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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

Movies (137 total, ranked by score)

  1. Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

    2004 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    31

  2. Cold Comfort Farm

    1995 · ★ 6.8 (80 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    32

  3. Asylum

    2005 · ★ 6.0 (137 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Romance

    33

  4. Animal Crackers

    2018 · ★ 6.4 (208 votes)

    Comedy, Animation, Adventure

    34

  5. Emile

    2003 · ★ 5.8 (9 votes)

    Drama

    35

  6. Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

    2000 · ★ 7.1 (29 votes)

    Drama, Family, Music

    36

  7. Swept from the Sea

    1998 · ★ 6.4 (74 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    37

  8. Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

    2001 · ★ 8.0 (17 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    38

  9. National Theatre Live: King Lear

    2018 · ★ 8.1 (11 votes)

    Drama

    39

  10. The Ballad of Little Jo

    1993 · ★ 6.1 (32 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Western

    40

  11. Guerrilla Distribution

    2007

    Comedy

    41

  12. McKellen: Playing the Part

    2018 · ★ 7.2 (21 votes)

    Documentary, History

    42

  13. Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001 · ★ 6.6 (19 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

    2016 · ★ 7.8 (5 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    44

  15. All Is True

    2018 · ★ 6.1 (145 votes)

    Drama, History

    45

  16. Macbeth

    1979 · ★ 7.3 (10 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    46

  17. The Promise

    1969

    47

  18. Edmund the Magnificent

    2017 · ★ 7.3 (6 votes)

    Comedy

    48

  19. X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy

    2006

    Documentary

    49

  20. X-Men: Premieres Around the World

    2003 · ★ 5.9 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    50

  21. Muse of Fire

    2013 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    51

  22. The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

    2013 · ★ 6.9 (25 votes)

    Documentary

    52

  23. Surviving Friendly Fire

    1997

    53

  24. The One Note Man

    2023 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    54

  25. The Keep

    1983 · ★ 5.6 (326 votes)

    Horror, Fantasy

    55

  26. The Critic

    2024 · ★ 5.8 (114 votes)

    Thriller, Crime, Drama

    56

  27. The Dresser

    2015 · ★ 6.2 (88 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    57

  28. Plenty

    1985 · ★ 5.7 (49 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    58

  29. Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare

    1982

    Documentary

    59

  30. The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

    2017 · ★ 6.3 (20 votes)

    Documentary

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.