| # | Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1 | 1948 | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles | |
| 2 | 1948 | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | |
| 3 | 1948 | Hamlet | Spear Carrier | Uncredited |
| 4 | 1948 | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair | |
| 5 | 1948 | A Song for Tomorrow | Auguste | |
| 6 | 1948 | My Brother's Keeper | Second Constable | Deleted scenes |
| 7 | 1948 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Bit Part | Uncredited |
| 8 | 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | |
| 9 | 1949 | Trottie True | Bongo | |
| 10 | 1950 | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | |
| 11 | 1950 | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | |
| 12 | 1951 | Valley of Eagles | Det. Holt | |
| 13 | 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Spanish Captain | |
| 14 | 1951 | Quo Vadis | Chariot Driver | Uncredited[1] |
| 15 | 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph (attache) | |
| 16 | 1952 | Top Secret | Russian Agent | Uncredited |
| 17 | 1952 | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | |
| 18 | 1952 | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | |
| 19 | 1952 | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat | |
| 20 | 1953 | Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Voice | Uncredited |
| 21 | 1953 | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | Uncredited |
| 22 | 1954 | Destination Milan | Svenson | |
| 23 | 1955 | Man in Demand | | |
| 24 | 1955 | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper | |
| 25 | 1955 | Final Column | | |
| 26 | 1955 | That Lady | Captain | |
| 27 | 1955 | Police Dog | Johnny, a constable | |
| 28 | 1955 | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern | Uncredited |
| 29 | 1955 | The Cockleshell Heroes | Lt Cdr Dick Raikes RN (Submarine Commander) | |
| 30 | 1955 | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | |
| 31 | 1956 | Alias John Preston | John Preston | |
| 32 | 1956 | Private's Progress | Gen. von Linbeck's aide | Uncredited |
| 33 | 1956 | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | |
| 34 | 1956 | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | |
| 35 | 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | |
| 36 | 1957 | Ill Met by Moonlight | German Officer at Dentists | |
| 37 | 1957 | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | |
| 38 | 1957 | The Traitor | Dr. Neumann | |
| 39 | 1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | |
| 40 | 1957 | Manuela | Voice | Uncredited |
| 41 | 1957 | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | |
| 42 | 1957 | The Truth About Women | François | |
| 43 | 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | |
| 44 | 1958 | Dracula | Count Dracula | Alternative title: Horror of Dracula |
| 45 | 1958 | Battle of the V-1 | Labor Camp Captain, Men's Section | |
| 46 | 1958 | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | |
| 47 | 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | |
| 48 | 1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerard | |
| 49 | 1959 | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | |
| 50 | 1959 | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy | |
| 51 | 1959 | Uncle Was a Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | |
| 52 | 1960 | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | |
| 53 | 1960 | Beat Girl | Kenny | |
| 54 | 1960 | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | Alternative title: Horror Hotel |
| 55 | 1960 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | |
| 56 | 1960 | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | |
| 57 | 1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | |
| 58 | 1961 | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | |
| 59 | 1961 | The Devil's Daffodil | Ling Chu | |
| 60 | 1961 | Ercole al centro della terra | King Lico (Licos) | Alternative title: Hercules in the Haunted World |
| 61 | 1962 | Stranglehold | | |
| 62 | 1962 | The Puzzle of the Red Orchid | Captain Allerman | |
| 63 | 1962 | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | |
| 64 | 1962 | The Devil's Agent | Baron von Staub | |
| 65 | 1962 | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 66 | 1963 | Katarsis | Mephistoles | |
| 67 | 1963 | The Virgin of Nuremberg | Erich | Alternative titles: Castle of Terror and La vergine di Norimberga |
| 68 | 1963 | La frusta e il corpo | Kurt Menliff | Alternative titles: The Whip and the Body and Night Is the Phantom |
| 69 | 1964 | Il castello dei morti vivi | Count Drago | Alternative title: Castle of the Living Dead |
| 70 | 1964 | Terror in the Crypt | Count Ludwig Karnstein | Alternative titles: Crypt of the Vampire and Crypt of Horror |
| 71 | 1964 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | |
| 72 | 1964 | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | |
| 73 | 1965 | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | |
| 74 | 1965 | She | Billali | |
| 75 | 1965 | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | |
| 76 | 1965 | Ten Little Indians | Voice of "Mr. Owen" | Uncredited |
| 77 | 1965 | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu / Lee Tao | |
| 78 | 1966 | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | |
| 79 | 1966 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | |
| 80 | 1966 | Rasputin, the Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | |
| 81 | 1966 | Circus of Fear | Gregor | Alternative title: Psycho Circus |
| 82 | 1966 | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | |
| 83 | 1967 | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | |
| 84 | 1967 | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | |
| 85 | 1967 | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #4 | |
| 86 | 1967 | The Blood Demon | Count Frederic Regula, Graf von Andomai | Alternative title: The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism and Castle of the Walking Dead |
| 87 | 1968 | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Morley | |
| 88 | 1968 | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | Alternative title: The Devil's Bride |
| 89 | 1968 | Eve | Colonel Stuart | Alternative title: The Face of Eve |
| 90 | 1968 | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | |
| 91 | 1968 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Count Dracula | |
| 92 | 1969 | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | |
| 93 | 1969 | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhart | |
| 94 | 1969 | The Magic Christian | Ship's vampire | |
| 95 | 1970 | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | |
| 96 | 1970 | Umbracle | The Man | |
| 97 | 1970 | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | Alternative title: Night of the Blood Monster |
| 98 | 1970 | Count Dracula | Count Dracula | |
| 99 | 1970 | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Count Dracula | |
| 100 | 1970 | One More Time | Count Dracula | |
| 101 | 1970 | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus | |
| 102 | 1970 | Eugenie | Dolmance | Alternative title: Eugenie - The Story of Her Journey into Perversion |
| 103 | 1970 | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | |
| 104 | 1970 | Scars of Dracula | Count Dracula | |
| 105 | 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid | Segment: "Sweets to the Sweet" |
| 105 | 1971 | Cuadecuc, vampir | Count Dracula/Himself | |
| 106 | 1971 | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe/Edward Blake | |
| 107 | 1971 | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | |
| 108 | 1972 | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | Alternative title: Raw Meat |
| 109 | 1972 | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | |
| 110 | 1972 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula | |
| 111 | 1973 | Dark Places | Dr. Mandeville | |
| 112 | 1973 | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | |
| 113 | 1973 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | |
| 114 | 1973 | Horror Express | Sir Alexander Saxton | |
| 115 | 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | |
| 116 | 1973 | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | Lee considered The Wicker Man his best film.[1] |
| 117 | 1974 | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | |
| 118 | 1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | |
| 119 | 1975 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Stephen Hayward | |
| 120 | 1975 | Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline | Van Krig/Himself | |
| 121 | 1976 | The Keeper | The Keeper | |
| 122 | 1976 | Killer Force | Major Chilton | Alternative title: The Diamond Mercenaries |
| 123 | 1976 | To the Devil, A Daughter | Father Michael Rayner | |
| 124 | 1976 | Dracula père et fils | Prince of Darkness | Alternative title: Dracula and Son |
| 125 | 1976 | Albino | Bill | Alternative titles: Whispering Death and Death in the Sun |
| 126 | 1977 | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | |
| 127 | 1977 | Meatcleaver Massacre | On-screen narrator | Alternative titles: Evil Force and Revenge of the Dead |
| 128 | 1977 | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar | |
| 129 | 1977 | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | |
| 130 | 1978 | Return from Witch Mountain | Dr. Victor Gannon | |
| 131 | 1978 | Caravans | Sardar Khan | |
| 132 | 1978 | Circle of Iron | Zetan | Alternative title: The Silent Flute |
| 133 | 1979 | The Passage | Gypsy | |
| 134 | 1979 | Arabian Adventure | Alquazar | |
| 135 | 1979 | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle Drosselmeyer / Street Singer / Watchmaker | Voice |
| 136 | 1979 | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | |
| 137 | 1979 | Bear Island | Lechinski | |
| 138 | 1979 | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | |
| 139 | 1979 | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel | |
| 140 | 1980 | Serial | Luckman Skull | |
| 141 | 1981 | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence | |
| 142 | 1981 | Desperate Moves | Dr. Carl Boxer | |
| 143 | 1981 | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | |
| 144 | 1982 | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | |
| 145 | 1982 | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard | Voice; also in German language version |
| 146 | 1983 | New Magic | Mr. Kellar | |
| 147 | 1983 | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | |
| 148 | 1983 | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | |
| 149 | 1984 | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Mr. Clifford King | |
| 150 | 1985 | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | |
| 151 | 1985 | Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf | Stefan Crosscoe | |
| 152 | 1986 | The Girl | Peter Storm | |
| 153 | 1987 | Jocks | President White | |
| 154 | 1987 | Mio min Mio | Kato | |
| 155 | 1988 | Dark Mission | Luis Morel | |
| 156 | 1989 | Murder Story | Willard Hope | |
| 157 | 1989 | La chute des aigles | Walter Strauss | |
| 158 | 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | |
| 159 | 1990 | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | |
| 160 | 1990 | L'avaro | Cardinale Spinosi | |
| 161 | 1990 | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | |
| 162 | 1990 | Panga | - | |
| 163 | 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | |
| 164 | 1991 | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Doctor Pearson | |
| 165 | 1992 | Jackpot | Cedric | |
| 166 | 1992 | Kabuto | King Philip | |
| 167 | 1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Narrator | |
| 168 | 1994 | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Cmndt. Alexandrei Nikolaivich Rakov | |
| 169 | 1994 | Funny Man | Callum Chance | |
| 170 | 1994 | Flesh and Blood | Narrator/Self | Last collaboration with Peter Cushing |
| 171 | 1995 | A Feast at Midnight | V. E. Longfellow, a.k.a. Raptor | |
| 172 | 1996 | Welcome to the Discworld | Death | |
| 173 | 1996 | The Stupids | Evil Sender | |
| 174 | 1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | |
| 175 | 1998 | Jinnah | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | Lee considered this to be his favourite role/most significant[2] |
| 176 | 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | |
| 177 | 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | |
| 178 | 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | |
| 179 | 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | |
| 180 | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saruman | Extended Edition only |
| 181 | 2004 | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Heinrich von Garten | |
| 182 | 2005 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | |
| 183 | 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | |
| 184 | 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wilbur Wonka | |
| 185 | 2005 | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells | Voice |
| 186 | 2007 | The Golden Compass | First High Councillor | |
| 187 | 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | Voice |
| 188 | 2009 | Boogie Woogie | Alfred Rhinegold | |
| 189 | 2009 | Triage | Joaquín Morales | |
| 190 | 2009 | Glorious 39 | Walter | |
| 191 | 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Jabberwocky | Voice |
| 192 | 2010 | Burke & Hare | Joseph | |
| 193 | 2010 | The Heavy | Mr. Mason | |
| 194 | 2011 | Season of the Witch | Cardinal D’Ambroise | |
| 195 | 2011 | The Resident | August | |
| 196 | 2011 | The Wicker Tree | Old Gentleman | |
| 197 | 2011 | Grave Tales | Himself | Original version only |
| 198 | 2011 | Hugo | Monsieur Labisse | |
| 199 | 2012 | Dark Shadows | Silas Clarney | |
| 200 | 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman | |
| 201 | 2013 | Extraordinary Tales | Narrator | Voice |
| 202 | 2013 | Night Train to Lisbon | Father Bartolomeu | |
| 203 | 2013 | Necessary Evil | Narrator | Voice |
| 204 | 2013 | The Girl from Nagasaki | Old Officer Pinkerton | |
| 205 | 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman | |
| 206 | 2015 | Angels in Notting Hill | God/Mr. President | Voice |
| 207 | 2016 | The Hunting of the Snark | Narrator | Voice |
| 208 | 2017 | The Time War | Narrator | Voice |
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