Movies like Buddy (2026)

10 films to watch after Buddy, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

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

1

PG: Psycho Goreman (2020)

Fit 64%

Shares Comedy and Horror with Buddy.

Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins to small-town suburbia.
2

Deadstream (2022)

Fit 59%

Shares Horror, Comedy and Fantasy with Buddy.

A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally unleashes a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.
3

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

Fit 58%

Shares Comedy, Fantasy and Horror with Buddy.

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
4

Extra Ordinary (2019)

Fit 58%

Shares Fantasy, Comedy and Horror with Buddy.

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.
5

High Spirits (1988)

Fit 50%

Shares Fantasy, Comedy and Horror with Buddy.

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
6

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Fit 49%

Shares Comedy, Fantasy and Horror with Buddy.

Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
7

Fright Night (1985)

Fit 49%

Shares Comedy and Horror with Buddy.

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.
8

Death of a Unicorn (2025)

Fit 48%

Shares Horror, Fantasy and Comedy with Buddy.

A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
9

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

Fit 47%

Shares Horror and Fantasy with Buddy.

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
10

Dark Harvest (2023)

Fit 39%

Shares Horror and Fantasy with Buddy.

In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.