Ian McKellen Movies

The making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's classic work.

This fascinating documentary unfolds in reverse telling the story of Mandela from the old man to the rural child. With contributions from...

The powerful and inspiring true story of the controversial human rights campaigner whose provocative acts of civil diso bedience rocked the British...

Making of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell,...

The BBC delves into its archives to discover British acting greats as they take their first tentative steps on the road to success. Long before they...

1846 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the...

Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact.

The documentary looks at the rise to celebrity status of NZ actor and musician Bret McKenzie, who appeared for 3 seconds as an extra in "The Lord of...

Dame Judi Dench is joined by her great friend for tea and a warm, candid conversation about their extraordinary lives both on stage and off. From...

Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.

Sir Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine talking about making the film.

A razor-witted entertainer who found fame as two people - first his drag queen alter ego, Lily Savage, and then as himself. This documentary film...

A four part documentary on the making of the first X-Men film, from pre-production, to principal photography, to post-production, and reflections on...

The story of the 'matchstick man' painter, one of Britain’s most beloved artists, revealed as never before through intimate and previously...

Sir Ian McKellen voices an alcoholic kite. A down-and-out who prefers to hang around his dingy local strip joint rather than get out into the blue...

Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine in conversation about Richard III.

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough...

'Cubism' is a 2007 DVD of a Pet Shop Boys concert from their Fundamental-Tour. It was filmed on 14 November 2006 at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico...

A record of McKellen's one-man Broadway show about the Bard.