Mel Brooks: Movies, Awards & Box Office
- films
- 57
- on screen
- 1963–2025
- box office
- $2.36B
- award win
- 1
- average score
- 77
- Born
- June 28, 1926 (age 100)
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Full name
- Melvin James Kaminsky
- Citizenship
- American
- Occupations
- Actor, comedian, filmmaker, playwright
- Years active
- 1949-present
- Spouses
- Florence Baum, Anne Bancroft
- Children
- 4
The Best Mel Brooks Movies
The films of Mel Brooks that made the most at the worldwide box office, biggest first: Toy Story 4 (2019) leads with $1.07B. The full ranking adds the most awarded films and the newest releases.
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Worldwide box office: $1.07B Toy Story 4 2019 · Adventure -
Worldwide box office: $542M Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 2018 · Adventure -
Worldwide box office: $276M Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014 · Adventure -
Worldwide box office: $263M Robots 2005 · Adventure -
Worldwide box office: $42.4M Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 2022 · Action -
Worldwide box office: $38.1M Spaceballs 1987 · Adventure
Mel Brooks's Career in Numbers
Mel Brooks's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Mel Brooks works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from The Critic (1963) to History of the World: Part II (2023), and the 1970s were the busiest decade.
Mel Brooks Movies by Decade
- 1960s 1
- 1970s 6
- 1980s 3
- 1990s 4
- 2000s 3
- 2010s 5
- 2020s 3
The 1970s were Mel Brooks's busiest decade, with 6 films.
Mel Brooks Movies by Genre
- Comedy 12
- Adventure 6
- Family 3
- Action 1
- History 1
- Drama 1
- Animation 1
Comedy is the genre Mel Brooks has worked in most, with 12 films, ahead of adventure (6).
Mel Brooks Career Milestones
- First film
- The Critic 1963
- Biggest box office hit
- Toy Story 4 $1.07B worldwide
- Best-rated film
- Toy Story 4 Movie Echo Score 80
- Newest film
- History of the World: Part II 2023
Mel Brooks Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Mel Brooks is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 77. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
Mel Brooks Movies as an Actor
25- 2023
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love as Announcer (voice) · Comedy - 2023
History of the World: Part II as Narrator · Comedy - 2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank as The Shogun · Action Worldwide box office: $42.4M Movie Echo Score: 73
- 2019
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? as Melephant Brooks (voice) · Family - 2019 Toy Story 4 Adventure Worldwide box office: $1.07B Movie Echo Score: 80
- 2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation as Vlad · Adventure Worldwide box office: $542M Movie Echo Score: 75
- 2016
Ballerina as Mustachioed Creep (voice) · Adventure - 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Adventure Worldwide box office: $276M
- 2005 Robots Adventure Worldwide box office: $263M
- 2002
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie as Joe Snow (voice) · Comedy - 2000
Sex, Lies and Video Violence as Stressed old man · Comedy - 1999
Screw Loose as Jake Gordon · Comedy - 1995
Dracula: Dead and Loving It as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing · Comedy Worldwide box office: $10.8M - 1992
Mickey’s Audition as Movie Director · Family - 1991
Life Stinks Comedy Worldwide box office: $4.1M - 1987 Spaceballs Adventure Worldwide box office: $38.1M
- 1983
To Be or Not to Be Comedy Worldwide box office: $13M - 1981
History of the World: Part I History Worldwide box office: $31.7M - 1978
Peeping Times as Adolf Hitler · Comedy - 1977
High Anxiety Comedy Worldwide box office: $31.1M - 1976
Silent Movie Comedy Worldwide box office: $36.1M - 1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother as Lion victim (voice) · Comedy - 1974
Free to Be… You and Me as Baby Boy (voice) · Family - 1970
The Twelve Chairs as Tikon · Drama - 1963
The Critic as Narrator (voice) · Animation
Mel Brooks in Documentaries & Specials
32- 2025
John Candy: I Like Me as Self · Documentary Movie Echo Score: 77 - 2024
From Darkness to Light as Self (archive footage) · Documentary Worldwide box office: $140K - 2024
Remembering Gene Wilder as Self - Director, Writer, Actor · Documentary Worldwide box office: $166K Movie Echo Score: 72 - 2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self · Documentary - 2021
The Automat as Self · History Worldwide box office: $257K Movie Echo Score: 84 - 2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self · Documentary Worldwide box office: $126K Movie Echo Score: 78 - 2018
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped as Self · Comedy - 2017
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story as Self · Biography Worldwide box office: $1.09M Movie Echo Score: 80 - 2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self · Documentary - 2017
If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast as Self · Documentary - 2015
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen as Self · Comedy - 2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self · Documentary - 2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self · Documentary - 2012
Mel Brooks Strikes Back! as Self · Documentary - 2012
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years as Self · Comedy - 2012
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man as Self · Comedy - 2011
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again as Self · Comedy - 2007
Cutting Edge Comedians of the ’60s & ’70s as Self (archive footage) · Comedy - 2005
Spaceballs: In Conversation - Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan as Self · Comedy - 2005
John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self · Documentary - 2004
Broadway: The American Musical as Self · Documentary - 2002
The Making of ‘The Producers’ as Self · Documentary - 2001
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed as Self · Documentary - 2001
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks as Self / Host · Documentary - 1998
Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1997
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch as Self · Documentary - 1994
It’s Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein as Self · Documentary - 1993
‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights’ – The Legend Had It Coming as Self · Comedy - 1988
Free to Be… a Family as Self · Tv movie - 1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self · Comedy - 1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self · Music - 1978
Mickey’s 50 as Self · Family
Mel Brooks: Awards & Nominations
1 win from 4 nominations across 3 award bodies, from 1969 to 1978. That includes an Oscar: Best Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen) for The Producers. Every ceremony is listed newest first, with the category and the film.
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Oscars 1 win from 1 nomination -
Golden Globes 2 nominations -
BAFTA 1 nomination
- 35th Golden Globe Awards
- Mel Brooks: Nominated Best Actor – Comedy or Musical High Anxiety
- 34th Golden Globe Awards
- Mel Brooks: Nominated Best Actor – Comedy or Musical Silent Movie
- 28th British Academy Film Awards
- Mel Brooks: Nominated Best Screenplay Blazing Saddles
- 41st Academy Awards
- Mel Brooks: Win Best Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen) The Producers
Who Is Mel Brooks?
Mel Brooks was born in New York City, U.S. in 1926 and is 100 years old. Credited on films since 1963, as an actor. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.
Melvin James Kaminsky, known professionally as Mel Brooks, is renowned as an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. With a prolific career spanning over seven decades, Brooks is recognized for his contributions and inceptions of a broad range of farces and parodies. He is an honored recipient of the EGOT- an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. His career was further catapulted in 2009 with a Kennedy Center Honor, a coveted Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, renowned British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2024. Brooks started his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows from 1950 to 1954. His legacy began through the creation of various comedy series and the grand win of the Best Original Screenplay for The Producers(1967). Brooks is also an author, where his novel 'World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War' (2006) was widely known. As part of his personal life, Brooks had two marriages, first with Florence Baum, and then with renowned actress Anne Bancroft till her death in 2005.
Who Mel Brooks Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Mel Brooks shares the most films with. Carl Reiner comes first, with 12 films together, followed by Dom DeLuise (8).
Mel Brooks: Questions & Answers
How many movies Mel Brooks has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Mel Brooks been in?
Mel Brooks is credited on 57 films, from 1963 to 2025. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Mel Brooks's highest-grossing movie?
Toy Story 4 (2019) is Mel Brooks's biggest box office hit, with $1.07B worldwide, ahead of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) ($542M). Across every film with box office figures, Mel Brooks's movies have made $2.36B.
Mel Brooks's biggest hits What is the best Mel Brooks movie?
By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, Mel Brooks's best-rated film is The Automat (2021) with a score of 84, followed by Toy Story 4 (2019) (80).
Best Mel Brooks movies, ranked Has Mel Brooks won an Oscar?
Mel Brooks has won an Oscar: Best Writing (Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen) for The Producers at the 1969 ceremony. Across every ceremony in the awards database, Mel Brooks has 1 win from 4 nominations.
How old is Mel Brooks?
Mel Brooks is 100 years old, born on June 28, 1926 in New York City, U.S..
What is Mel Brooks's newest movie?
The most recent film on Mel Brooks's filmography is John Candy: I Like Me (2025), in the role of Self.
Who does Mel Brooks work with most often?
Mel Brooks shares the most films with Carl Reiner (12 films), Dom DeLuise (8 films) and Anne Bancroft (7 films).
The Best Mel Brooks Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 57 credits.
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