Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Buddy

If you loved Buddy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Heavenly Kid

The Heavenly Kid

1985★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After dying in a car crash, Bobby Fantana is forced to pay for his misdeeds by becoming someone's guardian angel. He reluctantly agrees to watch over awkward high schooler Lenny Ba...

#2
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

#3
Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business

1990★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him....

#4
Military Academy

Military Academy

2007★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The movie deals with a guy who gets to join the German Bundeswehr involuntarily because a colleague loses his denial papers in order to get the chance to get down on his girlfriend...

#5
Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament....

#6
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buddy for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life....

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