List of the best Ron Cook movies: Topsy-Turvy(1999), Secrets & Lies(1996), On a Clear Day(2005), Red Riding: 1980(2009), Land of the Blind(2006), Charlotte Gray(2001), Thunderbirds(2004), The Other Boleyn Girl(2003), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover(1989), The Lost Prince(2003), The Merchant of Venice(2004), 24 Hour Party People(2002) ... ...
Drama
UK|USA
1999
160 Minutes
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Jim Broadbent Allan Corduner Lesley Manville Eleanor David Ron Cook Timothy Spall Kevin McKidd Martin Savage Shirley Henderson Wendy Nottingham
playwright friend manager associate old man witty theater paris house show business risk deception opera drugs friendship rise sacrifice 1880s
Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.
Drama
UK|France
1996
142 Minutes
Stuart
Timothy Spall Brenda Blethyn Phyllis Logan Marianne Jean-Baptiste Claire Rushbrook Ron Cook Lesley Manville Elizabeth Berrington Michele Austin Lee Ross Emma Amos
doctor mother blue-collar worker daughter brother powerful tense funeral london backyard café family dysfunction mother/daughter relationship family history adoption class distinctions friendship discovery transformation 1990s
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2005
92 Minutes
Norman
Peter Mullan Brenda Blethyn Sean McGinley Jamie Sives Billy Boyd Ron Cook Jodhi May Benedict Wong Anne Marie Timoney Shaun Dingwall Tony Roper
worker wife friend cynic son emotional inspiring uplifting beach glasgow house ambition retirement redemption determination friendship swimming discovery rise transformation
Frank determines to salvage his self-esteem and tackle his demons by attempting the ultimate test of endurance - swimming the English Channel.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
93 Minutes
Clement Smith
Warren Clarke Paddy Considine James Fox David Calder Nicholas Woodeson Ron Cook Maxine Peake Tony Pitts Jim Carter David Morrissey Eddie Marsan
police chief police detective businessman prostitute police officer chilling gripping suspenseful yorkshire, england club police station house police corruption revenge investigation serial murders prostitution crime discovery mystery
Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.
Drama
UK|USA
2006
101 Minutes
Doc
Ralph Fiennes Donald Sutherland Tom Hollander Lara Flynn Boyle Marc Warren Robert Daws Ron Cook Laura Fraser Jonathan Hyde Camilla Rutherford Don Warrington
political prisoner prison guard dictator anchorman first lady writer disturbing offbeat shocking profound prison bedroom parliament reeducation camp movie set city revolution political intrigue political repression assassination
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Drama, Romance, War
UK|Australia|Germany
2001
121 Minutes
Mirabel
Cate Blanchett Billy Crudup Michael Gambon Rupert Penry-Jones Anton Lesser James Fleet Ron Cook Jack Shepherd Nicholas Farrell Helen McCrory Abigail Cruttenden
scottish person resistance fighter lover pilot communist nazi intense passionate patriotic thrilling england london france village countryside train station world war ii occupation politics french resistance
A young Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to rescue her Royal Air Force boyfriend who is lost in France.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Kids & Family, Action, Fantasy
UK|France|USA
2004
87 Minutes
Parker
Bill Paxton Anthony Edwards Sophia Myles Ben Kingsley Brady Corbet Soren Fulton Vanessa Hudgens Ron Cook Philip Winchester Lex Shrapnel Dominic Colenso
astronaut scientist son villain younger brother hero confident amusing outlandish island spaceship outer space jungle secret headquarters space travel family heroism gadgets invasion evil plot
When The Hood finds and invades International Rescue's secret base and traps most of the Tracy family, only young Alan Tracy and his friends can save the day.
Drama
2003
90 Minutes
Thomas Cromwell
Natascha McElhone Jodhi May Jared Harris Steven Mackintosh Philip Glenister Jack Shepherd John Woodvine Ron Cook Anthony Howell Jane Gurnett Yolanda Vasquez
After being banished to a castle, Anne Boleyn (Jodhi May) returns and learns Henry VIII (Jared Harris) has impregnated her recently married sister (Natascha McElhone).
Drama
Netherlands|UK|France
1989
120 Minutes
Mews
Richard Bohringer Michael Gambon Helen Mirren Alan Howard Tim Roth Ciarán Hinds Gary Olsen Ewan Stewart Roger Ashton-Griffiths Ron Cook Liz Smith
gangster wife cook store owner messenger lover dark shocking london restaurant bookstore love triangle retribution affair mafia cooking love revenge 1980s
At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence, and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.
Biography
2003
180 Minutes
Lloyd George
Daniel Williams Matthew Thomas Brock Everitt-Elwick Rollo Weeks Gina McKee Tom Hollander Miranda Richardson Bill Nighy Bibi Andersson Ron Cook Frank Finlay
Comedy, Drama
UK|Italy|Luxembourg|USA
2004
131 Minutes
Al Pacino Jeremy Irons Joseph Fiennes Lynn Collins Zuleikha Robinson Kris Marshall Charlie Cox Heather Goldenhersh Mackenzie Crook John Sessions Gregor Fisher
jewish man merchant businessman woman aristocrat suitor powerful passionate rousing emotional venice, italy court anti-semitism debt courtship justice friendship love revenge 16th century
In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.
Comedy, Drama
UK
2002
117 Minutes
Steve Coogan Lennie James Shirley Henderson Paddy Considine Andy Serkis Sean Harris John Simm Ralf Little Danny Cunningham Chris Coghill Paul Popplewell
reporter musician rock star love interest gritty quirky manchester, england office concert stage bar performance music drugs television social event self-destruction rise fall 1970s
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.