The Best Ron Cook Movies, Ranked
39 credits from 1982 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Sew Torn (2025) comes out on top with a score of 78. The biggest box office hit is Empire of Light (2022) with $11.4M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Ron Cook Box Office Hits
Ron Cook's films have made $41.7M worldwide in total. Empire of Light (2022) is the biggest hit at $11.4M, ahead of The Choral (2025) ($9.53M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Empire of Light 2022 · Drama $11.4M $1.18M dom. - 2
The Choral 2025 · Drama $9.53M $1.02M dom. - 3
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1990 · Drama $8.53M $7.72M dom. - 4
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 · Crime $8.53M $7.72M dom. - 5
Lucky Break 2002 · Comedy $2.57M $54.6K dom. - 6
National Theatre Live: King Lear 2011 · Drama $620K $418K dom. - 7
Scandalous 1984 · Comedy $527K $527K dom.
The Best Ron Cook Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ron Cook has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 17 films, and The Choral (2025) is the pick of them.
The Best Ron Cook Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ron Cook's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Ron Cook Movies
The most recent films Ron Cook is credited on, newest first — starting with The Choral (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Choral 2025 · Drama
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Sew Torn 2025 · Oskar - Empire of Light 2022 · Mr. Cooper
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18% Grey 2020 · Charlie -
Des 2020 · DSI Chambers -
The City and the City 2018 · Commissar Gadlem -
Bert & Dickie 2012 · Albert -
The Mystery of Edwin Drood 2012 · Durdles - National Theatre Live: King Lear 2011 · The Fool
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 2009 · Clement Smith -
The Diary of Anne Frank 2009 · Hermann Van Daan -
The Diary of Anne Frank 2009 · Hermann Van Daan
The Best Ron Cook Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ron Cook films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ron Cook movie?
Sew Torn (2025) is the best-rated Ron Cook film, with a Movie Echo Score of 78, ahead of The Choral (2025) (70) and Empire of Light (2022) (60). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Sew Torn: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ron Cook movie?
Empire of Light (2022) made the most at the box office, with $11.4M worldwide, followed by The Choral (2025) with $9.53M. Together, Ron Cook's films with box office figures have made $41.7M.
What is the best Ron Cook drama movie?
The Choral (2025) is the best-rated of Ron Cook's drama films, with a score of 70. In other genres: Sew Torn (comedy) and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (crime).
What is the newest Ron Cook movie?
The newest film on Ron Cook's filmography is The Choral (2025).
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