Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Sep 16, 2005Absurdist Parody of the Arthurian Legends
The first of the Monty Python films, a wickedly funny, willfully nonsensical take on King Arthur and the knightly quest. Contains many classic Python gags
Eric Idle
Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (1979)
Jul 15, 2002Accidental Messiah Absurdist Comedy
The Monty Python team's finest hour, a wickedly irreverent spoof on Christianity that contains some of their most side-splitting gags
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
Jun 1, 2001Absurdist Comedy Skits
The third and last of the Monty Python films, a variety of skits that are variously outrageous and frequently leave behind all good taste
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Nov 18, 2001Transformer Robot Wars/Animation
Animated theatrically released spinoff from the original Transformers tv series. The film mostly serves to highlight the considerable number of characters where to the uninitiated it is frequently difficult to tell one side from the next.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
Jun 3, 1999World's Greatest Liar's Absurdist Adventures
Terry Gilliam's adaptation of the adventures of the world's greatest liar was another problem ridden Gilliam production that emerges as an absurd, colourful spectacle filled with a dizzying greatness of imagination
Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Aug 24, 2010Adventures on a Planet of Stupid People Comedy
Films about stupid people are rarely funny - this concerns a whole planet of stupid people. Despite reasonable production values, there is little that raises even a mild smile in this comedic take on Flash Gordon
Casper (1995)
May 1, 2001Friendly Ghost
Film adaptation of the popular Casper the Friendly Ghost comic book ends up being like its title character - cute but insubstantial. Mostly this feels driven by slapstick scenes.
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Aug 18, 2015Talking Animals/Absurdist Adventures
Monty Python's Terry Jones conducts a live-action adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's story
Quest for Camelot (1998)
Jan 7, 2006Animation/Arthurian Fantasy
An Arthurian legends fantasy adventure made as part of the animation renaissance of the 1990s. Anything serious aspirations are wrecked by the insertion of inane popular culture in-jokes
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
May 5, 2007Cartoon in Live-Action
A live-action film adaptation of the old animated tv show with Brendan Fraser in the title role as a bumbling mountie. This drowns in excruciating slapstick and one-dimensional pantomime caricatures
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Dec 13, 2010South Park Film/Absurdist Adult Animation
A theatrical release spun off from tv's cult absurdist/scatological show. Not as sophisticated as later seasons of the tv series but with a raucously wacky bite that is frequently hilarious
102 Dalmatians (2000)
Nov 24, 2000Dognapping Villainness
Sequel to the live-action 101 Dalmatians remake. This brings back Glenn Close as Cruella DeVil and proves a far more enjoyable film that its predecessor
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Dec 12, 2004Revisionist Cinderella Comedy
Excruciatingly awful take on Cinderella, which overruns the fairytale with hip contemporary in-jokes and pop culture references, shredding any suspension of disbelief in its desire to appeal to a modern teen cool
Shrek the Third (2007)
Jun 24, 2007Animation/Fairytale Spoof
The third of the Shrek films settles in with a formulaic blandness where the characters turn up more because everyone expects them to than the film finds much for them to do
Delgo (2008)
Jan 15, 2014Animation/Fantasy World
This attempted to do something different to the usual formula US kiddie animation film and creates its own fantasy world. Unfortunately, while the ambition is admirable, the film flopped badly