, he finds a silver lining in a burgeoning romance with Molly, a former Broadway dancer who has fallen on hard times.
Directed by Carl Gottlieb
✦ MovieMuse AI takePrehistoric setting strips buddy comedy to bare essentials: two outcasts bonding through primal survival instinct.
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.
Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan
✦ MovieMuse AI takeBusiness competition tests long-standing bonds; commercial stakes ground comedy in authentic relationship anxiety.
The continuing adventures of the barbers at Calvin's Barbershop. Gina, a stylist at the beauty shop next door, is now trying to cut in on his business. Calvin is again struggling to keep his father's shop and traditions alive--this time against urban developers looking to replace mom & pop establishments with name-brand chains. The world changes, but some things never go out of style--from current events and politics to relationships and love, you can still say anything you want at the barbershop.
Directed by Howard Franklin
✦ MovieMuse AI takeMotivational speaker and elephant partnership inverts expected hierarchies; animal sidekick becomes emotional anchor.
Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. One day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away and left a "huge" inheritance: an elephant that was his father's pride and joy. His main intention to sell the pachyderm off, Jack must choose between loud and rude zookeeper Mo or attractive animal show owner Terry. As the two trek through the country Jack and the elephant develop a bond, and it changes his approach to life for the better.
Directed by Don Bluth
✦ MovieMuse AI takeAnimated penguin buddy quest mines romance-comedy conventions; earnest sentiment softens through undersea whimsy.
A bashful bachelor penguin named Hubie, who's partial to a pretty female named Marina. Ancient penguin ritual dictates that males present a pebble to their intended, then mate for life. Hubie finds a spiffy stone, but before he can bestow it on Marina, dastardly rival Drake tosses him into the churning sea, and Hubie gets swept away.
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