Movies like Spaceballs

If you like "Spaceballs" you are looking for parody, spoof and funny movies about / with space travel, space and aliens, space opera, alien, satire, space and farce themes of Adventure, Comedy and Sci-Fi genre shot in USA.
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Spaceballs (1987)
 7.1
 205K
Spaceballs (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Style: parody, spoof, funny, feel good, humorous, hilarious, futuristic, not serious, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space travel, space and aliens, space opera, alien, satire, space, farce, wilhelm scream, star wars, outer space, human in outer space, princess, space battle, daring rescue, rescue, sexy nurse, danger, race against time, woman in danger, goofy hero, master villain, heroic mission, robot, space exploration, nerd ...
Time: future, 80s
Place: space western
Keyword: reboot, oldies, challenge

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Most similar movies to Spaceballs

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, cult classic, funny and parody films with plots about outer space, heroes, danger, space, escapades, space and aliens and spaceship mostly in Comedy, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like Spaceballs: Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), Space Truckers (1996), Galaxy Quest (1999), Idiocracy (2006), Dark Star (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Style: humorous, spoof, surreal, stylized, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien, alien invasion, superhero, chase, mad scientist, rescue, interdimensional travel, scientist, time travel, space, experiment gone awry, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1938
Place: new jersey, asia, usa, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, absurd, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: robin hood, medieval, farce, righting the wronged, satire, fight scenes, screwball, stupidity, archer, friends, king, wedding ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, 90s, 20th century, year 1993 ...
Place: england, arizona, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Space Truckers (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out to be multitude of unstoppable and deadly killer ...
Style: humorous, futuristic, captivating, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, androids and robots, space and aliens, killer robot, space, rescue, space pirate, stranded, outer space, danger, rebellion, nothing goes right ...
Time: future, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Style: light, cult classic, funny, philosophical, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: space travel, alien, outer space, space and aliens, robot, fantasy world, end of the world, benign alien, sarcasm, space, spacecraft, buddies ...
Time: future, year 2005, 2000s
Place: madagascar, himalaya
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 7.4
 177K
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The stars of a 1970s sci-fi show - now scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions - are beamed aboard an alien spacecraft. Believing the cast's heroic on-screen dramas are historical documents of real-life adventures, the band of ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, laugh out loud, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: alien, mistaken identity, actor, space, time travel, space exploration, space opera, alien invasion, monster, space travel, benign alien, spaceship ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.5
 180K
Idiocracy (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a ...
Style: futuristic, thought provoking, absurd, dark comedy, offbeat ...
Audience: teens
Plot: distopia, stupidity, time travel, satire, dystopian future, dystopia, evolution, social satire, absurdism, dimwit, society, hibernation ...
Time: future, year 2006, y2k, distant future, year 2005 ...
Place: texas, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.2
 27K
Dark Star (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and ...
Style: parody, futuristic, grindhouse, philosophical, surreal ...
Plot: space travel, alien, deep space, space, space opera, artificial intelligence, satire, philosophy, space exploration, alien invasion, imagination, moon ...
Time: future, 22nd century
Place: malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 99K
The Orville (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 300 years in the future.
Style: futuristic, feel good, exciting, humorous, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: outer space, space travel, alien, space battle, space exploration, human in outer space, space adventure, robot, spaceship, danger, friendship, spacecraft ...
Time: future, distant future
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.9
 96K
Iron Sky (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland, Germany, Australia, France, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, clever, light ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, nazi, steampunk, invasion, ufo, swastika, nazism, alternate reality, moon, space, flying saucer, space battle ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, 21st century
Place: germany, new york, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Spaced Invaders (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A crew of Martians overhears a radio broadcast of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" coming from Earth, and, thinking the Martian fleet is attacking Earth, they land their broken-down ship in a backwater mid-American town. As luck ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, grindhouse, dark, independent film ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: halloween, alien invasion, space, martian, monster, mars, evil alien, small town, misunderstanding, ufo, visitor, post apocalyptic ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 136K
Evolution (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, evolution, heroic mission, save the world, giant monster, monster, space and aliens, disaster, disorder, alien contact, evil alien ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2001, post world war two, 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Genre: Comedy, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: roman empire, spanish inquisition, satire, ancient, torture, peplum, revolution, farce, ancient rome, knight, stoner, criticism of religion ...
Time: 18th century, 20th century, year 1981, 1st century, future ...
Place: france, rome italy, greece, arizona, ancient greece ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
Style: feel good, futuristic, entertaining, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama, preschool
Plot: time travel, ufo, nasa, benign alien, space and aliens, space travel, outer space, flying saucer, robot, alien, getting home, young heroes ...
Time: year 1978, year 1986, 80s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: florida, miami, miami beach, japan, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Save Yourselves! (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young Brooklyn couple head upstate to disconnect from their phones and reconnect with themselves. Cut off from their devices, they miss the news that the planet is under attack.
Style: light, satirical, absurd, parody, humorous ...
Plot: alien invasion, woods, extraterrestrial, demolished city, creature, couples, rescue, apocalypse, hi-tech, family holiday, sarcasm, escapades ...
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 265K
Paul (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing ...
Style: funny, entertaining, unusual plot structure, hilarious, road movie ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: alien, road trip, benign alien, ufo, friendship, first contact, space and aliens, alien invasion, alien encounter, space travel, buddies, chase ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 1940s, 80s, future ...
Place: nevada, arizona, usa, austin texas, wyoming ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, light, semi serious, mindfuck ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: alien contact, alien, space travel, space opera, space, teenager, outer space, battles, space and aliens, heroic mission, childhood, good versus evil ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 90s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the ...
Style: saga, cerebral, epic, entertaining, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, date night, girls' night ...
Plot: space opera, star wars, outer space, rebellion, robot, spaceship, intergalactic, space wars, rebel, wilhelm scream, sword fight, space ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1977, 90s, year 2016 ...
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart shipwrecked on the 21st century Earth with his crew. Originally from the distant future, Pirk and his crew traveled back in time to save the Earth from hostile ...
Style: parody, futuristic, light, funny, absurd ...
Plot: space opera, emperor, spacecraft, time travel, storytelling, alternate reality, alien, space wars, escapades, space and aliens, save the world, man versus machine ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: russia, finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.4
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Mars Attacks! (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy ...
Style: parody, spoof, dark comedy, humorous, absurd ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: mars, ufo, alien invasion, alien, space and aliens, evil alien, disaster, save the world, dark humor, outer space, flying saucer, invasion ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, future, year 1996
Place: washington d.c., usa, las vegas, kentucky, kansas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe -- '70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world ...
Style: parody, humorous, spoof, funny, not serious ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: time travel, spy, spy spoof, save the world, father son relationship, disorder, master villain, good versus evil, heroic mission, satire, dumb, graduation ...
Time: 70s, year 2002, 60s, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Place: belgium, japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black ...
Style: humorous, absurd, surreal, parody, ironic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: monty python, knight, holy grail, king arthur, medieval, arthurian legend, satire, sword fight, surrealism, breaking the fourth wall, monk, legends and myths ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, 20th century, year 1975
Place: england, britain, arizona, europe, xian ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.6
 3K
Galaxina (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Galaxina is a lifelike, voluptuous android who is assigned to oversee the operations of an intergalactic Space Police cruiser captained by incompetent Cornelius Butt. When a mission requires the ship's crew to be placed in suspended animation ...
Style: parody, humorous, stylized, not serious, futuristic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cryogenics, space opera, female robot, motorcycle, spacecraft, robot, space, alternate reality, alien invasion, alien, transformation, technology ...
Time: future, year 2016, year 1980
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Style: futuristic, humorous, independent film, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, space opera, space travel, spaceship, alien, space battle, female warrior, vengeance, cowboy, planet, robot, space ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: As a swingin' fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy, baby! But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, entertaining, hilarious ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot: time travel, spy, spy spoof, espionage, dumb, 007, satire, culture clash, secret service, stupidity, good versus evil, james bond spoof ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1997, 60s, year 1967
Place: las vegas, usa, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Fugitives of the Federation for their daring rescue of Spock from the doomed Genesis Planet, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew begin their journey home to face justice for their actions. But as they near Earth, they find it at the mercy of ...
Style: saga, futuristic, action adventure, humorous, clever ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: time travel, space travel, star trek, space opera, spacecraft, environmental, space, marine biologist, falling from height, planet earth, bus, punk music ...
Time: future, year 1986, 80s, 23rd century
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 8.0
 67K
G.O.R.A. (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A.
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, stylized, cult classic ...
Plot: space travel, fish out of water, abduction, distant planet, alien encounter, disorder, princess, danger, save the world, escapades, rivalry, imaginary ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.8
 385K
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, exciting, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: time travel, alien, alien invasion, ufo, hi-tech, time, time traveler, changing the past or future, time machine, benign alien, alternate timeline, technology ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, future, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida, coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past, Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.
Style: parody, spoof, absurd, hilarious, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: airplane, disaster, space travel, aviation, airport, flying, air disaster, stewardess, satire, farce, humour, artificial intelligence ...
Time: future, 80s, 20th century, near future
Place: houston texas, texas, moscow russia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's newer, bigger Death Star. Han Solo remains frozen in the cavernous desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, the most loathsome outlaw in the universe, who is also keeping ...
Style: futuristic, saga, entertaining, action adventure, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, boys' night ...
Plot: star wars, space opera, alien, space and aliens, jedi, heroic mission, space wars, creature, outer space, space, rebel, space battle ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.9
 10K
RocketMan (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there.
Style: humorous, entertaining, inspirational, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing
Plot: mars, nasa, farce, space travel, space, adaptation, heroic mission, escapades, danger, comedy of errors, goofy hero, race against time ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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