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John Cleese Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
John Cleese appears in the billed cast of 11 films in our catalog, from 1971 to 2021. Top of the list is Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), at 8.1 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.9. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Planet 51, 6.0 on IMDb against 39 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail '1975 | Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 92% | 91 | 7.8 | Terry Gilliam |
| 2 | Life of Brian '1979 | Comedy | 8.0 | 96% | 77 | 7.8 | Terry Jones |
| 3 | And Now for Something Completely Different '1971 | Comedy | 7.5 | 88% | - | 7.2 | Ian MacNaughton |
| 4 | A Fish Called Wanda '1988 | Comedy / Crime | 7.5 | 96% | 80 | 7.2 | Charles Crichton |
| 5 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life '1983 | Comedy | 7.5 | 86% | 72 | 7.3 | Terry Jones |
| 6 | Shrek 2 '2004 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance | 7.4 | 89% | 75 | 7.3 | Conrad Vernon |
| 7 | The Swan Princess '1994 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy | 6.5 | 46% | 70 | 6.6 | Richard Rich |
| 8 | Planet 51 '2009 | Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi | 6.0 | 23% | 39 | 5.9 | Jorge Blanco |
| 9 | Clifford the Big Red Dog '2021 | Comedy / Fantasy | 5.9 | 58% | 55 | 7.1 | Walt Becker |
| 10 | George of the Jungle '1997 | Comedy / Romance | 5.6 | 56% | 53 | 5.7 | Sam Weisman |
| 11 | The Day the Earth Stood Still '2008 | Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 5.5 | 21% | 40 | 5.7 | Scott Derrickson |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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1970s 2000s 1980s Comedy Fantasy Animation Comedy of the 1970s
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