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Fantasy · Comedy

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones

1975 · United Kingdom

No comedy has been quoted more relentlessly for fifty years: the Pythons could not afford horses, banged coconuts instead, and turned the budget problem into the joke.

★ 7.9

Religious satire · Satire

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Directed by Terry Jones

1979 · United Kingdom

Councils across Britain banned it and Norway would not show it at all: the Pythons went after zealotry rather than faith, which is exactly why it still works.

★ 7.7

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python's Life of Brian