Ian McKellen

Actor

Ian McKellen's films ranked by rating: 3 of 22 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .136 batting average.

Batting average
.136
Hits
3 of 22 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 19% of 2,478 actors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1983–2019

Films, ranked by rating

  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — 98/100 · hit
  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — 97/100 · hit
  3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — 90/100 · hit
  4. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — 79/100
  5. Gods and Monsters (1998) — 77/100
  6. X2 (2003) — 74/100
  7. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — 74/100
  8. Six Degrees of Separation (1993) — 72/100
  9. X-Men (2000) — 72/100
  10. Mr. Holmes (2015) — 71/100
  11. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) — 70/100
  12. Flushed Away (2006) — 68/100
  13. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — 68/100
  14. The Good Liar (2019) — 64/100
  15. X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000) — 63/100 · short, not counted
  16. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) — 62/100
  17. Animal Crackers (2018) — 62/100
  18. Apt Pupil (1998) — 61/100
  19. The Golden Compass (2007) — 55/100
  20. The Da Vinci Code (2006) — 54/100
  21. The Shadow (1994) — 54/100
  22. The Keep (1983) — 49/100
  23. Cats (2019) — 31/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — 98/100 · hit
  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — 97/100 · hit
  3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — 90/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Cats (2019) — 31/100
  2. The Keep (1983) — 49/100
  3. The Shadow (1994) — 54/100

How these numbers work: Methodology