Cast: Christopher Lee

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Christopher Lee. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 · Movie · 201 min. · New Zealand

Direction Peter Jackson

Cast Elijah Wood · Viggo Mortensen · Ian McKellen · Sean Astin

Plot Sauron's forces have laid siege to Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor, in their efforts to eliminate the race of men. The once-great kingdom, watched over by a fading steward,...

Max

8.2

182K votes

8.2

182K votes

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002 · Movie · 179 min. · New Zealand

Direction Peter Jackson

Cast Elijah Wood · Viggo Mortensen · Ian McKellen · Sean Astin

Plot The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers begins in the hills of Emyn Muil, where lost Hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Astin) discover they are being followed by...

Max

8.0

167K votes

8.0

167K votes

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001 · Movie · 180 min. · New Zealand

Direction Peter Jackson

Cast Elijah Wood · Ian McKellen · Viggo Mortensen · Sean Astin

Plot "One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." In this part of the trilogy, the...

Max

8.0

189K votes

8.0

189K votes

The Crimson Pirate

1952 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Burt Lancaster · Eva Bartok · Nick Cravat · Torin Thatcher

Plot Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A...

7.5

11K votes

7.5

11K votes

The French Revolution

1989 · Movie · 360 min. · France

Direction Robert Enrico · Richard T. Heffron

Cast Klaus Maria Brandauer · Jane Seymour · François Cluzet · Jean-François Balmer

Plot A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of...

7.4

276 votes

7.4

276 votes

Moulin Rouge

1952 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction John Huston

Cast José Ferrer · Zsa Zsa Gabor · Colette Marchand · Claude Nollier

Plot Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequently visits the Moulin Rouge, where he drinks cognac and draws sketches of the dancers and singers. Though the son of a French count, Henri's legs were...

7.2

3K votes

7.2

3K votes

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1970 · Movie · 125 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Robert Stephens · Colin Blakely · Geneviève Page · Christopher Lee

Plot Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take...

7.2

10K votes

7.2

10K votes

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

2005 · Movie · 135 min. · United States

Direction George Lucas

Cast Hayden Christensen · Ewan McGregor · Natalie Portman · Ian McDiarmid

Plot After three long years of relentless fighting, the Clone Wars are nearly at an end. The Jedi Council dispatches Obi-Wan Kenobi to bring General Grievous, the deadly leader of the...

7.1

101K votes

7.1

101K votes

Horror of Dracula

1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Fisher

Cast Christopher Lee · Peter Cushing · Michael Gough · Melissa Stribling

Plot Posing as a librarian, erstwhile vampire hunter Jonathan Harker travels to Castle Dracula where he is welcomed by the courtly Count Dracula. Harker attempts to kill Dracula and eliminate the...

7.1

5K votes

7.1

5K votes

The Wicker Man

1973 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robin Hardy

Cast Edward Woodward · Christopher Lee · Britt Ekland · Diane Cilento

Plot This controversial British cult classic, considered by its producer upon completion to be one of the worst films ever made, has been little seen since its brief theatrical release even...

7.0

7K votes

7.0

7K votes

100 Years of Horror (TV Series)

1996 · Documentary · 343 min. · United States

Direction Ted Newsom

Cast Christopher Lee · Lon Chaney · Peter Cushing · Hugh M. Hefner

Plot A multi-volume documentary on the history of horror movies. Hosted by veteran horror star Christopher Lee, this video series brings together footage from many notable (and some less notable) films...

7.0

24 votes

7.0

24 votes

Shaka Zulu (TV Miniseries)

1986 · Series · 300 min. · United States

Direction William C. Faure

Cast Edward Fox · Henry Cele · Robert Powell · Trevor Howard

Plot Framed around Queen Victoria's decision on England's political stance towards the Zulu Nation, this mini-series details King Shaka's rise and fall with mythic detail. Prophecy is mixed with recorded fact...

7.0

270 votes

7.0

270 votes

7.0

167 votes

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012 · Movie · 170 min. · New Zealand

Direction Peter Jackson

Cast Martin Freeman · Ian McKellen · Richard Armitage · Ken Stott

Plot Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, journeys to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug. Bilbo is swept into...

Max

7.0

83K votes

7.0

83K votes

Taste of Fear (Scream of Fear)

1961 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Seth Holt

Cast Susan Strasberg · Ann Todd · Ronald Lewis · Christopher Lee

Plot Wheelchair-bound Susan Strasberg travels to her father's villa, only to be told by stepmother Ann Todd that her father is away.

6.9

640 votes

6.9

640 votes

Sleepy Hollow

1999 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Christina Ricci · Miranda Richardson · Michael Gambon

Plot Near the end of the 18th Century. Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) earns the disfavour of the courts in New York City for insisting that scientific methods be used to...

6.9

84K votes

6.9

84K votes

Hugo

2011 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Asa Butterfield · Chloë Grace Moretz · Ben Kingsley · Sacha Baron Cohen

Plot Story centers on a 12-year-old orphan named Hugo, who lives in a train station and must finish what his late father started by solving the mystery of a broken robot....

6.8

59K votes

6.8

59K votes

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Fisher

Cast Peter Cushing · Hazel Court · Robert Urquhart · Christopher Lee

Plot Baron Victor Frankenstein, in prison for murder and trying to evade the guillotine, tells a priest how he and his mentor, Paul Krempe, had performed many scientific experiments, eventually leading...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Bitter Victory

1957 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Nicholas Ray

Cast Richard Burton · Curd Jürgens · Ruth Roman · Raymond Pellegrin

Plot Director Nicholas Ray's acclaimed mix of war drama and character study stars Richard Burton as a WWII British army officer sent to North Africa to help major Curt Jurgens and...

6.7

533 votes

6.7

533 votes

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

1966 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Fisher

Cast Christopher Lee · Barbara Shelley · Andrew Keir · Francis Matthews

Plot Two couples traveling in eastern Europe decide to visit Karlsbad despite dire local warnings. Left outside the village by a coachman terrified at the approach of night, they find themselves...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes