The Best Tony Jayawardena Movies, Ranked
8 credits from 2012 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Glassworker (2025) comes out on top with a score of 89. The biggest box office hit is National Theatre Live: East is East (2021) with $4.31M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Tony Jayawardena Box Office Hits
Tony Jayawardena's films have made $7M worldwide in total. National Theatre Live: East is East (2021) is the biggest hit at $4.31M, ahead of National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin (2024) ($1.43M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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National Theatre Live: East is East 2021 $4.31M - 2
National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin 2024 · Drama $1.43M - 3
National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove 2025 · Comedy $944K - 4
Jadoo 2013 · Comedy $110K - 5
Tower Block 2012 · Thriller $94.4K - 6
The Glassworker 2025 · Animation $88.1K $66.3K dom. - 7
Doctor Jekyll 2024 · Drama $21.5K
The Best Tony Jayawardena Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Tony Jayawardena has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 2 films, and National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove (2025) is the pick of them.
The Latest Tony Jayawardena Movies
The most recent films Tony Jayawardena is credited on, newest first — starting with The Glassworker (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Glassworker 2025 · Colonel Amano
- National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove 2025 · Russian Ambassador Bakov
- Doctor Jekyll 2024 · Malcolm
- National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin 2024 · Vinayak Savarkar
- National Theatre Live: East is East 2021 · George Khan
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RSC Live: The Tempest 2017 · Stephano - Jadoo 2013 · London Chef
- Tower Block 2012 · Eddie
The Best Tony Jayawardena Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Tony Jayawardena films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Tony Jayawardena movie?
The Glassworker (2025) is the best-rated Tony Jayawardena film, with a Movie Echo Score of 89, ahead of National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove (2025) (71) and Doctor Jekyll (2024) (69). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Glassworker: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Tony Jayawardena movie?
National Theatre Live: East is East (2021) made the most at the box office, with $4.31M worldwide, followed by National Theatre Live: The Father and the Assassin (2024) with $1.43M. Together, Tony Jayawardena's films with box office figures have made $7M.
What is the best Tony Jayawardena comedy movie?
National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove (2025) is the best-rated of Tony Jayawardena's comedy films, with a score of 71. In other genres: Doctor Jekyll (drama), The Glassworker (animation) and Tower Block (thriller).
What is the newest Tony Jayawardena movie?
The newest film on Tony Jayawardena's filmography is The Glassworker (2025), with Tony Jayawardena as Colonel Amano.
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