The Best Frederick Lau Movies, Ranked
47 credits from 2003 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Captain (2018) comes out on top with a score of 67. The biggest box office hit is Turkish for Beginners (2012) with $24M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Frederick Lau Box Office Hits
Frederick Lau's films have made $69.6M worldwide in total. Turkish for Beginners (2012) is the biggest hit at $24M, ahead of Dreamgirls (2015) ($15.6M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Turkish for Beginners 2012 · Comedy $24M - 2
Dreamgirls 2015 · Comedy $15.6M - 3
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls 2004 · Fantasy $7.94M - 4
Not My Day 2014 · Comedy $7.19M - 5
Text for You 2016 · Drama $5.83M - 6
Victoria 2015 · Drama $3.25M - 7
Life Is Not for Cowards 2012 · Comedy $2.25M - 8
Coming In 2014 · Comedy $1.47M - 9
The Captain 2018 · Drama $1.2M $109K dom. - 10
The Countess 2009 · Mystery $785K
The Best Frederick Lau Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Frederick Lau has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 22 films, and The Captain (2018) is the pick of them.
The Best Frederick Lau Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Frederick Lau's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Frederick Lau Movies
The most recent films Frederick Lau is credited on, newest first — starting with Brick (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Brick 2025 · Marvin -
#BlackSheep 2025 · Fritz von Plettenburg -
Der weiße Kobold 2023 · Freddy -
Cloud Under the Roof 2022 · Paul -
Commitment Phobia 2021 · Michael -
In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum 2020 · Mike -
Rising High 2020 · Gerry Falkland -
Man from Beirut 2019 · Drama -
Wuff 2018 · Oli Simon - The Captain 2018 · Kipinski
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Playmaker 2018 · Ivo -
My Brother Simple 2017 · Ben
The Best Frederick Lau Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Frederick Lau films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Frederick Lau movie?
The Captain (2018) is the best-rated Frederick Lau film, with a Movie Echo Score of 67, ahead of Rising High (2020) (55) and Brick (2025) (46). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Captain: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Frederick Lau movie?
Turkish for Beginners (2012) made the most at the box office, with $24M worldwide, followed by Dreamgirls (2015) with $15.6M. Together, Frederick Lau's films with box office figures have made $69.6M.
What is the best Frederick Lau drama movie?
The Captain (2018) is the best-rated of Frederick Lau's drama films, with a score of 67. In other genres: Turkish for Beginners (comedy), The Countess (mystery) and What You Don’t See (thriller).
What is the newest Frederick Lau movie?
The newest film on Frederick Lau's filmography is Brick (2025), with Frederick Lau as Marvin.
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