The best Brian Cox’s comedy movies

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

01/06/1946 (77 años)
​Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. He has also appeared in many Hollywood productions playing parts such as Dr. Guggenheim in Rushmore and William Stryker in X2. He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in the 1986 production Manhunter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Cox , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Pixels

Pixels
5.6/10
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

RED

RED
7/10
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

Super Troopers

Super Troopers
7/10
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.

RED 2

RED 2
6.6/10
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

Rushmore

Rushmore
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 11/12/1998
  • Character: Dr. Nelson Guggenheim
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

Super Troopers 2

Super Troopers 2
6/10
When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers- Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva, are called in to set up a new Highway Patrol station in the disputed area.

The Campaign

The Campaign
6.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/08/2012
  • Character: Raymond
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox
7.9/10
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

The Ringer

The Ringer
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 23/12/2005
  • Character: Gary Barker
Pressured by a greedy uncle and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve Barker resorts to an unthinkable, contemptible, just-crazy-enough-to-work scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged to rig the upcoming Special Olympics and bring home the gold. But when Steve's fellow competitors get wise to the con, they inspire him to rise to the greatest challenge of all: becoming a better person.

Trick 'r Treat

Trick 'r Treat
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 26/10/2007
  • Character: Mr. Kreeg
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.

Adaptation.

Adaptation.
7.7/10
Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 27/10/2006
  • Character: Dr. Finch
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
6.3/10
The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancient blade fabled to possess extraordinary supernatural powers.

The Carer

The Carer
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 05/08/2016
  • Character: Sir Michael
Dorottya is a young Hungarian actress with a burning desire: to make it on the English stage. Legendary actor, Sir Michael Gifford suffers from an incurable disease, and has one desire: be left alone. When Dorottya becomes his carer they both hope their wish will be fulfilled.

The Good Heart

The Good Heart
6.8/10
Brian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas (Dano), a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing, schooling him in the male-centric laws of his alcoholic clubhouse: no new customers, no fraternizing with customers and, absolutely no women. Lucas is a quick study, but their friendship is put to the test when the distraught and beautiful April (Isild Le Besco) shows up at the bar seeking shelter, and Lucas insists they help her out.

Remember Me

Remember Me
5.8/10
After discovering his old flame now has Alzheimer's, a hopelessly in love widower fakes his way into her senior living community in an effort to reunite with her.

The Last Right

The Last Right
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 06/12/2019
  • Character: Father Reilly
Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional road trip with his brother and the mortuary assistant as they take the coffin from Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.

Bug

Bug
7.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 28/02/2002
  • Character: Cyr
A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bender, disruption of basic cable television service, and more than one relationship falling apart. One person's disaster becomes another's boon, and vice versa--because a man loses his job, a young girl becomes the lead ballerina in the school play, which in turn causes the death of a pet pig. These characters weave around Los Angeles and each other as seemingly mundane events fall into place, putting them on a collision course with a common fate and one heroic act of competence.

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie

Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
4.8/10
Join Bob the Builder and the team in their biggest build ever!

Merchants of Venus

Merchants of Venus
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/03/1998
  • Character: Uncle Vladimir
A Russian immigrant finds himself in bed with the mob after buying a sexual novelties shop.

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