The Best Mel Brooks Movies, Ranked
57 credits from 1963 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Toy Story 4 (2019) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is Toy Story 4 (2019) with $1.07B worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Mel Brooks Box Office Hits
Mel Brooks's films have made $2.36B worldwide in total. Toy Story 4 (2019) is the biggest hit at $1.07B, ahead of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) ($542M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Toy Story 4 2019 · Adventure $1.07B $434M dom. - 2
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 2018 · Adventure $542M $168M dom. - 3
Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014 · Adventure $276M $112M dom. - 4
Robots 2005 · Adventure $263M $128M dom. - 5
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 2022 · Action $42.4M $17.8M dom. - 6
Spaceballs 1987 · Adventure $38.1M $38.1M dom. - 7
Silent Movie 1976 · Comedy $36.1M $36.1M dom. - 8
History of the World: Part I 1981 · History $31.7M $31.7M dom. - 9
High Anxiety 1977 · Comedy $31.1M $31.1M dom. - 10
To Be or Not to Be 1983 · Comedy $13M $13M dom.
The Best Mel Brooks Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Mel Brooks has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 11 films, and Silent Movie (1976) is the pick of them.
The Best Mel Brooks Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Mel Brooks's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
- 2020s 2 films Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 2022 · as The Shogun Movie Echo Score: 73
- 2010s 5 films Toy Story 4 2019 Movie Echo Score: 80
- 2000s 3 films Robots 2005
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1990s 4 films Dracula: Dead and Loving It 1995 · as Prof. Abraham Van Helsing - 1980s 3 films Spaceballs 1987
- 1970s 6 films Silent Movie 1976
The Latest Mel Brooks Movies
The most recent films Mel Brooks is credited on, newest first — starting with Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love (2023). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love 2023 · Announcer (voice) - Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 2022 · The Shogun
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Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? 2019 · Melephant Brooks (voice) - Toy Story 4 2019 · Adventure
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 2018 · Vlad
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Ballerina 2016 · Mustachioed Creep (voice) - Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014 · Adventure
- Robots 2005 · Adventure
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It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie 2002 · Joe Snow (voice) -
Sex, Lies and Video Violence 2000 · Stressed old man -
Screw Loose 1999 · Jake Gordon - Dracula: Dead and Loving It 1995 · Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
The Best Mel Brooks Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Mel Brooks films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Mel Brooks movie?
Toy Story 4 (2019) is the best-rated Mel Brooks film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) (75) and Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) (73). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Toy Story 4: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Mel Brooks movie?
Toy Story 4 (2019) made the most at the box office, with $1.07B worldwide, followed by Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) with $542M. Together, Mel Brooks's films with box office figures have made $2.36B.
Which Mel Brooks movie won the most awards?
Toy Story 4 (2019) is the most decorated Mel Brooks film, with 3 wins from 8 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Mel Brooks comedy movie?
Silent Movie (1976) is the best-rated of Mel Brooks's comedy films. In other genres: Toy Story 4 (adventure), Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (action) and History of the World: Part I (history).
What is the newest Mel Brooks movie?
The newest film on Mel Brooks's filmography is John Candy: I Like Me (2025), with Mel Brooks as Self.
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