When a cast member leaves Saturday Night Live, they can either disappear into obscurity and occasionally return to the show to do a fan-favorite impression – which is the most common path – or become a huge A-list movie star like Eddie Murphy or Bill Murray – which is rare, for obvious reasons.
A bunch of immensely talented performers in the latter category, from Mike Myers to Chris Rock to Adam Sandler, came to prominence in the 1990s. Some of the funniest comedies of the ‘90s starred Saturday Night Live cast members (and one of them was directly adapted from a recurring SNL sketch).
10 Tommy Boy (1995)
Chris Farley was close with all his SNL castmates, but perhaps none more than David Spade. The duo united for Tommy Boy, the tale of a slacker’s attempts to save his family’s business with the help of a snooty accountant after his dad dies.
Farley and Spade’s chemistry proved to be so electric that they reteamed for another comedy, Black Sheep, but it was nowhere near as well-received as Tommy Boy.
9 The Wedding Singer (1998)
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore have made a few romcoms together over the years, but their most memorable collaboration is still their first, The Wedding Singer.
Sandler plays the titular wedding singer and Barrymore plays a bride-to-be that he falls for. The Wedding Singer is one of Sandler’s sweetest, most grounded movies.
8 Analyze This (1999)
Harold Ramis’ Analyze This stars Billy Crystal (who hosted SNL before becoming a cast member) as a psychiatrist and Robert De Niro as the mob boss who he befriends after an unfortunate chance encounter.
Co-written by Ramis and Manchester by the Sea’s Kenneth Lonergan, Analyze This is a delightfully dark comedic romp. SNL legend Molly Shannon also appears in a supporting role.
7 Dogma (1999)
Kevin Smith’s controversial, but affectionate religious satire Dogma stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck at the height of their Good Will Hunting fame as a pair of fallen angels who discover a loophole that can get them back into Heaven.
Since the success of their plan would prove God to be fallible and make all of existence moot, everybody in the universe is determined to stop them. SNL cast members Chris Rock and Janeane Garofalo appear alongside such icons as Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman, and George Carlin in the movie’s star-studded ensemble cast.
6 Rushmore (1998)
Wes Anderson wrote the role of industrialist Herman Blume in his second movie Rushmore with Bill Murray in mind, but didn’t expect him to take it. Murray read the script and was so impressed with Anderson’s vision that he not only took the role; he’s appeared in all of Anderson’s movies since.
Murray stars alongside Jason Schwartzman, who plays Blume’s prodigious 15-year-old friend Max Fischer, and Olivia Williams, who plays the schoolteacher they both fall for.
5 Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)
Mike Myers forced the 007 producers to rethink their strategy after ridiculing all the tropes and traditions of the Bond franchise in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Myers’ hysterical title character mixes the style of Bond with ‘60s swinging culture.
Myers also plays the villainous Dr. Evil, a spot-on riff on megalomaniacal Bond baddies, and SNL’s Will Ferrell appears in a small role as one of his henchmen.
4 There’s Something About Mary (1998)
The Farrelly brothers brought their distinctively crass comedic sensibility to a love story with There’s Something About Mary. Cameron Diaz stars as “it” girl Mary, and Ben Stiller plays her high school prom date who wants to get back in touch with her. Unfortunately for him, just about every creep in America – including the private eye he hired to find her – is obsessed with Mary.
SNL cast member Chris Elliott plays Stiller’s seemingly harmless married friend who turns out to be Mary’s most dangerous stalker of all.
3 Groundhog Day (1993)
Bill Murray finds himself living the same day over and over again in Groundhog Day. He plays Phil Connors, a TV weatherman who gets stuck reliving his most painfully mundane assignment – covering the Groundhog Day celebrations in Punxsutawney – again and again.
After the initial fun wears off and he realizes the time loop won’t let him take his own life, Phil finds a new purpose in his life when he falls for his producer Rita (Andie MacDowell). Chris Elliott also appears in this one as Phil’s cameraman.
2 Happy Gilmore (1996)
While Adam Sandler’s breakout hit was Billy Madison, his first true classic – and the movie that solidified his status as a comedy superstar – was Happy Gilmore.
Sandler plays the title character, a hothead hockey player whose grandmother is being kicked out of her home. When he realizes his aggressive hockey tactics can be transferred to the golf course, Happy enters a tournament in the hopes of using the prize money to buy back his grandma’s house.
1 Wayne’s World (1992)
Mike Myers and Dana Carvey first introduced the world to Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar in a recurring SNL sketch, but the subsequent movie adaptation showed audiences their lives outside their public access show Wayne’s World.
With plenty of fourth-wall-breaking and no regard for realism, Wayne’s World is a ton of fun. Along with The Blues Brothers, it’s one of the only bona fide classic feature-length comedies adapted from an SNL sketch.
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