The Best Joe Cole Movies, Ranked
27 credits from 1988 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. A Prayer Before Dawn (2018) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is Thank You for Your Service (2017) with $10M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Joe Cole Movies
The 8 highest-rated films Joe Cole is credited on. A Prayer Before Dawn (2018) leads with 80, followed by The Actor (2025) at 73. 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 80 A Prayer Before Dawn 2018 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 The Actor 2025 · Crime -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Thank You for Your Service 2017 · Biography -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 The Damned 2025 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Happy New Year, Colin Burstead 2018 · Comedy -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 52 One of These Days 2023 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 52 Against the Ice 2022 · Adventure -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 42 Woodshock 2017 · Drama
Biggest Joe Cole Box Office Hits
Joe Cole's films have made $15.4M worldwide in total. Thank You for Your Service (2017) is the biggest hit at $10M, ahead of Now Is Good (2012) ($2.27M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Thank You for Your Service 2017 · Biography $10M $9.54M dom.
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Now Is Good 2012 · Romance $2.27M - 3 The Damned 2025 · Drama $1.37M $1.34M dom.
- 4 A Prayer Before Dawn 2018 · Action $959K $14.5K dom.
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Pressure 2015 · Drama $229K - 6
Offender 2012 · Thriller $183K - 7
The Birthday Party 2026 · Drama $148K - 8 Woodshock 2017 · Drama $43.7K $42.6K dom.
- 9 One of These Days 2023 · Drama $43K
- 10 The Actor 2025 · Crime $42.8K $42.8K dom.
The Best Joe Cole Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Joe Cole has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and The Damned (2025) is the pick of them.
- Drama 11 films The Damned 2025 · as Daniel Movie Echo Score: 70
- Adventure 2 films Against the Ice 2022 · as Iver Iversen Movie Echo Score: 52
- Comedy 2 films Happy New Year, Colin Burstead 2018 · as Ed Movie Echo Score: 58
- Thriller 2 films Offender 2012 · as Tommy Nix
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Music 2 films 1991: The Year Punk Broke 1992 - Crime 1 film The Actor 2025 Movie Echo Score: 73
- Action 1 film A Prayer Before Dawn 2018 · as Billy Moore Movie Echo Score: 80
- Biography 1 film Thank You for Your Service 2017 · as Billy Waller Movie Echo Score: 71
- Romance 1 film Now Is Good 2012 · as Scott
The Best Joe Cole Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Joe Cole's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Joe Cole Movies
The most recent films Joe Cole is credited on, newest first — starting with The Birthday Party (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Birthday Party 2026 · Journalist
- The Actor 2025 · Crime
- The Damned 2025 · Daniel
- One of These Days 2023 · Kyle
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A Small Light 2023 · Jan Gies - Against the Ice 2022 · Iver Iversen
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The Ipcress File 2022 · Harry Palmer - Happy New Year, Colin Burstead 2018 · Ed
- A Prayer Before Dawn 2018 · Billy Moore
- Thank You for Your Service 2017 · Billy Waller
- Woodshock 2017 · Nick
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Eye on Juliet 2017 · Gordon
The Best Joe Cole Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Joe Cole films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Joe Cole movie?
A Prayer Before Dawn (2018) is the best-rated Joe Cole film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of The Actor (2025) (73) and Thank You for Your Service (2017) (71). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
A Prayer Before Dawn: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Joe Cole movie?
Thank You for Your Service (2017) made the most at the box office, with $10M worldwide, followed by Now Is Good (2012) with $2.27M. Together, Joe Cole's films with box office figures have made $15.4M.
What is the best Joe Cole drama movie?
The Damned (2025) is the best-rated of Joe Cole's drama films, with a score of 70. In other genres: Against the Ice (adventure), Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (comedy) and Offender (thriller).
What is the newest Joe Cole movie?
The newest film on Joe Cole's filmography is The Birthday Party (2026), with Joe Cole as Journalist.
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