All 11 films directed by Mel Brooks, ranked
Movie list: As the comedy legend celebrates his 100th birthday, we celebrate his catalog … or at least most of it.
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‘The Twelve Chairs’ (1970) is tough to sit still for
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): The director’s sophomore effort, a historical comedy, fortunately represents a path mostly not taken in his career.
More noise should be made about Brooks’ ‘Silent Movie’ (1976)
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): Brooks, Feldman and DeLuise are at the top of their physical-comedy games in this consistently funny series of gags.
‘The Producers’ (1967, 2005) maximizes its one joke, and then some
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie reviews): It’s too much for me, but the one joke (you can get rich from a flop) is funny, and the films are nice bookends to Brooks’ career.
‘Life Stinks’ (1991) … and so does this movie
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): The writer-director-star struggles without an existing movie to provide a foundation for jokes.
‘History of the World: Part I’ (1981) is a rough lesson
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): Even comedy legends misfire sometimes, as proven in Brooks’ centuries-spanning collection of sketches.
‘Dracula: Dead and Loving It’ (1995) takes Brooks back to Transylvania
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): And also back to basics, as the director/co-writer sets aside industry references and simply spoofs Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”
‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights’ (1993) a tight parody – with an English accent
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): Mildly hampered by goofiness and familiarity, the film is nonetheless quite funny as new actors pick up the Brooks baton.
‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’ celebrates a hilarious career
TV review: This nearly four-hour documentary somberly yet happily chronicles a resume defined as much by friends and kindness as by laughs.
‘Blazing Saddles’ (1974) sends up Westerns before running out of gas
Mel Brooks Monday (Movie review): Brooks proves there are a million ways to laugh in the West, even if he can’t figure out an ending.