Cast: John Cleese

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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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

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...

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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