Cast: Ron Cook

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ron Cook. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Singing Detective (TV Miniseries)

1986 · Series · 415 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jon Amiel

Cast Michael Gambon · Patrick Malahide · Janet Suzman · Joanne Whalley

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

Max

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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

Plot 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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

6.2

62 votes

6.2

62 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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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...

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

Plot 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