Ian McKellen
Actor · 137 credits · 55 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Frequent collaborators: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Patrick Stewart, Dominic Monaghan, Hugh Jackman
Best Ian McKellen movies by genre
- Ian McKellen Documentary Movies 36
- Ian McKellen Drama Movies 32
- Ian McKellen Comedy Movies 19
- Ian McKellen Adventure Movies 17
- Ian McKellen Fantasy Movies 16
- Ian McKellen TV Movie Movies 12
- Ian McKellen Action Movies 11
- Ian McKellen Romance Movies 11
- Ian McKellen Animation Movies 7
- Ian McKellen Family Movies 6
- Ian McKellen History Movies 6
- Ian McKellen Thriller Movies 6
Movies (137 total, ranked by score)
1The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · ★ 8.5 (27,186 votes)
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
2The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · ★ 8.4 (28,202 votes)
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
3The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · ★ 8.4 (24,435 votes)
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
4X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 · ★ 7.5 (16,558 votes)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
5The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · ★ 7.6 (14,439 votes)
Fantasy, Adventure, Action
6The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · ★ 7.4 (19,966 votes)
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
7The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · ★ 7.3 (15,618 votes)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
8The Da Vinci Code
2006 · ★ 6.7 (10,222 votes)
Thriller, Mystery
9Flushed Away
2006 · ★ 6.3 (4,170 votes)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
10Gods and Monsters
1998 · ★ 6.9 (400 votes)
Drama
11X-Men
2000 · ★ 7.0 (12,433 votes)
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
12X2
2003 · ★ 7.0 (11,104 votes)
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
13The Christophers
2026 · ★ 6.8 (69 votes)
Crime, Comedy
14David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
Documentary, History
15Apt Pupil
1998 · ★ 6.6 (733 votes)
Drama, Thriller
16Richard III
1995 · ★ 6.8 (195 votes)
Drama, War
17Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Documentary, TV Movie
18The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006 · ★ 8.9 (11 votes)
Documentary
19Mr. Holmes
2015 · ★ 6.5 (1,975 votes)
Drama, Mystery
20The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2006 · ★ 8.8 (10 votes)
Documentary
21The Good Liar
2019 · ★ 6.7 (1,282 votes)
Crime
22Six Degrees of Separation
1993 · ★ 6.4 (376 votes)
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
23The Scarlet Pimpernel
1982 · ★ 6.7 (49 votes)
Romance, TV Movie, Adventure
24The Golden Compass
2007 · ★ 6.1 (4,879 votes)
Adventure, Fantasy
25The Shadow
1994 · ★ 6.1 (580 votes)
Fantasy, Action, Crime
26Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003 · ★ 8.1 (15 votes)
Documentary, History, TV Movie
27Restoration
1995 · ★ 6.1 (139 votes)
Drama, Romance
28Hamlet Within
2022
Documentary
29Neverwas
2005 · ★ 6.4 (142 votes)
Drama, Thriller
30X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 · ★ 6.4 (10,579 votes)
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.