The Best Nicholas Burns Movies, Ranked
18 credits from 2002 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Censor (2021) comes out on top with a score of 78. The biggest box office hit is Paddington In Peru (2025) with $211M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Nicholas Burns Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Nicholas Burns is credited on. Censor (2021) leads with 78, followed by Hope Gap (2020) at 75. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
Biggest Nicholas Burns Box Office Hits
Nicholas Burns's films have made $219M worldwide in total. Paddington In Peru (2025) is the biggest hit at $211M, ahead of Ghost Stories (2018) ($4.13M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Paddington In Peru 2025 · Adventure $211M $45.8M dom. - 2
Ghost Stories 2018 · Drama $4.13M $149K dom. - 3
Hope Gap 2020 · Drama $1.25M $105K dom. - 4
Hope Gap 2019 · Drama $1.25M $105K dom. - 5
National Theatre Live: Young Marx 2017 · Comedy $908K - 6
Censor 2021 · Horror $362K $90.1K dom. - 7
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate 2013 · Comedy $33.4K
The Best Nicholas Burns Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Nicholas Burns has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 7 films, and Hope Gap (2020) is the pick of them.
The Latest Nicholas Burns Movies
The most recent films Nicholas Burns is credited on, newest first — starting with Paddington In Peru (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Paddington In Peru 2025 · Mr. Wilson - Henry Colleague #1
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A Very Royal Scandal 2024 · Mark Gwynne -
Black Mirror: Demon 79 2023 · Keith Holligan - Censor 2021 · Sanderson
- Hope Gap 2020 · Gary
- Hope Gap 2019 · Gary
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The Orgy 2018 · Geoff - Ghost Stories 2018 · Mark Van Rhys
- National Theatre Live: Young Marx 2017 · Comedy
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CBeebies Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2016 · Theseus -
Coalition 2015 · Ed Balls -
War Book 2014 · James
The Best Nicholas Burns Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Nicholas Burns films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Nicholas Burns movie?
Censor (2021) is the best-rated Nicholas Burns film, with a Movie Echo Score of 78, ahead of Hope Gap (2020) (75) and Paddington In Peru (2025) (73). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Censor: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Nicholas Burns movie?
Paddington In Peru (2025) made the most at the box office, with $211M worldwide, followed by Ghost Stories (2018) with $4.13M. Together, Nicholas Burns's films with box office figures have made $219M.
What is the best Nicholas Burns drama movie?
Hope Gap (2020) is the best-rated of Nicholas Burns's drama films, with a score of 75. In other genres: National Theatre Live: Young Marx (comedy), Paddington In Peru (adventure) and Censor (horror).
What is the newest Nicholas Burns movie?
The newest film on Nicholas Burns's filmography is Paddington In Peru (2025), with Nicholas Burns as Mr. Wilson - Henry Colleague #1.
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