Ian McKellen Movies

Scandal

65/100

Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

77/100

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while ... See full summary »

Rasputin

71/100

HBO biopic about the infamous "mad monk" Rasputin from the court of Tsar Nicholas in Russia.

Amy Foster

69/100

The film tells the story of Russian emigree, and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall, and servant Amy Foster in the end of nineteenth century. When Yanko enters a farm, sick and... See full summary »

Sprung! The Magic Roundabout

52/100

A group of friends embark on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor -- the evil wizard ZeeBad.

The Dresser

68/100

A drama, based on a successful play, about an aging actor and his personal assistant.

The Ballad of Little Jo

68/100

After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.

Emile

65/100

In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.

A Performance of Macbeth

76/100

Macbeth is a daring member of the Scottish military who receives a revelation from three menacing sorceresses...

King Lear

75/100

Sir Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic monarch, in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.

Miss in Her Teens

71/100

Sir Simon Loveit, a widower, wishes to marry Miss Biddy. His son, Captain Bob, however has already won her heart under the alias of Rhodophil, before he went to war in Flanders. On his ... See full summary »

Animal Crackers

56/100

A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a run-down circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.

Priest of Love

66/100

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow", D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they ... See full summary »

Walter

76/100

A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him.

A Touch of Love

65/100

A young London woman, studying for her doctorate in the British Museum, spends her nights trying to avoid the sexual admiration of men in her life.

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

81/100

Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, broadcast live to cinemas from Wyndham's Theatre, London.

Walter & June

77/100

Countdown to War

71/100

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between the UK, France, Poland, Nazi Germany, and the U.S.S.R. from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany, caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.

National Theatre Live: King Lear

89/100

Two ageing fathers - one a King, one his courtier - reject the children who truly love them. Their blindness unleashes a tornado of pitiless ambition and treachery - and their worlds ... See full summary »

Hamlet

78/100