Want to know the best Michael Palin movies? How about the worst Michael Palin movies? Curious about Michael Palin box office grosses or which Michael Palin movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Michael Palin movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Michael Palin (1943-) is an English actor, comedian, and author. Palin is best known for his work with the comedy group Monty Python. His movie career has spanned five decades. His IMDb page shows over 150 credits since 1966. This page will rank Michael Palin movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Michael Palin Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda (1988) |  |
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| 1981 | Time Bandits (1981) | |
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| 1975 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | |
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| 1979 | Life of Brian (1979) |  |
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| 1985 | Brazil (1985) | |
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| 2011 | Arthur Christmas (2011) Voice Only |
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| 1983 | The Meaning of Life (1983) | |
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| 1971 | And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) |  |
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| 2017 | The Death of Stalin (2017) |  |
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| 1996 | The Willows in Winter/Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (1997) | |
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| 2014 | Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) | |
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| 1997 | Fierce Creatures (1997) | |
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| 1982 | The Missionary (1982) | |
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| 1984 | A Private Function (1984) |  |
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| 1977 | Jabberwocky (1977) | |
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| 2015 | Absolutely Anything (2015) Voice Only |
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| 1991 | American Friends (1991) | |
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| 2012 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) |  |
Michael Palin Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Michael Palin movies by his co-stars
- Sort Michael Palin movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Michael Palin movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Michael Palin movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Michael Palin movie received.
- Sort Michael Palin movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | A Fish Called Wanda (1988) | Kevin Kline & John Cleese |
62.50 | 163.9 | 163.90 | 12 | 86 | 03 / 01 | 96.9 | |
| 2 | Time Bandits (1981) | John Cleese & Directed by Terry Gilliam |
42.40 | 164.3 | 164.30 | 11 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 3 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | Monty Python | 19.30 | 101.5 | 101.50 | 37 | 93 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 4 | Life of Brian (1979) | Monty Python | 19.40 | 83.3 | 83.30 | 47 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 5 | Brazil (1985) | Robert DeNiro & Directed by Terry Gilliam |
9.90 | 30.2 | 30.20 | 85 | 89 | 02 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 6 | Arthur Christmas (2011) Voice Only |
James McAvoy & Bill Nighy |
46.50 | 68.8 | 218.40 | 70 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 83.1 | |
| 7 | The Meaning of Life (1983) | Monty Python | 14.90 | 51.1 | 51.10 | 48 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 8 | And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) | Monty Python | 3.00 | 19.8 | 19.80 | 88 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 75.0 | |
| 9 | The Death of Stalin (2017) | Steve Buscemi | 8.00 | 9.7 | 29.60 | 125 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 67.6 | |
| 10 | The Willows in Winter/Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (1997) | John Cleese & Michael Palin |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 251 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 66.8 | |
| 11 | Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) | Monty Python | 0.00 | 0.1 | 3.20 | 366 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 58.0 | |
| 12 | Fierce Creatures (1997) | John Cleese & Jamie Lee Curtis |
9.40 | 22.0 | 22.00 | 117 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 55.5 | |
| 13 | The Missionary (1982) | Maggie Smith | 7.20 | 26.6 | 26.60 | 71 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 51.3 | |
| 14 | A Private Function (1984) | Maggie Smith & Denholm Elliott |
2.50 | 8.1 | 8.10 | 130 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 47.3 | |
| 15 | Jabberwocky (1977) | Directed by Terry Gilliam | 2.00 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 113 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 41.7 | |
| 17 | Absolutely Anything (2015) Voice Only |
Simon Pegg & John Cleese |
0.10 | 0.1 | 9.20 | 348 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.1 | |
| 16 | American Friends (1991) | Bryan Pringle | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 231 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.0 | |
| 18 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) | Monty Python | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 365 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.6 |
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Life of Joel and Jabberwocky are the only two Palin films I have seen in the above tables.
However back in 1989 I watched Michael in the TV miniseries Around the Work in 80 Days in which he travelled to various places [without flying] in an attempt to follow in the footsteps of Jules Verne’s fictitious Phileas Fogg played by David Niven in the 1956 movie.. It was very educational and enjoyable. He’s good at documentary travel features and in fact is regarded as a bit of an expert on the subject.
Also I am on the lookout for a rerun of his 2014 nine-episode TV horror thriller miniseries Remember Me Which I think would appeal to me. Here’s what IMDB says about it: “The day Tom Parfitt (Sir Michael Palin) moves from his home into residential care, he becomes the sole witness to a violent death.” IMDB gives it a reasonable 69% rating.
Hey Bob….thanks for visiting our Michael Palin page….which is part of our massive Python page. So you have seen 2 of his movies…I have seen 11 of his movies. Brazil, which is directed by another Python, Terry Gilliam, is one of my all-time favorite movies. Glad you have been enjoying his television work. When trying to find a photo of Palin in the movie Brazil…..it kept giving me photos of Palin’s travel logs of Brazil instead. Now it makes sense. Good stuff.
Great UMR Page
Thanks Mike….he has less movies than I thought he was going to. Loved him in Brazil.