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The Lord of the Rings (film series)

Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-2003), a New Line Cinema adaptation of Tolkien's novel shot back-to-back in New Zealand; The Return of the King won 11 Oscars including Best Picture.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) is Peter Jackson's first Tolkien adaptation film, following Frodo Baggins and eight companions to destroy the One Ring; shot in New Zealand, it won four of thirteen Oscars.

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is a 2027 Warner Bros./New Line live-action film directed by and starring Andy Serkis, produced by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, following Gandalf and Aragorn's hunt for Gollum before The Fellowship of the Ring, releasing December 17, 2027.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) is Peter Jackson's third Tolkien film, also called ROTK, closing the New Line trilogy. It won a record-tying 11 Oscars and grossed about $1.14 billion worldwide.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is Amazon's Prime Video fantasy series set in Middle-earth's Second Age, created by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, premiering 2022; the most expensive TV show, with season 3 on November 11, 2026 covering Sauron forging the One Ring.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (season 2)

Season 2 of The Rings of Power (Prime Video, 2024), the Second Age Tolkien prequel by showrunners Payne and McKay: Sauron as Annatar forges the Rings, the Siege of Eregion, 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 60% viewership drop versus season 1.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3

Season 3 of The Rings of Power, the Prime Video Second Age prequel, premieres November 11, 2026 with four episodes. Set five years after Eregion's fall, it depicts the War of the Elves and Sauron and the forging of the One Ring, adding Jamie Campbell Bower as Celeborn and Simon Pegg as the Balrog's voice.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), Peter Jackson's second Tolkien adaptation film, follows the scattered Fellowship through Rohan, Ents, Gollum, and Helm's Deep; 179 minutes, New Line Cinema, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a 2024 anime film by Kenji Kamiyama for New Line Cinema and Sola Entertainment, set 183 years before Jackson's trilogy, telling how Helm Hammerhand's daughter Héra defended Rohan against Wulf and how Helm's Deep got its name.

The Lords of Flatbush

The Lords of Flatbush is a 1974 American coming-of-age drama directed by Stephen F. Verona and Martin Davidson, set in 1958 Brooklyn, starring Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Perry King, and Paul Mace as a teenage gang; Richard Gere was fired from the Chico role after clashing with Stallone.

The Lords of Salem (film)

The Lords of Salem is a 2012 Rob Zombie horror film starring Sheri Moon Zombie as Salem DJ Heidi, whose playing of a mysterious record awakens a vengeful witch coven; released 2013 by Anchor Bay.

The Lore of the Whare-wananga

The Lore of the Whare-wananga is a two-volume 1913–1915 English edition of Māori esoteric teachings recorded in the 1850s by the scribe H. T. Whatahoro.

The Losers (2010 film)

The Losers (2010 film): American action comedy directed by Sylvain White, written by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt, adapting Andy Diggle and Jock's Vertigo comic; Warner Bros. release grossed $29.9 million worldwide on a $25 million budget.

The Lost Bookshop

The Lost Bookshop is a 2023 magical realism novel by Evie Woods (Evie Gaughan), published by One More Chapter/HarperCollins. It follows Opaline, Martha, and Henry across two timelines linked by a vanishing Dublin bookshop and a lost Emily Brontë manuscript, and has sold over a million copies in thirty-plus languages.

The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys is a 1987 American horror-comedy film directed by Joel Schumacher, in which teenage brothers move to a California beach town and find a local biker gang are vampires.

The Lost Boys (musical)

The Lost Boys is a 2026 Broadway musical adaptation of the 1987 Joel Schumacher vampire film, playing the Palace Theatre with book by Hornsby and Hoch, score by The Rescues, direction by Michael Arden, and 12 Tony nominations including Best New Musical.

The Lost Bus

The Lost Bus is a 2025 Paul Greengrass survival thriller for Apple Original Films, starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera as real Camp Fire (2018) heroes Kevin McKay and Mary Ludwig, adapted from Lizzie Johnson's book Paradise.

The Lost City (2022 film)

The Lost City, also known as The Lost City of D, is a 2022 American adventure-comedy starring Sandra Bullock as a romance novelist kidnapped by a billionaire.

The Lost City of Z (book)

The Lost City of Z (2009), David Grann's narrative nonfiction about Percy Fawcett, the British explorer who vanished in the Amazon in 1925 seeking the city of Z, and Grann's own retracing of the route.

The Lost City of Z (film)

The Lost City of Z is James Gray's 2017 biographical adventure drama starring Charlie Hunnam as explorer Percy Fawcett, adapted from David Grann's 2009 book about Fawcett's fatal 1925 Amazon expedition.

The Lost Daughter (film)

The Lost Daughter (2021) is Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut, adapted from Elena Ferrante's 2006 novel, starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, and Dakota Johnson; it premiered at Venice, won Best Screenplay, and streams on Netflix.

The Lost Fleet

The Lost Fleet is a military science fiction series by Jack Campbell, pen name of John G. Hemry, following Captain "Black Jack" Geary commanding a fleet stranded behind enemy lines.

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart is a 2023 seven-part Prime Video Australian drama miniseries adapted from Holly Ringland's 2018 debut novel, starring Sigourney Weaver as grandmother June and Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alice, set on the Thornfield flower farm refuge for abused women.

The Lost Garden

The Lost Garden (迷園) is a 1991 novel by Taiwanese writer Li Ang, following Zhu Yinghong through a love affair and the fate of her family's Qing-era garden.

The Lost Hero

The Lost Hero (2010) by Rick Riordan is book one of The Heroes of Olympus, introducing demigods Jason, Piper, and Leo, Roman mythology, and a quest to rescue Hera.

The Lost Holliday

The Lost Holliday is a 2024 American drama directed by, co-written by, and starring Jussie Smollett with Vivica A. Fox; a mother planning her estranged son's funeral discovers his husband. Premiered at ABFF June 14, 2024; limited AMC release September 27, 2024.

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum), a 1975 West German film by Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta adapting Heinrich Böll's novella about a woman hounded by police and tabloid press after sheltering a suspected terrorist; the breakthrough of New German Cinema.

The Lost Husband

The Lost Husband is a 2020 American romantic drama directed by Vicky Wight, adapted from Katherine Center's 2013 novel, starring Leslie Bibb and Josh Duhamel as a widow and farm manager on a Texas goat farm; it hit number one on Netflix in 2020.

The Lost King

The Lost King is a 2022 British comedy drama directed by Stephen Frears, written by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, starring Sally Hawkins as Philippa Langley, whose search found Richard III's remains under a Leicester car park in 2012; later settled a libel suit.

The Lost Man

The Lost Man (1969) is an American crime drama, Robert Alan Aurthur's only film as director, loosely adapted from F.L. Green's novel Odd Man Out, starring Sidney Poitier as militant Jason Higgs and Joanna Shimkus, with a Quincy Jones score.