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1. The Art of Soccer With John Cleese (2008)
directed by Herman Vaske
featuring John CleeseComic legend John Cleese hosts this documentary that offers a look at the history of football, the world's most popular sport. In addition to a ... More
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2. Dr. Seuss: Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Narrated by Monty Python's John Cleese, this video, adapted from the Dr. Seuss book Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? is sure to let children ... More
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4. Time Bandits (1981)
directed by Terry Gilliam
featuring John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian HolmA young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this humorous fantasy. Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam ... More
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5. Silverado (1985)
directed by Lawrence Kasdan
featuring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John CleeseLawrence Kasdan's Silverado is a fond hark back to the all-star, big-budget westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. The various plotlines converge at the ... More
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6. Fawlty Towers [TV Series] (1975)
directed by John Howard Davies
featuring John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Brian Hall" 'Nutter' runs small hotel" is the terse-but-true description given by an English catalog to the weekly comedy series Fawlty Towers. Created by John ... More
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7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
featuring Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry JonesFrom its opening multi-language titles (that sure looks like Swedish) to the closing arrest of the entire Dark Ages cast by modern-day bobbies, ... More
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8. And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
directed by Ian MacNaughton, Terry Gilliam
featuring Connie Booth, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric IdleMonty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different was first released in the US in 1973, but didn't really take off as a midnight-movie ... More
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9. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
directed by Charles Crichton
featuring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael PalinIn A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen ... More
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10. Man About Town (2005)
directed by Mike Binder
featuring Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, John Cleese, Samuel Ball, Mike BinderAn unscrupulous Hollywood agent seeks to balance the success of his professional status with the abysmal reality of his personal life in director ... More
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11. Romance with a Double Bass (1974)
directed by Robert Young
featuring Connie Booth, Freddie Jones, Graham Crowden, John CleeseList of all editionsYou never heard of this one? It might be because Romance with a Double Bass isn't a feature film at all, but a 40-minute short subject, designed for ... More
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12. The Life of Brian (1979)
directed by Terry Jones
featuring Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry GilliamList of all editionsOn a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and ...
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13. Monty Python: Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
directed by Monty Python, Terry Hughes
featuring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry JonesList of all editionsLike The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl consists of "concert" footage of the nonsensical British Monty Python ... More
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14. The Out-of-Towners (1999)
directed by Sam Weisman
featuring Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Mark McKinney, John Cleese, Oliver HudsonList of all editionsWhen Frank Sinatra sang "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere, it's up to you, New York!" he probably didn't have the same odds in mind that ... More
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15. Privates on Parade (1982)
directed by Michael Blakemore
featuring John Cleese, Denis Quilley, Nicola Pagett, Patrick Pearson, Michael ElphickList of all editionsThis kooky British comedy chronicles the zany and occasionally dramatic exploits of the Song and Dance Unit, Southeast Asia (SADUSEA, pronounced "sad ... More
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16. Fawlty Towers: Series 02 (1979)
List of all editionsOriginally broadcast from February 19 to October 25, 1979, the second and final season of BBC2's Fawlty Towers finds Torquay hotelier Basil Fawlty ... More
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17. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
featuring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael PalinList of all editionsThe Meaning of Life is without a doubt the most tasteless of the Monty Python feature films; it also happens to be one of the funniest. Life's ... More
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18. The Swan Princess (1994)
directed by Richard Rich
featuring Jack Palance, Howard McGillian, Michelle Nicastro, John Cleese, Sandy Duncan, Steven WrightList of all editionsThe Swan Princess is an animated, musical adaption of the fairy tale, "Swan Lake." An aging king (Dakin Matthews) and a widowed queen (Sandy Duncan) ... More
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19. Fawlty Towers: Series 01 (1975)
List of all editionsTerminally rude hotelier Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) and his garrulous, supremely unhelpful wife Sybil (Prunella Scales) open the doors of their ... More
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20. The Secret Policeman's Private Party (1984)
List of all editionsMonty Python alumni John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam team up with Neil Innes, Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, ... More
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21. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
directed by Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells
featuring Philip Glasser, James Stewart, Dom DeLuise, Cathy Cavadini, John Cleese, Erica Yohn, Nehemiah PersoffList of all editionsIn this animated sequel to An American Tale, Fievel Mousekewitz strikes out from not-so-enthralling New York City in a wagon train headed West. ... More
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22. Charlotte's Web (2006)
directed by Gary Winick
featuring Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the EntertainerList of all editionsE.B. White's classic children's story comes to the screen in this live-action adaptation with an all-star voice cast. Fern Arable (Dakota Fanning) is ... More
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23. The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)
directed by Roger Graef
featuring John Cleese, Peter Cook, Eleanor Bron, Pete Townshend, Rowan AtkinsonList of all editionsSome of the biggest and brightest stars in British comedy appear in this performance film, which documents a revue staged by John Cleese of Monty ... More
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24. George of the Jungle (1997)
directed by Sam Weisman
featuring Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree, John CleeseList of all editionsJay Ward's fondly-remembered cartoon series about a klutzy king of the jungle gets the big-screen, live-action treatment in this comedy from Walt ... More
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25. Shrek Forever After (2010)
directed by Mike Mitchell
featuring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Walt DohrnList of all editionsA domesticated Shrek hatches a plan to recapture his mojo and discovers what life in Far Far Away land would have been like had he never existed in ... More







