Cox's first film as writer/director was the short The Obit Writer, starring Norman Mailer and Mira Sorvino, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. His first feature film Scorpion Spring, which he also wrote and directed, starred Matthew McConaughey, Reuben Blades, Alfred Molina and Esai Morales, premiered at Sundance, and featured a score by famed Mission Impossible composer Lalo Schifrin. He wrote and directed Keepin' It Real, starring Platinum-selling rap artist Kurupt, which was nominated for two DVD Premiere Awards, including best script. He also wrote and directed El Muerto, starring Wilmer Valderrama, which was based upon the Mexican-American comic book character created by Javier Hernandez. As writer/producer, credits include the remake of Hideo Nakata's Don't Look Up, directed by Fruit Chan; comedian Faizon Love's Tao of the Golden Mask, a send-up of Asian martial arts films of the 70s; AmericanEast starring Monk's Tony Shalhoub; Kite, adapted from the infamous Japanese anime and starring Samuel L. Jackson; and Shepherds and Butchers starring Steve Coogan and Andrea Riseborough, which won an audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. He is a screenwriting fellow of both the Film Independent's "No Borders" script development program and the Film Independent Screenwriter's Lab. For his screenplay on the 10-year feud between William F. Buckley, Jr. and Gore Vidal (About Face), he was voted an honoree in the 2017 Writers Guild of America's Feature Writers Access Project. As producer, credits include the Dimension Films' remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse, which led to two sequels; Chain of Desire, starring Malcolm McDowell and Linda Fiorentino; Terminal Bliss, with Luke Perry; Tsui Hark's Zu Warriors; the MTV release of Kim Tae-Gyun's Volcano High with Snoop Dogg; the Taiwanese puppets series Wu Lin Warriors for Cartoon Network; and the Egyptian drama Cairo Exit which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He was also an associate producer on Justin Chadwick's Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Atom Egoyan's Remember starring Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau, and an executive producer on the Los Angeles Film Festival's "Nightfall" winner Serpent; Pantelion's Spanish-language comedy Un Padre No Tan Padre, and Alonso Ruizpalacios' film Museo starring Gael Garcia Bernal.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer, writer and director
- 16 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are Brian Cox's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 13
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 10
A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 7 · Intense 6
Steady 4 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 6
A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet9
- Ambiguous3
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 Brian Cox's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Brian Cox'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
23 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.
Clara(2018)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Museo(2018)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Through Black Spruce(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Serpent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Shepherds and Butchers(2016)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Patriarch(2016)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Remember(2015)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Kite(2014)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Don't Look Up(2009)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Pulse 3(2008)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Pulse 2: Afterlife(2008)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
The Dead One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Pulse(2006)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Keepin' It Real (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Mr. Bones(2001)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Volcano High(2001)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Zu Warriors(2001)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Rambler '65 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Scorpion Spring(1995)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Chain of Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Terminal Bliss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Deadly Obsession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles from 1989 to 2017.
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.
How do Brian Cox's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 16 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the dialogue 43/100 and the plot and story 36/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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 Brian Cox's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Brian Cox work with?
People who share at least 2 of Brian Cox's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anant Singh shares the most, 15.
Directors
- Joel SoissonShared titles: Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008), Pulse 3 (2008), Pulse (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Joel Soisson
Actors
- Deon LotzShared titles: Shepherds and Butchers (2016), Kite (2014), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Deon Lotz
- Gabriel NuncioShared titles: Museo (2018), The Patriarch (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Gabriel Nuncio
- Robert HobbsShared titles: Shepherds and Butchers (2016), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Hobbs
- Diane Ayala GoldnerShared titles: Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008), Pulse 3 (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Diane Ayala Goldner
Composers and editors
- Elia CmiralShared titles: Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008), Pulse 3 (2008), Pulse (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Elia Cmiral
- Kirk M. MorriShared titles: Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008), Pulse 3 (2008), Pulse (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Kirk M. Morri
- Yibran AsuadShared titles: Museo (2018), The Patriarch (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Yibran Asuad
- Megan GillShared titles: Shepherds and Butchers (2016), Kite (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Megan Gill
Producers
- Anant SinghShared titles: Clara (2018), Museo (2018), Through Black Spruce (2018), Shepherds and Butchers (2016), The Patriarch (2016), Remember (2015), Kite (2014), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), Don't Look Up (2009), Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008), Pulse 3 (2008), Pulse (2006) and 3 moreSee newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Anant Singh
- Moisés CosíoShared titles: Museo (2018), The Patriarch (2016), Remember (2015), Kite (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Moisés Cosío
- Sanjeev SinghShared titles: Shepherds and Butchers (2016), Kite (2014), Don't Look Up (2009), Scorpion Spring (1995)See all 4 shared titles with Sanjeev Singh
- Sudhir PragjeeShared titles: Shepherds and Butchers (2016), Kite (2014), Don't Look Up (2009), Scorpion Spring (1995)See all 4 shared titles with Sudhir Pragjee