Cast: John Cleese
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Cleese. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 81
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
Synopsis Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series) (1969) is a groundbreaking British sketch comedy that defies traditional narrative structure. The series, created by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, features a surreal blend of...
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
Synopsis In Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), a young man named Brian Cohen is born on the same night as Jesus, in a stable next door. Mistaken for the Messiah, Brian's life spirals into chaos as he joins a rebel...
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
Synopsis 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
Fawlty Towers (TV Series)
1975 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Cleese · Connie Booth · John Howard Davies · Bob Spiers
Cast John Cleese · Prunella Scales · Andrew Sachs · Connie Booth
Synopsis TV Series (1975-1979). 2 Seasons. 12 Episodes. Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
7.8
3K votes
7.8
3K votes
Monty Python: International Philosophy (S)
1972 · Movie · 4 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Terry Jones
Cast John Cleese · Eric Idle · Graham Chapman · Michael Palin
Synopsis 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 sketch are Archimedes (John Cleese), Socrates (Eric Idle), Hegel (Graham...
7.6
4K votes
7.6
4K 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
Synopsis 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 Cleese) were invited to select favourite sketches they wrote or...
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
Synopsis 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 highlights their childhood, schooling and university life, pre-Python work and...
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
Synopsis Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) is a surreal comedy that explores the absurdity of human existence through a series of interconnected sketches. From birth to death, the film tackles life's big questions with the Pythons' signature wit and...
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
Synopsis In Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), King Arthur and his knights embark on a surreal quest to find the Holy Grail. Guided by God, they face absurd challenges, including taunting Frenchmen, a deadly rabbit, and the Knights Who...
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
Synopsis 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 broadcast in January and December 1972 and were shot entirely...
7.2
86 votes
7.2
86 votes
A Fish Called Wanda
1988 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Charles Crichton
Cast John Cleese · Kevin Kline · Jamie Lee Curtis · Michael Palin
Synopsis Diamond-loving American Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) has come to London with her demented, self-loving, and Nietzsche-quoting boyfriend Otto (Kevin Kline) in hopes of pulling off an armed diamond heist. The couple team up with two Brits, George (Tom Georgeson) and...
7.0
43K votes
7.0
43K 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
Synopsis 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
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live (TV)
2014 · Documentary · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Roger Graef
Cast John Cleese · Brian Cox · Terry Gilliam · Stephen Hawking
6.9
27 votes
6.9
27 votes
How to Irritate People (TV)
1968 · Movie · 68 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ian Fordyce
Cast John Cleese · Tim Brooke-Taylor · Graham Chapman · Michael Palin
Synopsis In this mock-documentary, John Cleese narrates a series of sketches on irritation -- types and techniques. Included are parents irritating their children, old ladies irritating movie-goers in a theater, an overly subservient waiter, a car repairman denying obvious car trouble,...
6.9
134 votes
6.9
134 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
Synopsis 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 Cars", "Dead Parrot", "Lumberjack Song", "Blackmail" and "Upper Class Twit...
6.8
3K votes
6.8
3K votes
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001 · Movie · 152 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Chris Columbus
Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Rupert Grint · Emma Watson · Robbie Coltrane
Synopsis Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) follows a young boy named Harry Potter, who discovers on his 11th birthday that he is a wizard. Rescued from his neglectful relatives, he is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and...
6.8
82K votes
6.8
82K votes
Silverado
1985 · Movie · 133 min. · United States
Direction Lawrence Kasdan
Cast Kevin Kline · Scott Glenn · Kevin Costner · Danny Glover
Synopsis In Silverado (1985), four unlikely heroes cross paths in the Old West, each with their own troubled past. Emmett, a rancher seeking justice; Paden, a drifter with a knack for survival; Mal, a quick-draw cowboy; and Jake, Emmett's impulsive younger...
6.7
11K votes
6.7
11K votes
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 · Movie · 154 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Chris Columbus
Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Rupert Grint · Emma Watson · Kenneth Branagh
Synopsis In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year, only to find mysterious attacks paralyzing students. A chilling legend about the Chamber of Secrets resurfaces, hinting at a hidden monster within the...
6.5
72K votes
6.5
72K votes
Doctor Who: City of Death (TV)
1979 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Hayes
Cast Tom Baker · Lalla Ward · Julian Glover · Tom Chadbon
Synopsis In modern-day Paris, the Doctor and Romana realise that someone is playing with time. Who is the mysterious Count Scarlioni? Why does he seem to have counterparts scattered throughout history? Who or what is Scaroth the Jagaroth? With the evolution...
6.5
29 votes
6.5
29 votes
Spud
2010 · Movie · 103 min. · South Africa
Direction Donovan Marsh
Cast Troye Sivan · John Cleese · Tanit Phoenix · Jason Cope
Synopsis It's South Africa, 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school.
6.4
94 votes
6.4
94 votes