215 wins & 124 nominations
2004 Winner Oscar- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
- Grant Major (art director)
- Dan Hennah (set decorator)
- Alan Lee (set decorator)
- 2012 Nominee Saturn Award
- Best DVD Collection
As part of the collection "The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, Extended Editions". - 2004 Winner Saturn Award
- Best Fantasy Film
- 2004 Nominee FCCA Award
- Best Foreign Film - English Language
- 2013 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Favorite Film Franchise
- 2004 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Picture
- 2004 Winner CFCA Award
- Best Picture
- 2004 Nominee C.A.S. Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
- Christopher Boyes (re-recording mixer)
- Michael Semanick (re-recording mixer)
- Michael Hedges (re-recording mixer)
- Hammond Peek (production mixer)
- 2004 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Picture
- 2004 Winner DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
- Peter Jackson
- Nikolas Korda (unit production manager) (plaque)
- Zane Weiner (unit production manager) (plaque)
- Carolynne Cunningham (first assistant director) (plaque)
- Guy Campbell (key second assistant director) (plaque)
- Marc Ashton (key second assistant director) (plaque)
- 2004 Winner FFCC Award
- Best Film
- 2004 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Motion Picture - Drama
- 2005 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Overall DVD
- 2004 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Motion Picture, Drama
- 2005 Winner Grammy
- Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- Howard Shore (artist/composer/producer)
- John Kurlander (engineer/mixer)
2005 Winner Grammy- Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- Annie Lennox (artist/songwriter)
- Howard Shore (songwriter)
- Fran Walsh (songwriter)
For the song "Into The West"
- 2004 Winner Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award
- Best Character Makeup - Feature
2004 Winner Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award- Best Special Makeup Effects - Feature
- 2004 Nominee Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award
- Best Character Hair Styling - Feature
- 2004 Winner Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
- Peter Jackson (screenplay/director)
- Fran Walsh (screenplay)
- Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
- J.R.R. Tolkien (based on the book)
- 2004 Winner Audience Award
- Best International Film
- 2005 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
- Best Foreign Film
- 2003 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Film
- 2003 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Director
Peter Jackson becomes the first director to win this award three consecutive years.
- 2004 Winner Sierra Award
- Best Picture
- 2004 Nominee ALFS Award
- Film of the Year
2004 Nominee Golden Reel Award- Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Feature Film
- Jonathan Schultz (music editor)
- Andrew Dudman (music editor)
- Steve Price (music editor)
- Michael Price (music editor)
- Malcolm Fife (music editor)
- Nigel Scott (music editor)
- Becca Gatrell (music editor)
2004 Nominee Golden Reel Award- Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features
- Mike Hopkins (supervising sound editor)
- Ethan Van der Ryn (supervising sound editor)
- David Farmer (sound effects designer)
- Brent Burge (sound effects editor)
- Dave Whitehead (sound effects editor)
- Hayden Collow (sound effects editor)
- Craig Tomlinson (sound effects editor)
- Beau Borders (sound effects editor)
- Tim Nielsen (sound effects editor)
- Addison Teague (sound effects editor)
- Katy Wood (foley editor)
- Peter Mills (foley editor)
- Jason Canovas (dialogue editor)
- Mark Franken (dialogue/sound effects editor)
- Ray Beentjes (dialogue/adr editor)
- Nick Breslin (dialogue/adr editor)
- Polly McKinnon (dialogue/adr editor)
- Chris Ward (adr editor)
- 2004 Winner MTV Movie Award
- Best Movie
- 2003 Winner NYFCC Award
- Best Film
- 2004 Winner OFCS Award
- Best Picture
- 2004 Winner PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- 2004 Winner SFX Award
- Best Film
- 2004 Winner Excellence in Production Design Award
- Period or Fantasy Film
- Grant Major (production designer)
- Dan Hennah (art director)
- Joe Bleakley (art director)
- Philip Ivey (art director)
- Simon Bright (art director)
- Jules Cook (assistant art director)
- Jacqui Allen (assistant art director)
- Ross McGarva (assistant art director)
- 2003 Winner SEFCA Award
- Best Picture
- 2004 Nominee Teen Choice Award
- Choice Movie - Drama/Action Adventure
- 2004 Nominee Teen Choice Award
- Choice Movie Liar
- 2004 Nominee USC Scripter Award
- Fran Walsh (screenwriter)
- Philippa Boyens (screenwriter)
- Peter Jackson (screenwriter)
- J.R.R. Tolkien (author)
- 2004 Nominee World Soundtrack Award
- Best Original Song Written for Film
- Annie Lennox (music/lyrics/performer)
- Howard Shore (music/lyrics)
- Fran Walsh (music/lyrics)
For the song "Into the West".
- 2004 Winner AFI Award
- Movie of the Year
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING punctuates the greatest trilogy in American film with an exclamation point. Peter Jackson proves himself to be the true magician of this masterpiece, for only a wizard could summon all the forces of American film three times and utilize them to such astounding success. Against all odds, Jackson met the challenge of visualizing J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved classics for a demanding, global audience.
- 2004 Winner Empire Award
- Best Film
- 2003 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
- Best Screenplay, Adapted
- 2004 Winner VES Award
- Outstanding Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture
- 2004 Nominee VES Award
- Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in Any Medium
- 2004 Winner VES Award
- Outstanding Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture
- 2004 Nominee VES Award
- Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
- 2004 Winner VES Award
- Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture
- 2004 Nominee VFCC Award
- Best Film
- 2004 Winner Movieguide Award
- Best Movie for Mature Audiences
- 2004 Winner PFCS Award
- Best Picture
- 2004 Nominee COFCA Award
- Best Screenplay, Adapted
Tied with Brian Helgeland for Mystic River (2003) in 2nd place.
- 2003 Winner WAFCA Award
- Best Film
- 2003 Nominee WAFCA Award
- Best Ensemble Cast
- 2004 Winner NRJ Ciné Award
- Top of the Box Office (Top of the box-office)
- 2005 Winner DVDX Award
- Best Overall DVD, New Movie (Including All Bonus Features)
(Special Extended Edition). - 2005 Winner DVDX Award
- Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD)
For "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Special Extended DVD" - 2005 Nominee DVDX Award
- Best Games and Interactivities
For "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Special Extended Edition" - 2005 Nominee DVDX Award
- Best Menu Design
For "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Special Extended Edition" - 2005 Winner DVDX Award
- Best New Movie Scenes (Finished, Edited Into Movie or Stand-Alone)
For "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Special Extended Edition"
- 2004 Winner ICS Award
- Best Picture
- 2003 Winner AAFCA Award
- Best Picture
- 2011 Nominee IGN Award
- Best Movie Blu-Ray
For "The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy - Extended Edition" on Blu-Ray.
- 2007 Nominee IFMCA Award
- Best New Release, Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score
- Howard Shore (music, album producer)
- Peter Jackson (album producer)
- Fran Walsh (album producer)
- Paul Broucek (album producer)
- Doug Adams (liner notes)
- 2003 Winner UFCA Award
- Best Picture
- 2016 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
- Motion Picture
- 2004 Winner OFTA Film Award
- Best Ensemble
2022 Winner Guinness World Record- Most Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (individual)
- 2022 Winner Guinness World Record
- Most Oscar nominations for Best Picture (female actor)
- 2016 Winner Guinness World Record
- Most VES Awards Won By A Movie Series
- 2004 Winner Guinness World Record
- Most Oscars Won By A Film
- 2004 Winner Guinness World Record
- Longest Title of a Film to Win an Oscar for Best Picture
- 2010 Winner IOFCP Award
- Best Film of the Decade - Motion Picture
- 2012 Winner ACCA
- Best Picture of the Decade
- 2004 Nominee IOMA
- Best Picture (Miglior film)
- 2004 Nominee IOMA
- Best Cast (Miglior cast)
- 2004 Nominee IOMA
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale)
- 2003 Winner Golden Schmoes
- Favorite Movie of the Year
- 2004 Winner INOCA
- Best Picture
- 2004 Winner INOCA
- Best Ensemble Cast
- 2003 Nominee Stinker Award
- Most Overrated Film
- 2010 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
- Motion Picture of the Decade
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