French site ranks Lord of the Rings film highest
According to Allociné, a French film review and rating site, users have ranked Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as the top film of all time, based on ratings from 3918 users who gave it an average score of 4.6/5. Trilogy dominates top three
The film, directed by Peter Jackson, is the first installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which also includes The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003). Both of these films received the same average score of 4.6/5 from 3879 users and 3749 users, respectively, completing the top three positions in Allociné's list of the 300 best films of all time. Plot and reception of the film
The film follows the journey of Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), a hobbit tasked with destroying the One Ring to prevent it from falling into the hands of the dark lord Sauron. The movie was seen by over 6.6 million people at its release and received 13 Oscar nominations. Praised for its elements
It is praised for its visual effects, performances by the cast, which includes Ian McKellen (Gandalf the Grey), Liv Tyler (Arwen), Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), and Christopher Lee (Saruman), its script, and its music composed by Howard Shore, which is noted for its faithfulness to the original novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. Other top films in the list
The top five list also includes Forrest Gump (1994) directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, and Schindler's List (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg, which recounts the story of Oskar Schindler, an Austrian industrialist who saved more than a thousand refugees, mostly Polish Jews, from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II.
