Auteur

Alex Cox

Born 1954 · English film director

Alexander B. H. Cox is an English film director, screenwriter, actor, non-fiction author and broadcaster. Cox experienced success early in his career with Repo Man (1984) and Sid and Nancy (1986). Since the release and commercial failure of Walker (1987), his career has moved towards independent films, including Highway Patrolman (1991) and Three Businessmen (1998), and microbudget features such as Searchers 2.0 (2007), Repo Chick (2009), and Dead Souls (2025).

Alex Cox, in order

  1. 1984 Repo Man: directed, wrote, acted · critics 92%, audiences 78%
  2. 1986 Sid and Nancy: directed, wrote · critics 88%, audiences 76%
  3. 1987 Straight to Hell: directed, wrote, acted · critics 27%, audiences 58% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
  4. 1987 Walker: directed · critics 44%, audiences 65%
  5. 1989 Catchfire: acted · directed by Alan Smithee and Dennis Hopper · critics 40%, audiences 25% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Fandango at Home (free)
  6. 1991 El Patrullero: directed · critics 100%, audiences 60% · streaming on Kanopy, Criterion Channel, Tubi
  7. 1994 The Queen of the Night: acted · directed by Arturo Ripstein
  8. 1996 Death and the Compass: directed, wrote · critics 17%, audiences 42%
  9. 1996 The Winner: directed · critics 20%, audiences 9% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Prime Video (free)
  10. 1997 Perdita Durango: acted · directed by Álex de la Iglesia · critics 33%, audiences 63% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Kanopy
  11. 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: wrote · directed by Terry Gilliam · critics 51%, audiences 89%
  12. 1998 Lust for Frankenstein: acted · directed by Jesús Franco
  13. 1998 Three Businessmen: directed · audiences 62% · streaming on Hoopla, Plex, Prime Video (free)
  14. 1999 Herod's Law: acted · directed by Luis Estrada · critics 68%, audiences 88% · streaming on Netflix
  15. 2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures: acted · directed by Jan Harlan · critics 86%, audiences 89%
  16. 2002 Revengers Tragedy: directed · critics 60%, audiences 76%
  17. 2003 Dominator: acted · directed by Tony Luke, Jr. · audiences 9% · streaming on Tubi
  18. 2007 Searchers 2.0: directed · streaming on Roku Channel, Plex, Tubi
  19. 2008 The Oxford Murders: acted · directed by Álex de la Iglesia · critics 17%, audiences 33% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
  20. 2009 Repo Chick: directed, wrote · critics 40%, audiences 15%
  21. 2014 Bill, the Galactic Hero: directed
  22. 2017 Tombstone Rashomon: directed · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  23. Dead Souls: directed · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, YouTube (free)