Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy won 17 Academy Awards.
The three films received 30 Academy Award nominations in total and won 17 awards. The Fellowship of the Ring won four Oscars, The Two Towers won two, and The Return of the King won all 11 of its nominations. That final result tied the record for the most Oscars won by a single film at the time.
The trilogy was released between 2001 and 2003 and adapted Tolkien’s three-volume novel. Its awards recognized areas including visual effects, cinematography, music, sound, costume design, makeup, writing and directing.
The number 17 refers to the trilogy as a whole, not to one film. The Return of the King alone won 11, which is why quiz answers sometimes confuse the film’s individual total with the series total.