Portrait of Alex Cox

Directing

Alex Cox

Career

Active from 1980 to 2025, busiest in 1987 and 2017 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Highway Patrolman
Highway Patrolman
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alex Cox Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    2.3, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.3, average 3.0
  • Wholesome
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.9, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Film History 2
  • Cult Classic 2
  • Music-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

49
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer
Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer

Director, Writer

2020s

5 titles · average score 73
Dead Souls
Dead Souls (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

as Strindler

Eventos en El Campo
Eventos en El Campo (2023)

Director

Quantum Cowboys
Quantum Cowboys (2023)
GoodWatch score 76

as Fr. John Kino

Mad God
Mad God (2021)
GoodWatch score 78

as Last Man

Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects
Film-Related Scrap Wood Projects (2021)

Director

2010s

9 titles · average score 58
27: The Cursed Club
27: The Cursed Club (2018)
GoodWatch score 39

Writer

An Unknown Enemy
An Unknown Enemy (2018)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Winston Scott

Tombstone Rashomon
Tombstone Rashomon (2017)
GoodWatch score 53

as Hamlet performer

The Curse of the Dragon Sword
The Curse of the Dragon Sword (2017)

as Blacksmith

Fake News And How To Evade It
Fake News And How To Evade It (2017)

Director

Zero Tolerance
Zero Tolerance (2015)

Director

Bill the Galactic Hero
Bill the Galactic Hero (2014)

Screenplay, Director

Scene Missing
Scene Missing (2012)

Director, Cinematography

Searchers 2.0
Searchers 2.0 (2010)
GoodWatch score 60

as Entrepreneur

2000s

11 titles · average score 51
Repo Chick
Repo Chick (2009)
GoodWatch score 29

as Professor

The Oxford Murders
The Oxford Murders (2008)
GoodWatch score 34

as Kalman

Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects (2008)

as Narrator

A Wonderful World
A Wonderful World (2006)
GoodWatch score 72

as Maestro de Ceremonias

Repossessed
Repossessed (2006)

Producer

Rosario Tijeras
Rosario Tijeras (2005)
GoodWatch score 69

as Donovan

I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me!
I'm a Juvenile Delinquent, Jail Me! (2004)

as Doctor

Dominator
Dominator (2003)
GoodWatch score 27

as Bishop (voice)

Revengers Tragedy
Revengers Tragedy (2002)
GoodWatch score 63

as Duke's Driver

Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look (2001)

Director, Writer

Gimme Power
Gimme Power (2000)
GoodWatch score 64

as Cuervo

1990s

14 titles · average score 59
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999)
GoodWatch score 65

as Narrator (voice)

Herod's Law
Herod's Law (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

as Gringo

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Three Businessmen
Three Businessmen (1998)
GoodWatch score 64

as Frank King

Dance with the Devil
Dance with the Devil (1997)
GoodWatch score 53

as Doyle

The Winner
The Winner (1996)
GoodWatch score 45

as Gaston

The Queen of the Night
The Queen of the Night (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

as Klaus Eder

Cuentos de Borges
Cuentos de Borges (1993)

TV show · as Commander Borges

Death and the Compass
Death and the Compass (1992)
GoodWatch score 34

as Commander Borges

Highway Patrolman
Highway Patrolman (1991)
GoodWatch score 82

as Gringo #2

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Catchfire
Catchfire (1990)
GoodWatch score 43

as D.H. Lawrence (uncredited)

1980s

9 titles · average score 63
Moviedrome
Moviedrome (1988)

TV show · as Self - Presenter

Walker
Walker (1987)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Editor

Straight to Hell
Straight to Hell (1987)
GoodWatch score 41

as A Thug in the Amazulu Band (uncredited)

England's Glory
England's Glory (1987)

as Interviewee

Sid and Nancy
Sid and Nancy (1986)
GoodWatch score 75

as Man Sitting in Mr. Head’s Room (uncredited)

Repo Man
Repo Man (1984)
GoodWatch score 79

as Carwash Attendant

Scarred
Scarred (1984)

as Porno Stud

The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom
The Strange Case of Mr. Donnybrook's Boredom (1981)

as Voice characterizations (voice)

Sleep Is for Sissies
Sleep Is for Sissies (1980)

as Roy Rawlings (as I. Nukem)