The Best Sophie Thompson Movies, Ranked
36 credits from 1987 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Greenland 2: Migration (2026) comes out on top with a score of 50. The biggest box office hit is Greenland 2: Migration (2026) with $45.2M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Sophie Thompson Box Office Hits
Sophie Thompson's films have made $61.1M worldwide in total. Greenland 2: Migration (2026) is the biggest hit at $45.2M, ahead of National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019) ($7.87M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Greenland 2: Migration 2026 · Action $45.2M $17.8M dom. - 2
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter 2019 · Comedy $7.87M $326K dom. - 3
Persuasion 1995 · Drama $5.27M $5.27M dom. - 4
Dancing at Lughnasa 1998 · Drama $2.29M $2.29M dom. - 5
Twenty-one 1991 · Comedy $257K $257K dom. - 6
Fat Slags 2004 · Comedy $105K - 7
Time Travel Is Dangerous! 2024 · Fantasy $44.9K - 8
Morris: A Life with Bells On 2009 · Comedy $22.4K
The Best Sophie Thompson Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Sophie Thompson has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 12 films, and National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019) is the pick of them.
The Best Sophie Thompson Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Sophie Thompson's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Sophie Thompson Movies
The most recent films Sophie Thompson is credited on, newest first — starting with Greenland 2: Migration (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Greenland 2: Migration 2026 · Action
- Time Travel Is Dangerous! 2024 · Valerie
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Detectorists Special 2022 · Sheila -
Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After 2021 · Frieda - National Theatre Live: Present Laughter 2019 · Monica Reed
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One Red Nose Day and a Wedding 2019 · Lydia -
The Importance of Being Earnest 2018 · Lady Bracknell -
Ratburger 2017 · Miss Maxwell -
A Gert Lush Christmas 2015 · Comedy -
Vintage Blood 2015 · Margaret -
That Day We Sang 2014 · Dorothy -
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm 2014 · Aggie Whistlestop
The Best Sophie Thompson Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Sophie Thompson films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Sophie Thompson movie?
Greenland 2: Migration (2026) is the best-rated Sophie Thompson film, with a Movie Echo Score of 50. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Greenland 2: Migration: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Sophie Thompson movie?
Greenland 2: Migration (2026) made the most at the box office, with $45.2M worldwide, followed by National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019) with $7.87M. Together, Sophie Thompson's films with box office figures have made $61.1M.
What is the best Sophie Thompson comedy movie?
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019) is the best-rated of Sophie Thompson's comedy films. In other genres: Persuasion (drama), Greenland 2: Migration (action) and Time Travel Is Dangerous! (fantasy).
What is the newest Sophie Thompson movie?
The newest film on Sophie Thompson's filmography is Greenland 2: Migration (2026).
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