23 Buddy Movies, Ranked From Worst to Best
You've seen so many buddy movies you could probably write one in your sleep. Create a character, create a second character who's the opposite (size-wise, disposition-wise or otherwise), drop them both into a pressure cooker (figuratively, please) and let the fun begin.
But history proves that it's not quite so easy to create a classic buddy movie. Here's a rundown of 23 buddy movies that mastered—and messed up—the formula, ranked from worst to best by Metascore.
This film takes the old Johnny Depp series about a team of baby-faced detectives and recasts it as a buddy-cop comedy for Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. The funniest thing is, it works.
“It's more consistently amusing and inspired than an adaptation of an '80s TV show has any right to be.” —Nathan Rabin, The A.V. Club