The Lord of the Rings film trilogy won 17 Academy Awards in total. The three films were nominated for 30 Oscars: The Fellowship of the Ring won four, The Two Towers won two, and The Return of the King won all 11 of its nominations.
The final film’s 11-Oscar sweep included Best Picture, Best Director for Peter Jackson, Best Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, and Visual Effects. Its clean sweep tied it with Ben-Hur and Titanic for the most Academy Awards won by a single film.
A common mix-up is confusing the trilogy’s 17 wins with The Return of the King’s 11 wins, or with the trilogy’s 30 nominations. The total covers only the three Lord of the Rings films, not Jackson’s later Hobbit trilogy or other Middle-earth productions.