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Last Time on Board 8 Watches and Ranks: Our team of heroes faced off against some of the meanest antiheroes in the criminal underworld, but now we have a threat even greater to contend with... Oh wait. We're just making fun of everything this time? Well alright let's roll with it!

They say laughter is the best medicine and I think it's time to prove it. After much deliberation I have finally narrowed this list down to 30 of the most influential, funny and in some cases obscure parody films throughout the course of American history. Starting in 1933 and going all the way to 2019 we'll be satirizing everything from film genres do genuine hot button issues.

For those who already know the deal you can email your lists to me at [email protected] preferably in a Google Doc. As for the deadline I'll set it as Feb 13th for now, giving everyone a solid 3 months to complete their rankings, but I'm more than willing to add extensions as needed.

For anyone joining us for the first time what we do is pretty simple. After watching the 30 films on the following list we submit write ups of varying lengths (even just a sentence or two is fine!) and rank them. Where we then compile everyone's lists and find out which one is the best. Everyone is encouraged and welcome to join.

With all of that out of the way, I finally present to everyone the final list. I had to make some controversial decisions here, but I think overall it's going to be a fun time.

The List:
Duck Soup (1933)
Modern Times (1936)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Airplane! (1980)
Stripes (1981)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Spaceballs (1987)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Freshman (1990)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Office Space (1999)
Mystery Men (1999)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Zoolander (2001)
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Team America: World Police (2004)
Thank You For Smoking (2005)
Borat (2006)
Enchanted (2007)
Black Dynamite (2009)
The Interview (2014)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Thank you for including Living Dead and Thank You for Smoking! I'm definitely in this one.

Some interesting changes that I believe are mostly for the better. I'm definitely in!

Interesting that some of these spoof specific movie genres while others are societal satires.

I'm in!

Definitely in for this one as on a quick glance I've seen 20 of these already.

Cool! I'll definitely be participating! Here's a list of the films that I've already seen at least once (but will definitely be rewatching):

Duck Soup (1933)
Modern Times (1936)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Airplane! (1980)
Spaceballs (1987)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Mystery Men (1999)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Borat (2006)
Enchanted (2007)
Popstar: Never Stop Stopping (2016)

Also, just to nitpick, the name of the film is actually "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping"

I think this is a project I will enjoy quite a bit

also while there is still time to edit, the title of one of those movies is actually Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

edit: ninja'd

Absolutely in

Mythiot posted...

Some interesting changes that I believe are mostly for the better. I'm definitely in!

Interesting that some of these spoof specific movie genres while others are societal satires.

Yeah I had thought about making separate lists for them, but I think it'll be interesting to see how they fare against each other.

Underleveled posted...

Also, just to nitpick, the name of the film is actually "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping"

Fixed, thank you!

Ive never participated in one of these before, but I might be interested to join this one.

Despite a key cut from the original list and some omissions, still a good list.

Pokewars posted...

Despite a key cut from the original list and some omissions, still a good list.

Yeah the hardest cut for me was Tropic Thunder, but I want to include it and Hearts of Darkness in a future list where I think it'll fit really well.

I love this genre. Man, I'll try to join, time and access permitting.

I really wanna join this one. Might struggle to finish but god there's some good movies here.

If I have time I will!

Nextflix Indonesia has:
The Interview
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Life of Brian (watched)
...and somehow, the other two Austin Powers movies

Disney Plus:
Enchanted (watched)
Jojo Rabbit (watched)

Wow most of these movies on streaming right now. I'll put a master list together if it helps!

I may give this a shot. I'm terrible at sitting down for movies nowadays but I do like this list.

Netflix:
Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Austin Powers
The Interview
Sorry to Bother You

Disney+:
Enchanted
Jojo Rabbit

HBO Max:
Modern Times
Young Frankenstein
Airplane
Christmas Vacation
The Freshman
Austin Powers
Borat
Black Dynamite
Popstar

Paramount:
Beverly Hills Cop
Zoolander
Anchorman

Hulu:
Stripes
Office Space
Not Another Teen Movie

Tubi:
Return of the Living Dead

Peacock:
Mystery Men

Blazing Saddles strikes me as possibly the biggest snub.

still a great list!

Arrived just a little too late to suggest Kung Pow!, but never mind. I've seen 15 of these already, and a lot of the others are ones I would like to watch, so I would like to join in please.

BetrayedTangy posted...

Netflix:
Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Austin Powers
The Interview
Sorry to Bother You

Disney+:
Enchanted
Jojo Rabbit

Paramount:
Beverly Hills Cop
Zoolander
Anchorman

Hulu:
Stripes
Office Space
Not Another Teen Movie

I'm covered with these plus what else I have on DVD:

Young Frankenstein
Spaceballs
Borat

So I have 14 movies to track down.

that streaming breakdown is extremely appreciated

Feel like I have to get in on this one since my favorite comedy of all time is on the list.

I'll have to look into how easily I can access some of them before officially committing, and thanks for the streaming list

redrocket posted...

Blazing Saddles strikes me as possibly the biggest snub.

Yeah where is Blazing Saddles? One of the best comedies ever, let alone satires

jcgamer107 posted...

Yeah where is Blazing Saddles? One of the best comedies ever, let alone satires

It was already watched on the Westerns list.

Same with Scary Movie and the 90s Horror list (2000s?)

Yeah Blazing Saddles was done pretty recently, and with how much needed cut just to get to the 30 here it probably wouldn't make much sense to double up on it again already

Oh that's fair

Hmmm I've seen 20/30....might give it a go this time

I might... I might do this. I've already seen 24/30, though a number of them I would definitely need to have a second pass on.

Not Seen:
Return of the Living Dead
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
The Freshman
Black Dynamite
Sorry to Bother You
Jojo Rabbit

And while I can't think of which movie it would bump off the list, I was surprised not to see something by the Wayans family (mainly I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, or Don't Be a Menace).

Oh man, will I actually sit diwn and watch movies?

Edit: And lol, glad I didn't comment about Blazing Saddles and Scary Movie not being here because of recent lists, because that was already pointed out in the past five posts, XD

Kung Pow was also on the fairly recent Martial Arts list, iirc

Mega_Mana posted...

Kung Pow was also on the fairly recent Martial Arts list, iirc

It was and I'm not watching that garbage again for anyone

Mega_Mana posted...

And while I can't think of which movie it would bump off the list, I was surprised not to see something by the Wayans family (mainly I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, or Don't Be a Menace).

It's funny I was actually thinking about that yesterday. White Chicks would've been really fun as well. I'll probably just end up making a sequel sometime in the future.

Not that I ever really have the time/energy to participate myself, but I do enjoy reading through the ranking topics.

I watched Nightmare Alley tonight (it was okay), and it got me thinking, man, I bet you could make a list from those 3 Mexican directors who won all those Oscars a few years back. Well, I tried, and I got it to 24, at least from films they've directed. So not quite the 30 you're looking for but I'm sure it could be supplemented with ones they were the Writers on, maybe.

Anyway, not sure if this is a decent idea or if it's been done previously. But I'll throw it out there in case it piques anyone's interest.

Guillermo del Toro (12)
Cronos
Mimic
The Devil's Backbone
Blade II
Hellboy
Pan's Labyrinth
Hellboy II
Pacific Rim
Crimson Peak
The Shape of Water
Nightmare Alley
Pinocchio

Alfonso Cuaron (7)
A Little Princess
Great Expectations
Y tu mama tambien
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Children of Men
Gravity
Roma

Alejandro G. Irritu (5)
21 Grams
Babel
Biutiful
Birdman
The Revenant

I thought of another idea for a ranking: "city noir"-type thrillers e.g., Taxi Driver, The Driver, The Warriors, Drive, Nightcrawler, The Nice Guys

LinkMarioSamus posted...

I thought of another idea for a ranking: "city noir"-type thrillers e.g., Taxi Driver, The Driver, The Warriors, Drive, Nightcrawler, The Nice Guys

I will say like half of those movies will be on the next crime list

And I really like the idea of the Acclaimed Mexican Directors list

I think my only hesitation with that one is including things like Harry Potter 3 and Blade 2 that might be lacking necessary context if that's someone's first introduction to them

Johnbobb posted...

I will say like half of those movies will be on the next crime list

Good good.

Was gonna watch a movie on the list tonight

but then I saw Dodgeball was on HBO Max

so taking a diversion for another of my favorite parodies

Johnbobb posted...

Was gonna watch a movie on the list tonight

but then I saw Dodgeball was on HBO Max

so taking a diversion for another of my favorite parodies

Actually this reminded me of a thought I had earlier today - was Baseketball on the sports list? If not, it would have made a good addition here.

Underleveled posted...

Actually this reminded me of a thought I had earlier today - was Baseketball on the sports list? If not, it would have made a good addition here.

It was! I think Dodgeball was too tbh

Baseketball's so dumb and I love it

jcgamer107 posted...

Baseketball's so dumb and I love it

that's how I feel about Dodgeball

it's such a quoteable movie

I wanted to include Dodgeball so much. White Goodman is always going to be hysterical.

Baseketball was not on the sports list

oh guess Im just remembering wrong then

Out of my comfort zone, but sign me up anyway!

Only seen 4.5 of these movies, so plenty of first-watches ahead for me.

Only heard of Baseketball because of the Razzies plus Siskel & Ebert thinking the movie was gutter trash. Apparently, it has a cult following though.

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Only heard of Baseketball because of the Razzies plus Siskel & Ebert thinking the movie was gutter trash. Apparently, it has a cult following though.

From the same people who made South Park and Team America and Book of Mormon, so it's definitely a particular type of humor

I'll be attempting to take part in this one

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Johnbobb posted...

From the same people who made South Park and Team America and Book of Mormon, so it's definitely a particular type of humor

I was aware of that. Siskel & Ebert specifically highlighted the involvement of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and then proceeded to make it clear they weren't biased against their work.