
Movies that feel likeSpaceballs (1987)
If you loved Spaceballs, the closest films we have are The Producers (1968), Dark Star (1974) and Blazing Saddles (1974). All three share Spaceballs' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lost in America (1985).
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If Spaceballs hit the spot, these will too

Both are Mel Brooks's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Both keep coming back to the same thing: space travel
The difference: Trades the dark humor of Spaceballs for an angle of its own

Mel Brooks working the same nerve twice
The difference: Easier on the ideas than Spaceballs

Common ground: space travel
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Spaceballs does

Two things both keep coming back to: galaxy and android

Both are built on the same subject: satire
The difference: Made in the 1900s, in a different era of the craft

The same preoccupation in both: space battle

One thread runs through both: space marine



Both keep coming back to the same thing: laser gun

Both land ideas and dark humor at once
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