A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation.... or spoof
Parody
A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation.... film is a comedy that satirizes other film genres or classic films. The main conventions for this genre are:
A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation.... or spoof
Parody
A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation.... film is a comedy that satirizes other film genres or classic films. The main conventions for this genre are:
Sarcasm
Huge stereotyping, e.g., the dumb blonde, the hardboiled detective
Mocking other films or scenes from serious movies
Violence with no consequence for characters' actions
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff is a 1949 in film comedy horror film starring Abbott and Costello and Boris Karloff. The full onscreen title is Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.... (1949
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man is a 1951 in film comedy horror film Film director by Charles Lamont and starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Nancy Guild.... (1951
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Jack and the Beanstalk is an England fairy tale, closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant Killer. It is known under a number of versions.... (1952)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1953 in film Horror film comedy film Film director by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, and co-starring Boris Karloff.... (1953
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops is a 1955 in film film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.After the film was completed, Universal Studios wanted to rename it Abbott and Costello in the Stunt Men, because they did not consider the "Keystone Kops" to be relevant anymore.... (1955
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is a 1955 in film film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is also the 28th and final Abbott and Costello film produced by Universal Pictures.... (1955
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Creature from the Haunted Sea is a 1961 in film comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a parody film of spy film, gangster film and monster movies, concerning a secret agent, XK150 , who goes under the code name "Sparks Moran" in order to infiltrate a criminal gang led by Renzo Capetto , who is t... (1961
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Carry On Spying is a 1964 in film film and is the ninth movie in the Carry On films series and marks Barbara Windsor's first appearance in the series.... (1964
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Carry On Cleo is the tenth film in the Carry On films film series and was released in 1964 in film. It is considered by some to be the best in the series.... (1964
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Don't Lose Your Head is the thirteenth Carry On films film . It was released in 1966 in film. Set in France and England in 1789 during the French revolution, it is a parody of Baroness Orczy The Scarlet Pimpernel.... (1966
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Casino Royale can refer to:In fiction:*Casino Royale , the first James Bond novel by Ian Fleming*Casino Royale , a 1954 television adaptation of Fleming's novel that aired as an episode of the CBS series Climax!... (1967
1967 in film
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.... )
Carry On Up the Jungle, is a 1970 in film comedy and is the nineteenth "Carry On films" film. It is a send up of the Tarzan/African exploration genre.... (1970
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Carry On Henry is the 21st of the Carry On films series and was released in 1971 in film. It tells a fictionalised story involving Sid James as Henry VIII, who chases after Barbara Windsor's character Bettina.... (1971
1971 in film
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Carry On Dick was the 26th Carry On films. It was released in 1974 in film and marked the end of an era for the series. It featured the last appearances of Sid James, Barbara Windsor and Hattie Jacques.... (1974
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Blazing Saddles is a satire Western #Western movies comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, it was written by Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Al Uger, and was based on Bergman's story and draft.... (1974)
Dark Star is a 1974 sci-fi tongue-in-cheek comedy motion picture directed by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon. Dark Star was ranked #95 on Rotten Tomatoes' Journey Through Sci-Fi.... (1974)
Flesh Gordon is a 1974 science fiction film and comedy film adventure film. It is an erotic spoof of the Flash Gordon serial films from the 1930s.... (1974)
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 in film comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Gene Wilder as the title character. Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Gene Hackman also star.... (1974)
The Groove Tube , written and produced by Ken Shapiro, was a low-budget comedy film. It satirized television and the counterculture of the early 1970s.... (1974)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 in film film written and performed by the comedy group Monty Python , and directed by Gilliam and Jones.... (1975)
Silent Movie is a 1976 in film comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Anne Bancroft, Henny Youngman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, and Paul Newman.... (1976)
High anxiety is a non-technical term referring to a state of extreme fear or apprehension. It may also mean:* High Anxiety, a film by Mel Brooks... (1977)
The Kentucky Fried Movie is an United States comedy film, released in 1977 and directed by John Landis. The film's writers were the team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.... (1977)
Carry On Emmannuelle is the 29th Carry On films film, and was released in 1978 in film. This was the last Carry On film to be made before the series was resurrected in 1992 in film with Carry On Columbus.... (1978
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Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 in film comedy film written, directed and largely performed by the Monty Python comedy team.... (1979)
Airplane! is a Cinema of the United States comedy film directed and written by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lorna Patterson.... (1980)
History of the World, Part I is a 1981 in film film written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. As he does in many of his other films, Brooks also gives himself a great deal of time in front of the camera, this time playing five roles: Moses, Comicus the stand-up comedy philosopher, Tom?s de Torquemada, Louis XVI of France, and Jacques,... (1981)
Airplane II: The Sequel is an United States comedy film sequel to the 1980 in film film Airplane! First released on December 10, 1982, the film was written and directed by Ken Finkleman and stars Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Rip Torn, and Sonny Bono.... (1982)
Bloodbath at the House of Death is a comedy horror film produced in 1983, starring the United Kingdom comedian Kenny Everett and featuring Vincent Price.... (1984)
is a 1984 in film mockumentary rockumentary directed by Rob Reiner and starring members of the fictional heavy-metal/hard rock band Spinal Tap.... (1984)
Top Secret! is a 1984 in film comedy film directed by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker. It stars Val Kilmer , Lucy Gutteridge, Omar Sharif, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough and Jeremy Kemp.... (1984)
When Nature Calls is a 1985 parody film written and directed by Charles Kaufman and starring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn in an early performance.... (1985)
Hollywood Shuffle is a movie released in 1987 in film that depicts the stereotyping of African Americans in both film and television. It was directed and produced by Robert Townsend , and written by Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans.... (1987)
Leonard Part 6 is a 1987 in film comedy film, that parodies spy movies and is directed by Paul Weiland and starring Bill Cosby, who also produced the film and wrote its story.... (1987)
Amazon Women on the Moon is a 1987 in film film written by comedy duo Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland.The film is a compilation of twenty-one comedy skits of various lengths by a group of highly regarded film director.... (1987)
Spaceballs is a 1987 science fiction parody film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks. It was released on June 24, 1987, and earned only modest returns, but has gone on to become a seminal cult film on video.... (1987)
Throw Momma from the Train is a comedy film released in 1987 in film. The movie was inspired by the 1951 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Strangers on a Train , which also plays a role in the movie.... (1987)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka is a 1988 in film blaxploitation mockumentary film written and directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans. Featured in the film are several African American actors who were part of the blaxploitation phenomenon; including Jim Brown, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas and Isaac Hayes.... (1988)
UHF , is a comedy film made in 1989. It starred "Weird Al" Yankovic, Michael Richards, David Bowe, Victoria Jackson, Fran Drescher, Kevin McCarthy , Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary and Trinidad Silva.... (1989)
Repossessed is a 1990 comedy film that spoofs the 1973 horror film The Exorcist .The film features the original star of The Exorcist, Linda Blair, as well as Leslie Nielsen and Anthony Starke.... (1990)
Hot Shots! is a 1991 comedy Parody starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Kevin Dunn and Jon Cryer. It was directed by Jim Abrahams, co-director of Airplane! , and was written by Abrahams and Pat Proft.... (1991)
The Naked Gun 2?: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 in film comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lieutenant Frank Drebin of Police Squad!.... (1991)
Fatal Instinct is a 1993 comedy film film directed by Carl Reiner. It parodies the erotic thriller movie genre, which at the time had reached its commercial peak.... (1993)
National Lampoon, Inc.'s Loaded Weapon 1 is a 1993 in film comedy film, directed by Gene Quintano and starring Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson and William Shatner.... (1993)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a 1993 in film comedy of the story of Robin Hood. Produced and directed by Mel Brooks, the film stars Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis , and Dave Chappelle.... (1993)
CB4 is a 1993 comedy film about a fictional rap group named 'CB4', named after the prison block in which the group was allegedly formed . The movie parodies the rap group N.W.A among other gangsta rap aspects.... (1993)
Airheads is a comedy film released on August 5, 1994. It was written by Rich Wilkes and directed by Michael Lehmann.It stars Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, and Adam Sandler as a group of loser musicians called The Lone Rangers who take a radio station hostage, just so that their song would get played on the radio.... (1994)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It is a 1995 in film comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. It is a parody of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, and of some of the films it inspired.... (1995)
The Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 in film comedy film film adaptation of the 1969 in television-1974 in television television series The Brady Bunch.... (1995)
A Very Brady Sequel is a 1996 in film comedy film and sequel to 1995 in film's The Brady Bunch Movie. Both films are Parody-homages of the classic 1969-1974 television sitcom The Brady Bunch.... (1996)
Mars Attacks! is a 1996 comedy science fiction movie by Tim Burton based on the popular card series Mars Attacks. It was released in 1996 by Warner Bros.... (1996)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie is a theatrical adaptation of the cult television hit Mystery Science Theater 3000. The date of the movie's production, between seasons 6 and 7 of MST3K, explains the absence of both TV's Frank , who left the series in the finale of Season 6, and Pearl Forrester , who arrived in the premier... (1996)
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
'Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood' is a 1996 in film film. Similar to the Wayans brothers' previous effort I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, the film spoofs a number of African American, coming-of-age, 'hood films' such as Juice , Jungle Fever , South Central , Higher Learning, Do The Ri... (1996)
Spy Hard is a 1996 film starring Leslie Nielsen and Nicollette Sheridan, parodying James Bond films and other action films.The title itself is a spoof of Die Hard which is never actually lampooned in the film itself.... (1996)
High School High is a 1996 comedy film about an inner city high school in the Los Angeles, California area, starring Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Mekhi Phifer, Louise Fletcher, Malinda Williams and Brian Hooks.... (1996)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, released in 1997 in film, is the first film of the Austin Powers . It was directed by Jay Roach and written by Mike Myers who also stars in the Austin Powers.... (1997)
Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia! is a 1998 comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, Olympia Dukakis, and Christina Applegate.... (1998)
Galaxy Quest is a 1999 in film science fiction / comedy film written by David Howard and Robert Gordon and directed by Dean Parisot; starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Missi Pyle and Justin Long in his feature-film debut.... (1999)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers , released in 1999 in film. The series began with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember.... (1999)
Big Money Hustlas is a 2000 in film comedy film directed by John Cafiero as his feature film debut. The film, an homage to exploitation films of the 1970s, focuses on a streetwise San Francisco detective who tries to take down a New York City crime lord.... (2000)
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
'Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth' is a film directed by John Blanchard released directly to video in 2000. Several mid- and late-1990s, teen horror movies are parodied, as are the slasher films of the 1970s and 1980s, including the Scream trilogy , Friday the 13th , Halloween , A Nightmare on Elm St... (2000)
Scary Movie is a 2000 in film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, as part of Wayans Bros. Entertainment. It is an Cinema of the United States dark comedy which parodies the Horror film, slasher film, and Mystery film genres.... series (2000-2011)
Not Another Teen Movie is a 2001 in film comedy film released on December 14, 2001 by Columbia Pictures. It is a parody of the teen film and other cinematic portrayals of adolescence which have accumulated in Hollywood over the last few decades.... (2001)
2001: A Space Travesty is a 2000 film starring actor Leslie Nielsen. It is a parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey . It is rated R due to its crude sexual humor.... (2002)
Austin Powers in Goldmember is the third film of the Austin Powers starring Mike Myers in the Austin Powers and was released in late July 2002 in film.... (2002)
Johnny English is a British film comedy film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre, released in 2003. It starred Rowan Atkinson as the incompetent United Kingdom spy of the title, with John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia and Ben Miller.... (2003)
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom zombie comedy comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and written by Pegg and Wright.... (2004)
My Big Fat Independent Movie
My Big Fat Independent Movie
My Big Fat Independent Movie is an independent movie Parodying well-known independent films, such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Memento , Swingers , Pulp Fiction , Magnolia , Amelie, Reservoir Dogs, Pi , The Good Girl, Run Lola Run, and El Mariachi.... (2005)
Date Movie
Date Movie
Date Movie is a 2006 in film romantic comedies film, which was film director and screenwriter by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, two of the writers of the first Scary Movie.... (2006)
Man of the Year
Man of the Year (2006 film)
Man of the Year is a 2006 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and featuring Robin Williams in the lead role.... (2006)
Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz is a British films of 2007 Cinema of the United Kingdom action film comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Pegg and Nick Frost.... (2007)
Farce of the Penguins
Farce of the Penguins
Farce of the Penguins is a 2007 in film Direct-to-video parody film of the 2005 in film documentary film March of the Penguins. The motion picture features Samuel L.... (2007)
Epic Movie
Epic Movie
Epic Movie is a 2007 in film cinema of the United States film film director and screenwriter by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. It was film producer by Paul Schiff.... (2007)
The Comebacks
The Comebacks
The Comebacks is a 2007 comedy film directed by Tom Brady . This film is a parody of the clich?s and plots of the List of sports films genre.... (2007)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a 2007 United States comedy film, directed by Jake Kasdan and starring John C. Reilly. Judd Apatow, director of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, and Kasdan co-wrote and produced the film.... (2007)
Super High Me
Super High Me
Super High Me is a 2007 in film documentary about the effects of smoking marijuana non-stop for 30 days. The documentary stars comedian Doug Benson.... (2007)
Meet the Spartans
Meet the Spartans
Meet The Spartans is a 2008 parody film directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Similar to past movies, such as Scary Movie, Epic Movie and Date Movie it pokes fun at various films.... (2008)
Superhero Movie
Superhero Movie
Superhero Movie is a 2008 in film comedy film written and directed by Craig Mazin and produced by David Zucker and Robert K. Weiss. Superhero Movie starred Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald , and Leslie Nielsen.... (2008)
The Onion Movie
The Onion Movie
The Onion Movie is a comedy film written by The Onion writers Robert D. Siegel and Todd Hanson along with the NY-based writing staff of the paper.... (2008)
Get Smart
Get Smart (film)
Get Smart is a 2008 in film action film comedy film film adaptation of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's Get Smart. The film is rated Motion Picture Association of America film rating system by the Motion Picture Association of America for "rude humor, action violence and language." The film starred Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaw... (2008)
Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder is a 2008 in film American action satire comedy film directed and produced by Ben Stiller and written by Stiller, Justin Theroux, and Etan Cohen.... (2008)
Disaster Movie
Disaster Movie
Disaster Movie is a 2008 in film parody film. It is written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, and stars Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian, Matt Lanter, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan, and Vanessa Minnillo.... (2008)
An American Carol
An American Carol
An American Carol is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film, directed by David Zucker and starring Kevin Farley. Presented from a politically conservatism in the United States perspective, the film is a parody of Liberalism filmmaker Michael Moore that "lampoons contemporary American culture, particularly Hollywood." It us... (2008)
Dance Flick
Dance Flick
Dance Flick is an upcoming 2009 in film Cinema of the United States parody film directed by Damien Dante Wayans, written by his uncles, the Wayans Brothers, and starring Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans.... (2009)
Not Another Not Another Movie
Not Another Not Another Movie
Not Another Not Another Movie is an upcoming independent film parody film written and directed by David Murphy. Starring Chevy Chase, Burt Reynolds, and Vinnie Jones, the film spoofs the ceaseless parody films released every year, revolving around a group of filmmakers trying to conceive a parody film.... (2009)
Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite is an upcoming spoof of blaxploitation films of the 1970s. It stars Michael Jai White. It is set for release in 2009 in film, and had its premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, where Sony Worldwide Acquisitions picked it up for distribution.... (2009)
Sci-Fi Movie (2009)
