Joseph Murray Cornish (born 20 December 1968) is an English comedian and filmmaker. With Adam Buxton, he forms the comedy duo Adam and Joe. In 2011, Cornish released his directorial debut, Attack the Block. He also co-wrote The Adventures of Tintin with Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright and Ant-Man with Wright, Adam McKay, and Paul Rudd. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Cornish, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 20, 1968 (57)
- London, England
- Director, writer and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Joe Cornish's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Joe Cornish's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Joe Cornish's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
20 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Lockwood & Co.(2023)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Baby Driver(2017)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Ant-Man(2015)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Adventures of Tintin(2011)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Attack the Block(2011)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Fuzzball Rally (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Hot Fuzz(2007)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all filmsHeadJam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Shaun of the Dead(2004)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Adam and Joe Go Tokyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Low Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Adam and Joe's World of Animation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
The Adam and Joe Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Blue Juice(1995)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Attack the Block 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Dark Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Section 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Joe Cornish LEGO Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 20 titles, 16 of them dated from 1995 to 2023.
Biggest box office
Ant-Man (2015)
Highest rated
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Most popular right now
Ant-Man (2015)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2012, Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Joe Cornish's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 9; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Joe Cornish's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Joe Cornish work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joe Cornish's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Edgar Wright shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Edgar WrightShared titles: Ant-Man (2015), Attack the Block (2011), The Adventures of Tintin (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Edgar Wright
Actors
- Rhianna DorrisShared titles: Lockwood & Co. (2023), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Rhianna Dorris
- Nick FrostShared titles: Attack the Block (2011), The Adventures of Tintin (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Frost
Cinematographers and editors
- Jonathan AmosShared titles: Lockwood & Co. (2023), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), Attack the Block (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Jonathan Amos
- Thomas TownendShared titles: Lockwood & Co. (2023), Attack the Block (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Thomas Townend
Producers
- James BiddleShared titles: Lockwood & Co. (2023), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), Attack the Block (2011)See all 3 shared titles with James Biddle
- Nira ParkShared titles: Lockwood & Co. (2023), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019), Attack the Block (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Nira Park
- Laura RichardsonShared titles: Lockwood & Co. (2023), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Laura Richardson
- Rachael PriorShared titles: Lockwood & Co. (2023), The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Rachael Prior
