96 Ben Kingsley Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

Based on the true story of German industrialist Oskar Schindler, this Academy Award-winning film depicts his arrival in German-occupied Poland during World War II to make a fortune from his factories, which he staffs with cheap Jewish laborers. However, upon witnessing Nazi brutality, he provides shelter to hundreds of his workers, saving them from the Holocaust.

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, who has personal reasons to investigate Ashecliffe Hospital, an institution for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, is assigned the case of a strange disappearance of a woman from a locked room. As he digs deeper into the sinister operations of the asylum, he begins to lose his grasp of reality.

Based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the movie begins in South Africa when a young Gandhi is thrown out of the train for travelling in the first class compartment despite having tickets for it. He begins a nonviolent protest campaign and later uses it in India’s fight for independence. 

Slevin Kelevra visits his friend, Nick, in New York and finds himself in a big mess. His friend is missing, he is kidnapped twice and asked to repay huge sum of money that Nick owes to two crime bosses and is even asked to murder someone. Under watch from a notorious assassin and a detective, Slevin has to quickly find a solution.

During a trip to a beach, a teacher tells an 11 year old boy about the ‘sacred mysteries of sex’, as he is approaching puberty. Soon, he is surprised when he finds out that Clive, a fellow student, is attracted to him.

Hugo, an orphan boy, sneakily maintains the clocks of the Paris train station he lives in while his uncle is mysteriously missing. He often steals toy parts from bitter store owner Georges to repair an automaton found by his late father, but it can only be activated with a special key in possession of Georges' goddaughter Isabelle.

Kathy Nicolo, a neglected woman and reformed drug-addict, loses the California coast house inherited from her father, to government over misunderstanding about unpaid taxes. Iranian immigrant Behrani purchases it in an auction to better his family’s future. Kathy, with the help of Officer Lester, makes life difficult for the Iranian family to get back her house. Where will this clash lead to?

Josh is a regular kid, who likes playing football. However, his father notices that he is quite good at chess. Therefore, he starts encouraging his son, and helps him in developing his tactics.

The movie is based on the true story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's legendary daredevil walks on a tightrope suspended between the two towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974.  

Death and the Maiden is a mystery drama film which revolves around a woman named Paulina, a political activist, who suspects that her house guest is the very same man who had kidnapped, raped as well as tortured her.  She decides to hold him captive and make him confess that he was the one who committed the crimes.  

Gal is a retired gangster who has decided to leave his criminal life behind. However, his former boss returns and threatens him and forces him to carry out one last heist. Gal is forced to listen to him, in order to protect the woman whom he loves.

The seventh film in the Iron Man film series, Iron Man Three sees Tony Stark suffering from stress, anxiety and insomnia after the battle of New York. Soon, he finds himself pitted against a powerful and mysterious foe, Mandarin. When his close ones get attacked, Tony goes after those responsible and in process discovers that an event from past is connected to the present. 

Martin Bishop, who runs a company that tests security systems, is blackmailed by government agents into getting a black box from its inventor. Bishop’s ex-girlfriend and his team of experts, who retrieve the device, discover that it can decode any encryption code. As Bishop realizes that those men were criminals and not government officers, they incriminate him in the murder of the inventor.

Viola is separated from her twin brother Sebastian in a shipwreck. She believes him to be dead, and after disguising herself as a boy, she begins to work for Duke Orsino, with whom she has fallen in love. However, the Duke loves another woman named Olivia, but Olivia falls madly for Viola, without knowing that she is actually a girl. However, none of these characters are aware of the fact that they are being manipulated by Sir Toby, Olivia’s uncle.

In the summer of 1994 in New York City, a lonely teenager named Luke spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout the city. He is also seeing a therapist Dr Squires, due to his self-esteem issues, but the doctor has problems of his own as well.

Based on the famous characters by Arthur Conan Doyle, this film is a Sherlock Holmes story with a difference. Dr Watson is shown as the ace detective, and he has been using an actor to play the role of Holmes in order to protect his role as a physician.

Dave is a political comedy film, which revolves around the life of Dave Kovic, a man who bears an uncanny resemblance with the President of the United States, Bill Mitchell. When Mitchell suffers a stroke, Dave is hired by the Secret Service to impersonate the President on an ongoing basis. 

In 1899, Oxford graduate Dr. Edward Newgate joins Stonehearst Asylum for apprenticeship. He is smitten by a stately-looking lady patient Eliza Graves. But Newgate feels that asylum superintendent Dr. Silas Lamb’s treatment methods are quite unorthodox and strange. Then one night as he follows an abnormal sound, he is shocked to discover that at the asylum, nothing is as it seems to be. 

Based on the popular novel of the same name by Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist tells the story of an orphan who meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. He soon becomes part of a household of boys who are trained to steal for their eccentric master.

This biographical crime drama film revolves around Bugsy Siegel, a notorious gangster, who moves to Hollywood and gets involved with a film star. He soon starts gambling and comes up with the idea of developing a gambling haven in Las Vegas.   

Fifty Dead Men Walking is a crime drama thriller film which tells the story of a man named Martin McGartland, who joins the Irish Republican Army, as a spy. His main task is to keep the British police informed about their various planned attacks. However, things get ugly when Martin’s identity is revealed.  

Lieutenant Commander Annibel Ramirez of the US Navy is captured and interrogated by the Mossad, but shortly after they realize that it was a case of mistaken identity because Ramirez resembles Carlos the Jackal, one of the most wanted and deadliest terrorists in the world. Eventually Ramirez is recruited on a covert CIA-Mossad operation in order to stop Carlos and bring him down.  

Elegy is a romantic drama film which tells the story of an elderly professor who starts dating a beautiful graduate student. He soon sees that he is becoming quite jealous and possessive due to their relationship.  

An adaptation of the video game of the same name, the movie sees an adopted Persian prince Dastan and Alamut princess Tamina fight to protect a sacred dagger from falling into villainous hands. The dagger gives its possessor the power to travel back in time as well as destroy the world.

After being attacked by an alien race, humans have set up an advanced military academy in outer space where gifted children are trained to prepare for a future alien invasion. One extraordinary student's wits are challenged in particular.

Completing missionary work in China, American couple Roy and Jessie take trans-Siberian express to Moscow and befriend fellow-travelers Carlos and Abby. Soon, Jessie realizes that things may not be as they appear. As their train travel turns into a journey involving deception, murder, and drug-dealers, a Russian narcotics detective, who is too astute to miss a thing, makes the matters more difficult. 

Winnie Foster is a teen girl who is not happy with her family. While wandering the woods near her home, she meets a young man named Jesse Tuck, with whom she falls in love. His family is also very kind and generous who take her in as one of their own. However, there is more to than what meets the eye.

The Red Sea Diving Resort is a historical drama thriller film which revolves around a deserted retreat in Sudan, which was used to smuggle refugees to Israel, by several international agents.

Fifteen years after World War II had ended, a team of Israeli agents travel to Argentina, to track down and capture a former Nazi officer named Adolf Eichmann, who is known for his involvement in the holocaust. They try to sneak him out of the country, but it seems the job will not be easy as they expected.   

 A billionaire, diagnosed with terminal cancer, undergoes a radical medical procedure, which transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. He is told that the body is artificially grown and that he must take his medicines regularly in order to prevent hallucination. Mystery begins to deepen when one day he forgets to take his medicine and hallucinate about a woman and child. 

Admiral-General Haffaz Aladeen, the universally-hated despotic ruler of the fictional oil-rich nation Wadiya, goes to New York to address concerns about the country's nuclear program at UN Security Council. The dictator flees from an assassination attempt, but with his iconic beard shaved, he struggles to survive in a community built by people he had ordered to be executed.

Col. Terry Childers is a Marine veteran and a hero. A decorated officer and a patriot, he is now being court martialled for opening fire on what is claimed to be peaceful demonstration in front of the US Embassy in Yemen. To defend him, he chooses an old comrade-in-arms, whom he had saved years ago during the Vietnam War. 

In 1914, strong-willed American nurse Lillie Rowe travels to the Ottoman Empire to work for Dr. Jude’s medical mission. She falls in love with Ottoman Imperial Army’s Lieutenant Ismail, who is assigned to escort her to the mission. With the nations on the brink of WWI, she feels torn between her loyalty to the mission and her love for their perceived enemy. 

You Kill Me is an American romantic crime comedy thriller which revolves around a hitman working for an Irish mob family. After he messes up an important job, he is sent to San Francisco. However, when another gang threatens his family, he comes home with his girlfriend, who proves to be a great partner.

The film is the final installment of a trilogy based on Night at the Museum. The story focuses on Larry Daley, a night guard at American Museum of Natural History, where all the artifacts come to life at night and describes his travel to London in the company of Teddy Roosevelt, Sacagewea, Jedediah, Octavius, Dexter, Attila the Hun in order to save the tablet of Ahkmenrah from losing its magic.  

Ramesses is the real son of the Pharaoh of Egypt, Seti while Moses is his adopted son. When Seti dies, Ramesses becomes the new Pharaoh and learn of Moses Hebrew origin. Moses is banished but, on God’s will soon becomes the leader of Jews and takes up a difficult task of leading six-hundred-thousand of them across the Red Sea.

War Machine is a war drama comedy film, revolving around a successful, charismatic four-star general, Glenn McMahon, who has to confront opposition from enemies, allies and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuilding operation in Afghanistan.   

Dennis Stock is a photographer who is assigned to shoot photos of upcoming Hollywood star James Dean. The two develop an unlikely bond, as they travel across the US.

An alien transmission containing information about an alien DNA is intercepted by a team of scientists led by Xavier Fitch. Using it they create Sil, a woman-alien hybrid. But when Sil starts growing up at a rapid rate and escapes to find a suitable mate, by any means necessary, the government tries to stop her.

Suspect Zero is a psychological thriller film which revolves around FBI agent Thomas Mackelway, who is transferred to Albuquerque, in New Mexico, as he had mishandled the arrest of a serial killer. He is assigned to investigate the murder of a salesman, but soon it seems that he was a serial killer himself. As more people get killed, Thomas suspects that there might be more to the killer than what meets the eye.

Security is an action thriller film which tells the story of Eddie, a former marine captain, who takes up a job as a security guard at a run-down mall. When a little girl is targeted by a group of henchmen working for a psychopathic hijacker, it is up to Eddie to protect her.

Casey Stein agrees to hijack a shipment of cocaine for his old boss, as he is in need of money to pay for his girlfriend’s transplant. He is unaware that the shipment belongs to the most powerful drug kingpin in Germany. When he finds out about the hijack, he sends his men after Stein.

This science fiction comedy film tells the story of Harold, an extraterrestrial, whose planet plans to take over Earth. He is sent on a mission to earth as a human clone, with the goal to impregnate a human being and take the child back to his planet. However, things get complicated when Harold ends up falling in love.

An American private corporation takes over a war-torn nation and hires a hitman to kill a local politician. The hitman is supposed to pose as the corporation’s trade show representative who must organize the wedding of a Middle Eastern pop star, which will allow him the opportunity to kill his target.  

The Last Legion is an action war adventure film which tells the story of Romulus Augustus, soon-to-be king of the Roman Empire. After the Roman Empire starts to crumble, Romulus embarks on a dangerous mission to Britain to find a legion of supporters.   

A sociopath named Dylan escapes from prison to attend his brother Sean’s funeral at an island, after learning about the latter’s death. Once there, he tries to deal with his mental health issues, while also investigating his brother’s death. Meanwhile, a determined FBI agent is on his trail. 

This science fiction adventure thriller film takes us to 2055, where there is a ‘Time Safari’, run by Charles Hatton, which allows game hunters to travel back in time to hunt and kill dinosaurs. However, soon Charles realizes that this is leading to ‘time waves’, which may cause problems.

This action adventure comedy film tells the story of a young boy named Alan, who is studying at a boarding school and dreams of becoming a pilot. When his entire family is made prisoner by an evil mastermind, it is up to young Alan to save the day.

The Love Guru is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of an American who has been brought up by gurus in India, as he tries to become the world’s top love guru, after he returns to the US. His first challenge is to help a professional hockey player who is going through romantic troubles, as his wife left him for a rival athlete. 

Rayne, who is half-human and half-vampire, escapes from the freak show, in which she once took part. She eventually teams up with a team of vampire slayers to kill the man who raped her mother. 

After the fearsome tiger Shere Khan learns about his existence, Mowgli—a young human child raised by a pack of wolves—is reluctantly convinced to leave the jungle escorted by his mentor Bagheera, a black panther, and Baloo, a high-spirited bear. Along the way, he learns about his past and meets several other animals, both benign and gruesome.

David Swinton is a mecha—highly advanced robot—programmed to experience love. He lives with Henry and Monica as their son because the couple’s real son, Martin, is in a comatose condition. David’s life is good but when Martin returns, the couple abandon him. David now wants to become real so that his human mother can love him.

Rick is a successful screenwriter living in Los Angeles, California, but his life is filled with emptiness. He searches for love and for himself via a series of adventures with six different women.

Orphaned human boy Eggs is brought up by the Boxtrolls, a trash-collecting community of quirky creatures residing in caverns beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. But the wicked exterminator, Archibald Snatcher, is out to destroy the Boxtrolls. Eggs comes above the cavernous home and meets spirited Winnie who readily helps with a plan to save Boxtrolls. But their lives, too, are at risk.