‘Saturday Night Live’ celebrates its 50th anniversary. Photo: NBCUniversal.
The groundbreaking variety series ‘Saturday Night Live‘ recently celebrated 50 years on the air.
The iconic TV series has launched the careers of countless movie and TV stars over the years including Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristin Wiig, and Kate McKinnon.
The series has also spawned several popular movies based on sketches and characters from the show including ‘The Blues Brothers‘, ‘Wayne’s World‘ and ‘MacGruber‘.
In honor of ‘SNL’s 50th anniversary season, Moviefone is counting down and ranking every ‘Saturday Night Live’ movie ever made.
For this list, we are only including movies based on sketches or characters that originated on ‘SNL’, so we will not be including ‘Tommy Boy‘, ‘Black Sheep‘, or any of Adam Sandler’s early films. We will also not be including director Jason Reitman‘s recent biopic ‘Saturday Night‘.
Let’s begin!
Julia Sweeney in ‘It’s Pat’. Photo: Touchstone Pictures.
Pat Riley (Julia Sweeney), an obnoxious busybody of indeterminable sex, meets and falls in love with Chris, a sensitive, caring person also of indeterminable sex. Their relationship suffers because Pat’s a lout, and cannot decide on a direction for their life. Meanwhile, Pat’s neighbor Kyle falls further and further into obsession with Pat, fascinated by their indeterminate sexuality.
“The Sex Symbol of the 90’s”
31
1 hr 14 minAug 26th, 1994
Al Franken in ‘Stuart Saves His Family’. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
A self-help advocate (Al Franken) struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
“You’ll laugh because it’s not your family. You’ll cry because it is.”
52
1 hr 35 minApr 12th, 1995
(L to R) Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman in ‘Blues Brothers 2000’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children’s hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.
Tim Meadows in ‘The Ladies Man’. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
Because of his salacious language, late-night radio advice-show host Leon Phelps (Tim Meadows), along with his sweet and loyal producer Julie (Karyn Parsons), is fired from his Chicago gig. Leon gets a letter from a former lover promising a life of wealth, but he doesn’t know who she is. Can Leon find his secret sugar-mama? What about Julie?
“He’s cool. He’s clean. He’s a love machine.”
53
1 hr 24 minOct 13th, 2000
(L to R) Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell in ‘A Night at the Roxbury’. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug (Chris Kattan) and Steve Butabi (Will Ferrell) still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they’re routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with Richard Grieco gets them inside the swank Roxbury club. Mistaken for high rollers, they meet their dream women, Vivica (Gigi Rice) and Cambi (Elisa Donovan), and resolve to open a club of their own.
“Score!”
66
1 hr 21 minOct 1st, 1998
Molly Shannon in ‘Superstar’. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher (Molly Shannon), an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on achieving super-stardom.
“Dare to dream.”
53
1 hr 22 minOct 8th, 1999
(L to R) Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin in ‘Coneheads’. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) and Prymatt (Jane Curtain) don’t exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they’re from France.
“You may not notice them at first, but they are among us.”
54
1 hr 27 minJul 23rd, 1993
(L to R) Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in ‘Wayne’s World 2’. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) to put on a rock concert, “Waynestock,” with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer (Christopher Walken) is putting the moves on his girlfriend, Cassandra (Tia Carrere), while Garth handles the advances of mega-babe Honey Hornee (Kim Basinger).
“You’ll laugh again! You’ll cry again!! You’ll hurl again!!!”
61
1 hr 35 minDec 10th, 1993
Will Forte in ‘MacGruber’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
After rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber (Will Forte) is finally released. His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth (Billy Zane). With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must reassemble his old team in order to defeat the forces of evil.
(L to R) Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in ‘Wayne’s World’. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey). From Wayne’s basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called “Wayne’s World” on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of “Wayne’s World”—and he also wants Wayne’s girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra (Tia Carrere). Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra.
(L to R) Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in ‘The Blues Brothers’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Jake Blues (John Belushi), just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) were raised.
“They’re on a mission from God.”
77
2 hr 13 minJun 16th, 1980
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