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Top 10 Parody Films
by Anthony Taormina
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Top 10 Parody Films
In celebration of the release of A Haunted House – a parody of recent found-footage films like Paranormal Activity and The Devil Inside – we're counting down some of the best films the parody sub-genre has to offer. Although it has become harder and harder to find solid examples of parody talents like Mel Brooks, David Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, we still believe that the concept can work when done right.
However, it's just as easy to deliver a parody that feels lazy and lacks any sort of comedic or satirical punch - just look at films like Disaster Movie, Epic Movie, and Date Movie.
Thankfully we have these Top 10 Parody Films to remind us just how good the sub-genre can be.(LISTED IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.)
However, it's just as easy to deliver a parody that feels lazy and lacks any sort of comedic or satirical punch - just look at films like Disaster Movie, Epic Movie, and Date Movie.
Thankfully we have these Top 10 Parody Films to remind us just how good the sub-genre can be.(LISTED IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.)
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“Nice Beaver”.
“Thank you, I just had it stuffed”.
Fine list although I don’t really think Galaxy Quest qualifies as a parody film and Young Frankenstein should’ve been much, much higher! Also, where the hell is Blazing Saddles? And what’s with the omission of Hot Shots! and Hot Shots! Part Deux?! I think you guys need to rework this Top 10 list a bit. Both Hot Shots films are easily a lot funnier than Top Secret, Shaun of the Dead and Austin Powers!
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist, anyone?
I dont agree with this list too much, shaun of the dead i wouldnt really consider a parody, i guess maybe if ur just talking about zombie films in general but they werent pulling off things from other movies and it wasnt crazy ridiculous like Air Plane (Which is great) Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie should have been on this list
first. you must be under 20 so your opinion on classics is whack. second you lost all credibility with Not Another Teen Movie.
Not Another Teen Movie isn’t bad at all. Why do good films get hate?
IMDB has NATM at 5.6 out of 10; RT has it at %60 for viewers, %28 by critics. Is this film really good?
NatM is brilliant. Its only issue is that it parodies movies from two different generations, so a lot of people will only get half the jokes. But it’s hilarious.
(BTW, I’m in my 40s.)
THANK YOU. I don’t look at RT and IMDB as reliable sources. Some films just aren’t for some people.
Kahless, I thought it was hysterical. It had more of American Pie type sexual humor than most of these films on the list. If you don’t mind some shock humor, this is a funny film.
Not Another Teen Movie is an awesome movie! I like more of the older parodies like Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, Men in Tights and I can’t stand any of the Scary Movie, Date movie stuff but NATM was freakin funny.
I know it’s not a parody per se, but I’d like to mention “The Princess Bride”. While it does not spoof a specific story it does poke fun at fairy tales in general. And I can’t believe you didn’t mention “This Is Spinal Tap” or any of the mockumentaries by Christopher Guest.
I might also add “The Breaks”. White, Irish, immigrant adopted by a black family in the ghetto…hilarious.
A mighty Wind..and Best in Show are awesome parodies of all Documentary films. At least one of those should have been added.
Team America? Love that movie, it’s time for a montage!
When I first saw that movie, I laughed my butt off. But when I tried watching it again, didn’t laugh once. I guess once you seen it, the magic is gone.
I like Wrongfully Accused and Spy Hard as well as Borat
Young Frankenstein is a movie I can watch again and again, just to admire the comic timing. The entire cast is so perfect. It may be the best Frankenstein movie, period.
Years later I finally watched all of the Frankenstein movies and I couldn’t believe some of the overlaps. There actually is a guy with a wooden arm, they play darts, and he sticks the darts in the arm.
I realize it was probably either Space Balls or Ice Pirates and Balls has direct Star Wars references so it’s the obvious choice. But, Pirates was simply better.
Ice Pirates isn’t really a parody; it’s just a comedy space adventure.
. . .although the Space Herpe is kind of a parody of Alien.
Top Secret isn’t a WWII movie; it takes place during the early Cold War.
All the movies on the list are great with the exception of Spaceballs, which is only good. Looking back on it from afar, you mostly remember the classic jokes, but if you watch the whole thing again, there really aren’t that many of them. It’s certainly no Blazing Saddles (or even Not Another Teen Movie).
Spinal Tap ? maybe its my browser but i cant see it …. surely thats on the list …. surely
you didnt mention Phantom menace – wasnt that a parody of a Star Wars film?
what about Blazing Saddles – one of the most famous parodies of western genre
or Kentucky Fried movie – one of the earliest parodies
And what about Amazon women from the moon, or I’m gonna get you sucka?.
I was wondering if anyone could help me. I remember watching Top Secret when I was a child,(I’m now 37) and I recall seeing scenes that showed this newspaper vendor always getting hit by a bundle of newspaper, and every time he gets hit, he gets cured of an ailment but he gets a new one. For example, I think he started out deaf, then he gets hit by a bundle then he starts to hear but he becomes blind, and I think towards the end he gets cured of blindness but he gets amnesia. Curiously, when I bought a video of Top Secret, the scenes were not present. I was wondering whether those scenes were from Top Secret but got deleted in other versions or I actually watched another film and mistakenly thought that it was Top Secret. Can anyone help? If those scenes were not from Top Secret, can you identify the film that actually had those scenes? Thank you very much.
That’s because that was Johnny Dangerously with Michael Keaton. A much better movie that Top Secret and a spoof of gangster movies that should have been on this list.
“You shouldn’t grab me, Johnny. My mother grabbed me once… ONCE!”
“You shouldn’t kick me in the balls, Mrs. Kelly. My sister kicked me in the balls once…” [Stumbles in pain]
“You shouldn’t hang me on a hook, Johnny. My father hung me on a hook once. ONCE!”
Wasn’t a great film but still fun to watch.
Don’t be a menace to south central while drinking your juice in the hood. Best “hood” parody. Deserves a mention. Good list though.
I watched Galaxy Quest in the theatres and laughed my ass off. As a Star Trek fan, to me it was brilliant!! My Girlfriend not being a Star Trek fan didn’t understand why I was laughing at some parts…
Where’s This is Spinal Tap? One of the most brilliant parodies ever made. What made that film so brilliant was that it actually fooled people into thinking it’s about a real group. I remember hearing some of my buddies talking about the film and saying they’re going to hit Tower Records up for some of their albums. I had to give them a dose of reality and explain that thy’re are NOT a real group while trying keep my composure from laughing all over the place. I reminded them to take a close look at bandmember David St. Hubbins and think about the show Laverne and Shirley, that’s Lenny!
Here’s the thing: Spinal Tap IS a real band! They were created for the movie, and parodied a number of real bands and events, but they went on to record their own albums and tour several times. I saw them once myself, when they toured their second album (Break Like the Wind).
That said, TIST is easily the #1 omission from this list.
Ok, I know all about that, but they were not a group in a classic sense as the film depicts.
I remember a roomate I had who was about same the age as me, TIST was on TV and starts going on about how long it’s been since he’s heard anything from them and that as a kid he never bought any of their albums.
Naturally, I was about to the point of banging my head against the wall.
three letters: UHF
A true parody movie (and cult classic now) by the king of all parodies….
Cult classic, definitely, but how is it a parody?
It parodies multiple movies within the movie – Indiana Jones, Rambo, Ghandi, and multiple other forms of entertainment
Yeah, I suppose that counts.
No more Mr. Passive Resistance!
“Spaceballs” is still one of my favorite parody films. The list was pretty complete in its entirety.
I quite liked “Repossessed” but I don’t think anyone else liked/saw that movie. It was really cheesy, but I got some good laughs from it.
Is it just me,
Or are Screen Rants movie lists alot more accurate and acceptable than that of Time?
As someone who grew up watching the Lethal Weapon series, National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 is far and away my favorite parody movie. There are several on this list that aren’t even parodies. What the hell…
While there are some great parodies listed, no list is complete without Blazing Saddles.
many of these movies make fun of a few movies, and are good in their own right. There is one movie that makes fun of alot of movies and in different decades, from “Gone with the Wind” to “Ghandi” as well as pop culture. One movie should stand alone when it comes to parodies. Who is the king of parody? Wierd Al Yankovic, his movie UHF. One of the main parts of the movie also does a parody of “money for nothing” with “beverly hill billie.”
This should have been done with more than just the top ten so you could include more Leslie Nielsen and Mel Brooks movies without causing too much imbalance in the list. Also why are so many calling Princess Bride a Parody? It’s a book adaptation for starters, secondly it’s a classic, and thirdly there’s no actual humor in it. Yes, it has a sort of fairytale feel to it but where do you think fairytales come from? Do you think they just exist without anyone ever making them up at some point?
No actual humor in Princess Bride?
Seriously?
Miracle Max: You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.
Vizzini: HE DIDN’T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE.
Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Inigo Montoya: I donna suppose you could speed things up?
Man in Black: If you’re in such a hurry, you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find something useful to do.
Inigo Montoya: I could do that. I have some rope up here, but I do not think you would accept my help, since I am only waiting around to kill you.
Man in Black: That does put a damper on our relationship.
Inigo Montoya: [drawing his sword] You seem a decent fellow… I hate to kill you.
Man in Black: You seem a decent fellow… I hate to die.
Count Rugen: Ah. Are you coming down into the pit? Wesley’s got his strength back. I’m starting him on the machine tonight.
Prince Humperdinck: [sincerely] Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work, but I’ve got my country’s 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; I’m swamped.
Inigo Montoya: Who are you?
Man in Black: No one of consequence.
Inigo Montoya: I must know…
Man in Black: Get used to disappointment.
Inigo Montoya: ‘kay.
Buttercup: We’ll never survive.
Westley: Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.
No Hot Shots? Are you kidding me?
Hot Shots! Part One & Deux and Murder By Death should definitely be on this list!
Blazing Saddles
Men in Tights
Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb. I t may be more of a satire then a parody, but it beat “Failsafe” hands down. Also, the best western parody I ever saw was “Rustler’s Rhapsody”. I is easily better than several movies on the list and rivals “Blazing Saddles” for laughs.