Cast: Mel Brooks
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Mel Brooks. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 38
Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series)
2000 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Larry David · Robert B. Weide · Larry Charles · Bryan Gordon
Cast Larry David · Jeff Garlin · Cheryl Hines · Susie Essman
Synopsis TV Series (2000-2011 | Present Day). 10 Seasons. Each half-hour episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm features verité-style footage of David (playing himself) at home, at work and around town, as he gets into predicaments with fictional and real-life personalities. With...
7.4
7K votes
7.4
7K votes
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
2015 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States
Direction Daniel Raim
Cast Lillian Michelson · Harold Michelson · Danny DeVito · Mel Brooks
Synopsis Harold and Lillian eloped to Hollywood in 1947, where they became the film industry's secret weapons. Nobody talked about them, but everybody wanted them. Theirs is the greatest story never told-until now.
6.9
42 votes
6.9
42 votes
The Great Buster
2018 · Documentary · 102 min. · United States
Direction Peter Bogdanovich
Cast Buster Keaton · Mel Brooks · Dick Cavett · James Curtis
Synopsis "The Great Buster" celebrates the life and career of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and influential filmmakers, Buster Keaton. Stunning restorations of archival works bring Keaton’s magic to life on the big screen, while interviews with his friends, family, collaborators,...
6.9
453 votes
6.9
453 votes
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2017 · Documentary · 86 min. · United States
Direction Alexandra Dean
Cast Diane Kruger · Mel Brooks · Peter Bogdanovich · Robert Osborne
Synopsis Actress Hedy Lamarr, one of the world's most beautiful woman was also the secret inventor of secure wifi, bluetooth and GPS communications, but her arresting looks stood in the way of her being given the credit she deserved... until now.
6.8
666 votes
6.8
666 votes
Beat This! A Hip Hop History (TV)
1984 · Documentary · 59 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Dick Fontaine
Cast Easy A.D. · Muhammad Ali · Almighty K.G. · Arthur Baker
Synopsis 1984 BBC documentary film about hip-hop culture, directed by Dick Fontaine. The cast includes Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Kool Herc — the film includes footage from Herc's original dance parties — The Cold Crush Brothers, Jazzy Jay, Brim Fuentes, and The...
6.8
46 votes
6.8
46 votes
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · Documentary · 83 min. · United States
Direction Marina Zenovich
Cast Richard Pryor · David Banks · Rona Barrett · David Brinkley
Synopsis The life and times of Richard Pryor.
6.7
179 votes
6.7
179 votes
The Last Laugh
2016 · Documentary · 88 min. · United States
Direction Ferne Pearlstein
Cast Renee Firestone · Klara Firestone · Gilbert Gottfried · Rob Reiner
Synopsis Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.
6.5
26 votes
6.5
26 votes
Inside Comedy (TV Series)
2012 · Documentary · 30 min. · United States
Direction David Steinberg
Cast David Steinberg · Judd Apatow · Mel Brooks · Steve Carell
Synopsis Comedy series hosted by David Steinberg featuring interviews with some of the best comedic minds of the last five decades.
6.3
47 votes
6.3
47 votes
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (TV Series)
2009 · Documentary · 58 min. · United States
Direction Laurent Bouzereau
Cast Ken Follett · Norman Lloyd · Alfred Hitchcock · Heywood Gould
Synopsis "A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers" will look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic tools filmmakers use to give their audiences a shot of adrenaline. The special will feature...
6.3
36 votes
6.3
36 votes
Blazing Saddles
1974 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Mel Brooks
Cast Gene Wilder · Cleavon Little · Slim Pickens · Madeline Kahn
Synopsis To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
6.0
4K votes
6.0
4K votes
Silent Movie
1976 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction Mel Brooks
Cast Mel Brooks · Marty Feldman · Dom DeLuise · Sid Caesar
6.0
1K votes
6.0
1K votes
Spaceballs: The Documentary
2005 · Documentary · 30 min. · United States
Direction Brodie Ransom
Cast Mel Brooks · Bill Pullman · Dick Van Patten · George Wyner
Synopsis The cast and crew of Spaceballs looks back at the making of the movie in this documentary produced for the special features on Spaceballs: The Special Edition DVD.
5.9
77 votes
5.9
77 votes
High Anxiety
1977 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Mel Brooks
Cast Mel Brooks · Madeline Kahn · Cloris Leachman · Harvey Korman
Synopsis In this perceptive, sidesplitting homage to Hichcock films, director, star, and writer Mel Brooks plays the average American guy, psychiatrist Richard Thorndyke (as in Roger Thorndike, Cary Grant's character in NORTH BY NORTHWEST), who's terrified of heights (think VERTIGO). He...
5.8
884 votes
5.8
884 votes
The Muppet Movie
1979 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction James Frawley
Cast The Muppets · Charles Durning · Austin Pendleton · Mel Brooks
Synopsis Kermit the Frog is discovered playing banjo in the Florida swamps by a talent agent and told that he has promise. And so Kermit sets out for Hollywood to find fame and fortune. He is joined along the way by...
5.7
979 votes
5.7
979 votes
To Be or Not to Be
1983 · Movie · 108 min. · United States
Direction Alan Johnson
Cast Mel Brooks · Anne Bancroft · Tim Matheson · Charles Durning
Synopsis A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion. His wife has the habit of entertaining young polish officers while he's on stage which...
5.7
762 votes
5.7
762 votes
Spaceballs
1987 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Mel Brooks
Cast Mel Brooks · John Candy · Rick Moranis · Bill Pullman
Synopsis Planet Spaceball's President Skroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal Planet Druidia's abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them.
5.7
17K votes
5.7
17K votes
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Mel Brooks
Cast Mel Brooks · Dom DeLuise · Madeline Kahn · Harvey Korman
Synopsis From the dawn of man to the distant future, mankind's evolution (or lack thereof) is traced. Often ridiculous but never serious, we learn the truth behind the Roman Emperor, we learn what REALLY happened at the last supper, the circumstances...
5.6
5K votes
5.6
5K votes
The Twelve Chairs
1970 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Mel Brooks
Cast Ron Moody · Frank Langella · Dom DeLuise · Andréas Voutsinas
Synopsis A treasure hunt. An aging ex-nobleman of the Czarist regime has finally adjusted to life under the commisars in Russia. Both he and the local priest find that the family jewels were hidden in a chair, one of a set...
5.4
588 votes
5.4
588 votes
Life Stinks
1991 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Mel Brooks
Cast Mel Brooks · Lesley Ann Warren · Jeffrey Tambor · Stuart Pankin
Synopsis A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with with a homeless...
5.4
1K votes
5.4
1K votes
The Little Rascals
1994 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Penelope Spheeris
Cast Travis Tedford · Bug Hall · Brittany Ashton Holmes · Kevin Jamal Woods
Synopsis Spanky and his gang are back in this modern take on the favorite old comedy shorts from the 1920s and 30s. Back, too, is the "He-man Womun Haters Club", but now its very existence is threatened by one of its...
5.4
5K votes
5.4
5K votes