Ian McKellen Movies

Intimate documentary exploring how Paul O'Grady's creation, Lily Savage, took mainstream TV by storm. Unravel the real story of Lily with insights...

Noble Moroccan Othello finds his life with beautiful, fiercely loyal Desdemona thrown tragically out of balance when secretly jealous, scheming...

Written, co-produced and co-directed by David J. Skal, THE WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS is a behind-the scenes chronicle of the making of the 1998...

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

The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be discovered and sold after his death.

In the early 90's seventy youth from a Hollywood homeless shelter started a theatre project encouraging them to tell their stories.. The youth ran...

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...

The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.

This unique and cheeky documentary explores Britain and what makes our country great from our traditions to our self-deprecating sense of humour.

Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas.

Looking for Lowry is an entertaining documentary film about the life and work of the much loved British artist L.S. Lowry (1887 – 1976). This...

8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production Waiting for Godot featuring Ian McKellen,...

A documentary about the making of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'.

This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.

A documentary from Universal about the movie "The Invisible Man" (1933) directed by James Whale.

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

Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine in conversation about Richard III.

Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin in the 'thirties. Meanwhile Trotsky is in exile in...