Koning Roland van de planeet Druidia probeert zijn dochter Prinses Vespa uit te huwelijken aan Prins Valium. Helaas wordt Vespa gekidnapt door de Spaceballs, die een enorme som losgeld aan Roland vragen. De koning besluit een groot geldbedrag aan Lone Star te geven om hem over te halen om Vespa te redden. Wat volgt is een parodie van een boel SF-films, vooral Star Wars.
Nee, helaas is Spaceballs nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Mel Brooks | Director |
| Writing | Mel Brooks | Screenplay |
| Writing | Thomas Meehan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ronny Graham | Screenplay |
| Production | Mel Brooks | Producer |
| Sound | John Morris | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Nick McLean | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Conrad Buff IV | Editor |
| Production | David Rubin | Casting |
| Production | Bill Shepard | Casting |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Art | Terence Marsh | Production Design |
| Art | Harold Michelson | Art Direction |
| Art | John Franco Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ken Diaz | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Robert Latham Brown | Production Manager |
| Sound | Sandina Bailo-Lape | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Mike Washlake | Stunts |
| Sound | Jeff Pescetto | Songs |
| Crew | Dane Farwell | Stunt Double |
| Crew | John J. Hawkins | Special Effects |
| Sound | Gary Rydstrom | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Designer |
| Production | Ezra Swerdlow | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donfeld | Costume Design |
| Directing | Dan Kolsrud | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mitchell Bock | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Peter Donen | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Editing | Nicholas C. Smith | Additional Editing |
| Art | Dianne Wager | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Peter Kelly | Set Designer |
| Art | Richard McKenzie | Set Designer |
| Art | Jacques Valin | Set Designer |
| Art | Camille Abbott | Production Illustrator |
| Art | Dennis J. Parrish | Property Master |
| Camera | Michael D. O'Shea | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Steve Bridge | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Michael A. Chavez | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Steve McLean | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | George Llerena | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Tom Stern | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Bill Young | Key Grip |
| Sound | Jeff Wexler | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Don Coufal | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jim Stuebe | Production Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Julie Pitkanen | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Jay Ignaszewski | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Clarinda Wong | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Debra Goldfield | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Eugene Marks | Music Editor |
| Sound | Jack Hayes | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Armin Steiner | Scoring Mixer |
| Production | Michael John Meehan | Location Manager |
| Production | Mary Courtney | Production Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charmaine Nash Simmons | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bruce Ericksen | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye Jr. | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Melanie Levitt | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dione Taylor | Hairstylist |
| Visual Effects | Peter Albiez | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Richard Ratliff | Special Effects |
| Camera | Peter Sorel | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | Craig Boyajian | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gary Summers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Beggs | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael John Bateman | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Glad Pickering | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Ronald Sinclair | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | George Simpson | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Ken Fischer | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Ernie Fosselius | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Ronald Jacobs | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Tom Johnson | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Dennie Thorpe | Foley Artist |
