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.
Evil Roy Slade (1972)
7.3/10
Director: Jerry Paris
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Henry Gibson, Dom DeLuise, John Astin
This made-for-TV spoof western gem was shown in the early 70s making an indelible impression on all lucky enough to catch it. John Astin is terrific i... Read more
They Call Me Trinity / Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
Director: E B Clucher
Starring: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Farley Granger
'They Call Me Trinity', is a wild spoof on 'The Magnificent Seven' made international superstars of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer playing half-brothers... Read more
Darling Lili (1969)
6.2/10
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring: Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival
A musical World War I spy-spoof with Julie Andrews attempting to shed her goody-good image as a femme fatale music hall entertainer, who is really a G... Read more
Oh! What A Lovely War (1969)
7.2/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, John Gielgud, Kenneth More, Jack H...
Based on a 1963 stage show by Charles Chilton, lampooning World War I and war in general, and focused on the Smith family who have five sons to send o... 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
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
7.2/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Alfie Bass, Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate
AKA: 'Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck' or 'Dance of the Vampires'. Polanski's near brilliant mixture of humour and horror. Professor Abronsiu... Read more
In Like Flint (1967)
6.2/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: James Coburn, Lee J Cobb, Jean Hale
Super-suave super spy James Coburn returns, this time he must fight a group of powerful female tycoons who have developed a way of brainwashing women... Read more
Texas Across the River (1966)
6.6/10
Director: Michael Gordon
Starring: Alain Delon, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Rosemary Forsyth, Tina Aumont
Dean Martin stars as an amiable gunrunner in this tongue-in-cheek western. Martin teams up with fugitive from justice Alain Delon, a Spanish nobleman... Read more
Get Smart: Season 2 (1966)
6.5/10
Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt
Maxwell Smart returns for another lot of espionage and prat-falls. The huge season two (30 episodes!) sees Max and 99 pursue the dastardly KAOS agents... Read more
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
6.5/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Doris Day, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver, Rod Taylor, Dom DeLuise, Paul Lynde, Er...
A lively mix of comedy and romance, this wacky Bond spoof has Doris Day as a public relations specialist for NASA who inadvertantly meets her boss (Ro... Read more