Director and actor
Terry Jones averages 6.93, John Cleese averages 6.21. Apart that suggests 6.57; together they average 7.22, a lift of +0.65.
Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.
1971
1975Best
1979
1982
1983
1989
1997Dot size shows IMDb votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes are left out.
| Monty Python and … '75 | Monty Python's Li… '79 | Monty Python's th… '83 | Erik the Viking '89 | The Wind in the W… '96 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Cleese | |||||
| Graham Chapman |
Each column is a film in release order. Filled squares mark who was in it, colored by the film's rating.
 Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different | 1971 | 7.5 | 32,934 | as Stage Manager | Writer, as Announcer (not counted) |
 Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | 8.1 | 609K | Director, as Dennis's Mother | as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard, Writer |
 Monty Python's Life of Brian | 1979 | 8.0 | 436K | Director, as Mandy Cohen | as Wise Man #1, Writer |
 Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | 1982 | 7.8 | 15,183 | as Fourth Barber | Writer, as First Barber (not counted) |
 Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | 1983 | 7.5 | 131K | as Bert, Director | as Fish #2, Writer |
 Erik the Viking | 1989 | 6.2 | 15,379 | Writer, as King Arnulf, Director | as Halfdan the Black |
| The Wind in the Willows | 1996 | 6.3 | 3,679 | as Toad, Director, Writer | as Mr Toad's Lawyer |
 Fierce Creatures | 1997 | 6.4 | 26,780 | Writer | as Rollo Lee, Writer, Producer (not counted) |
| A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | 2012 | 5.9 | 1,911 | as Terry Jones | as John Cleese (not counted) |
| Monty Python Live (Mostly) | 2014 | 7.6 | 3,009 | as Spanish Guitarist | as Llama lecturer, Writer (not counted) |
