Favorite Mel Brooks films?

[MyriVerse]

Extremely difficult to choose my favourite.

It's between Blazing Saddles, Frankenstein, and History. I adore Producers, but I only find it "highly amusing" rather than outright funny.

I never could stand Men in Tights. I found it so bad that it even pushed me into not paying to see comedy movies for a long, long time. Spaceballs was his last good movie, imo.

[lancerman]

Saddles and Frankenstein are two of the best comedies of all time.

[tg1982]

My favorite is Robin Hood: Men in Tights, but I love all his movies.

[supermario]

All of them. Mel Brooks can bring that feel to a horror film and his direction is superb

[Cyke]

I apparently love Mel Brooks trivia now.

I learned the other day that he produced The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch. It went on to score tons of nominations and earned great critical acclaim, and really put Lynch on the map. But Brooks asked that he go uncredited so that people wouldn't think that it was a comedy rather than the super-serious drama biopic. The studio execs wanted a few changes, and Brooks stood up for Lynch's vision, claiming they weren't nearly as smart enough to truly comprehend Lynch. We talk a lot about Brooks as a comedian, but there's something to be said about Brooks as an artist who supports other artists.