10 Funniest Non-Monty Python Films From Monty Python Members

10. Erik The Viking

I cannot stress this enough: Do not watch Erik the Viking expecting to see yet another medieval comedy in the vein of The Holy Grail. No matter how much you enjoy Tim Robbins and Mickey Rooney, you will be sorely disappointed if you expect a brilliant send-up of the Middle Ages.

Good? Good. Now, with that out of the way, Erick the Viking is quite funny in parts. Side-splittingly so, even. Sure, there's a good handful of gags that misfire. And a few of the scenes seem to be coasting for far too long on the goodwill earned by previous jokes. And most of those jokes are about rape. And some of the set-ups are left dangling without a payoff.

...But, all of those miscues go away once you start looking at Erik the Viking not as a standard comedy, but as a spoof of other satires. It's much closer to Robin Hood: Men In Tights than to The Princess Bride. And when its goofy, joyfully obnoxious tone works, it really works.

Any time Terry Jones or John Cleese appears on screen is an utter delight. And the rest of the time...well...hopefully you're not too offended by medieval rape jokes.