1970
Edward II
1972
Country Matters
Ian McKellen in Country Matters
(with Marilyn Tylerson)
1978
Three Sisters
1978
Twelfth Night

 (with Roger Rees & Bob Peck)
1979
Macbeth

(with Judi Dench)
1979
Priest of Love
Ian McKellen in Priest of Love
(with Ava Gardner and Janet Suzman)
1982
Acting Shakespeare
1982
The Scarlet Pimpernel

(with Jane Seymour)
1982
Loving Walter
Ian McKellen in Loving Walter
1985
Zina
Ian McKellen in Zina
1986
Plenty

(with Meryl Streep)
1989
Countdown to War
1990
Othello
Ian McKellen in Othello
(with Imogen Stubbs and Zoë Wannamaker)
1992
The Ballad of Little Jo
(with Suzie Amis)
1993
And the Band Played On
Ian McKellen in And The Band Played On
(with Matthew Modine and Richard Jenkins)
1993
Six Degrees of Separation
Ian McKellen in Six Degrees of Separation
(with Stockard Channing, Will Smith, and Donald Sutherland)
1993
Mr Shaw's Missing Millions

 (with Michael Holroyd)
1994
Cold Comfort Farm
(with Kate Beckinsale)
1994
The Shadow
(with Tim Curry)
1996
Rasputin

(with Alan Rickman)
1996
Richard III

(with Annette Bening)
1997
Swept From The Sea
(with Tom Bell)
1997
Bent
(with Clive Owen)
1998
Apt Pupil

(with David Schwimmer and Brad Renfro)
1998
Gods and Monsters

(with Brendan Fraser)
1999
David Copperfield

(with Daniel Radcliffe)
2000
X-Men
Ian McKellen in X-MEN
(with Rebecca Romijn and Bruce Davison)
2004
Asylum
(with Natasha Richardson)