Genre: Animation | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
IMDB rating: 5.8/10 (11,990 votes)
Directed by: Ralph Bakshi
Link: IMDB

Description: "The Lord of the Rings (1978)” is a animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It is an adaptation of the first half of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Set in Middle-earth, the film follows a group of hobbits, elves, men, dwarves and wizards who form a Fellowship. They embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring made by the Dark Lord Sauron, and ensure his destruction. The film features the voices of William Squire, John Hurt, Michael Graham Cox and Anthony Daniels.

PLOT: Ralph Bakshi’s animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s revered Middle-earth saga captures the dark mood of the books extraordinarily well. The film covers the first half of the trilogy–”The Fellowship of the Ring” and the earlier part of "The Two Towers”–as Frodo (voiced by Christopher Guard), the cousin of Bilbo Baggins from "The Hobbit”, is given the all-powerful ring sought by the evil Sauron of Mordor. So begins his adventure, as he must elude Mordor’s black riders in an effort to prevent the ring from returning to its owner and thereby signaling the end of Middle-earth. Even with the mighty wizard Gandalf as his ally and faithful friends Merry, Sam, and Pippin by his side, Frodo is still up to his hobbit neck in peril.