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Michael Palin

Actor · 120 credits · 23 in highly-rated films

Best known for Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Frequent collaborators: Terry Jones, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman

Movies (119 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Wipers Times

    2013 · ★ 6.3 (24 votes)

    Comedy, War, Drama

    31

  2. Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

    2014 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    32

  3. The Meaning of Monty Python

    2013 · ★ 7.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    33

  4. How to Irritate People

    1969 · ★ 6.6 (43 votes)

    Comedy, TV Movie

    34

  5. The Wind in the Willows

    1996 · ★ 5.8 (61 votes)

    Fantasy, Comedy, Family

    35

  6. Frost on Sketch Shows

    2013 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    36

  7. Ending It All

    1970

    Comedy, Documentary

    37

  8. Viz: The Documentary

    1990

    Documentary

    38

  9. Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

    2020 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    39

  10. A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

    2012 · ★ 6.0 (51 votes)

    Animation, Comedy

    40

  11. Produced by George Martin

    2012 · ★ 7.4 (9 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    41

  12. John Peel's Record Box

    2005 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain

    2025 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    43

  14. Around the World in 20 Years

    2008 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    44

  15. The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    45

  16. What Is Brazil?

    2008 · ★ 6.4 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    46

  17. Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

    2014

    Music, TV Movie, Documentary

    47

  18. Three Men in a Boat

    1975 · ★ 6.0 (15 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

    48

  19. What the Pythons Did Next...

    2007

    49

  20. Monty Python Conquers America

    2008 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    50

  21. Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best

    2006 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    51

  22. Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

    1977 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    52

  23. Monty Python In The Netherlands

    1973 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    53

  24. Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes

    2019

    Documentary

    54

  25. Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best

    2006 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    55

  26. The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

    1979 · ★ 7.1 (9 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy, TV Movie

    56

  27. Murder at Moorstones Manor

    1977 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    57

  28. Tomkinson's Schooldays

    1976 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    58

  29. The Philosophers' Football Match

    1972 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    59

  30. The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2

    2004 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.