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Explore the best Christopher Lee movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. The current top-ranked movie here is The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Browse 7 ranked acting credits, then jump into the full filmography and each movie page.

Top Ranked Christopher Lee Movies

Christopher Lee Top Ranked Movies (7)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005·Count Dooku

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014·Saruman the White

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012·Saruman the White

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002·Count Dooku

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005·Dr. Wonka

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is currently the highest-ranked Christopher Lee movie on Movie Rankings based on aggregate head-to-head results from the community.

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This page currently tracks 7 ranked movies starring Christopher Lee.

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Christopher Lee Acting Filmography (315)

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

2024·Self / Various (Archive)

Children of the Wicker Man

2024·Self (archive footage)

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

2024·Saruman (voice)

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

2024·Self (archive footage)

Constel·lació Portabella

2024·(archive footage)

2023·(archive footage)

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

2017·Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Drácula Barcelona

Extraordinary Tales

2015·Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')

Angels in Notting Hill

2015·The Boss / Mr. President (voice)

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015·(archive footage)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014·Saruman the White

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014·Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)

Night Train to Lisbon

2013·Father Bartholomeu

The Girl from Nagasaki

2013·Old Officer Pinkerton

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

The Trail of Dracula

2013·Self (Archival Footage)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012·Saruman the White

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

2012·Dracula (archive footage)

Everything or Nothing

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

The Fall of the House Of Usher

2012·The Narrator

Dracula vs. Vampir

Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features

Season of the Witch

2011·Cardinal D'Ambroise

2011·Monsieur Labisse

The Wicker Tree

Alice in Wonderland

2010·Jabberwocky (voice)

2010·Mr. Mason

2010·Mr. Alfred Rhinegold

2010·Old Joseph

Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror

2009·Joaquín Morales

2009·Older Walter Page

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008·Count Dooku (voice)

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem

2008·Narrator (voice)

Fanex Files: Hammer Films

The Golden Compass

2007·First High Councilor

Ein Leben wie im Flug

Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands

Hollywood Chinese

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

2007·Narrator (voice)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007·Self (archive footage)

Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005·Dr. Wonka

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005·Count Dooku

2005·Pastor Galswells (voice)

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

2005·The Lord Provost

Pope John Paul II

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

The Story of Star Wars

2004·Count Dooku (archive footage)

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

Drácula en la Hammer

2003·Christopher Lee

Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick

2003·Self - Narrator (voice)

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002·Count Dooku

To the Devil... The Death of Hammer

2002·Self / Scaramanga

From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'

2002·Self / Count Dooku

Perversion Stories

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Quest for the Ring

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Wicker Man Enigma

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz

Ian Fleming: 007's Creator

The Many Faces of Dracula

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'

1999·Burgomaster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

1999·Count Ottokar Graf Czernin

1998·Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Tale of the Mummy

1998·Sir Richard Turkel

Ex-S: The Wicker Man

100 Years of Horror

1998·Presenter

Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah

1998·Self - Host

1997·Death (voice)

1996·Evil Sender

The Many Faces of Christopher Lee

Welcome to the Discworld

Vem Var Dracula

The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry

A Century of Science Fiction

1996·Narrator (voice)

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross

A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

1994·Narrator (voice) / Self

The Rainbow Thief

1994·Uncle Rudolf

A Feast at Midnight

1994·V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow

1994·Callum Chance

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

1994·Commandant Rakov

1993·General Konstanin Benin

Beauty and the Beast

1992·Monsieur Renard (voice)

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

1992·Sherlock Holmes

1992·Mr. Bernard

1992·Count Dracula (archive footage)

Dracula in the Movies

Curse III: Blood Sacrifice

1991·Dr. Pearson

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

1991·Sherlock Holmes

Journey of Honor

1991·King Philip

Fear in the Dark

Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal

1991·Self - Narrator

Halloween Monster Bash

1991·Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990·Doctor Catheter

Treasure Island

1990·Blind Pew

The Care of Time

1990·Karlis Zander

1990·Cardinale Spinosi

The French Revolution

Night of the Eagles

1989·Walter Strauss

The Return of the Musketeers

1989·Rochefort

1989·Willard Hope

Honeymoon Academy

Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil

1988·Luis Morel

Olympus Force: The Key

Mio in the Land of Faraway

Creepy Classics

1987·Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)

1987·Peter Storm

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1986·President White

The Disputation

1986·King James of Aragon

Un métier de seigneur

Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch

1985·Stefan Crosscoe

1985·Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

1985·Himself - Presenter

The Best of All Time Horror Classics

The Rosebud Beach Hotel

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

1984·King Vladimir V

The Bengal Lancers!

1984·Sir James Hunter

House of the Long Shadows

The Return of Captain Invincible

1983·Mr. Midnight

1983·Mr. Kellar

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

The Last Unicorn

1982·King Haggard (voice)

1982·Count Borgia

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982·Self (archive footage)

The Rank Charm School

Massarati and the Brain

1982·Victor Leopold

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

1982·Prince Philip

An Eye for an Eye

1981·Morgan Canfield

Evil Stalks This House

1981·Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

1980·Luckman Skull

Once Upon a Spy

1980·Marcus Valorium

Desperate Moves

1980·Dr. Carl Boxer

1979·Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

The Horror Show

1979·(archive footage)

1979·Lechinski

Arabian Adventure

1979·Caliph Alquazar

1979·Adam Caine

Captain America II: Death Too Soon

1978·Sardar Khan

Return from Witch Mountain

1978·Victor Gannon

1978·Samir Al Fay

End of the World

1977·Father Pergado / Zindar

1977·Martin Wallace

Starship Invasions

1977·Captain Rameses

Meatcleaver Massacre

1977·On-Screen Narrator

The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural

Playboy's Playmate Party

Dracula and Son

1976·Le prince des Ténèbres

To the Devil a Daughter

1976·Father Michael

1976·Major Chilton

1976·The Keeper

The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

1975·Satanus / Van Krig

In Search of Dracula

1975·Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974·Francisco Scaramanga

The Four Musketeers

1974·Rochefort

Diagnosis: Murder

1974·Dr. Stephen Hayward

The Three Musketeers

1973·Rochefort

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1973·Count Dracula

Nothing But the Night

1973·Col. Charles Bingham

The Creeping Flesh

1973·James Hildern

1973·Lord Summerisle

1973·Dr. Ian Mandeville

Dracula A.D. 1972

1972·Count Dracula

1972·Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton

Vampir Cuadecuc

1972·Stratton-Villiers, MI5

The House That Dripped Blood

1971·John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")

1971·Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1970·Mycroft Holmes

Scars of Dracula

Taste the Blood of Dracula

Scream and Scream Again

1970·Artemidorus

The Bloody Judge

1970·Lord George Jeffreys

The Castle of Fu Manchu

1969·Dr. Fu Man Chu

Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula

1969·Dr. J. Neuhartt

The Magic Christian

1969·Ship's Vampire

The Blood of Fu Manchu

1968·Dr. Fu Man Chu

1968·Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968·J.D. Morley

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

The Devil Rides Out

1968·Duc de Richleau

The Face of Eve

1968·Colonel Stuart

The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

1967·Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu

1967·Dr. Fu Manchu

Night of the Big Heat

1967·Godfrey Hanson

Five Golden Dragons

1967·Dragon #4

Theatre of Death

1967·Philippe Darvas

The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966·Fu Manchu

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

1966·Grigori Rasputin

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

1966·Count Dracula

The Face of Fu Manchu

1965·Dr. Fu Man Chu

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965·Franklyn Marsh

1965·Sir Matthew Phillips

Ten Little Indians

1965·Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)

The Castle of the Living Dead

1964·Count Drago

1964·Prof. Karl Meister

The Devil-Ship Pirates

1964·Captain Robeles

Crypt of the Vampire

1964·Count Ludwig Karnstein

Corridors of Blood

1963·Resurrection Joe

The Whip and the Body

1963·Kurt Menliff

Challenge the Devil

1963·Mephistoles

Secret of the Red Orchid

1962·Capt. Allerman

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

1962·Sherlock Holmes

The Pirates of Blood River

1962·Captain LaRoche

The Devil's Agent

1962·Baron Ferdi von Staub

1962·Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hercules in the Haunted World

1961·King Lico (Licos)

The Terror of the Tongs

1961·Chung King

1961·Doctor Pierre Gerrard

The Devil's Daffodil

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

1960·Paul Allen

1960·Kenny King

The Hands of Orlac

1960·Nero the magician

Too Hot to Handle

The City of the Dead

1960·Prof. Alan Driscoll

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959·Sir Henry Baskerville

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

1959·Dr. Pierre Gerrard

1959·Kharis, the Mummy

Uncle Was a Vampire

1959·Baron Roderico da Frankurten

The Treasure of San Teresa

A Tale of Two Cities

1958·Marquis St. Evremonde

1958·Count Dracula

Battle of the V-1

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957·The Creature

1957·Sgt. Barney

Fortune Is a Woman

1957·Charles Highbury

1957·Voice (voice)

1957·Doctor Neumann

Ill Met by Moonlight

1957·German officer at The Dentist's office

The Truth About Women

1957·Francois Thiers

1956·Franz Vermes

Private's Progress

1956·Major Schultz

1956·Gil Rossi

Alexander the Great

1956·Nectenabus (voice)

The Battle of the River Plate

Alias John Preston

1955·John Preston

The Cockleshell Heroes

1955·Submarine Commander Alan Grieves

The Dark Avenger

1955·French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)

1955·Harry Cooper

Storm Over the Nile

1955·Karaga Pasha

1955·Johnny, a constable

Contraband Spain

1955·Narrador (voz)

Moby Dick—Rehearsed

1955·A Stage Manager /Flask

1954·Factory proprietor (uncredited)

The Mirror and Markheim

Innocents in Paris

1953·Lieutenant Whitlock

The Top and the Ball

The Crimson Pirate

1952·Joseph (attache)

Babes in Bagdad

1952·Slave Dealer

1952·Russian Agent (uncredited)

Paul Temple Returns

1952·Sir Felix Raybourne

1952·Georges Seurat (uncredited)

1951·Chariot Driver (uncredited)

Valley of the Eagles

1951·Det. Holt

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

1951·Spanish Captain

Prelude to Fame

They Were Not Divided

1950·Chris Lewis

1949·Hon. Bongo Icklesham

Corridor of Mirrors

Penny and the Pownall Case

1948·Jonathan Blair

A Song for Tomorrow

1948·Palace Guard (uncredited)

One Night with You

1948·Pirelli's Assistant

Scott of the Antarctic

1948·Bernard Day

Saraband for Dead Lovers

1948·Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel

Eugen Weidmann Execution Film