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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. Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet

    2020 · ★ 10.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    61

  2. Hating Peter Tatchell

    2021 · ★ 4.2 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    62

  3. A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

    2025

    Documentary

    63

  4. National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

    2016 · ★ 7.5 (10 votes)

    Drama

    64

  5. On Broadway

    2019 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    65

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

    2016

    Documentary

    66

  7. Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

    2001

    Documentary

    67

  8. Walter and June

    1983 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    68

  9. Peter Tatchell: Just Who Does He Think He Is?

    2004

    69

  10. Gladio

    1992 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    70

  11. The Magic Roundabout

    2005 · ★ 5.4 (173 votes)

    Animation, Family, Comedy

    71

  12. Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

    2000 · ★ 6.4 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    72

  13. The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

    2003 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    73

  14. Small-Time Revolutionary

    2010 · ★ 3.0 (3 votes)

    74

  15. The Paul O'Grady Story

    2017 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    75

  16. Dragfox

    2024 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Adventure, Animation, Family

    76

  17. Alfred the Great

    1969 · ★ 4.7 (19 votes)

    History

    77

  18. A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

    2010 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)

    Animation

    78

  19. Armistead Maupin Is a Man I Dreamt Up

    1993

    Documentary

    79

  20. LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes

    2026

    Documentary

    80

  21. The Roof

    2016 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Comedy

    81

  22. For the Love of God

    2007 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)

    Animation, Comedy

    82

  23. Hamlet

    1970 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    83

  24. The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

    2003 · ★ 6.2 (7 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    84

  25. Miss in Her Teens

    2014 · ★ 3.0 (2 votes)

    Comedy

    85

  26. Hedda Gabler

    1972

    Drama

    86

  27. Othello

    1990 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    87

  28. Shakespeare on Film

    2016 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    88

  29. The Hobart Shakespeareans

    2005 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    89

  30. The Tragedy of King Richard II

    1970

    Drama

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.