25 Best "Buddy" Movies

The list author says:
	"Cop & convict, Nick Nolte & Eddie Murphy, team up to find a killer. Their rude & sarcastic interplay is hilarious & sets a benchmark for action flicks. Murphy’s scene in the redneck bar is classic. A+"

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	"Hitchcockian comedy-romance train adventure. By far the best of the Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor pairings - especially Wilder, whose attempts to play the hero are hilarious.   A+"

The list author says:
	"Danny Glover plays a nearly-retired detective who gets crazed Mel Gibson as a partner. The action is nonstop, and Gibson’s reckless indifference to danger is as funny as it is thrilling.  A"

The list author says:
	"Billy Crystal & Gregory Hines play longtime police detectives contemplating retirement. Great comic-action. Crystal & Hines are amazingly natural and comfortable together. Underrated.   A"

The list author says:
	"This sequel with Joe Pesci is actually funnier than the original and the action is just as electrifying. It would have ranked higher but for some too obvious moralizing.   A"

The list author says:
	"Bill Cosby & Sidney Poitier in the second of their 3 very strong buddy comedies. Their natural ease together as mischievous blue-collar friends is extraordinary and the movie is just plain fun.   A"

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	"A blend of horror, adventure and comedy, Kevin Bacon & Fred Ward attempt to fight off giant burrowing worms which attack a remote town.  Great one-liners, continuous thrills.   A"

The list author says:
	"The Rock is paid to retrieve a resistant jungle treasure hunter (Seann William Scott) and dauntlessly endures Scott’s obscenely funny antics. The action is over-the-top. Much fun.   A"

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	"Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon play musicians who dress up as women to go on the lam with a girls’ band. Hiding as women causes unusual problems, one of which is Marilyn Monroe. A classic.  A"

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	"Tony Curtis & Sidney Poitier play convicts who develop a grudging respect for each other when they escape while chained together. Powerful performances; a great racial commentary.   A-"

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	"A charming opportunist, Paul Newman, & an ultra slick gunslinger, Robert Redford, rob trains and are chased to Bolivia. The chemistry is real and funny, the script replete with classic lines.   A-"

The list author says:
	"The characters are disreputable, the banter is vulgar, the action violent, but Bruce  Willis & Damon Wayans are funny and engaging in this explosive action movie.  Enjoy it for what it is.  A-"

The list author says:
	"Arnold Schwarzenegger & Danny DeVito play fraternal twins separated at birth! Preposterous…but Arnold as a naïve prodigy and DeVito as a cheesy schemer, obviously enjoy each other.  A-"

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	"Two detectives, Richard Dreyfuss & Emilio Estevez, stakeout an escaped con’s girlfriend. Dreyfus is sensational in this action-comedy-romance as his attraction to the girl grows.  A-"

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	"Samuel Jackson unintentionally teams up with Bruce Willis to stop some NYC bombers. Violent, implausible, yet so highly charged it is thoroughly entertaining. Willis &  Jackson are great together.  A-"

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	"A rogue outlaw (Harrison Ford) is both confounded and impressed by the principles and courage of a gullible Jewish rabbi (Gene Wilder) who falls prey to western roughies. Funny and touching.   A-"

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	"Close friends Thelma (Geena Davis) & Louise (Susan Sarandon) hit the road to have an escapist adventure. The trip is liberating until Louise kills a menacing rapist. Classic road movie.  B+"

The list author says:
	"Sly Stallone & Kurt Russell play framed cops interned with madmen they helped convict. Implausible, but both stars are hysterical as they mock & one-up each other at their most desperate moments. B+"

The list author says:
	"Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson crash weddings to seduce women, but become sexually and romantically entangled with the bridesmaids at one politician’s lavish affair.   B+"

The list author says:
	"Lawrence Fishbourne & Stephen Baldwin play two escaped cons on the lam. In the incompatible partners class this buddy movie is better than most. The pacing is furious, the dialog funny.   B+"

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	"A naïve cowboy (Jon Voight) comes to NYC to hustle women and befriends a sickly vagrant (Dustin Hoffman). Gritty story of how friendship can transcend disappointment.    Slightly dated, so…  B+"

The list author says:
	"Steven Seagal & Keenan Wayans team up to catch a killer. Wayans is underused as a pragmatic cop who must endure Seagal’s mystical wisdom, but definitely one of Seagal’s better head-busters.   B"

The list author says:
	"Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones are agents who confront aliens on earth to save the world. Thin plot, but Smith as the rookie is so funny, the aliens so imaginatively created, you’ll like it.   B"

The list author says:
	"John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd go on a riotous “ mission from God” to save an orphanage. The action is elevated by the presence of legendary R & B artists and the stars’ classic deadpan humor.   B"

The list author says:
	"A seasoned bank robber (Clint Eastwood) is revitalized by a young and rash rookie (Jeff Bridges) into robbing another bank. Eastwood is good as a stumbling mentor. Bridges steals the movie.    B+"