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Penelope Wilton

Actor · 45 credits · 25 in highly-rated films

Best known for Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Frequent collaborators: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Matthew Goode, Colin Firth, Maggie Smith

Best Penelope Wilton movies by genre

Movies (45 total, ranked by score)

  1. Shaun of the Dead

    2004 · ★ 7.5 (9,543 votes)

    Horror, Comedy

    1

  2. Match Point

    2005 · ★ 7.4 (4,434 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Thriller

    2

  3. Downton Abbey: A New Era

    2022 · ★ 7.2 (630 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    3

  4. Belle

    2013 · ★ 7.1 (736 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

    2018 · ★ 7.4 (1,409 votes)

    Romance, Drama, History

    5

  6. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    2012 · ★ 7.0 (1,486 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    6

  7. Cry Freedom

    1987 · ★ 7.0 (237 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. Summerland

    2020 · ★ 7.5 (229 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    8

  9. The BFG

    2016 · ★ 6.3 (3,696 votes)

    Adventure, Family, Fantasy

    9

  10. Operation Mincemeat

    2022 · ★ 6.5 (820 votes)

    War, History, Drama

    10

  11. The French Lieutenant's Woman

    1981 · ★ 6.5 (248 votes)

    Drama, Romance, History

    11

  12. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    2015 · ★ 6.4 (784 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    12

  13. Iris

    2001 · ★ 6.4 (221 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    13

  14. Calendar Girls

    2003 · ★ 6.5 (411 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    14

  15. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

    2023 · ★ 6.6 (160 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion

    2005 · ★ 8.5 (3 votes)

    Thriller, Science Fiction

    16

  17. Country

    1981

    Drama, TV Movie

    17

  18. Victoria & Albert

    2001 · ★ 7.6 (13 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    18

  19. The History Boys

    2006 · ★ 6.6 (214 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. Zoo

    2018 · ★ 6.7 (107 votes)

    Family, War, History

    20

  21. Carrington

    1995 · ★ 6.2 (71 votes)

    History, Drama, Romance

    21

  22. Talking Heads 2

    1998 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    22

  23. Clockwise

    1986 · ★ 6.2 (222 votes)

    Comedy

    23

  24. Landscape

    1995 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    24

  25. FING!

    2027

    Adventure

    25

  26. King Lear

    1982 · ★ 6.5 (6 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. Half Broken Things

    2007 · ★ 6.8 (12 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

    27

  28. The Tale of Beatrix Potter

    1983

    28

  29. The Girl

    2012 · ★ 6.1 (113 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    29

  30. All the World's a Screen: Shakespeare on Film

    2016

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.