Cast: Mel Brooks

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Mel Brooks. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


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...

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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

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

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