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10. Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Robin Hood: Men in Tights may be a parody of Robin Hood, but that didn't prevent it from throwing the gauntlet down at the feet of Hollywood's previous big-budget adaptation.

Mel Brooks' cult classic comedy is very clearly a response first and foremost to the Kevin Costner-starring Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves released two years prior, which saw Costner widely mocked for his lack of an attempt at an English accent.

Costner even went on to win a Worst Actor Razzie for his performance in the film, and so of course, Brooks couldn't resist the urge to fire a patriot arrow at this wide open target.

Half-way through the movie, when Robin (Cary Elwes) confronts Prince John (Richard Lewis) about his unfair taxes, John asks why the citizens would follow Robin, to which Robin replies, "Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."

As he says it, Elwes smugly turns to the camera, hilariously breaking the fourth wall and nodding to anyone who sat through Costner's woeful non-accent in Prince of Thieves.

Despite the film being a spoof, Elwes is still a genuinely brilliant Robin Hood, and to make the joke hit even harder, Elwes was reportedly offered the Prince of Thieves role before Costner came aboard, though turned it down because he found the script "too contrived."