American parody films

Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 mockumentary black comedy film directed by Larry Charles, which stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional Kazakh journalist traveling through the United States. Much of the film features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with real-life Americans who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of the local customs. A co-production between the United States and the United Kingdom, Borat is the second of four films built around Baron Cohen's characters

Scary Movie is a 2000 American parody film. It was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans, alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film stars Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan. The film, a parody of the slasher film genre, most notably the I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream franchises, follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to secrecy. A year later, someone, wearing a Ghostface mask and robe, begins hunting them one by one.

2007 American live-action/animated musical film

1996 film directed by Tim Burton

1974 film directed by Mel Brooks

Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. It primarily parodies the original Star Wars trilogy, but also other popular franchises such as Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, and Transformers. The film stars Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis and Daphne Zuniga, with the supporting cast including Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Lorene Yarnell, and the voice of Joan Rivers. In addition to Brooks playing a dual role, the film features Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise and Rudy De Luca in cameo appe

Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American comedy film written and directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debut, and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Lorna Patterson, Stephen Stucker, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot, central characters, and some dialogue. It also draws many elements from Airport 1975 and other films in

2011 film directed by Oliver Parker

1967 James Bond spy comedy film

2003 film directed by David Zucker

1993 film directed by John McTiernan

2018 film directed by David Kerr

1999 film by Jay Roach

2016 animated film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan

2001 film by Keenen Ivory Wayans

2014 film directed by Seth MacFarlane

1997 film by Jay Roach

1988 film by David Zucker

1974 film directed by Mel Brooks

1991 film directed by Jim Abrahams

1999 science-fiction comedy film directed by Dean Parisot

1993 film directed by Mel Brooks

1975 comedy film directed by Woody Allen

2001 film by Joel Gallen

2011 film by Greg Mottola

2002 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach

2008 film directed by Craig Mazin

1993 film directed by Jim Abrahams

2008 film directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer

2020 film directed by Jason Woliner

1995 film by Mel Brooks

1976 film by Robert Moore

The Naked Gun is a 2025 American action comedy parody film directed by Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand. The fourth film in The Naked Gun franchise, it stars Liam Neeson in the main role, with Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand and Danny Huston in supporting roles. Its plot follows the son of Lt. Frank Drebin who must succeed in his father's footsteps to prevent the closure of Police Squad.

2013 film directed by Malcolm D. Lee

2004 film directed by Trey Parker

2007 film by Joe Lynch

1948 film directed by Charles Barton

1984 film directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker

2007 film by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer

1974 film by John Carpenter

1996 film directed by Rick Friedberg

2013 film directed by Jeffrey Hornaday

2022 film directed by Akiva Schaffer

2006 film by Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg

1966 film by Woody Allen, Senkichi Taniguchi

1993 film directed by Gene Quintano

2010 film by Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg

1982 film directed by Ken Finkleman

2018 film directed by Etan Cohen

2022 film directed by Adam Shankman

This Is Spinal Tap is a 1984 American mockumentary comedy film directed by Rob Reiner in his feature directorial debut. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer play members of the parody heavy metal band Spinal Tap. Reiner plays Martin "Marty" Di Bergi, a documentary filmmaker following the band's American tour.

1981 film by Mel Brooks

2008 film directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer

1915 film

1956 film by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

1976 film directed by Mel Brooks

1977 film by Mel Brooks

1991 film by Pete Hewitt

1987 comedy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz