My top 10 films starring/featuring Ian McKellen.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Elliot Page, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Cudmore, Bingbing Fan, and Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Robert Downey Jr., Annette Bening, and Ian McKellen in Richard III (1995)

Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Alan Cumming, Anna Paquin, Ian McKellen, Shawn Ashmore, Hugh Jackman, and Aaron Stanford in X2: X-Men United (2003)

Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Martin Freeman, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, and Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, and Hugh Jackman in X-Men (2000)

Brendan Fraser and Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters (1998)

Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Ian McKellen films

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

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

4. X-Men: Days of Future Past

5. Richard III

6. X2: X-Men United

7. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

8. X-Men

9. Gods and Monsters

10. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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