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Films like Spaceballs.

Spaceballs (1987) reads as Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Dinner for Adele (1978) poster
1. Dinner for Adele1978

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

God of Cookery (1996) poster
2. God of Cookery1996

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) poster
3. The Hudsucker Proxy1994

Keeps the running vein of humour and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

From Beijing with Love (1994) poster
4. From Beijing with Love1994

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Black Cat, White Cat (1998) poster
5. Black Cat, White Cat1998

Keeps the running vein of humour and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

History of the World, Part I (1981) poster
6. History of the World, Part I1981

Keeps the running vein of humour and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

The Blues Brothers (1980) poster
7. The Blues Brothers1980

Keeps the running vein of humour and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Raising Arizona (1987) poster
8. Raising Arizona1987

Keeps the running vein of humour and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Sleeper (1973) poster
9. Sleeper1973

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cat vs. Rat (1982) poster
10. Cat vs. Rat1982

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

The Mask (1994) (1994) poster
11. The Mask1994

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Adventures of Picasso (1978) poster
12. The Adventures of Picasso1978

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a gentle temperature.

These are Spaceballs’s neighbours — where are yours?

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