Mel Brooks Movies Ranked

Critics Consensus: Made with obvious affection for the original, Young Frankenstein is a riotously silly spoof featuring a fantastic performance by Gene Wilder.

Synopsis: Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: A hilarious satire of the business side of Hollywood, The Producers is one of Mel Brooks' finest, as well as funniest films, featuring standout performances by Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel.

Synopsis: Down-and-out producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel), who was once the toast of Broadway, trades sexual favors with old ladies for cash contributions. Max's new accountant... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, Kenneth Mars

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: Daring, provocative, and laugh-out-loud funny, Blazing Saddles is a gleefully vulgar spoof of Westerns that marks a high point in Mel Brooks' storied career.

Synopsis: In this satirical take on Westerns, crafty railroad worker Bart (Cleavon Little) becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, erstwhile count Ippolit Vorobyaninov (Ron Moody) has been reduced to being a simple clerk. But, before his mother-in-law... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: Stylistically audacious and infectiously nostalgic for the dawn of cinema, Silent Movie is another comedic triumph for Mel Brooks... now shush.

Synopsis: In this dialogue-free slapstick comedy, film director Mel Funn (Mel Brooks) travels to the ailing Big Picture Studios to pitch his comeback film: the first... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: Uneven but hilarious when it hits, this spoof of Hitchcock movies is a minor classic in the Mel Brooks canon.

Synopsis: Just after becoming the director of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke is greeted by a series of mysterious... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: History of the World: Part I may not have enough comedic inspiration to merit a Part II, but the sporadic cleverness of these anachronistic skits are still a testament to Mel Brooks' gift for farce.

Synopsis: Human history is traced through a series of vignettes, beginning with cavemen awestruck by their own magnificence. Then Moses (Mel Brooks) receives the tablets containing... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: There's fine spoofery and amusing characters in Spaceballs, though it's a far cry from Mel Brooks' peak era.

Synopsis: In a distant galaxy, planet Spaceball has depleted its air supply, leaving its citizens reliant on a product called "Perri-Air." In desperation, Spaceball's leader President... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: Undisciplined, scatological, profoundly silly, and often utterly groan-worthy, Robin Hood: Men in Tights still has an amiable, anything-goes goofiness that has made it a cult favorite.

Synopsis: Crusading nobleman Robin of Loxley (Cary Elwes) escapes from prison in Jerusalem and returns home to find that the evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) has... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Affluent and arrogant businessman Goddard Bolt (Mel Brooks), feuding with rival Vance Crasswell (Jeffrey Tambor) over a land deal, makes a bet with Crasswell that... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart Pankin

Directed By: Mel Brooks

Critics Consensus: Lacking any of the comedic bite that audiences have come to expect from a Mel Brooks farce, this vampire parody just plain ol' sucks.

Synopsis: Dapper Count Dracula (Leslie Nielsen) relocates from his Transylvanian castle to Victorian London with his slavish assistant, Renfield (Peter MacNicol), in search of new blood.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck

Directed By: Mel Brooks