Want to know the best Terry Jones movies? How about the worst Terry Jones movies? Curious about Terry Jones box office grosses or which Terry Jones movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Terry Jones movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Terry Jones (1942-2020) was a Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, film director, and historian. Jones was most famous as a member of the Monty Python comedy team. His IMDb page shows over 150 credits between 1966 and 2015. This page will rank Terry Jones movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, cameos, and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.
Terry Jones Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
| Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
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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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| 1991 | L.A. Story (1991) | |
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| 2006 | Stranger Than Fiction (2006) | |
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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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| 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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| 1999 | The Creator (1999) | |
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| 1977 | Jabberwocky (1977) |  |
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| 1987 | Personal Services (1987) | |
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| 2000 | A Fish Tale (2000) | |
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| 2015 | Absolutely Anything (2015) Voice Only |
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| 1999 | Asterix et Obelix Contre Cesar (1999) |  |
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| 2012 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) | |
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| 1989 | Erik the Viking (1989) | |
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| 2009 | King Guillaume (2009) |  |
Terry Jones 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 anyway you want.
- Sort Terry Jones movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Terry Jones movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Terry Jones movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Terry Jones movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Terry Jones movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Terry Jones movie won.
- Sort Terry Jones movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score 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 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | Monty Python | 19.30 | 101.5 | 101.50 | 37 | 93 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 2 | Life of Brian (1979) | Monty Python | 19.40 | 83.3 | 83.30 | 47 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 3 | L.A. Story (1991) | Steve Martin | 28.90 | 73.9 | 73.90 | 45 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 4 | Stranger Than Fiction (2006) | Will Ferrell & Dustin Hoffman |
40.70 | 66.6 | 87.90 | 73 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 81.5 | |
| 5 | The Meaning of Life (1983) | Monty Python | 14.90 | 51.1 | 51.10 | 48 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 6 | And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) | Monty Python | 3.00 | 19.8 | 19.80 | 88 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 75.0 | |
| 7 | The Willows in Winter/Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (1997) | John Cleese & Eric Idle |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 251 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 66.8 | |
| 8 | Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) | Monty Python | 0.00 | 0.1 | 3.20 | 366 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 58.0 | |
| 9 | The Creator (1999) | Claude Perron | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 298 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 52.5 | |
| 10 | Jabberwocky (1977) | Michael Palin & Directed by Terry Gilliam |
2.00 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 113 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 41.7 | |
| 12 | Personal Services (1987) | Julie Walters & Alec McCowen |
1.70 | 4.8 | 4.80 | 145 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 41.5 | |
| 11 | A Fish Tale (2000) | Nis Bank-Mikkelsen | 0.60 | 1.1 | 12.30 | 208 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.8 | |
| 13 | Absolutely Anything (2015) Voice Only |
Kate Beckinsale & Robin Williams |
0.10 | 0.1 | 9.20 | 348 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.1 | |
| 14 | Asterix et Obelix Contre Cesar (1999) | Gerard Depardieu | 1.60 | 3.5 | 5.40 | 183 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 26.6 | |
| 15 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) | Monty Python | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 362 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.5 | |
| 16 | Erik the Viking (1989) | Tim Robbins & John Cleese |
1.90 | 5.2 | 5.20 | 139 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 21.8 | |
| 17 | King Guillaume (2009) | Florence Foresti | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 418 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.6 |
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Hey Mike…originally…I was going to not do a page on Terry Jones…now that it is done….I am glad I did not stick with that decision.