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by maxwellmcphee | created - 22 Oct 2022 | updated - 10 Apr 2023 | PublicFilms and shows (and one game) that are similar in style to the works of Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker (or at least try to be), but have no involvement from Zucker, Abrahams, or Zucker. These are generally wacky parodies with a lot of visual gags. Leslie Nielsen stars in 6 of them. I'm not including Mel Brooks films despite many of them fitting that description, because he predates ZAZ.
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1. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?
Director: Ken Finkleman | Stars: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Raymond Burr
Votes: 56,706 | Gross: $27.15M
2. Young Doctors in Love (1982)
R | 96 min | Comedy
In a zany parody of hospital soap operas, a new batch of doctors begins their internship at City Hospital.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Michael McKean, Sean Young, Gary Friedkin, Kyle T. Heffner
Votes: 3,454 | Gross: $30.69M
3. Ricky 1 (1986)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Sport
In this parody of the Rocky films, Ricky Wanero is a male gigolo and stripper who sets out to beat "The Champ" in the boxing ring.
Director: William T. Naud | Stars: Michael Michaud, Maggie Hughes, Hawthorne James, Lane Montano
Votes: 756
4. Sledge Hammer! (1986–1988)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Comedy
The adventures of a deranged and dumb police detective who always looks for the most violent solution to any problem.
Stars: David Rasche, Anne-Marie Martin, Harrison Page, Leslie Morris
Votes: 7,514
5. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big.
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | Stars: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Steve James
Votes: 14,961 | Gross: $13.03M
6. Repossessed (1990)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Parody of The Exorcist (1973), with Linda Blair once again possessed by Satan, and Leslie Nielsen as the exorcist.
Director: Bob Logan | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Linda Blair, Ned Beatty, Anthony Starke
Votes: 9,887 | Gross: $1.38M
7. Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In this Lethal Weapon (1987) spoof, two mismatched LA cops investigate a case involving cocaine-laced girl scout cookies.
Director: Gene Quintano | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry
Votes: 51,146 | Gross: $27.98M
8. Fatal Instinct (1993)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A cop who moonlights as a lawyer cheats on his wife, not knowing that she's cheating on him and plans to kill him for the insurance.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young
Votes: 8,075 | Gross: $7.85M
9. The Silence of the Hams (1994)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Thriller
The federal agent Jo Dee Fostar is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
Director: Ezio Greggio | Stars: Ezio Greggio, Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula
Votes: 6,031
10. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).
Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones
Votes: 61,433 | Gross: $20.11M
11. Spy Hard (1996)
PG-13 | 81 min | Action, Comedy
Dick Steele, Agent WD-40 is assigned by his Director, to stop the evil General Rancor from destroying the world. WD-40 believed Rancor was dead and he teams up with the hot KGB Agent Veronique Ukrinsky to find Rancor and save the world.
Director: Rick Friedberg | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 40,386 | Gross: $29.00M
12. Wrongfully Accused (1998)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Ryan Harrison is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail.
Director: Pat Proft | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Kelly LeBrock, Melinda McGraw
Votes: 29,230 | Gross: $9.62M
13. 2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Marshal Dix is to free US president from aliens on the int'l lunar base. A clone has replaced him in The White House. Can Dix prevent an alien invasion?
Director: Allan A. Goldstein | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Ophélie Winter, Ezio Greggio, Peter Egan
Votes: 12,901
14. Scary Movie (2000)
R | 88 min | Comedy
A year after disposing of the body of a man they accidentally killed, a group of dumb teenagers are stalked by a bumbling serial killer.
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | Stars: Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans, Carmen Electra
Votes: 286,331 | Gross: $157.02M
15. Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000 Video)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
A reporter investigates a series of murders, dubbed the Spring Break Massacre, which leads to further mayhem.
Director: John Blanchard | Stars: Aimee Graham, Chris Palermo, Kim Greist, Harley Cross
Votes: 11,488
16. Scary Movie 2 (2001)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Horror
Four teens are tricked by a professor into visiting a haunted house for a school project.
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | Stars: Anna Faris, Marlon Wayans, Antony Acker, Mark Barrett
Votes: 174,968 | Gross: $71.31M
17. Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A sendup of all the teen movies that have accumulated in the past two decades.
Director: Joel Gallen | Stars: Chyler Leigh, Jaime Pressly, Chris Evans, Eric Christian Olsen
Votes: 115,792 | Gross: $38.25M
18. Soul Plane (2004)
R | 86 min | Comedy
Things get raucously funny aboard the maiden flight of a black-owned airline, thanks to some last-minute passenger additions.
Director: Jessy Terrero | Stars: Dwayne Adway, Snoop Dogg, Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart
Votes: 24,541 | Gross: $13.92M
19. Date Movie (2006)
PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
Spoof of romantic comedies which focuses on a man, his crush, his parents, and her father.
Directors: Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg | Stars: Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge
Votes: 62,210 | Gross: $48.55M
20.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
Blue Harvest
(2007)
TV-14 | 48 min | Animation, Comedy
With the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Directors: Dominic Polcino, James Purdum, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 8,009
21. Epic Movie (2007)
PG-13 | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A spoof on previous years' epic movies (The Da Vinci Code (2006), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) + 20 more), TV series, music videos and celebs. 4 orphans are on an epic adventure.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Kal Penn, Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard, Adam Campbell
Votes: 109,506 | Gross: $39.74M
22. Disaster Movie (2008)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Carmen Electra, Vanessa Lachey, Nicole Parker, Matt Lanter
Votes: 94,520 | Gross: $14.19M
23. Meet the Spartans (2008)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A spoof of 300 (2006) and many other movies, TV series/shows/commercials, video games and celebrities. King Leonidas of Sparta and his army of 12 go to war against Xerxes of Persia to fight to the death for Sparta's freedom.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Sean Maguire, Kevin Sorbo, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian
Votes: 111,512 | Gross: $38.23M
24. Extreme Movie (2008)
R | 86 min | Comedy
A sketch-comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments.
Directors: Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson | Stars: Frankie Muniz, Michael Cera, Ashley Schneider, Patrick J. Adams
Votes: 11,542
25. Spanish Movie (2009)
83 min | Comedy
A spoof of contemporary Spanish movies.
Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera | Stars: Alexandra Jiménez, Sílvia Abril, Carlos Areces, Laia Alda
Votes: 3,211
26. Dance Flick (2009)
PG-13 | 83 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Street dancer Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
Director: Damien Dante Wayans | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Shoshana Bush, Damon Wayans Jr.
Votes: 12,758 | Gross: $25.62M
27. Stan Helsing (2009)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A spoof on many horror movie series. Ending his shift at the video rental, Stan's picked up by his BFF and 2 cute girls, all going to a Halloween party. Will they even get there?
Director: Bo Zenga | Stars: Steve Howey, Diora Baird, Kenan Thompson, Desi Lydic
Votes: 14,834
28.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
(2009)
TV-14 | 44 min | Animation, Comedy
Peter makes good on another power outage at home by retelling Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
Directors: Dominic Polcino, James Purdum, Peter Shin | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 6,707
29. Vampires Suck (2010)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Horror
In this spoof of vampire-themed movies, teenager Becca finds herself torn between two boys. She and her friends wrestle with endless dramas that crescendo at the prom.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Diedrich Bader, Chris Riggi
Votes: 51,513 | Gross: $36.66M
30. The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010 Video)
R | 82 min | Comedy
Follows Andy, who needs to hook up with a hottie, pronto, because he hasn't had sex in... well, forever - and his luck isn't the only thing that's hard. His equally horny teenage roommates ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Moss | Stars: Bryan Callen, Jessica Lee, J. Chris Newberg, Steven Sims
Votes: 6,938
31.
Family Guy (1999– )
Episode:
It's a Trap!
(2011)
TV-14 | 56 min | Animation, Comedy
The Griffins reprise their intergalactic roles in an outrageous retelling of Return of the Jedi.
Directors: Peter Shin, James Purdum | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
Votes: 10,081
32. The Naked Gun: I.C.U.P. (2011 Video Game)
Comedy, Crime
Stars: A.J. LoCascio, Alison Haislip, Michael Sweeney, Michelle Jones
Votes: 11
33. Breaking Wind (2012)
R | 82 min | Comedy
A comedic spoof based on the worldwide phenomenon "The Twilight Saga."
Director: Craig Moss | Stars: Heather Ann Davis, Eric Callero, Frank Pacheco, Michael Adam Hamilton
Votes: 5,021
34. A Touch of Cloth (2012–2014)
60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
DCI Jack Cloth and DC Anne Oldman are paired to investigate a series of grisly murders done by a devious killer.
Stars: John Hannah, Suranne Jones, Navin Chowdhry, Adrian Bower
Votes: 4,137
35. The Starving Games (2013)
PG-13 | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
In this "Hunger Games" spoof, Kantmiss Evershot must fight for her life in the 75th annual Starving Games, in which she could also win an old ham, a coupon for a foot-long sub, and a partially-eaten pickle.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Maiara Walsh, Brant Daugherty, Cody Christian, Lauren Bowles
Votes: 22,519
36. A Haunted House (2013)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, then learn that a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm--determined to keep his sex life on track--turns to a priest, a psychic, and a ghostbusting team for help.
Director: Michael Tiddes | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, Marlene Forte, David Koechner
Votes: 49,834 | Gross: $40.04M
37. 30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2013)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
After a stint in a psychiatric hospital, a young woman returns to the house where her father killed the entire cast of The Artist during his exorcism.
Director: Craig Moss | Stars: Ashley Martin, Austin Scott, Heidi Kramer, Pickles Moss
Votes: 3,956
38. The Hungover Games (2014)
R | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A spoof on The Hangover (2009), The Hunger Games (2012) and other movies, TV series etc. 4 men, with hangovers after a bachelor party, find themselves in a future, dystopian, kill or be killed game.
Director: Josh Stolberg | Stars: Ben Begley, Herbert Russell, Ross Nathan, Sam Pancake
Votes: 16,915
39. A Haunted House 2 (2014)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Having exorcised the demons of his ex, Malcolm is starting fresh with his new girlfriend and her two children. After moving into their dream home, however, Malcolm is once again plagued by bizarre paranormal events.
Director: Michael Tiddes | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Cedric The Entertainer, Essence Atkins
Votes: 23,413 | Gross: $17.33M
40. The Walking Deceased (2015)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
When a police officer wakes up in a hospital to find out he is in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, he will do anything to find his family, even sacrifice Twitter.
Director: Scott Dow | Stars: Tim Ogletree, Joey Oglesby, Troy Ogletree, Dave Sheridan
Votes: 3,537
41. Superfast! (2015)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy
A spoof on The Fast and the Furious (2001) and the following F&F movies. An undercover cop joins a gang of criminal street racers to get close to the LA crime kingpin.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Alex Ashbaugh, Dale Pavinski, Lili Mirojnick, Andrea Navedo
Votes: 10,819
42. Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
R | 92 min | Comedy
An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.
Director: Michael Tiddes | Stars: Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Fred Willard, Mike Epps
Votes: 23,215 | Gross: $11.69M
43. Angie Tribeca (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of a ventriloquist to a rash of baker suicides.
Stars: Rashida Jones, Jere Burns, Andree Vermeulen, Deon Cole
Votes: 9,605
44. Airplane Mode (II) (2019)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy
En route to Australia, Logan is terrified; it's his first time flying. All of his worst nightmares come true when the "influencers" aboard refuse to switch their phones to airplane mode. The internet is about to crash.
Directors: David Dinetz, Dylan Trussell | Stars: Logan Paul, Lauren Swickard, Juanpa Zurita, Lele Pons
Votes: 4,789
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