Terry Gilliam

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt

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

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

Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire

When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.

Dir. Albert Dupontel · With Virginie Efira, Albert Dupontel, Nicolas Marié

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

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

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley

A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Sydney Arnold, Guy Bertrand, Andrew Bicknell

Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Jodelle Ferland, Janet McTeer, Brendan Fletcher

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

Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.

Dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe · With Jeff Bridges, Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis

After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Dir. John Landis · With Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest

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

Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Mélanie Thierry