| APTPUPIL | 1998 Stephen King adaptation starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro (3,5) |
| MISERY | 1991 Stephen King adaptation starring James Caan and an Oscar-winning Kathy Bates (6) |
| KATHYBATES | Starred in the Stephen King adaptations Misery and Dolores Claiborne (5,5) |
| HORRORFILM | King adaptation |
| THEGOODLIAR | 2019 crime thriller film starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren |
| NOMANSLAND | Harold Pinter's play with a West End run by Sean Mathias starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart (2,4,4) |
| SEMATARY | Pet ___ 1983 novel by Stephen King with a film adaptation starring Jason Clarke |
| STRICTLY | 2001 film drama starring Ian Hart and Kelly Macdonald written and directed by Peter Capaldi (8,7) |
| CHARIOTS | and 5: 1981 film starring Ian Charleson (8,2,4) |
| DISRAELI | 1978 series starring Ian McShane as a British Prime Minister (8) |
| SEABEAST | 1926 "Moby-Dick" adaptation starring John Barrymore, with "The" |
| MOBYDICK | 2010 literary adaptation starring Barry Bostwick as Captain Ahab (4,4) |
| JANEEYRE | 2011 book adaptation starring Mia Wasikowska (4,4) |
| DEADWOOD | Western starring Ian McShane |
| RICHARDII | King played by Ian McKellen and Fiona Shaw |
| SIR | Title for Ian McKellen and Ian Holm |
| SCANDAL | 1989 film based on the Profumo affair of 1963, starring Ian McKellen, John Hurt and Joanne Whalley (7) |
| THECRITIC | 2023 British film written by Patrick Marber and starring Ian McKellen in the title role (3,6) |
| HOLMES | Mr ___, 2015 film starring Ian McKellen (6) |
| MAGNETO | Mutant villain played by Sir Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender in X-Men films (7) |
