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The Best Sally Hawkins Movies
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List of the best Sally Hawkins movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Sally Hawkins's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Sally Hawkins movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Sally Hawkins movies will be at the top of the list. Sally Hawkins has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Sally Hawkins movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Sally Hawkins films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best Sally Hawkins role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Sally Hawkins performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
List features films like Byron and Jane Eyre.
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1Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Mike Leigh
Teacher Poppy Cross (Sally Hawkins) is an eternal optimist who lives with her more cynical friend Zoe (Alexis Zegerman). Deciding she wants to learn to drive, she starts taking lessons from Scott ...more
2Sally Hawkins, Anthony Head, Alice Krige- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Adrian Shergold
Persuasion is a 2007 British television film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Persuasion. It was directed by Adrian Shergold and the screenplay was written by Simon Burke. Sally Hawkins stars as the ...more![Made in Dagenham]()
3Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Nigel Cole
Rita O'Grady (Sally Hawkins) works for the Ford Motor Co. plant in Dagenham, England. Despite performing the specialized task of sewing upholstery for car seats, women are classified as unskilled ...more![Cassandra's Dream]()
4Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Hayley Atwell- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Woody Allen
Life is good for the Blaine brothers, at least for the moment. Ian (Ewan McGregor), a restaurateur, is in love with a gorgeous actress (Hayley Atwell) ; and Terry (Colin Farrell) wins big at the dog ...more![An Education]()
5Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Lone Scherfig
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David (Peter Sarsgaard), a ...more![Vera Drake]()
6Imelda Staunton, Philip Davis, Peter Wight- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Mike Leigh
In 1950s England, housekeeper Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton) is a kindly wife and mother who offers selfless devotion and unwavering care to her family, which includes her husband (Philip Davis) and ...more![All or Nothing]()
7Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Mike Leigh
Penny's love for her partner, cabdriver Phil, has run dry. He is a philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and ...more![Submarine]()
8Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Richard Ayoade
Oliver (Craig Roberts) is a Welsh teen who has some things on his mind. First is losing his virginity before his 16th birthday. He sets out to woo his feisty classmate Jordana (Yasmin Paige). Then ...more![Love Birds]()
9Sally Hawkins, Bryan Brown, Allan Border- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Paul Murphy
Love Birds is a New Zealand romantic comedy film starring New Zealand stand up comedian Rhys Darby and Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins. It was directed by Paul Murphy and written by Nick Ward. The ...more![Layer Cake]()
10Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, Kenneth Cranham- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
An unnamed mid-level cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) in London makes plans to step away from the criminal life. Before he can cut ties, the dealer's supplier Jimmy Price (Kenneth Cranham) draws him ...more![The Painted Veil]()
11Naomi Watts, Ed Norton, Liev Schreiber- Released: 2006
- Directed by: John Curran
Caught in an affair with another man (Liev Schreiber), a scientist's callow wife (Naomi Watts) accompanies her husband (Edward Norton) to mainland China in the 1920s to fight a cholera epidemic. ...more![Happy Ever Afters]()
12Sally Hawkins, Michael McElhatton, Jade Yourell- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Stephen Burke
Happy Ever Afters is an Irish film written and directed by Stephen Burke. The film was first shown at the Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea on 10 October and released on 21 October ...more![Never Let Me Go]()
13Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Mark Romanek
Friends Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Tommy (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth (Keira Knightley) grow up together at a seemingly idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. When they leave the school and ...more![It's a Wonderful Afterlife]()
14Sally Hawkins, Shabana Azmi, Sendhil Ramamurthy- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Gurinder Chadha
It's a Wonderful Afterlife is a 2010 British comedy film directed by Gurinder Chadha. The screenplay centres on an Indian mother whose obsession with marrying off her daughter leads her into the ...more![WΔZ]()
15Tom Hardy, Selma Blair, Melissa George- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Tom Shankland
WΔZ is a 2007 crime horror thriller film starring Stellan Skarsgård, Melissa George, Selma Blair and Tom Hardy. The film was released in the United States with the title The Killing Gene.![Desert Flower]()
16Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, Liya Kebede- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Sherry Hormann
"From the desert to the catwalk: In order to avoid an arranged marriage, 13-year-old Waris Dirie fled her village in the Somali capital of Mogadishu and made her way to London with the help of ...more- 17Vanessa Redgrave, Jonny Lee Miller, Sally Hawkins
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Julian Farino
Byron is a 2003 film directed by Julian Farino. ![H G Wells: War with the World]()
18Michael Sheen, Sally Hawkins- Directed by: James Kent
H G Wells: War With The World is a 2006 BBC Television docudrama telling the life story of the British author H.G. Wells, who is played in the film by Michael Sheen. The title of the film is clearly ...more![Jane Eyre]()
19Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
As an orphaned child, Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) is first cruelly abused by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she meets with further abuse, she receives an education, and ...more![Promoted to Glory]()
20Sally Hawkins- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Richard Spence
Promoted to Glory is a 2003 TV film directed by Richard Spence.![The Phantom of the Open]()
21Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans- Released: 2022
- Directed by: Craig Roberts
The Phantom of the Open is a 2022 British comedy sports film directed by Craig Roberts, based on the biography 'The Phantom of the Open: Maurice Flitcroft, The World's Worst Golfer' by Simon Farnaby ...more
