Highest-ranked title
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Michael Palin has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
The Marquis of Grillo
1981
Comedy
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · Movie · Actor · Writer
Top 1%Prime Video · Included
Life of Brian
1979 · Movie · Actor · Writer
Top 2%Peacock · Included
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 · Series · Actor
Top 4%Prime Video · Included
A Fish Called Wanda
1988 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Prime Video · Included
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982 · Movie · Actor · Writer
Top 15%Prime Video · Included
The Death of Stalin
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Hulu · Included
as First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI! · Writer
Prime Video · Included+5
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".
Dir. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones · With Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle
as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus · Writer
Peacock · Included+3
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
Dir. Terry Jones · With Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.
Dir. Ian MacNaughton, John Howard Davies · With Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Dir. Terry Jones · With Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, John Cleese
While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.
Dir. Charles Crichton · With Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Kevin Kline
as Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / Arthur Pewtey / Second self - defence student / Second Tenant / Lost His Wallet / Shrill Petrol Announcer / Milkman / Ernest Scribbler / Pet shop employee / Lumberjack / Headwaiter Gilberto / Herbert Anchovy / Blackmail Presenter / Gervais Brookhamster / Town Guild Lady · Writer
Prime Video · Rent
A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.
Dir. Ian MacNaughton · With Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam
as Various Roles · Writer
Prime Video · Included+2
Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.
Dir. Terry Hughes, Ian MacNaughton · With Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Graham Chapman
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?
Dir. Armando Iannucci · With Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Dir. Eric Idle, Gary Weis · With Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Ricky Fataar
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Craig Warnock, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.
Dir. Robert Young, Fred Schepisi · With John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, John Le Mesurier
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