Best Ian Holm Movies, Ranked
Ian Holm's best films, ranked by the people who watched them rather than by box office. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King leads at 8.5, with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Alien close behind. The list runs from 1976 to 2024 and covers the roles actually worth seeking out.
30 titles · average score 7.1 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
★ 8.5 · 27,098 ratingsAs armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the…
- 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
★ 8.4 · 28,106 ratingsYoung 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…
- 3
Alien (1979)
★ 8.2 · 16,675 ratingsDuring 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…
- 4
Ratatouille (2007)
★ 7.8 · 18,786 ratingsRemy, a rat, possesses a palate far more refined than that of his fellow comrades. He aspires to become a chef, one who creates rather than scavenges. When fate leads him beneath one of Paris's finest restaurants, he…
- 5
Brazil (1985)
★ 7.7 · 3,785 ratingsLow-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…
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How this list is ranked
Ranked by average audience score across Ian Holm's screen credits, with anything under 150 ratings filtered out so a single obscure short can't outrank a career-defining film. Updated daily from TMDB.
Frequently asked questions
What is Ian Holm's best movie?
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), rated 8.5 by 27K viewers — the highest-scoring film they appear in. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Alien come next.
How many Ian Holm movies are listed here?
30, spanning 1976 to 2024. Credits with fewer than 150 ratings are left out so the ranking is not skewed by obscure or uncredited work.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.