Ten Favorite Non-Monty-Python Movies Featuring the Pythons

(Here, in chronological order, are what I consider to be the ten best non-Monty-Python movies featuring cameos or performances from any of the core Pythons: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, or Michael Palin.)

 

  • The Great Muppet Caper (with John Cleese, 1981)

  • Time Bandits* (with John Cleese and Michael Palin, 1981)

  • Brazil* (with Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, 1985)

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* (with Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle, 1988)

  • A Fish Called Wanda (with John Cleese and Michael Palin, 1988)

  • The Witches (with Michael Palin, 1990)

  • L.A. Story (with Terry Jones, 1991)

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (with John Cleese, 2001)

  • Stranger Than Fiction (with John Cleese and Terry Jones, 2006)

  • The Death of Stalin (with Michael Palin, 2017)

* also directed by Terry Gilliam

— June 25, 2021


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