Which Best Picture winner follows Frodo and Sam on the final leg of their quest to destroy the One Ring?

The Best Picture winner that follows Frodo and Sam on the final leg of their quest to destroy the One Ring is The Return of the King.

Released in 2003, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the third film in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s trilogy. Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee travel into Mordor, while Gollum guides them and secretly covets the Ring. The story reaches its climax at Mount Doom, where the Ring can be destroyed.

The title is also tied to Aragorn’s storyline: he must accept his heritage and become the rightful king of Gondor. That parallel quest is why the film follows both the hobbits’ desperate mission and the larger war against Sauron.

The preceding films are The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, so they are common mix-ups. The Return of the King won Best Picture at the 76th Academy Awards in 2004 and swept all 11 categories in which it was nominated.