The Best Peter Greenaway Movies, Ranked
51 credits from 1974 to 2021, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1990) with $8.53M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Peter Greenaway Box Office Hits
Peter Greenaway's films have made $25.2M worldwide in total. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1990) is the biggest hit at $8.53M, ahead of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) ($8.53M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1990 · Drama $8.53M $7.72M dom. - 2
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 · Crime $8.53M $7.72M dom. - 3
The Pillow Book 1997 · Drama $2.37M $2.37M dom. - 4
The Draughtsman’s Contract 1982 · Mystery $2.28M $2.26M dom. - 5
Prospero’s Books 1991 · Fantasy $1.75M $1.75M dom. - 6
Drowning by Numbers 1988 · Comedy $478K $425K dom. - 7
8 ½ Women 2000 · Drama $438K $424K dom. - 8
Eisenstein in Guanajuato 2016 · Biography $91.9K $34.3K dom. - 9
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story 2003 · War $90.1K - 10
Goltzius & the Pelican Company 2012 · Comedy $73.4K
The Best Peter Greenaway Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Peter Greenaway has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 10 films, and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1990) is the pick of them.
- Drama 10 films The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1990 · Director
- Comedy 4 films Drowning by Numbers 1988 · Director
- Fantasy 3 films Prospero’s Books 1991 · Director
- Mystery 2 films The Draughtsman’s Contract 1982 · Director
- Biography 1 film Eisenstein in Guanajuato 2016 · Director
- War 1 film The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story 2003 · Director
- Crime 1 film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 · Director
The Best Peter Greenaway Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Peter Greenaway's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2010s.
The Latest Peter Greenaway Movies
The most recent films Peter Greenaway is credited on, newest first — starting with Hotel Royalty Since 1887 (2021). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Hotel Royalty Since 1887 2021 · Director -
The Missing Nail 2019 · (voice) - Eisenstein in Guanajuato 2016 · Director
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3x3D 2013 · Director - Goltzius & the Pelican Company 2012 · Director
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Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! 2009 · Director -
A Life in Suitcases 2005 · Director -
Writing on Water 2005 · Director -
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish 2004 · Director -
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea 2004 · Director -
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp 2003 · Director - The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story 2003 · Director
The Best Peter Greenaway Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Peter Greenaway films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Peter Greenaway movie?
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1990) made the most at the box office, with $8.53M worldwide, followed by The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) with $8.53M. Together, Peter Greenaway's films with box office figures have made $25.2M.
What is the best Peter Greenaway drama movie?
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1990) is the best-rated of Peter Greenaway's drama films. In other genres: Drowning by Numbers (comedy), Prospero’s Books (fantasy) and The Draughtsman’s Contract (mystery).
What is the newest Peter Greenaway movie?
The newest film on Peter Greenaway's filmography is Hotel Royalty Since 1887 (2021), directed by Peter Greenaway.
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