Spoofs
The wide wonderful world of film lends itself splendidly to the 'spoof' or parody as most genres have conventions and unwritten rules that are very easy to twist and undermine. It's all about messing with audience expectation - and nobody is safe - from TV cops ('Police Squad') to zombies ('Shaun of the Dead'); disaster flicks ('Airplane') to westerns ('Blazing Saddles'); Alfred Hitchcock ('High Anxiety') to Arnold Schwarzenegger ('Last Action Hero'). Sit back and have a laugh, at someone else's expense.
High Anxiety (1977)
6.7/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Dick Van P...
Mel Brooks takes on Alfred Hitchcock in this funny spoof of some of the Master of Suspense's greatest moments. With Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korm... Read more
The New Women (2001)
6.5/10
Director: Todd Hughes
Starring: Mary Woronov, Jamie Tolbert, Sandra Kinder, Jane Ray, Roma Maffia, Jenny Shimizu...
This post-apocalyptic feminist sci-fi spoof stars Mary Woronov ('Eating Raoul') as Lisa LaStrada, a miserable housewife and recovering alcoholic. When... Read more
Deadpool 2 (2018)
7.9/10
Director: David Leitch
Starring: Josh Brolin, Leslie Uggams, Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Eddie Marsan, TJ Mil...
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool meets Russell, an angry teenage mutant who lives at an orphanage. When Russell becomes the target of Cable -- a geneti... Read more
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
4.6/10
Director: Paul Morrissey
Starring: Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Kenneth Williams, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood, Hug...
Andy Warhol's filmmaker buddy, Paul Morrissey put together an all-star cast for this irreverent take on the Arthur Conan Doyle classic. Peter Cook and... Read more
Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)
6/10
Director: Eric Idle
Starring: Eric Idle, Billy Connolly, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Bill Murray, Robin Williams
Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry - the 'pre-fab four' strike again!. Python-alum Eric Idle directs and stars in this sequel to his 1978 mockumentary, 'The... Read more
Beerfest (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Mo...
German-Americans Todd and Jan decide to pay a first-time visit to the old country after their grandad dies, and end up competing in an underground dri... Read more
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear (1991)
Director: David Zucker
Starring: George Kennedy, Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Robert Goulet, O J Simpson
The second hilarious entry in the satirical film series focuses on Leslie Nielsen's effort to stop villainous business mogul Robert Goulet from making... Read more
Last Action Hero (1993)
6.3/10
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance, Frank McRae,...
Schwarzenegger's 'Heaven's Gate'. Big, loud, expensive ... but with plenty of satire which was missed by many first time around. Worth re-assessing in... Read more
The Cheyenne Social Club / Firecreek (1967)
Director: Gene Kelly, Vincent McEveety
Starring: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon, Gary Lockwood, Dean...
'The Cheyenne Social Club' (1970) - Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda team in the wry western satire about aging cowpokes who inherit a Wyoming brothel an... Read more
Get Smart: Mr Big (1965)
6.5/10
Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt
Meet Maxwell Smart, Agent 99, the Chief and Fang, in this Emmy Award-winning spy-spoof series inspired by the comic genius of Mel Brooks and Buck Henr... Read more