
Ian McKellen
Filmography

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Adventure Fantasy Action Adventure Epic Quest Fantasy2012•2h 49min
New Zealand, United States
Director: Peter Jackson
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

Flushed Away
Adventure Animation Comedy Family City Adventure2006•1h 24min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: David Bowers
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.

The Da Vinci Code
Thriller Mystery Investigation Mystery Investigation Suspense2006•2h 29min
United States
Director: Ron Howard
A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.

Asylum
Drama Thriller Romance Relationship Drama Mind Game Thriller2005•1h 39min
United Kingdom, Ireland
Director: David Mackenzie
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

Neverwas
Drama Thriller Psychological Drama Mind Game Thriller2005•1h 43min
Canada, United States
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson, spent many years of his life.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Adventure Fantasy Action Epic Fantasy Survival Adventure2003•3h 21min
New Zealand, United States
Director: Peter Jackson
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.

X2
Adventure Action Science Fiction Superhero Action Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi2003•2h 13min
United States
Director: Bryan Singer
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adventure Fantasy Action Quest Fantasy Adventure Epic2002•2h 59min
New Zealand, United States
Director: Peter Jackson
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Adventure Fantasy Action Epic Fantasy Survival Adventure2001•2h 59min
New Zealand, United States
Director: Peter Jackson
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

X-Men
Adventure Action Science Fiction Superhero Action Adventure Epic2000•1h 44min
United States
Director: Bryan Singer
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.