5 Must-See Comedy Movies on HBO and Max Right Now (June 2025)

Some Mel Brooks followers look down on Spaceballs as one of many director’s lesser films. However almost 4 many years later, it’s nonetheless probably the greatest Star Wars spoofs we’ve ever seen. Invoice Pullman stars as Lone Starr, with John Sweet as his greatest pal, Barf. To get out from beneath a big debt, this unlikely duo agrees to rescue Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) and her android companion, Dot Matrix (Joan Rivers), from the evil Spaceballs.

Rick Moranis has a hysterical efficiency as Darkish Helmet, the dorkiest model of Darth Vader you may think about. Darkish Helmet and the opposite Spaceballs are attempting to kidnap Vespa to allow them to steal the entire air from her planet. However the Spaceballs’ greatest enemy isn’t Lone Starr, it’s their very own full ineptitude. 

Spaceballs is streaming on Max.

 

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