Actor
- Gambit (2010) .... Shabandar
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) .... Nizam
- Shutter Island (2010) .... Dr. John Cawley
- Fifty Dead Men Walking (2009) .... Fergus
- 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Actor
- Transsiberian (2008) .... Grinko
- War, Inc. (2008) .... Walken / The Viceroy
- The Wackness (2008) .... Dr. Jeffrey Squires
- The Love Guru (2008) .... Guru Tugginmypudha
- Elegy (2008) .... David Kepesh
- Noah's Ark: The New Beginning (2008) .... Narrator
- Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2007) ....
- Happy Birthday BAFTA (2007) ....
- The Ten Commandments (2007) .... Narrator (voice)
- China's Stolen Children (2007) .... Narrator
- The Last Legion (2007) .... Ambrosinus / Merlin
- The New 7 Wonders of the World (2007) .... Himself - Host
- You Kill Me (2007) .... Frank
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Greatest Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) .... Himself
- Mrs. Harris (2007) .... Herman Tarnower
- I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (Have Never Forgotten You, I) (2007) .... Himself
- Making 'Cleaver' (2007) .... Himself (archive footage)
- British Film Forever Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses: The Story of British Costume Drama (2007) .... Himself (archive footage)
- 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) .... Himself (as Sir Ben Kingsley)
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006) .... Himself (as Sir Ben Kingsley)
- Lucky Number Slevin (2006) .... The Rabbi (as Sir Ben Kingsley)
- BloodRayne (2006) .... Kagan
- The Last Legion (2006) ....
- Oliver Twist (2005) .... Fagin
- A Sound of Thunder (2005) .... Charles Hatton (as Sir Ben Kingsley)
- The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) .... Himself
- Suspect Zero (2004) .... Benjamin O'Ryan
- Thunderbirds (2004) .... The Hood
- Spooky House (2004) .... The Great Zamboni
- Film '72 Episode dated 24 February 2004 (2004) .... Himself
- House of Sand and Fog (2003) .... Behrani
- 75 Years of the Academy Awards: An Unofficial History (2003) .... Himself / interviewee
- Unlikely Heroes (2003) .... Narrator
- From Hollywood to Borehamwood (2003) .... Himself
- Tuck Everlasting (2002) .... Man in the Yellow Suit
- The Triumph of Love (2002) .... Hermocrates
- Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) .... Specialist (voice)
- Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) .... Otto Frank
- Sexy Beast (2001) .... Don Logan
- The BBC and the BAFTA Tribute to Michael Caine (2000) .... Himself
- Rules of Engagement (2000) .... Ambassador Mourain
- What Planet Are You From? (2000) .... Graydon
- Parting Shots (1999) .... Renzo Locatelli
- Alice in Wonderland (1999) .... Major Caterpillar
- The Confession (1999) .... Harry Fertig
- A Force More Powerful (1999) .... Narrator (voice)
- The Witness (1999) .... Narrator (voice)
- Crime and Punishment (1998) .... Porfiry
- The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998) .... Sweeney Todd
- Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh (1998) .... Narrator (voice)
- Religions of the World (1998) .... Narrator
- The Assignment (1997) .... Amos
- Photographing Fairies (1997) .... Reverend Templeton
- Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) .... Julian Messenger
- Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996) .... Feste
- Moses (1996) .... Moses
- Species (1995) .... Xavier Fitch
- Joseph (1995) .... Potiphar
- Death and the Maiden (1995) .... Dr. Roberto Miranda
- The Lost Portrait (1995) ....
- Liberation (1994) .... Narrator (voice)
- Schindler's List (1993) .... Itzhak Stern
- Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) .... Bruce Pandolfini
- Dave (1993) .... Vice-President Nance
- The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream (1993) .... Himself
- Sneakers (1992) .... Cosmo
- Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992) .... Freddie (voice)
- Bugsy (1991) .... Meyer Lansky
- L' Amore necessario (1991) .... Ernesto
- Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1991) ....
- The War That Never Ends (1991) .... Pericles
- Una Vita scellerata (1990) .... Governor
- Lenin: The Train (1990) .... Lenin
- The Children (1990) .... Martin Boyne
- Romeo-Juliet (1990) .... Father Capulet (voice)
- Quinto Macaco, O (1990) .... Cunda
- Slipstream (1989) .... Avatar (Wind Cult)
- Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989) .... Simon Wiesenthal
- Without a Clue (1988) .... Dr. John Watson
- Il segreto del Sahara (1988) .... Sholomon
- Testimony (1988) .... Dmitri Shostakovich
- Pascali's Island (1988) .... Basil Pascali
- Maurice (1987) .... Lasker-Jones
- Turtle Diary (1986) .... William Snow
- Stanley's Vision (1986) .... Stanley Spencer
- Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1985) .... Silas Marner
- Harem (1985) .... Selim
- Camille (1984) .... Duval
- Playing Shakespeare (1984) .... Himself (5 episodes, 1984)
- Kean (1983) .... Edmund Kean
- Betrayal (1983) .... Robert
- The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982) .... Frank Ford
- Gandhi (1982) .... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- The Artisan (1975) ....
- Beata Beatrix (1975) ....
- Remember Me (1975) ....
- The Brotherhood (1975) .... Rossetti
- Antony and Cleopatra (1975) .... Thidias
- BBC2 Playhouse (1974) .... Ivanov / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1979)
- Barbara of the House of Grebe (1973) .... Lord Uplandtowers
- Fear Is the Key (1973) .... Royale
- A Misfortune (1973) ....
- Wessex Tales (1973) .... Lord Uplandtowers (1 episode, 1973)