
Movies that feel like Blazing Saddles (1974)
If you loved Blazing Saddles, the closest films we have are The Producers (1968), Young Frankenstein (1974) and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). All three share Blazing Saddles' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.
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If Blazing Saddles hit the spot, these will too

Mel Brooks directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: None of the grit Blazing Saddles is built on

The same hand behind both of them: Mel Brooks

Common ground in both: satire and parody
The difference: Sits closer to crime than Blazing Saddles does

The same preoccupation in both: satire

Both keep coming back to the same thing: parody

The same mix in both: wit, then play
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Gritty where it counts, darkly funny underneath

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases


Common ground: gun
The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1990s show

Comedy built on dark humor, twice over

Both lean on grit more than on western
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