Ian Holm

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

(2003)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

Runtime:

201 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler

8.9

93%

94

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

(2001)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can...

Runtime:

179 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler

8.8

92%

92

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Alien

(1979)

Horror, Science Fiction

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descen...

Runtime:

117 min

Director:

Ridley Scott

Cast:

Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt

8.4

98%

89

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Ratatouille

(2007)

Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris' finest restaurants, the rodent gourmet finds himself ideal...

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Brad Bird

Cast:

Patton Oswalt, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Lou Romano

8.0

96%

96

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

(2012)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

Runtime:

169 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett

7.9

64%

58

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The Fifth Element

(1997)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

Runtime:

126 min

Director:

Luc Besson

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker

7.7

71%

52

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Brazil

(1985)

Comedy, Science Fiction

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and i...

Runtime:

143 min

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Cast:

Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins

7.9

98%

84

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Lord of War

(2005)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Andrew Niccol

Cast:

Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker

7.6

61%

62

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The Aviator

(2004)

Drama

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Runtime:

170 min

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Cast:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin

7.5

86%

77

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

(2014)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elve...

Runtime:

144 min

Director:

Peter Jackson

Cast:

Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Aidan Turner, Orlando Bloom

7.4

59%

59

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Garden State

(2004)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confront...

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

Zach Braff

Cast:

Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard, Kenneth Graymez

7.4

86%

67

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From Hell

(2001)

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

Runtime:

122 min

Director:

Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson

6.8

57%

54

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Chariots of Fire

(1981)

Drama, History

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-S...

Runtime:

123 min

Director:

Hugh Hudson

Cast:

Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Nigel Havers

7.2

82%

78

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The Day After Tomorrow

(2004)

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the...

Runtime:

124 min

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Cast:

Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders

6.4

45%

47

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eXistenZ

(1999)

Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

David Cronenberg

Cast:

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe, Don McKellar

6.8

74%

68

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The Sweet Hereafter

(1997)

Drama

A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the a...

Runtime:

112 min

Director:

Atom Egoyan

Cast:

Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Tom McCamus, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus

7.5

98%

91

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Naked Lunch

(1991)

Crime, Drama

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly m...

Runtime:

115 min

Director:

David Cronenberg

Cast:

Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Roy Scheider

7.0

69%

67

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Time Bandits

(1981)

Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon,...

Runtime:

116 min

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Cast:

John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm

7.0

91%

N/A

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Henry V

(1989)

Drama, History, War

Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.

Runtime:

137 min

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Cast:

Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, James Larkin, Paul Scofield

7.5

100%

83

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Jesus of Nazareth

(1977)

Drama, History

Passion, beauty, and brilliant storytelling are all on display in this six-hour-plus epic from Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Powell is superb in the title role, and with the overwhelming success of this TV movie throughout the world, has perhaps become what Jesus looks like in many people's minds. The story begins with the...

Runtime:

371 min

8.6

N/A

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

(1994)

Drama, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction

Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of cor...

Runtime:

123 min

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter

6.4

38%

49

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Big Night

(1996)

Drama, Romance

Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.

Runtime:

107 min

Director:

Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott

Cast:

Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Marc Anthony, Minnie Driver, Larry Block

7.3

96%

80

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A Life Less Ordinary

(1997)

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for th...

Runtime:

103 min

Director:

Danny Boyle

Cast:

Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Dan Hedaya

6.4

41%

35

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The Madness of King George

(1994)

Comedy, Drama, History

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, Queen Charlotte and Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger attempt to ...

Runtime:

107 min

Director:

Nicholas Hytner

Cast:

Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Ian Holm, Anthony Calf

7.2

93%

89

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Hamlet

(1990)

Drama, History

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.

Runtime:

130 min

Director:

Franco Zeffirelli

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm

6.7

76%

53

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Another Woman

(1988)

Drama

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her l...

Runtime:

84 min

Director:

Woody Allen

Cast:

Mia Farrow, Gena Rowlands, Ian Holm, Blythe Danner, Gene Hackman

7.3

64%

N/A

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Renaissance

(2006)

Action, Animation, Science Fiction

To find Ilona and unlock the secrets of her disappearance, Karas must plunge deep into the parallel worlds of corporate espionage, organized crime and genetic research - where the truth imprisons whoever finds it first and miracles can be bought but at a great price.

Runtime:

105 min

Director:

Christian Volckman

Cast:

Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Romola Garai, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm

6.7

49%

57

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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

(1984)

Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infan...

Runtime:

143 min

Director:

Hugh Hudson

Cast:

Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Christopher Lambert

6.4

73%

62

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Robin and Marian

(1976)

Adventure

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

Runtime:

106 min

Director:

Richard Lester

Cast:

Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris, Nicol Williamson

6.5

74%

73

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Kafka

(1991)

Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually penetrates the secret organization and must confront them.

Runtime:

98 min

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Cast:

Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joel Grey, Ian Holm

6.9

N/A

46

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All Quiet on the Western Front

(1979)

Drama, TV Movie, War

At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of figh...

Runtime:

150 min

Director:

Delbert Mann

Cast:

Richard Thomas, Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm

7.1

100%

N/A

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Strangers with Candy

(2006)

Comedy

A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

Paul Dinello

Cast:

Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Philip Seymour Hoffman

6.0

51%

57

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Night Falls on Manhattan

(1996)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Runtime:

113 min

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Cast:

Andy García, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini, Lena Olin, Shiek Mahmud-Bey

6.6

68%

58

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Mary, Queen of Scots

(1971)

Drama, History

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threa...

Runtime:

128 min

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Cast:

Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Davenport

7.5

N/A

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Animal Farm

(1999)

Comedy, Drama, Family

An animated film from 1999 based on the famous novel by George Orwell. Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.

Runtime:

91 min

Director:

John Stephenson

Cast:

Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond, Pete Postlethwaite

6.0

40%

N/A

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Bless the Child

(2000)

Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI age...

Runtime:

107 min

Director:

Chuck Russell

Cast:

Kim Basinger, Angela Bettis, Holliston Coleman, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci

5.1

3%

17

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Juggernaut

(1974)

Action, Crime, Thriller

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.

Runtime:

109 min

Director:

Richard Lester

Cast:

Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight

6.6

N/A

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Oh! What a Lovely War

(1969)

Comedy, Music, War

Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (...

Runtime:

138 min

Director:

Richard Attenborough

Cast:

Laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith, John Mills, Corin Redgrave

7.1

79%

N/A

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March or Die

(1977)

Adventure, Drama, War

Just after World War I, Major Foster is incorporating new recruits into his French Foreign Legion platoon when he is sent to his former remote outpost located in the French Morocco to protect an archaeological excavation from El Krim, a Rifian leader who intends to unite all local tribes to fight the colonial government…

Runtime:

107 min

Director:

Dick Richards

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve, Ian Holm

6.3

N/A

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The Man in the Iron Mask

(1977)

Adventure, History

The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe's rescue by the aging Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan.

Runtime:

100 min

Director:

Mike Newell

Cast:

Richard Chamberlain, Richard Chamberlain, Jenny Agutter, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan

6.7

N/A

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