The best Terry Gilliam’s movies on Apple iTunes

Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

22/11/1940 (83 años)
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Jupiter Ascending

Jupiter Ascending
5.3/10
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…

Life of Brian

Life of Brian
8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/08/1979
  • Character: Man Even Further Forward / Revolutionary / Jailer / Blood and Thunder Prophet / Frank / Audience Member / Crucifee
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 the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

Brazil

Brazil
7.9/10
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 innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything
6/10
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
8.2/10
  • Genre: AdventureComedyFantasy
  • Release: 25/05/1975
  • Character: Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorilla Hand
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 the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
7.1/10
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us
6.4/10
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

The Meaning of Life

The Meaning of Life
7.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/03/1983
  • Character: Diverse Rollen
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 liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

Bye Bye Morons

Bye Bye Morons
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 21/10/2020
  • Character: Hunter
When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
6.3/10
Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyFantasy
  • Release: 28/03/1977
  • Character: Man with Rock
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

George Harrison: Living in the Material World
8.1/10
Director Martin Scorsese profiles former Beatle George Harrison in this reverent portrait that mixes interviews and archival footage, featuring commentary from the likes of Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono.

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
7.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/06/1982
  • Character: Various Roles
Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.

And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different
7.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 28/09/1971
  • Character: Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs
A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 27/11/2011
  • Character: Himself
There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. Focusing on the man behind the landmark effects on films like Clash Of The Titans, One Million Years B.C., Jason And The Argonauts and many more, this in-depth film features interviews with the great man himself, and with an array of animators and directors influenced by his work including Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg. The film also features unseen footage of tests and experiments recently uncovered.

Lost in La Mancha

Lost in La Mancha
7.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 11/02/2002
  • Character: Himself - Writer & Director
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
7.6/10
The documentary explores the enigmatic life and music of Harry Nilsson in an attempt to answer the question, "Who is Harry Nilsson?" The film includes new and archive audio and film including interviews with Robin Williams, Yoko Ono, Van Dyke Parks, Randy Newman, Ray Cooper, the Smothers Brothers, and Micky Dolenz. "Who is Harry Nilsson?" uses promotional films, music videos, and home movies; segments from the unreleased documentary made during the recording of Son of Schmilsson (Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?); and excerpts from Nilsson's rare TV appearances in his BBC specials, the "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", "Playboy After Dark", and in an episode of "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir".

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyHistoryMusic
  • Release: 25/03/2010
  • Character: Not an Individual / Mexican / Mountie
Not The Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a comic oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian, which retells the tragic tale of Mandy, impregnated by a Roman soldier, giving birth to Brian, a reluctant revolutionary of the People's Front of Judea who falls in love with Judith, gets mistaken for a Messiah and is arrested by the Romans and sentenced to be crucified. It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart duet, to the Festival of Nine Carols, Bob Dylan, and the classic finale "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".

Monty Python: Live (Mostly)

Monty Python: Live (Mostly)
7.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 20/07/2014
  • Character: Self, others
Celebrate the last night of the Pythons on the big screen! - With John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
7.6/10
With unprecedented access, this program reveals the humour, chaos and passion that went into bringing the Flying Circus to the stage cumulating in the legendary One Down, Five To Go.

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