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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.

Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new protector. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim are their only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.

πŸ… 89% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Mel Brooksgrittywittyplayfuldarkly funny

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The Producers
1968 Β· dir. Mel Brooks
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5comedy

Mel Brooks directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: None of the grit Blazing Saddles is built on

A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back β€” and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

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Young Frankenstein
1974 Β· dir. Mel Brooks
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Mel Brooks

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

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πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· crime

Common ground in both: satire and parody

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Blazing Saddles does

When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

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Raising Arizona
1987 Β· dir. Joel Coen
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: satire

When a childless coupleβ€”an ex-con and an ex-copβ€”take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.

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Life of Brian
1979 Β· dir. Terry Jones
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: parody

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

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Spaceballs
1987 Β· dir. Mel Brooks
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· science fiction

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

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The Ladykillers
1955 Β· dir. Alexander Mackendrick
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· crime

Gritty where it counts, darkly funny underneath

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

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The Ruling Class
1972 Β· dir. Peter Medak
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· drama

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

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Lost in America
1985 Β· dir. Albert Brooks
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7comedy

Playful western in both cases

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 Β· dir. Michael Patrick Jann
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.7comedy

Common ground: gun

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

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

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I'm All Right Jack
1959 Β· dir. John Boulting
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.1comedy

Comedy built on dark humor, twice over

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

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Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 Β· dir. Robert Hamer
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8comedy Β· crime

Both lean on grit more than on western

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.

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