The three films in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy won 17 Academy Awards combined.
The Fellowship of the Ring won four Oscars, The Two Towers won two, and The Return of the King won eleven. Together, those totals produce 17 awards across the trilogy. The films received recognition for areas including cinematography, visual effects, makeup, sound, costume design, editing, and music.
The final film achieved a particularly notable result at the 76th Academy Awards. The Return of the King won all eleven categories in which it was nominated, matching the record for the most Oscars won by a single film at that time.
The trilogy’s combined total is different from the total for The Return of the King alone. That distinction matters because the final film’s 11-award sweep is often cited separately. The awards helped establish the adaptation as one of the most acclaimed large-scale film projects in cinema history.