The Lord of the Rings

1978 132 min ★ 6.6 Adventure, Animation, Fantasy

Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.

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Cast

Christopher Guard

Frodo (voice)

William Squire

Gandalf (voice)

Michael Scholes

Sam (voice)

John Hurt

Aragorn (voice)

Simon Chandler

Merry (voice)

Dominic Guard

Pippin (voice)

Michael Graham Cox

Boromir (voice)

Anthony Daniels

Legolas (voice)

David Buck

Gimli (voice)

Norman Bird

Bilbo (voice)

Details

Director

Ralph Bakshi

Screenplay

Chris Conkling

Tagline

"Fantasy...beyond your imagination."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$30,477,175

Production

Fantasy Films, Bakshi Productions, Saul Zaentz Film Productions

Reviews

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RealZero

April 30, 2026

★ 6/10

I actually liked this one more than I assumed from the few things I had seen about it before. Seeing it independent of the Jackson Lord of the Rings movies: First off, being adapted from the books, the story and characters are classic and quite nice. Of course, considering they put two of three LotR book into just about two hours, there's a lot of the story's content missing. But I think the mo...