10 Greatest Movie Parody Movies of the Last 100 Years, Ranked

For as long as Hollywood has taken itself seriously, there have been filmmakers gleefully waiting in the wings with a banana peel. Parody is cinema’s pressure valve, a way of deflating bloated genres, puncturing cultural myths, and making fun of overdone storytelling formulas. And if you know anything about Hollywood filmmaking, you know that overdone storytelling formulas are showbusiness' bread-and-butter, meaning parody movies have a lot to choose from.