List of the best Michael Palin movies: Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy(2010), A Private Function(1984), American Friends(1991), The Missionary(1982), A Fish Called Wanda(1988), Fierce Creatures(1997), Life of Brian(1979), Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl(1982), Brazil(1985), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life(1983), And Now for Something Completely Different(1972), Time Bandits(1981) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
UK
2010
92 Minutes
Michael Palin Terry Jones Terry Gilliam Carol Cleveland Neil Innes William Ferguson Shannon Mercer Rosalind Plowright Christopher Purves
A comic oratorio inspired by Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) filmed at its only European performance at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2009 to celebrate forty years of Monty Python.
Comedy
UK
1984
93 Minutes
Michael Palin Maggie Smith Denholm Elliott Liz Smith Richard Griffiths John Normington Bill Paterson Tony Haygarth Alison Steadman Pete Postlethwaite Jim Carter
husband wife mother solicitor doctor inspector witty madcap england small town movie theater farm country road food theft class distinctions mother/daughter relationship black market husband/wife relationship rise
In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.
Drama
UK
1991
95 Minutes
Writer
Michael Palin Connie Booth Trini Alvarado Alfred Molina David Calder Simon James Robert Eddison Alun Armstrong Sheila Reid Edward Rawle-Hicks Jonathan Firth
professor american woman teen girl enemy witty swiss alps oxford university wilderness love triangle career vs. love reputation mother/daughter relationship repression rumors rivalry forbidden love temptation victorian era
Reverend Francis Ashby (Sir Michael Palin), a senior Oxford don on vacation alone in the Alps, meets vacationing American Miss Caroline Hartley (Connie Booth) and her companion Miss Elinor ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1982
90 Minutes
Michael Palin Maggie Smith Trevor Howard Denholm Elliott Michael Hordern Graham Crowden Phoebe Nicholls Tricia George Valerie Whittington Rosamund Greenwood David Suchet
reverend missionary wife wealthy woman prostitute campy lighthearted london africa slum brothel assignment sex prostitution secret past seduction murder plot adventure wretched excess 1900s
In 1905, after ten years of missionary work in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortescue (Sir Michael Palin) is recalled to England, where his Bishop gives him his new assignment, to minister ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK|USA
1988
107 Minutes
Ken Pile
John Cleese Jamie Lee Curtis Kevin Kline Michael Palin Maria Aitken Tom Georgeson Patricia Hayes Geoffrey Palmer
gangster con artist criminal henchman lawyer wife hilarious cheeky england hideout courtroom family home street robbery seduction murder jealousy pursuit transformation 1980s
In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.
Comedy
UK|USA
1997
93 Minutes
Adrian "Bugsy" Malone
John Cleese Jamie Lee Curtis Kevin Kline Michael Palin Ronnie Corbett Robert Lindsay Carey Lowell Bille Brown Derek Griffiths Cynthia Cleese
millionaire businesswoman zoologist director son cheeky offbeat london zoo animals wildlife murder romance commercialism transformation underdog 1990s
Zookeepers struggle to deal with the policies of changing directors.
Comedy
UK
1979
93 Minutes
Writer
Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Terry Jones Michael Palin Kenneth Colley Gwen Taylor Eric Idle Terence Bayler Carol Cleveland Charles McKeown
young man mother pontius pilate jesus love interest cheeky witty quirky hilarious judea palace mistaken identity christianity religion fugitives biblical characters rebellion underdog adventure escape
Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.
Comedy
UK
1982
77 Minutes
Writer
Ian MacNaughton Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones Michael Palin Neil Innes Carol Cleveland
barber lumberjack michelangelo son pope madcap outlandish witty california hollywood bowl stage fairy tales conversation philosophy singing cross-dressing sports wretched excess underdog 1980s
The Monty Python troupe perform a combination of classic sketches and new material at the Hollywood Bowl.
Fantasy, Comedy
UK|USA
1985
142 Minutes
Jack Lint
Jonathan Pryce Robert De Niro Katherine Helmond Ian Holm Bob Hoskins Michael Palin Ian Richardson Peter Vaughan Kim Greist Jim Broadbent
bureaucrat terrorist mother activist friend creative disturbing offbeat apartment office family home subconscious mind corruption politics terrorism mother/son relationship daunting task pursuit quest underdog
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Comedy
UK
1983
103 Minutes
Writer
Terry Jones Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones Michael Palin Carol Cleveland Judy Loe Simon Jones Andrew MacLachlan
schoolboy husband wife paramedic grim reaper priest hilarious outlandish witty hospital church resort restaurant funeral heaven death war middle age birth growth
The Monty Python troupe perform a combination of classic sketches and new material at the Hollywood Bowl.
Comedy
UK
1972
89 Minutes
Writer
Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones Michael Palin Carol Cleveland
comedian milkman sexy woman police officer bank robber grandmother amusing frenetic cheeky hysterical creative office restaurant army base street bar england animals babies law
An anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969).
Fantasy
UK
1981
110 Minutes
Writer
John Cleese Sean Connery Shelley Duvall Katherine Helmond Ian Holm Michael Palin Ralph Richardson Peter Vaughan David Warner Craig Warnock
dwarf young boy supernatural being napoleon bonaparte thief robin hood cheeky amusing creative england sherwood forest battlefield ship greece fantasy world time travel theft historical events supernatural growing up
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
Comedy
UK
1975
90 Minutes
Writer
Terry Jones Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Neil Innes Terry Jones Michael Palin Connie Booth Carol Cleveland Bee Duffell
king arthur knight virgin rabbit giant god hysterical hilarious madcap england camelot castle countryside investigation murder holy grail royalty quest middle ages
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
Comedy
UK|France|Belgium|Canada|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Vyacheslav Molotov
Steve Buscemi Andrea Riseborough Simon Russell Beale Rupert Friend Jason Isaacs Jeffrey Tambor Paddy Considine Olga Kurylenko Michael Palin Richard Brake Jonathan Aris
joseph stalin soviet soldier general nikita khrushchev secret police cheeky amusing confident soviet union office street death power struggle political unrest plot change rivalry fall pursuit quest
Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly thirty years, Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin) takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.