Which epic film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson is based on novels by J.R.R. Tolkien?

The epic film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson and based on novels by J.R.R. Tolkien is The Lord of the Rings. The three films are The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, released between 2001 and 2003.

Set in Tolkien’s fictional world of Middle-earth, the trilogy follows Frodo Baggins and his companions as they attempt to destroy the One Ring, an artifact created by the Dark Lord Sauron. Alongside Frodo’s quest, Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, and others confront the wider War of the Ring.

The films were shot largely as one enormous production in New Zealand and became a landmark in fantasy filmmaking. The Hobbit is a related Tolkien adaptation, but it is not one of the three Lord of the Rings films; Jackson later directed a separate Hobbit trilogy. The Return of the King won all 11 Academy Awards for which it was nominated.