Cast: Ron Cook
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ron Cook. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 34
The Singing Detective (TV Miniseries)
1986 · Series · 415 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jon Amiel
Cast Michael Gambon · Patrick Malahide · Janet Suzman · Joanne Whalley
Synopsis Detective novelist Philip Marlow suffers from the crippling disease of psoriatic arthropathy. Confined to a hospital bed, Marlow mentally rewrites his early Chandleresque thriller, "The Singing Detective," with himself in the title role, drifting into a surreal 1945 fantasy of...
7.7
152 votes
7.7
152 votes
Secrets and Lies
1996 · Movie · 141 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mike Leigh
Cast Brenda Blethyn · Timothy Spall · Phyllis Logan · Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Synopsis This powerful drama film follows London doctor Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), an intelligent middle-class black woman who was adopted and now decides to track down her biological mother. But her daunting discovery is that her natural mother Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) is...
7.7
14K votes
7.7
14K votes
Little Dorrit (TV Series)
2008 · Series · 500 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Adam Smith · Dearbhla Walsh · Diarmuid Lawrence
Cast Claire Foy · Matthew Macfadyen · Tom Courtenay · Alun Armstrong
Synopsis An adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 'Little Dorrit'. It tells the story of the Dorrit family and the rich array of characters they encounter on their way from rags to riches and back again.
7.5
605 votes
7.5
605 votes
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
1989 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Greenaway
Cast Richard Bohringer · Michael Gambon · Helen Mirren · Alan Howard
Synopsis One of the most controversial films of all time, the title of this Jacobean revenge-tragedy, set in an upscale French restaurant, says it all. The restaurant is visited nightly by the sadistic Thief (a ferocious Gambon). His battered Wife (Mirren...
7.1
6K votes
7.1
6K votes
The Lost Prince (TV Miniseries)
2003 · Series · 180 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Stephen Poliakoff
Cast Daniel Williams · Matthew James Thomas · Brock Everitt-Elwick · Rollo Weeks
Synopsis 1910. One dynasty holds sway over the most powerful nations of the world, at its heart is the British Monarchy, and it's youngest member, Prince Johnnie. A loving, insightful and humorous child, Johnnie is witness to some of the most...
6.9
53 votes
6.9
53 votes
Hot Fuzz
2007 · Movie · 121 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Edgar Wright
Cast Simon Pegg · Nick Frost · Timothy Dalton · Jim Broadbent
Synopsis Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the...
6.7
27K votes
6.7
27K votes
Des (TV Miniseries)
2020 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lewis Arnold
Cast David Tennant · Daniel Mays · Jason Watkins · Ron Cook
Synopsis TV Miniseries (2020). 3 Episodes. In 1983 Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen is arrested after the discovery of human remains which have blocked a drain near his London home.
6.7
839 votes
6.7
839 votes
Chocolat
2000 · Movie · 121 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lasse Hallström
Cast Juliette Binoche · Judi Dench · Alfred Molina · Lena Olin
Synopsis In the 1950s, single mother Vianne Rocher (Binoche) and her 6-year-old daughter move to the small French town of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, where Vianne opens a chocolate shop, during Lent, across from the town's church (and she's open on Sundays). As you'd...
6.7
61K votes
6.7
61K votes
Red Riding: 1980 (TV)
2009 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Marsh
Cast Warren Clarke · Paddy Considine · James Fox · David Calder
Synopsis Police corruption interferes with the search for a killer in Yorkshire, England. Based on David Peace's novel "Nineteen Eighty".
6.6
1K votes
6.6
1K votes
The Diary of Anne Frank (TV Miniseries)
2009 · Series · 132 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jon Jones
Cast Ellie Kendrick · Kate Ashfield · Geoff Breton · Ron Cook
Synopsis TV mini-series based on the diary of a teenage girl in hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
6.6
1K votes
6.6
1K votes
On a Clear Day
2005 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Gaby Dellal
Cast Peter Mullan · Brenda Blethyn · Sean McGinley · Jamie Sives
Synopsis Working-class Glasgow is the backdrop for this delightful and moving modern fable of healing and redemption, with a beautiful script exploring the intricate effects of repressed emotion. In On a Clear Day, the powerful draw of swimming the English Channel...
6.5
63 votes
6.5
63 votes
Topsy-Turvy
1999 · Movie · 160 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mike Leigh
Cast Jim Broadbent · Allan Corduner · Timothy Spall · Lesley Manville
Synopsis Director Mike Leigh's high-minded telling of the story of legendary musical team Gilbert & Sullivan is one of the director’s most thorough, highly ambitious efforts. Concentrating mainly on the tumultuous period just before the conception and production of the pair's...
6.4
287 votes
6.4
287 votes
The Merchant of Venice
2004 · Movie · 131 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Radford
Cast Al Pacino · Jeremy Irons · Joseph Fiennes · Lynn Collins
Synopsis Venice, 16th century. Bassanio asks Antonio to lend him 3,000 ducats so that he may woo Portia, heiress to her father Belmont’s fortune. Antonio is rich, but his money is tied up in foreign ventures. He therefore turns to Shylock...
6.4
12K votes
6.4
12K votes
Mr. Selfridge (TV Series)
2013 · Series · 45 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Andrew Davies · Anthony Byrne · Michael Keillor · Jon Jones
Cast Jeremy Piven · Tom Goodman-Hill · Amanda Abbington · Frances O'Connor
Synopsis TV Series (2013-2016). 4 Seasons. 40 Episodes. Centers on the story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's department store. Mr Selfridge. This is the story of 'Mile a Minute Harry', a man with a mission to...
6.2
358 votes
6.2
358 votes
Sew Torn
2024 · Movie · 95 min. · Switzerland
Direction Freddy Macdonald
Cast Eve Connolly · Calum Worthy · John Lynch · K. Callan
Synopsis A seamstress gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her different choices lead to drastically different outcomes along the way.
6.2
62 votes
6.2
62 votes
The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV)
2002 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David Attwood
Cast Richard Roxburgh · Ian Hart · Richard E. Grant · Matt Day
6.0
102 votes
6.0
102 votes
Land of the Blind
2006 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Edwards
Cast Ralph Fiennes · Donald Sutherland · Tom Hollander · Lara Flynn Boyle
Synopsis Land of the Blind is a satiric political drama about terrorism, assassination, and the power of memory. The film is set in an unnamed place and time, where an idealistic soldier named Joe (Ralph Fiennes) strikes up an illicit friendship...
5.8
464 votes
5.8
464 votes
The Other Boleyn Girl (TV)
2003 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Philippa Lowthorpe
Cast Natascha McElhone · Jodhi May · Jared Harris · Steven Mackintosh
Synopsis Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn (Natascha McElhone) who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII (Jared Harris), before being ousted by her...
5.8
74 votes
5.8
74 votes
The City and the City (TV Miniseries)
2018 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Tom Shankland
Cast David Morrissey · Mandeep Dhillon · Maria Schrader · Ron Cook
Synopsis TV Miniseries (2018). 4 Episodes. The body of a dead girl is found at Bulkya Docks, on the border between Beszel and Ul Qoma - two cities with a division like no other. Resident of the crumbling city of Beszel...
5.6
238 votes
5.6
238 votes
Confetti
2006 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Debbie Isitt
Cast Martin Freeman · Jessica Hynes · Stephen Mangan · Felicity Montagu
Synopsis CONFETTI follows three couples as they duke it out to win a bridal magazine contest for “Most Original Wedding of the Year.”
4.4
227 votes
4.4
227 votes