Saturday Night Live (SNL) Movies, Ranked Worst to Best
A list of films based on Saturday Night Live sketches and appearances. Updated to include a couple properties I didn't know were SNL-connected: Mr. Saturday Night, A Mighty Wind, Mr. Bill, and Office Space (via the cartoon short). Some of these connections are slight, since the same level of connection could also apply to The Muppets since they appeared in the 1st season of SNL, but it's just a fun list for my amusement.
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- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsJulia SweeneyDave FoleyCharles RocketThe comedic misadventures of a person of indeterminate gender.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsDan AykroydJohn GoodmanWalter LevineElwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God."
- DirectorBruce McCullochStarsMolly ShannonWill FerrellElaine HendrixA nerdy Catholic schoolgirl, Mary Katherine Gallagher, dreams of superstardom.
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsAl FrankenLaura San GiacomoVincent D'OnofrioA self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsDan AykroydJane CurtinRobert KnottAliens with conical crania crash-land on Earth.
- DirectorJorma TacconeStarsWill ForteKristen WiigVal KilmerFormer special operative MacGruber is called back into action to take down his arch-enemy, Dieter Von Cunth, who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, D.C.
- DirectorJim DrakeStarsPeter ScolariChristopher BurtonShelley DuvallBased on the "Saturday Night Live" shorts, Mr. Bill stars in his own show, but this time he's played by a human actor.
- DirectorBilly CrystalStarsBilly CrystalDavid PaymerJulie WarnerThe life of Buddy Young, a comic legend in flashbacks but an old man looking for work in the present.
- DirectorStephen SurjikStarsMike MyersDana CarveyChristopher WalkenThe inseparable duo try to organize a rock concert while Wayne must fend off a record producer who has an eye for his girlfriend.
- DirectorJohn FortenberryStarsChris KattanWill FerrellRaquel GardnerTwo dim-witted brothers dream of owning their own dance club or at least getting into the coolest and most exclusive club in town, The Roxbury.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsMike MyersDana CarveyRob LoweTwo slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.
- DirectorTim RobbinsStarsTim RobbinsGiancarlo EspositoAlan RickmanA conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.
- DirectorMike JudgeStarsMike JudgeMilton, a put-upon office worker at an evil corporation called Initech, talks to the camera about his troubles, picks his nose and threatens to burn the building down while being occasionally hounded by his boss.
- DirectorChristopher GuestStarsChristopher GuestEugene LevyMichael McKeanMockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.
- DirectorEric IdleGary WeisStarsEric IdleJohn HalseyRicky FataarCharts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time.
- DirectorMike JudgeStarsRon LivingstonJennifer AnistonDavid HermanThree company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.Based on a cartoon featured on SNL
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
- DirectorMatthew DiamondJohn RandoStarsShoshana BeanBilly CrystalJordan GelberCalled "The funniest show on Broadway in years!" by Variety, the Tony-Award® nominated Mr. Saturday Night: A New Musical Comedy stars Billy Crystal, Tony-Award® nominee for Best Actor in a Musical, as Buddy Young, Jr., an outrageous and outspoken comedian who has one last shot at reclaiming the spotlight - and fixing his fractured family - one hilarious step at a time.