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Friday, March 18, 2016

Best Spoofs And Parody Movies of All Time - Based on 35 Published Rankings


Scene from Airplane (1980), top spoof, poking fun at overemphasized sweating in action scenes of thrillers.
Welcome to our Reel Fives pre-launch movie rankings for the best spoof movies, also referred to as parody films, of all time. After an extensive online search, we found 35 published rankings for parody movies. Reel Fives has taken all of those rankings and aggregated them into definitive rankings for the top 45 spoofs of all time. For each ranked list of top movies for the parody film genre we found online, we have taken the top five ranked parody films. The original sources of rankings on top spoof movies are included at the bottom of this post and include rankings of the best spoofs created by movie experts as well as spoof rankings from polling sites, such as ranker.com.

Spoofs are not meant to be taken seriously and the rankings show the less seriously the topic is taken, the better spoof it makes. They take the film genre norms and exaggerate them – resulting in a comical outcome. Airplane! (1980), ranked the all-time best spoof, is a parody of the thriller movie genre. Ted Striker (Robert Hays) dislikes flying but he wants to win his ex-girlfriend Elaine (Julie Hagerty) back. In a hilarious turn of events, everyone falls ill on the plane and Ted reluctantly saves them. Blazing Saddles (1974), ranked second, plays upon Westerns and turns the genre upside down with a black sheriff. Spoofs turn genres inside out and Blazing Saddles (1974) does just that by poking fun at all the stereotypes of Westerns. Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) takes matters into his own hands and holds the power. In another excellent example, in a parody of spy movies, Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) must figure out who is trying to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II in The Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad! (1988), ranked fifth. This is Spinal Tap (1984), ranked seventh, follows a band that could have a comeback. The film pokes fun at not only music, but also documentaries, as it is filmed as a documentary; it was the movie that brought mockumentaries into the mainstream. Horror films are an easy genre to poke fun at, and the Scary Movie series does so. Taking advantage of the popularity of teen horror movies Scream (1996) and I know what you did last summer (1997) at the time, Scary Movie (2000), ranked eighth, takes every horror film serial killer stereotype and overdoes it. A group of immature teenagers mixed with a serial killer on the loose is bound to end badly.  In another spoof of spy movies, a rock star (meant to poke fun at Elvis Presley) becomes involved in international relations in Top Secret! (1984), ranked tenth. Nick Rivers (Val Kimer) becomes part of the resistance movement during WWII while he performed in Eastern Germany. Most elements, even themes as serious as the Cold War, have to be dramatized because that is what makes a film a great spoof.

The rankings paid homage to the classics, as only one film in the top 10 came after 2000. There were no real surprises on the list, as the top spoofs have large cult followings. Those cult followings help the film’s popularity. Most plots are driven by male leads and b-list actors who are just starting out in their careers. We enjoy the variety of genres among the top ranked parody movies, especially how they point out the deficits in several genres. These top spoofs push the spoofed genres themselves forward by cementing clichés and bringing them out to the forefront. 

Top 45 Movies based on 35 published rankings
Percent of online top fives movies appear in shown
1 . Airplane! (1980): 65.7%
2 . Blazing Saddles (1974): 45.7%
3 . Young Frankenstein (1974): 42.8%
4 . Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975): 40%
5 . The Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad! (1988): 40%
6 . Spaceballs (1987): 34.2%
7 . This Is Spinal Tap (1984): 22.8%
8 . Scary Movie (2000): 20%
9 . Hot Shots! (1991): 20%
10 . Top Secret! (1984): 14.2%
11 . Austin Powers: Goldmember (2002): 11.4%
12 . The Princess Bride (1987): 11.4%
13 . Galaxy Quest (1999): 11.4%
14 (tied). Robin Hood – Men in Tights (1993): 8.57%
14 (tied). Meet the Spartans (2008): 8.57%
16 . Monty Python: Life of Brian (1979): 8.57%
17 . Don’t Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood (1996): 8.57%
18 . Black Dynamite (2009): 8.57%
19 . Vampires suck (2010): 5.71%
20 (tied). The Starving Games (2013): 5.71%
20 (tied). Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999): 5.71%
22 . History of the World: Part I (1981): 5.71%
23 (tied). Shaun of the Dead (2004): 5.71%
23 (tied). High Anxiety (1978): 5.71%
25 (tied). The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977): 5.71%
25 (tied). Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997): 5.71%
27 (tied). Your Highness (2011): 5.71%
27 (tied). Not Another Teen Movie (2001): 5.71%
29 . The Great Dictator (1940): 2.85%
30 (tied). Throw Momma from the Train (1987): 2.85%
30 (tied). The Great Race (1965): 2.85%
32 (tied). Wrongfully Accused (1998): 2.85%
32 (tied). Murder By Death (1976): 2.85%
32 (tied). Spy Hard (1996): 2.85%
32 (tied). The Producers (1967): 2.85%
32 (tied). A Very Brady Sequel (1996): 2.85%
37 (tied). Clue (1985): 2.85%
37 (tied). Spies Like Us (1985): 2.85%
39 (tied). Scary Movie (2000): 2.85%
39 (tied). Cabin in the Woods (2012): 2.85%
39 (tied). Cry-Baby (1990): 2.85%
39 (tied). The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978): 2.85%
39 (tied). The Cornetto Trilogy (2004): 2.85%
39 (tied). Repossessed (1990): 2.85%
39 (tied). What We Do in the Shadows (2014): 2.85%




Spoofs  Ranking Sources
What Culture List of top 10 (link)
Flavor Wire List of top 10 (link)
Cheat Sheet List of top 5 (link)
MRGE List of top 30 (link)
MENSXP List of top 10 (link)
The People Movies List of top 5 (link)
The Book The Film The Shirt List of top 5 (link)
Tube Type List of top 5 (link)
IGN List of top 10 (link)
Screen Crave List of top 5 (link)
Taste of Cinema List of top 25 (link)
AV Club List of top 16 (link)
Watch Mojo List of top 10 (link)
All Time Best List of top 10 (link)
Movies List of top 10 (link)
Jam Canoe List of top 10 (link)
Chillopedia List of top 6 (link)
Knoji List of top 5 (link)
Greenlee Gazette List of top 5 (link)
Examiner List of top 5 (link)
WM Briggs List of top 10 (link)
Volta List of top 10 (link)
Best For Film List of top 10 (link)
AMC List of top 10 (link)
Top 10 Films List of top 10 (link)
Facts Fry List of top 11 (link)
The Richest List of top 10 (link)
Den Of Geek List of top 10 (link)
Influx Magazine List of top 10 (link)
Entertainment Weekly List of top 22 (link)
Rockying List of top 5 (link)
MSN List of top 39 (link)
Sky List of top 43 (link)
One Room With A View List of top 10 (link)
The Breeze List of top 5 (link)

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