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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 Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1

    2004 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    61

  2. Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi

    2005 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    62

  3. Whinfrey's Last Case

    1979 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    63

  4. Roger of the Raj

    1979 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    64

  5. The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

    1977 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    65

  6. The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

    1982 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Comedy, Music, TV Movie

    66

  7. Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute

    2002

    Comedy

    67

  8. Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television

    2002 · ★ 8.8 (3 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    68

  9. Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs

    2023 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    69

  10. Comic Roots: Michael Palin

    1983 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    70

  11. Is This a Record?

    1973 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary

    71

  12. Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    2004 · ★ 4.8 (3 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary

    72

  13. Generation '66

    2016 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    73

  14. Michael Palin In Wyeth's World

    2013 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    74

  15. Michael Palin: A Life on Screen

    2018 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    75

  16. My National Gallery, London

    2024 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    76

  17. The Curse of the Claw

    1977

    Comedy

    77

  18. Anatomy of a Liar

    2012 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    78

  19. Pleasure at Her Majesty's

    1976 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary

    79

  20. Palin on Redpath

    1997

    Documentary, History

    80

  21. Across the Andes by Frog

    1977

    Comedy

    81

  22. Golden Gordon

    1979 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    82

  23. Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia

    2015 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    83

  24. Innes Lloyd: The Producer

    2025 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    84

  25. Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation

    2020 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    85

  26. The Movie Life of George

    1989

    Documentary

    86

  27. Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best

    2006 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Animation

    87

  28. The Dress

    1984

    Drama

    88

  29. Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

    2024 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    89

  30. Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns

    2014

    Documentary

    90

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