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Buddy Movies That Will Make Your Week

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell in the buddy movie "In Bruges" from Focus Features.
Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell star in the buddy movie “In Bruges” from Focus Features.

Buddy movies are always a bit of a gamble. With the right script, a clever director, and a bit of magical casting, they have the potential to achieve true greatness. But when they fail, they fail hard. You know what they say: with great power comes great responsibility.

So we’ve done the choosing for you this time. Here are seven rip-roaring, hilarious, and explosive buddy movies that are sure to make your week.

In Bruges
Type: Comedy, Cult, Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
Release Date: 2008
Director: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes
Rating: 83% RT, 7.9/10 IMDb

Set in Bruges, Belgium, two hitmen await their next mission only to discover that they may be in more danger than they previously assumed.

Django Unchained
Type: Drama, Action & Adventure
Release Date: 2004
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio
Rating: 86% RT, 8.4/10 IMDb

In one of Tarantino’s best pictures, Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx play a German bounty hunter and a slave who team up, picking off wanted men, and leaving a wake of bloody violence wherever they go.

Sherlock Holmes
Type: Crime, Mystery, Action & Adventure, Thriller
Release Date: 2009
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
Rating: 71% RT, 7.6/10 IMDb

With Robert Downey Jr. in the iconic role of Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law assuming the character of John Watson, there was little doubt that this 2009 Guy Ritchie outing would be anything but stellar, and the film certainly did not disappoint.

Hot Fuzz
Type: Comedy, Cult, Crime, Action & Adventure
Release Date: 2007
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent
Rating: 91% RT, 7.9/10 IMDb

Edgar Wright pulls no punches when it comes to his over-the-top comedies, and Hot Fuzz is no exception. When a policeman is reassigned to a sleepy town with no crime, he discovers that this supposedly quiet village may be anything but.

Grumpy Old Men
Type: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Date: 1993
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret
Rating: 68% RT, 6.6/10 IMDb

Grumpy Old Men managed to put Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau together once again in one of the best films in which the duo starred alongside each other. (This comedic duo did a total of 10 movies together!) The setting here is winter in Minnesota and the comebacks are as sharp as ever.

Twins
Type: Comedy, Crime
Release Date: 1988
Director: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Devito, Kelly Preston
Rating: 37%, 6/10 IMDb

While not exactly a hit with critics, Twins is a fan favorite that does not disappoint. Long lost twins reunite and discover that their stark differences lie in the fact that their birth was the result of a science experiment aimed at creating the perfect human being. The completely ridiculous premise in no way takes away from the chemistry between the films leads, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito.

 The Heat
Type:  Comedy, Crime, Action & Adventure
Release Date: 2013
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir
Rating: 65% RT, 6.6/10 IMDb

Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are amazing together in this buddy cop movie from the director of Bridesmaids, the movie that really put McCarthy on the map. In true good-cop/bad-cop fashion, one of them is a by-the-books professional, and the other is brash, unrefined, and street-smart. The combination is true perfection.

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