Best Ian McDiarmid movies
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TOP 14: Annie: A Royal Adventure
Ian McDiarmid as: Dr. Eli Eon
Genre: Music, Family
Release: 1995
Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Oliver Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led by an evil noblewoman who plans to blow up Buckingham Palace so she can become Queen and claim the throne for herself! And now it is up to Annie and her friends to stop her!
TOP 13: The Awakening
Ian McDiarmid as: Dr. Richter
Genre: Horror
Release: 1980
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
TOP 12: The Lost City of Z
Ian McDiarmid as: Sir George Goldie
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Action
Release: 2016
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization in the Amazon and disappeared whilst searching for it.
TOP 11: Gorky Park
Ian McDiarmid as: Prof. Andreev
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1983
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.
TOP 10: Dragonslayer
Ian McDiarmid as: Brother Jacopus
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Release: 1981
The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon in order to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed in accordance to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom. A fantasy film from Disney Studios that exhausted all possible visual effects of the time.
TOP 9: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Ian McDiarmid as: Senator Palpatine
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 1999
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
TOP 8: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Ian McDiarmid as: Emperor Palpatine
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2019
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
TOP 7: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Ian McDiarmid as: Chancellor Palpatine
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2002
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.
TOP 6: Restoration
Ian McDiarmid as: Ambrose
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1995
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
TOP 5: Sleepy Hollow
Ian McDiarmid as: Dr. Lancaster
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1999
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.
TOP 4: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Ian McDiarmid as: Arthur
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 1988
Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can be the first to swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000.
TOP 3: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Ian McDiarmid as: Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2005
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
TOP 2: Return of the Jedi
Ian McDiarmid as: The Emperor
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 1983
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
TOP 1: The Empire Strikes Back
Ian McDiarmid as: The Emperor
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 1980
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.