The Best Terry-Thomas Movies

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Updated June 11, 2019 583 votes 173 voters
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List of the best Terry-Thomas movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Terry-Thomas's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Terry-Thomas movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Terry-Thomas movies will be at the top of the list. Terry-Thomas has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Terry-Thomas movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Terry-Thomas films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Terry-Thomas role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Terry-Thomas performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

Examples of films on this list include The Green Man and I'm All Right Jack.

"This list answers the questions, "What are the best Terry-Thomas movies?" and "What are the greatest Terry-Thomas roles of all time?"
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  • School for Scoundrels
    1

    School for Scoundrels

    Dennis Price, Alastair Sim, John Le Mesurier
    32 votes
    • Released: 1960
    • Directed by: Cyril Frankel, Robert Hamer
    School for Scoundrels is a 1960 British comedy film, directed by Robert Hamer, starring Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas, and inspired by the "Gamesmanship" series of books by Stephen Potter. It has ...more
  • Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
    2

    Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

    Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox
    26 votes
    • Released: 1965
    • Directed by: Ken Annakin
    In 1910, newspaper mogul Lord Rawnsley (Robert Morley) decides to offer a large cash sum to the first pilot to successfully fly over the English Channel. Aviation experts from near and far enter the ...more

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  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
    3

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    Spencer Tracy, Edie Adams, Milton Berle
    24 votes
    • Released: 1963
    • Directed by: Stanley Kramer
    The story begins during a massive traffic jam, caused by reckless driver Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante), who, before kicking the bucket, cryptically tells the assembled drivers that he's buried a ...more

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  • Monte Carlo or Bust!
    4

    Monte Carlo or Bust!

    Tony Curtis, Susan Hampshire, Terry-Thomas
    18 votes
    • Released: 1969
    • Directed by: Ken Annakin, Sam Itzkovitch
    Drivers have come from all over the world to compete in the annual race at Monte Carlo, Monaco. Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage (Terry-Thomas) is a wealthy industrialist who, on the eve of the rally, ...more

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  • Private's Progress
    5

    Private's Progress

    Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price
    12 votes
    • Released: 1955
    • Directed by: John Boulting
    As World War II settles over England, university student Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) receives his call-up. During training, Windrush is plunged into a thoroughly unfamiliar world, with his ...more
  • Make Mine Mink
    6

    Make Mine Mink

    Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques
    12 votes
    • Released: 1960
    • Directed by: Robert Asher
    When Lily (Billie Whitelaw), a maid at Dame Beatrice's (Athene Seyler) boarding house, steals a mink coat to give to Beatrice, the other residents of the house organize to return the coat and save ...more