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,...
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...
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...
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
How the West Was Won (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 82 min. · United States
Direction Bernard McEveety · Barry Crane · Vincent McEveety · Alf Kjellin
Cast Ricardo Montalban · James Arness · Christopher Lee · Vicki Schreck
7.0
167 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...
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