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Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 - June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, strong voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.

Christopher Lee Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	7,095
2.	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	3,658
3.	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	3,512
4.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2,551
5.	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2,521
6.	The Last Unicorn	414
7.	1941	80
8.	Night Train to Lisbon	71
9.	Alice in Wonderland	48
10.	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	41
11.	Sleepy Hollow	32
12.	Corpse Bride	25
13.	Dark Shadows	22
14.	The Wicker Man	22
15.	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	21
16.	Hugo	21
17.	The Golden Compass	18
18.	Police Academy: Mission to Moscow	5
19.	Season of the Witch	4
20.	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	3
21.	The Man with the Golden Gun	3
22.	Julius Caesar	1
23.	The Hound of the Baskervilles	0

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Movie | United States | 12/19/2001 | Fantasy | Wizards

8.9/10

91%

95,098

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Movie | United States | 07/09/2005 | Fantasy | Fantasy Adventure

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

6.7/10

83%

17,263

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Movie | United States | 11/26/2012 | Fantasy | Wizards

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.

7.8/10

64%

59,250

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Movie | United States | 12/01/2003 | Fantasy | Wizards

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 bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

9.0/10

93%

42,517

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Movie | United States | 12/18/2002 | Fantasy | Wizards

Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

8.8/10

95%

48,538

The Last Unicorn

Movie | United States | 11/19/1982 | Animation | For Older Kids

7.5/10

63%

1,229

1941

Movie | United States | 12/13/1979 | Comedy

5.9/10

40%

650

Night Train to Lisbon

Movie | Germany | 03/07/2013 | Crime

Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes. His voyage is one that transcends time and space, delving into the realms of history, medicine and love, all in search of true meaning to his life.

6.8/10

44%

111

Alice in Wonderland

Movie | United States | 03/03/2010 | Fantasy | Fantasy Adventure

Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called 'Underland,' she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason – to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.

6.4/10

51%

1,601

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Movie | United States | 05/19/2005 | Science Fiction | Space opera

Years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights lead a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side of the Force to become the Emperor's new apprentice -- Darth Vader. The Jedi are decimated, as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda are forced into hiding. The only hope for the galaxy are Anakin's own offspring -- the twin children born in secrecy who will grow up to become heroes.

7.6/10

79%

1,304

Sleepy Hollow

Movie | United States | 11/18/1999 | Horror | Witch

New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.

7.3/10

70%

413

Corpse Bride

Movie | United States | 09/15/2005 | Animation | For Older Kids

Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.

7.4/10

84%

4,459

Dark Shadows

Movie | United States | 05/11/2012 | Fantasy | Witch

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

6.2/10

35%

1,240

The Wicker Man

Movie | United Kingdom | 12/01/1973 | Horror | Psychological horror

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.

7.6/10

90%

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Movie | United States | 05/15/2002 | Science Fiction | Space opera

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.

6.6/10

65%

1,412

Hugo

Movie | United States | 11/23/2011 | Drama | Magical Realism

Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesnt work without a special key which Hugo needs to find to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets with a shopkeeper, George Melies, who works in the train station and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past.

7.5/10

93%

278

The Golden Compass

Movie | United States | 12/07/2007 | Fantasy | Wizards

After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that its part of her destiny.

6.1/10

43%

207

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

Movie | United States | 06/09/1994 | Comedy | Buddies

The Russians need help in dealing with the Mafia and so they seek help with the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is playing.

3.2/10

Season of the Witch

Movie | United States | 01/07/2011 | Fantasy | Witch

A 14th century Crusader (Cage) returns with his comrade (Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch (Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

5.4/10

11%

140

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Movie | United States | 06/15/1990 | Horror | Horror Comedy

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

6.4/10

71%

The Man with the Golden Gun

Movie | United Kingdom | 12/01/1974 | Action | Spies

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hit man so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland), and together they track Scaramanga to a tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.

6.8/10

45%

387

Julius Caesar

Movie | 06/04/1970

All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between the faction led by the assassins and the faction led by Mark Anthony.

40%

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Movie | United Kingdom | 05/04/1959 | Documentary

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

7.0/10

94%

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