Every buddy comedy movie streaming on Peacock in the US right now — 22 films ranked by rating, checked against Peacock’s live catalog.
Updated July 2026 · Availability refreshed from Peacock US
Directed by Andrew Adamson
✦ MovieMuse AI takeShrek perfects the buddy formula by pairing an antisocial protagonist with an annoying companion whose relentless optimism gradually becomes redemptive.
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
Directed by Alexander Payne
✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe unlikely mentorship between curmudgeon and abandoned student creates buddy comedy gold through grudging warmth and shared vulnerability.
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Directed by Steve Franks
✦ MovieMuse AI takeShawn and Gus's decades-long psychic-partner banter hits peak absurdity when real stakes force their trademark riffing into genuine emotional support.
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.
Directed by JP Sans
✦ MovieMuse AI takeA bilby and dog form unlikely friendship despite species-appropriate cynicism, finding companionship through shared survival against harsh circumstances.
Threatened daily by the deadly residents and harsh environment of Australia’s Outback, a lonesome bilby finds himself an unwitting protector, and unexpected friend, to a helpless (and quite adorable) baby bird.
Directed by Paul King
✦ MovieMuse AI takePaddington weaponizes politeness itself as comedy, mining humor from how his earnest decency gradually softens cynical urbanites into an actual functioning family unit.
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
Directed by Mike Nichols
✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe central deception demands both partners perform heterosexuality simultaneously, generating comedy from watching drag queens navigate conservative dinner theater.
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
Directed by Steve Franks
✦ MovieMuse AI takeReunited friends' detective work relies on their specific character quirks clashing against each other while solving mysteries together.
The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and, of course, food!
Directed by Steve Franks
✦ MovieMuse AI takeShawn and Gus seamlessly balance their con-artist chemistry with sincere loyalty, proving their partnership survives outside their usual Santa Barbara sandbox.
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the supernatural.
Directed by Dennis Dugan
✦ MovieMuse AI takeHappy and Shooter's escalating antagonism—from rivals to reluctant collaborators—captures how buddy comedy thrives on ego collisions and masculine insecurity.
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
Directed by David Storey
✦ MovieMuse AI takeSmall-town ensemble operates as one organism, where every resident becomes buddy-comedy foil to every other, perfecting sitcom-to-film transition.
It’s been a few years, and there’s still not a lot going on 40 kilometers from nowhere. But that’s all about to change as the fine folks of Dog River, Saskatchewan face their biggest crisis ever. Brent and the gang discover that the town’s been badly mismanaged, leaving residents with little choice but to pack up and leave. As residents make one last rally to save Dog River as they know it, they discover a devious plan by a corporate chain that would change life for Dog Riverites forever.
Directed by Bobby Farrelly
✦ MovieMuse AI takeCoach and Special Olympics team members dismantle each other's defenses through sports-comedy collision, discovering mutual respect replaces contempt.
A stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach is forced to train a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.
Directed by Joe Carnahan
✦ MovieMuse AI takeThe A-Team's operative excellence derives entirely from their unshakeable camaraderie—watching them execute plans showcases friendship as pure action mechanism.
A man who loves when a plan comes together, Col. Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of elite operatives and Iraq War veterans. Framed for a crime they didn't commit, Smith and his men, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, break out and go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the perpetrator. Hot on their trail is Capt. Charissa Sosa, who was once involved with a member of Smith's team and has sworn to capture them, no matter what it takes.
Directed by Karey Kirkpatrick
✦ MovieMuse AI takeA con artist manipulates forest creatures into unlikely partnership, where self-interest transforms into unexpected teamwork.
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
Directed by Kyle Balda
✦ MovieMuse AI takeThree distinct minion personalities tackle missions through childlike teamwork, exaggerating genre tropes for absurdist effect.
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
Directed by Josh Greenbaum
✦ MovieMuse AI takeA dog's misplaced loyalty to his abandoner creates comedic tension that only resolves through genuine friendship with another stray dog.
When Reggie is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug, Reggie is certain that his beloved owner would never leave him on purpose. But once Reggie falls in with Bug, a fast-talking, foul-mouthed stray who loves his freedom and believes that owners are for suckers, Reggie finally realizes he was in a toxic relationship and begins to see Doug for the heartless sleazeball that he is.
Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
✦ MovieMuse AI takeFour women's trip reconstructs their friendship through consequence-free chaos, proving sisterhood survives decades and New Orleans indulgence.
Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.
Directed by Luke Greenfield
✦ MovieMuse AI takeOil-and-water half-brothers overcome cultural baggage through road-trip mishaps that expose their shared vulnerability beneath opposing worldviews.
Mexican aviation exec Renato is shocked to learn that he has an American half-brother he never knew about: free-spirited Asher. They are forced on a road trip together, tracing the path their father took from Mexico to the U.S.
Directed by Tim Story
✦ MovieMuse AI takeBen's desperate admiration for James transforms into actual partnership only when Ben stops performing competence and reveals authentic insecurity.
For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela. When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he's earned the seasoned policeman's respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela. Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has what it takes to take care of his sister, James invites him on a shift designed to scare the hell out of the trainee. But when the wild night leads them to the most notorious criminal in the city, James will find that his new partner's rapid-fire mouth is just as dangerous as the bullets speeding at it.
Directed by Paul Briganti
✦ MovieMuse AI takeThree housemates' stagnation becomes shared catalyst for adventure, their trio dynamics proving friendship thrives through collective delusion and support.
When three friends who live together realize that they don't like their life trajectory, they set off to find a gold treasure that is rumored to be buried in the nearby mountain.
Directed by Tim Story
✦ MovieMuse AI takeBen and James's bond deepens in Miami stakes, wedding-day countdown proving buddy comedy works when romance subplot serves actual character stakes.
As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.
Directed by Shawn Levy
✦ MovieMuse AI takeInspector Clouseau's bumbling genius paired with sidekick creates slapstick-driven partnership where incompetence becomes their greatest collaborative tool.
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau to the case.
Directed by Lawrence Sher
✦ MovieMuse AI takeTwin brothers' father-hunt forces them to navigate divergent personalities and life choices, discovering sibling loyalty outweighs their fundamental differences.
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
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