Olivia Cooke is an actress who has starred in plenty of movies and TV shows in the past few years. She has grown massively in popularity over the past few years which only goes to show how talented she is. She first started acting as a child, and then again professionally at the age of 17.
In this article, I’m going to be taking you through 5 of the best Olivia Cooke movies.
#5. Ready Player One (2018)
Directed by Steven Spielberg Ready, Player One is an American science fiction adventure film based on Ernest Cline’s novel of the same name.
People find sanctuary in the OASIS, an immense virtual reality paradise developed by eccentric James Halliday, in 2045, when the world is on the verge of anarchy and collapse.
When Halliday dies, he gives the first person who finds a digital Easter egg concealed someplace in the OASIS his vast wealth.
When Wade Watts enters the competition, he discovers himself as an unexpected hero on a reality-bending treasure quest through a surreal realm of intrigue, discovery, and peril.
In Ready Player One, Olivia Cooke plays Art3mis/Samantha (Character). It is the main character, a famous gunter, and a member of the High Five. She is referenced for the first time in Chapter 0002. “Arty’s Missives,” a blog dedicated to her hunt for Halliday’s egg, is her pen name.
Ready Player One earned $137.7 million in the United States and Canada and $445.2 million in other markets, totaling $582.9 million globally. Deadline To break even, Hollywood predicted that the picture would need to make at least $440 million.
The film got a score of 5.8 on a scale of 10 on the IMDB website, and 72% on Rotten Tomatoes.
#4. Pixie (2020)
Pixie is a British comedy thriller film directed by Barnaby Thompson that was released in 2020. Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, Colm Meaney, and Alec Baldwin feature in the film.
In this movie, Olivia Cooke plays Pixie Hardy, a girl who seeks vengeance for her mother’s murder by attempting a crime that would allow her to escape her small-town existence.
When the scheme backfires, she’s forced to team up with a pair of misfits who are clearly in over their heads. The trio is on the run from a criminal group of priests and nuns, and they try to con everybody they come across.
The film has a 75% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 52 critic reviews with an average rating of 6.3/10. “Pixie borrows shamelessly from numerous like-minded heist thrillers,” the site’s critics agree,”Pixie borrows shamelessly from multiple like-minded heist thrillers; fortunately, Olivia Cooke’s outstanding lead performance makes for a great getaway vehicle.”
Pixie made$479,317 in the United Kingdom and $209,237 in other markets, totaling $688,554 globally.
#3. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, the 2015 American comedy-drama film is based on Andrews’ 2012Â debut novel of the same name.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl film star Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, RJ Cyler, and Jon Bernthal. The film received a standing ovation when it opened at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Critics appreciated the writing and performances, and it garnered excellent reviews.
Greg Gaines (played by Thomas Mann) is a teen who spends most of his time making parodies of movies, finds his outlook on life forever changed after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with leukemia called Rachel (played by Olivia Cooke).
With an $8 million budget, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl movie made $6,758,416 domestically and $2,316,333 in other markets, totaling $9,074,749 globally.
The film got a score of 7.7 on a scale of 10 on the IMDB website, and 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.
#2. Little Fish (2020)
This 2020 American science fiction romantic drama film,  based on the 2011 short story of the same name by Aja Gabel. The film directed by Chad Hartigan, and stars Olivia Cooke, Jack O’Connell, Raúl Castillo, and Soko.
Olivia Cooke as Emma and Jack O’Connell as Jude, are a couple fight to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.
In March 2019, it was announced that Chad Hartigan would direct a film adaptation of Aja Gabel’s short story “Little Fish”. The Principal photography of this film took place from March 11 to April 12, 2019, in British Columbia, Canada.
The movie made $39,053 and has a 92 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.3/10, based on 62 reviews. And it scored a 71 out of 100 weighted average rating from Metacritic.
#1. Sound of Metal (2019)
Darius Marder directed and co-wrote Sound of Metal, a 2019 American drama film. Riz Ahmed stars as a deafened metal drummer, while Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, and Mathieu Amalric all appear.
Ruben (Riz Ahmed), an itinerant punk-metal drummer, begins to develop periodic hearing loss after a series of adrenaline-fueled one-night concerts.
He believes his music career — and, with it, his life — is ended when a physician warns him his health will soon deteriorate. Lou (Olivia Cooke), his bandmate and lover, checks the recovering heroin addict into a remote deaf sober house in the hopes of preventing a relapse and assisting him in learning to adjust to his new environment.
Ruben must choose between his balance and the desire to recapture the life he once knew after being accepted into a society that welcomes him just as he is.
Director Darius Marder uses shocking, unique sound design approaches to immerse people in Ruben’s experience and vividly reproduce his voyage into a rarely seen environment.
On September 6, 2019, Sound of Metal made its international debut as part of the Platform Prize category at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film was released in cinemas on November 20, 2020, and on Amazon Prime Video on December 4, 2020, by Amazon Studios. The film received positive reviews, with appreciation for Ahmed’s acting and the sound design in particular.
It was included in 52 critics’ top-ten lists for the year 2020. It was nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Ahmed), and Best Supporting Actor (Raci) at the 93rd Academy Awards, and it won for Best Sound and Best Film Editing.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 275 reviews, with an average of 8.2/10. and 7.8 on a scale of 10 on the IMDB website.
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