10 Underrated Lee Pace Movies You Must See

Lee Pace has built a film career that spans studio epics and intimate indies, with roles that range from the Elven king Thranduil in ‘The Hobbit’ films to the Kree zealot Ronan in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’. He trained at Juilliard and has worked with filmmakers across genres, often taking parts that highlight character detail and physical presence as much as dialogue.

Beyond the biggest franchises, he has appeared in a wide mix of projects that many viewers miss on first release. This list gathers ten feature films where he makes a concrete mark, noting directors, co stars, and story basics so you can zero in on what each title offers.

‘The Fall’ (2006)

Tarsem Singh directs this visually adventurous tale about a hospitalized stuntman named Roy Walker and a young patient who becomes his listener as he spins a sprawling adventure story. The production favored real locations and practical imagery, with shooting across multiple countries to capture wide ranging landscapes and architecture.

Lee Pace plays Roy, a silent era performer who turns to storytelling while recovering from a serious on set injury. The film layers the bedside narrative with the imagined saga, so Roy appears both in the ward and as a masked bandit inside the fantasy, which lets viewers track how details from the hospital feed the characters of the tale.

‘Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day’ (2008)

Bharat Nalluri adapts the Winifred Watson novel with a period setting in London on the cusp of conflict. The story follows a governess who falls into the orbit of a nightclub singer juggling career opportunities and complicated romances, with production design emphasizing fashion, music, and social whirl.

Lee Pace plays Michael Pardue, a pianist and songwriter whose creative work intersects with the lead character’s ambitions. His scenes include club rehearsals and backstage moments that tie the musical numbers to plot turns, placing his character in the web of personal and professional choices that drive the action.

‘Ceremony’ (2010)

Max Winkler writes and directs this modern screwball setup about a young writer who crashes a seaside wedding in an attempt to win back an older love. The story unfolds over a weekend at a country estate, with an ensemble that includes Uma Thurman and Michael Angarano.

Lee Pace plays Whit Coutell, the groom to be whose documentary career and social circle frame much of the weekend’s activity. His character’s work background becomes part of the comedic and romantic tension, since the wedding guests and production staff move through the same spaces and push the plot toward the final vows.

‘Possession’ (2009)

This psychological thriller follows a woman whose husband and brother in law are injured in a car crash, after which the brother in law awakens claiming to be her spouse. The film is a remake of the Korean drama ‘Addicted’, with the American version tightening the story around a small circle of family members and colleagues.

Lee Pace plays Roman, the brother in law whose behavior and memories form the mystery at the center of the plot. Scenes in the couple’s home and workplace create a closed world where identity, trauma, and suggestion are tested, and his performance links subtle mannerisms to events the audience is asked to evaluate.

‘The Keeping Hours’ (2017)

Karen Moncrieff directs this supernatural drama about estranged parents who reconnect after a personal tragedy. The story focuses on grief, reconciliation, and unusual phenomena that challenge the characters to reevaluate past choices, with a restrained production style that favors quiet scenes and domestic spaces.

Lee Pace plays Mark, a former husband whose life has shifted into work and routine until an unexpected encounter changes his path. His character moves through legal offices, a family home, and outdoor locations that underline the film’s attention to memory and everyday detail as the story introduces elements that defy simple explanation.

‘Revolt’ (2017)

Joe Miale stages a near future action story set in East Africa after an extraterrestrial attack leaves cities in ruins and power grids unstable. The plot pairs a soldier with memory loss and a humanitarian doctor as they navigate occupied terrain, with practical sets and open country locations giving the film a ground level look.

Lee Pace plays an American operative who wakes in a cell and must rebuild his sense of identity while avoiding aerial hunter drones. The role involves close quarters fights, improvised gear, and travel through villages and refugee sites, and his character’s shifting recollections feed clues about the larger conflict.

‘Driven’ (2018)

Nick Hamm directs this account of an FBI sting that intersects with the launch of a new sports car brand. The story follows an informant who becomes a neighbor and associate of automotive executive John DeLorean, with period details that place the action in Southern California neighborhoods, warehouses, and airfields.

Lee Pace plays John DeLorean, the engineer and entrepreneur whose company ambitions collide with legal trouble. His scenes cover design presentations, investor meetings, and private conversations that show how a high profile product ends up entangled with law enforcement, and the film uses cars and prototypes as key props in the narrative.

‘The Party’s Just Beginning’ (2018)

Karen Gillan writes, directs, and stars in this drama set in Inverness, where a young woman navigates loss through late night walks, chance encounters, and trips to a local chip shop. The film uses Highland locations, pubs, and residential streets to ground its portrait of a tight knit community.

Lee Pace plays Dale, a visitor whose calm presence contrasts with the lead character’s spiraling routine. Their conversations unfold in bars and apartments that reveal specific pressures facing small town residents, and his character serves as a link between transient outsiders and locals who carry long standing ties.

‘The Program’ (2015)

Stephen Frears adapts David Walsh’s investigative book about professional cycling and the exposure of a doping system built around a world champion rider. The production follows journalists, doctors, managers, and athletes across training camps, hotel rooms, and race support vehicles.

Lee Pace plays Bill Stapleton, a manager whose meetings, sponsorship discussions, and media strategy sessions place him at the business center of the team. The film shows how contracts, endorsements, and public statements intersect with testing protocols and whistleblower accounts, and his character appears in scenes that map those connections.

‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2’ (2012)

The concluding chapter in the series brings together vampire covens from multiple regions to address a dispute before it escalates, with location work that combines forest settings and a snow covered clearing for the final assembly. Costumes and clan specific traits help viewers track who belongs where once the gathering begins.

Lee Pace plays Garrett, a nomadic vampire known for battlefield experience and a talent for persuasion who arrives as an ally of the central family. His character’s knowledge of history and tactics becomes part of the preparation for the confrontation, and he participates in training sequences and strategy debates that organize the visitors.

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