

Time Bandits
Directed by Terry GilliamWhere to Watch Time Bandits
- Rowan Krzysiak30 May 2025It's complete nonsense and everyone looks like they're having a great time but it never feels like it's at the audiences' expense. It's brimming with ideas realised with passion that have the potential to make some peoples' jaws drop. It's a stupid, fun dream and there really is nothing else like it.
Time Bandits Trivia
Time Bandits was released on 16 July 1981.
Time Bandits was directed by Terry Gilliam.
Time Bandits has a runtime of 1h 56m.
Time Bandits was produced by Terry Gilliam.
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
The key characters in Time Bandits are Kevin (Craig Warnock), Randall (David Rappaport), Fidgit (Kenny Baker).
Time Bandits is rated PG.
Time Bandits is an Adventure, Family, Fantasy film.
Time Bandits has an audience rating of 7.7 out of 10.
Time Bandits had a budget of US$5M.
Time Bandits has made US$42.4M at the box office.

























