
Movies that feel like Spaceballs (1987)
If you loved Spaceballs, the closest films we have are The Producers (1968), Blazing Saddles (1974) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). All three share Spaceballs' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Cultpix and others, checked against today's data.
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

Mel Brooks working the same nerve twice
The difference: Not nearly as cerebral as Spaceballs

Two things both keep coming back to: galaxy and android
The difference: None of the dark humor Spaceballs is built on

Both keep coming back to the same thing: space travel

Common ground: space travel
The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Spaceballs does

Both are built on the same subject: satire

The same preoccupation in both: space marine

One thread runs through both: satire
The difference: Made in the 1900s, in a different era of the craft

Witty and playful in the same breath

The same preoccupation in both: laser gun

Both keep coming back to the same thing: laser gun

Both land ideas and dark humor at once
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