Michael Palin films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 10 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Brazil and Small Prophets.

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Starring Michael Palin

Small Prophets
2026 · TV
8.3/10 · TMDB
The magical and mundane unfold in a suburban shed as a lonely man stumbles on the supernatural.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles...
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Life of Brian
1979 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with...
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Brazil
1985 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an...
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A Fish Called Wanda
1988 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
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The Meaning of Life
1983 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy...
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The Death of Stalin
2017 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Proclaimed the funniest political comedy of the year (The Daily Beast), The Death of Stalin delivers a brutally executed parody of Cold War Russia. When the tyrannical ruler Stalin dies, his hapless inner circle scrambles to come up with...
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Arthur Christmas
2011 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is...
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Time Bandits
1981 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal...
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The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.
Absolutely Anything
2015 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
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