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Ian McKellen Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
Ian McKellen appears in the billed cast of 15 films in our catalog, from 1983 to 2014. Top of the list is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ('2003), at 9.0 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.4. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Keep, 5.7 on IMDb against 34 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King '2003 | Fantasy / Action | 9.0 | 94% | 94 | 8.5 | Peter Jackson |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring '2001 | Fantasy / Action | 8.9 | 91% | 92 | 8.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers '2002 | Fantasy / Action | 8.8 | 95% | 87 | 8.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 4 | X-Men: Days of Future Past '2014 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.9 | 90% | 75 | 7.5 | Bryan Singer |
| 5 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey '2012 | Fantasy / Action | 7.8 | 64% | 58 | 7.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 6 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug '2013 | Fantasy / Action | 7.8 | 74% | 66 | 7.6 | Peter Jackson |
| 7 | X2 '2003 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.4 | 85% | 68 | 7.0 | Bryan Singer |
| 8 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies '2014 | Action / Fantasy | 7.4 | 59% | 59 | 7.3 | Peter Jackson |
| 9 | X-Men '2000 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.3 | 82% | 64 | 7.0 | Bryan Singer |
| 10 | Apt Pupil '1998 | Drama / Thriller | 6.7 | 54% | 53 | 6.5 | Bryan Singer |
| 11 | The Da Vinci Code '2006 | Thriller / Mystery | 6.7 | 25% | 46 | 6.7 | Ron Howard |
| 12 | Flushed Away '2006 | Animation / Comedy | 6.6 | 72% | 74 | 6.3 | David Bowers |
| 13 | X-Men: The Last Stand '2006 | Action / Sci-Fi | 6.6 | 56% | 58 | 6.4 | Brett Ratner |
| 14 | The Golden Compass '2007 | Fantasy | 6.1 | 42% | 51 | 6.1 | Chris Weitz |
| 15 | The Keep '1983 | Horror / Fantasy | 5.7 | 42% | 34 | 5.6 | Michael Mann |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.