The Best Brian Cox Movies, Ranked
114 credits from 1968 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Last Right (2019) comes out on top with a score of 78. The biggest box office hit is X2: X-Men United (2003) with $408M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Brian Cox Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Brian Cox is credited on. The Last Right (2019) leads with 78, followed by That Christmas (2024) at 77. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 78 The Last Right 2019 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 That Christmas 2024 · Animation -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 The Etruscan Smile 2019 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Prisoner's Daughter 2023 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Mending the Line 2023 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 There Are No Saints 2022 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 62 Churchill 2017 · Biography -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 62 Strange But True 2019 · Thriller -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Last Moment of Clarity 2020 · Thriller -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 57 Little Wing 2024 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 52 The Bay of Silence 2020 · Thriller -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 51 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 2024 · Animation
Biggest Brian Cox Box Office Hits
Brian Cox's films have made $1.54B worldwide in total. X2: X-Men United (2003) is the biggest hit at $408M, ahead of The Bourne Supremacy (2004) ($293M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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X2: X-Men United 2003 · Action $408M $215M dom. - 2
The Bourne Supremacy 2004 · Action $293M $176M dom. - 3
The Ring 2002 · Mystery $249M $129M dom. - 4
Pixels 2015 · Action $245M $78.7M dom. - 5
Red Eye 2005 · Thriller $96.3M $57.9M dom. - 6
Chain Reaction 1996 · Action $60.2M $21.2M dom. - 7
The Ringer 2005 · Sport $40.4M $35.4M dom. - 8
Super Troopers 2 2018 · Mystery $31.6M $30.6M dom. - 9
Iron Will 1994 · Adventure $21M $21M dom. - 10 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 2024 · Animation $20.8M $9.16M dom.
The Best Brian Cox Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Brian Cox has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 32 films, and The Last Right (2019) is the pick of them.
- Drama 32 films The Last Right 2019 · as Father Reilly Movie Echo Score: 78
- Action 8 films Prisoner's Daughter 2023 · as Max Movie Echo Score: 72
- Animation 4 films That Christmas 2024 · as Santa Movie Echo Score: 77
- Thriller 4 films Strange But True 2019 · as Bill Movie Echo Score: 62
- Adventure 4 films Iron Will 1994
- Mystery 4 films Super Troopers 2 2018 · as Captain O'Hagan Movie Echo Score: 48
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Comedy 3 films The Parenting 2025 Movie Echo Score: 50 -
Horror 2 films Separation 2021 · as Paul Rivers Movie Echo Score: 35 - Biography 1 film Churchill 2017 Movie Echo Score: 62
The Best Brian Cox Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Brian Cox's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Brian Cox Movies
The most recent films Brian Cox is credited on, newest first — starting with Super Troopers 3 (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Super Troopers 3 2026 · Captain John O'Hagan - The Parenting 2025 · Comedy
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim 2024 · Helm
- That Christmas 2024 · Santa
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Skelly 2024 · Grandpa - Little Wing 2024 · Jaan Vari
- Prisoner's Daughter 2023 · Max
- Mending the Line 2023 · Ike Fletcher
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The Independent 2022 · Nicholas Booker - There Are No Saints 2022 · Action
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Five Cents 2022 · Voice - Separation 2021 · Paul Rivers
The Best Brian Cox Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Brian Cox films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Brian Cox movie?
The Last Right (2019) is the best-rated Brian Cox film, with a Movie Echo Score of 78, ahead of That Christmas (2024) (77) and The Etruscan Smile (2019) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Last Right: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Brian Cox movie?
X2: X-Men United (2003) made the most at the box office, with $408M worldwide, followed by The Bourne Supremacy (2004) with $293M. Together, Brian Cox's films with box office figures have made $1.54B.
What is the best Brian Cox drama movie?
The Last Right (2019) is the best-rated of Brian Cox's drama films, with a score of 78. In other genres: Prisoner's Daughter (action), That Christmas (animation) and Strange But True (thriller).
What is the newest Brian Cox movie?
The newest film on Brian Cox's filmography is Super Troopers 3 (2026), with Brian Cox as Captain John O'Hagan.
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