The Best Iain Glen Movies, Ranked
55 credits from 1987 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Windermere Children (2020) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Gorillas in the Mist (1988) with $61.1M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Iain Glen Movies
The 10 highest-rated films Iain Glen is credited on. The Windermere Children (2020) leads with 90, followed by Tanvi the Great (2025) at 85. 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 90 The Windermere Children 2020 · War -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Tanvi the Great 2025 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 My Cousin Rachel 2017 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 The Last Front 2024 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 The Racer 2020 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 57 The Colony 2021 · Sci-Fi -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 53 Black Beauty 2020 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 51 Operation Napoleon 2023 · Thriller -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 35 The Flood 2020 · Drama -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 18 The Lost Girls 2022 · Drama
Biggest Iain Glen Box Office Hits
Iain Glen's films have made $206M worldwide in total. Gorillas in the Mist (1988) is the biggest hit at $61.1M, ahead of Darkness (2004) ($47.5M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Gorillas in the Mist 1988 · History $61.1M $24.7M dom. - 2
Darkness 2004 · Mystery $47.5M $32.6M dom. - 3
Eye in the Sky 2016 · Drama $35.3M $18.7M dom. - 4
Pope Joan 2009 · Romance $28.7M - 5 My Cousin Rachel 2017 · Drama $9.2M $2.72M dom.
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Spy Sorge 2003 · Drama $5.47M - 7
Mountains of the Moon 1990 · Drama $4.01M $4.01M dom. - 8
Man to Man 2005 · Drama $3.67M - 9 The Last Front 2024 · Action $3.17M $3.09M dom.
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The Bad Education Movie 2015 · Comedy $3.12M
The Best Iain Glen Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Iain Glen has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 28 films, and Tanvi the Great (2025) is the pick of them.
- Drama 28 films Tanvi the Great 2025 · as Michael Simmons Movie Echo Score: 85
- Romance 5 films Pope Joan 2009 · as Village Priest
- Thriller 4 films Operation Napoleon 2023 · as William Carr Movie Echo Score: 51
- Comedy 3 films The Bad Education Movie 2015 · as Pasco Trevelyan
- Action 2 films The Last Front 2024 · as Leonard Movie Echo Score: 64
- War 2 films The Windermere Children 2020 · as Jock Lawrence Movie Echo Score: 90
- History 2 films Gorillas in the Mist 1988 · as Brendan
- Sci-Fi 1 film The Colony 2021 · as Gibson Movie Echo Score: 57
- Mystery 1 film Darkness 2004
The Best Iain Glen Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Iain Glen's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Iain Glen Movies
The most recent films Iain Glen is credited on, newest first — starting with Tanvi the Great (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Tanvi the Great 2025 · Michael Simmons
- The Last Front 2024 · Leonard
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What About Love 2024 · Freddy Maguire - Operation Napoleon 2023 · William Carr
- The Lost Girls 2022 · Hook
- The Colony 2021 · Gibson
- Black Beauty 2020 · John Manly
- The Racer 2020 · 'Sonny' McElhone
- The Flood 2020 · Philip
- The Windermere Children 2020 · Jock Lawrence
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The Fabric of You 2019 · Isaac (voice) -
Mrs Wilson 2018 · Alec Wilson
The Best Iain Glen Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Iain Glen films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Iain Glen movie?
The Windermere Children (2020) is the best-rated Iain Glen film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Tanvi the Great (2025) (85) and My Cousin Rachel (2017) (70). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Windermere Children: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Iain Glen movie?
Gorillas in the Mist (1988) made the most at the box office, with $61.1M worldwide, followed by Darkness (2004) with $47.5M. Together, Iain Glen's films with box office figures have made $206M.
What is the best Iain Glen drama movie?
Tanvi the Great (2025) is the best-rated of Iain Glen's drama films, with a score of 85. In other genres: Pope Joan (romance), Operation Napoleon (thriller) and The Bad Education Movie (comedy).
What is the newest Iain Glen movie?
The newest film on Iain Glen's filmography is Tanvi the Great (2025), with Iain Glen as Michael Simmons.
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