# Any decent parody movies since Not Another Teen Movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305 "2018-03-27T23:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/21 "2018-03-28T17:04:04Z")
_Drop Dead Gorgeous_ is hysterical. It’s a mockumentary. The mother of the star comes in, sees the film crew, and says “oh cripes - are we on _Cops_ again?” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/22 "2018-03-28T17:29:41Z")
Is _Zombieland_ a parody? I don’t remember. > [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > 21 & 22 Jump Street (cop/school) I tried watching _21_ because it was filmed at the high school I graduated from. Fails the “decent” requirement, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/23 "2018-03-28T18:08:28Z")
Of course it’s all an opinion but to me every “Joke” in Scary Movie and its sequels was either painfully easy and obvious or just repeating dialogue verbatim from another, better movie, and calling that “parody”. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/24 "2018-03-28T20:51:22Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > _Drop Dead Gorgeous_ is hysterical. It’s a mockumentary. _NATM_: 2001 _DDG_: 1999. (Coming to early for the OP’s criterion aside, it is really an hysterical movie. Great cast. “The swan ate my baby.”) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/25 "2018-03-28T22:00:30Z")
_Walk Hard_ is hilarious if you’re a fan of the musical biopic genre. Or movies in general, really. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/26 "2018-03-28T22:06:19Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Of course it’s all an opinion but to me every “Joke” in Scary Movie and its sequels was either painfully easy and obvious or just repeating dialogue verbatim from another, better movie, and calling that “parody”. There are a bit in _Scary Movie II_ I recall fondly, but I’m a sucker for cheap irony: Cindy Campbell (Faris): [reading from the diary of a woman who was the wife of the haunted house’s former owner] “I’m starting to suspect my husband is having an affair with the nanny. That must be why he keeps her around, because we have no children.” The worst parody movie I’ve seen (though I’m sure there are worser still) was _Epic Movie_, which wasn’t even a parody of other films, but a parody of the _trailers_ of other films. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/27 "2018-03-29T00:58:07Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > I liked Vampires Suck. Especially Jacob scratching behind his ear with his foot. The gal doing Kristen Stewart’s facial contortions was good, too. > > Of course, I enjoyed the Twilight movies, so bear that in mind. I can’t remember if it was Vampires Suck or another similar vampire parody, but but I thought it was okay. Not at NATM’s level, but that’s right up there with Airplane! in my opinion, and I haven’t even seen more than half the movies it (natm) was parodying. Spy Hard I liked, but mainly remember it for it’s Weird Al title theme. I remember really liking Loaded Weapon and Hot Shots back in the day but haven’t seen them recently enough to tell if they hold up or not. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/28 "2018-03-29T01:04:17Z")
Kentucky Fried Movie is great, if a bit dated. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/29 "2018-03-29T01:11:58Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > The worst parody movie I’ve seen (though I’m sure there are worser still) was _Epic Movie_, which wasn’t even a parody of other films, but a parody of the _trailers_ of other films. They made a whole series of them: Date Movie, Disaster Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, The Starving Games, Superfast, and Vampires Suck. They all have pretty much the same formula; watch the trailers for some upcoming movies and then stitch together a movie from re-enacted scenes in those trailers. I guess the target audience is people who like recognizing things. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/30 "2018-03-29T01:52:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > They made a whole series of them: Date Movie, Disaster Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, The Starving Games, Superfast, and Vampires Suck. They all have pretty much the same formula; watch the trailers for some upcoming movies and then stitch together a movie from re-enacted scenes in those trailers. I guess the target audience is people who like recognizing things. Hey, it keeps Big Peekaboo running. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/31 "2018-03-29T02:06:00Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Kentucky Fried Movie is great, if a bit dated. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/32 "2018-03-29T15:06:33Z")
[Black Dynamite](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190536/) (2009) was a fun parody of the 70s Blaxploitation genre. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/33 "2018-03-29T15:25:03Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > _Cabin In The Woods_ was in part a parody of scary movies. It’s not a full-out comedy parody like a Mel Brooks film, though. While it had its funny moments, it was still very scary and a great watch. There was so much metafiction, genre awareness, lampshade hanging, etc. So it’s a parody while not being a parody because it’s aware of what it’s parodying. Maybe. This is the one I thought of first. Cabin in the Woods is both a brilliant satire and scathing critique of the horror genre. Even using the REO Speedwagon refrain of ‘So if you’re tired of that same old story’ during the too-early celebration it challenges the viewer to acknowledge that they’re just going through a formula. Plus, hey… Director: The survivor is the virgin. Girl: Um, but… Director: We WORK with what we’re given, ok? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/34 "2018-03-29T15:50:03Z")
If Andy Samberg is your cup of tea, “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” has some mindbogglingly funny moments. I mean, the “Bin Laden” song, holy crap… ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/35 "2018-03-29T15:55:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > If Andy Samberg is your cup of tea, “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” has some mindbogglingly funny moments. I mean, the “Bin Laden” song, holy crap… The fake songs in this are very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/36 "2018-03-29T15:58:40Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > [Black Dynamite](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190536/) (2009) was a fun parody of the 70s Blaxploitation genre. Heck, there’s also [\*The Hebrew Hammer"][URL=“[The Hebrew Hammer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hebrew_Hammer)”]_The Hebrew Hammer_]([The Hebrew Hammer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hebrew_Hammer)) (2003), basically a Hasidic version of _Shaft_. You don’t have to be Jewish to get most of the jokes, but it couldn’t hurt. _Undercover Brother_ had its charms, too. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/37 "2018-03-29T16:01:32Z")
[http://www.imdb.com/list/ls054484229/](http://www.imdb.com/list/ls054484229/) is a list on IMDB that might give you a check list of movies you’ve seen or maybe, after reading reviews, a film or two that you might want give a shot. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/38 "2018-03-29T16:49:21Z")
I would consider the [“Cornetto Trilogy”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Flavours_Cornetto_trilogy) by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, _Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End_ to be pretty good parodies of zombie, cop, and alien apocalypse movies, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![AlonzoSWhitebeard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@AlonzoSWhitebeard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlonzoSWhitebeard)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/39 "2018-03-29T18:55:37Z")
Kung Fury. Every time. It’s not very long, but it’s a pitch perfect pastiche of dumb 1980s action movies. It had me helpless with laughter. Astounded that it hasn’t been mentioned before. Go and watch it, now. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305/40 "2018-04-06T17:51:40Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > If Andy Samberg is your cup of tea, “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” has some mindbogglingly funny moments. I mean, the “Bin Laden” song, holy crap… Thanks for the recommendation. I’m watching it now and honestly, it’s a lot funnier than I think anyone expects. Bin Laden was a hilarious song. A silly movie, but a movie that is silly in a way I found funny, not annoying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-decent-parody-movies-since-not-another-teen-movie/811305.md?page=1)