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Movies that feel like Buddy (2026)

If you loved Buddy, the closest films we have are Extra Ordinary (2019), Housebound (2014) and Real Life (1979). All three share Buddy's unsettling and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Hulu and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A magical, singing orange unicorn holds his cast hostage in a surreal TV-show dimension, as he becomes more and more demented.

7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Casper Kellydreadunsettlingwittyplayful

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If Buddy hit the spot, these will too

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Extra Ordinary
2019 · dir. Mike Ahern
🍅 98%6.4fantasy · comedy · horror

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Buddy does

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

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Housebound
2014 · dir. Gerard Johnstone
🍅 95%6.7horror · comedy · thriller

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Buddy does

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

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Real Life
1979 · dir. Albert Brooks
🍅 84%7comedy

Comedy built on unease, twice over

The difference: Missing the dread of Buddy

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".

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Hokum
2026 · dir. Damian McCarthy
7.3horror

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

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What We Do in the Shadows
2014 · dir. Jemaine Clement
🍅 96%7.6comedy · horror

Witty horror in both cases

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

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The Babysitter
2017 · dir. McG
6.4comedy · horror

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

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The Borderlands
2014 · dir. Elliot Goldner
🍅 83%5.8horror

Both lean on dread more than on horror

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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Ready or Not
2019 · dir. Tyler Gillett
🍅 89%6.9horror · comedy

Comedy with a pulse of unease, in both cases

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

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Adrift in Tokyo
2007 · dir. Satoshi Miki
7.2comedy

Both run witty where it counts

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

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Zombieland: Double Tap
2019 · dir. Ruben Fleischer
🍅 68%6.7horror · comedy

A streak of play through both

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

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Fright Night
1985 · dir. Tom Holland
🍅 83%7.1comedy · horror

Horror approached the same way

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

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The Cremator
1969 · dir. Juraj Herz
🍅 89%8horror · drama · crime

Both play comedy straight

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.

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