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The Lord of the Rings (1978) · Pop Next

The Lord of the Rings

PG19782h 12mAdventureAnimationFantasy

The Lord of the Rings

Fantasy...beyond your imagination.

59Pop Score9 of 9 sources

Audiences +10 vs critics

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.

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Writer: Chris Conkling
Writer: Peter S. Beagle
Novel: J. R. R. Tolkien
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Cinematography: Timothy Galfas

Ratings

Pop Score weighs critics and audiences equally, and trusts each source in proportion to how many votes or reviews back it.

Critics

55

Rotten Tomatoes48%46 reviews
Metacritic51/10011 reviews
Roger Ebert

Top billed cast

Christopher GuardFrodo (voice)
William SquireGandalf (voice)
Michael ScholesSam (voice)

Details

Status: Released
Release date: 15 Nov 1978
Original language: English
Links: IMDb TMDB

2.5/4

Audiences

64

IMDb6.2/1038.7K votes
RT Audience64%8.8K votes
Metacritic Users7.1/1010 votes
Letterboxd3.2/551.1K votes
Trakt65%1.3K votes
TMDB66%1.1K votes

John HurtAragorn (voice)

Simon Chandler

Simon ChandlerMerry (voice)

Dominic Guard

Dominic GuardPippin (voice)

Michael Graham Cox

Michael Graham CoxBoromir (voice)

Anthony Daniels

Anthony DanielsLegolas (voice)

David Buck

David BuckGimli (voice)

Norman Bird

Norman BirdBilbo (voice)

Peter WoodthorpeGollum (voice)

Fraser KerrSaruman (voice)

Philip Stone

Philip StoneTheoden (voice)

André Morell

André MorellElrond (voice)

Annette Crosbie

Annette CrosbieGaladriel (voice)

Michael DeaconWormtongue (voice)

John Westbrook

John WestbrookTreebeard (voice)

Alan Tilvern

Alan TilvernInnkeeper (voice)

Billy Barty

Billy BartyCharacter Actor (voice)

Jerry Maren

Jerry MarenCharacter Actor (voice)

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