Cast: Terry Gilliam

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Terry Gilliam. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series)

1969 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Terry Gilliam · Eric Idle

Cast John Cleese · Michael Palin · Graham Chapman · Eric Idle

Plot TV series (1969-1974). 4 Seasons. 45 Episodes. "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (also known as "Flying Circus", "MPFC" or just "Monty Python" during the fourth season) was a popular, surreal BBC...

8.4

12K votes

8.4

12K votes

Monty Python's Life of Brian

1979 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terry Jones

Cast John Cleese · Michael Palin · Graham Chapman · Eric Idle

Plot The setting is Judea 33 A.D, a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in them, and exasperated Romans trying to impose some...

7.9

111K votes

7.9

111K votes

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

1982 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terry Hughes · Ian MacNaughton

Cast Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Terry Gilliam · Carol Cleveland

Plot A collection of skits that made the Python troup famous, performed live at the Hollywood Bowl. Included are the singing philosophers, lumberjacks, the pope, and a suspiciously-male looking seabird vendor.

7.9

2K votes

7.9

2K votes

Monty Python: International Philosophy (S)

1972 · Movie · 4 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terry Jones

Cast John Cleese · Eric Idle · Graham Chapman · Michael Palin

Plot The Philosophers' Football Match is a Monty Python sketch depicting a football match in the Olympiastadion at the 1972 Munich Olympics between philosophers representing Greece and Germany. Starring in the...

7.6

4K votes

7.6

4K votes

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

2011 · Documentary · 208 min. · United States

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast George Harrison · Paul McCartney · Ringo Starr · Eric Clapton

Plot Based on the life of George Harrison, this film follows Harrison's story from his early life in Liverpool, the success of Beatlemania, his travels to India, the influence of Indian...

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7.5

2K votes

7.5

2K votes

Monty Python's Personal Best (TV Miniseries)

2006 · Series · 360 min. · United States

Direction Harry K. Garvin

Cast John Cleese · Michael Palin · Terry Jones · Terry Gilliam

Plot TV Miniseries (2006). 6 Episodes. Each episode showcases the contributions of a particular Monty Python member. The five surviving members (Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and John...

7.5

175 votes

7.5

175 votes

Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut (TV Series)

2009 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bill Jones · Alan G. Parker · Ben Timlett

Cast Danny Scheinmann · John Cleese · Terry Jones · Terry Gilliam

Plot Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyers Cut) is a 2009 documentary that covers the members of the Monty Python comedy troupe from their birth to the present day. It...

7.5

636 votes

7.5

636 votes

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terry Jones · Terry Gilliam

Cast Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Terry Gilliam · Eric Idle

Plot Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python-team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do...

7.4

28K votes

7.4

28K votes

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terry Jones · Terry Gilliam

Cast John Cleese · Michael Palin · Terry Jones · Terry Gilliam

Plot The Monty Python team are at it again in their second movie. This time we follow King Arthur and his knights in their search for the Holy Grail. This isn't...

7.4

46K votes

7.4

46K votes

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (TV) (TV Miniseries)

1971 · Series · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ian MacNaughton

Cast Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Michael Palin · Terry Jones

Plot Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (Monty Python's Flying Circus) consisted of two 45-minute Monty Python German television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television. The two episodes were first...

7.2

86 votes

7.2

86 votes

The Crimson Permanent Assurance (S)

1983 · Movie · 16 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terry Gilliam

Cast Sydney Arnold · Guy Bertrand · Andrew Bicknell · Myrtle Devenish

Plot In the bleak days of 1983, the Crimson Permanent Assurance, an accountancy staffed by elderly workers much like a slave ship, has been taken over by efficiency-minded corporate types. When...

7.1

3K votes

7.1

3K votes

Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

2010 · Documentary · 116 min. · United States

Direction John Scheinfeld

Cast Harry Nilsson · Micky Dolenz · Terry Gilliam · Eric Idle

Plot Nilsson is the demolisher. No other artist has dragged his talent through the mud the way he has, not even Keith Moon. Nilsson is the archetype of a mega-talented 60’s...

7.0

135 votes

7.0

135 votes

The Secret Life of Brian (TV)

2007 · Documentary · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Will Yapp

Cast Richard Dillane · Jonathan Benson · John Beyer · Inayat Bunglawala

Plot A documentary about the making of the controversial La vida de Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.

7.0

59 votes

7.0

59 votes

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2011 · Documentary · 95 min. · France

Direction Gilles Penso

Cast Ray Harryhausen · Steven Spielberg · Robert Zemeckis · Terry Gilliam

Plot The definitive documentary about Ray Harryhausen. Aside from interviews with the great man himself and lots of famous fans and pupils, for the first time Ray and the Foundation have...

7.0

71 votes

7.0

71 votes

For No Good Reason

2012 · Documentary · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charlie Paul

Cast Johnny Depp · Ralph Steadman · Terry Gilliam · Patrick Godfrey

Plot Johnny Depp pays a call on his friend and hero Ralph Steadman and we take off on a high-spirited, raging and kaleidoscopic journey discovering the life and works of one...

6.9

103 votes

6.9

103 votes

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (TV)

2014 · Documentary · 90 min. · United Kingdom

6.9

27 votes

6.9

27 votes

Lost in La Mancha

2002 · Documentary · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Keith Fulton · Louis Pepe

Cast Terry Gilliam · Jean Rochefort · Johnny Depp · Vanessa Paradis

Plot It may be the first 'un-making of' documentary. In a genre that exists to hype films before their release, "Lost in La Mancha" presents an unexpected twist: it is the...

6.9

3K votes

6.9

3K votes

Monty Python And Now For Something Completely Different

1971 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ian MacNaughton

Cast Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Terry Gilliam · Eric Idle

Plot A collection of re-filmed sketches from the first and second series of the cult TV comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Includes such classics as "Nudge, Nudge", "Hell's Grannies", "Killer...

6.8

3K votes

6.8

3K votes

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys

1996 · Documentary · 88 min. · United States

Direction Keith Fulton · Louis Pepe

Cast Keith Fulton · Terry Gilliam · Mick Audsley · Jeffrey Beecroft

Plot Making-of "12 monkeys", a film by Terry Gilliam. The documentary shows the relation between the director and the actors (special mention to Bruce Willis), the studios (Hollywood, the archenemy), the...

6.8

69 votes

6.8

69 votes

Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox (TV)

2017 · Documentary · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Maycock

Cast Ralph Carney · Marianne Faithfull · Guy Garvey · Terry Gilliam

Plot Using rare archive, audio recordings and interviews viewers are taken on a trip through the surreal, moonlit world of Tom Waits - a portrait of one of modern music's most...

6.7

35 votes

6.7

35 votes