9 titles · 7 films · 2 series & specials

Middle-earth Watch Order

Two trilogies, one Age apart — and a real argument about where to start.

The complete Middle-earth watch order — The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The War of the Rohirrim and The Rings of Power, in release order or Tolkien chronology.

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The Lord of the Rings

2001 – 2003 · Third Age · The trilogy everything else orbits.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

19 Dec 2001

A hobbit inherits a ring, and nine companions set out to destroy it.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

18 Dec 2002

The Fellowship is broken and Rohan makes a stand at Helm's Deep.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

17 Dec 2003

Gondor falls under siege while two hobbits climb toward Mount Doom.

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The Hobbit

2012 – 2014 · Third Age · A prequel trilogy, sixty years earlier.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

14 Dec 2012

Bilbo Baggins joins thirteen dwarves to reclaim a mountain, and finds a ring on the way.

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

13 Dec 2013

The company reaches Erebor and wakes the dragon sleeping inside it.

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

17 Dec 2014

Five armies converge on the Lonely Mountain over a hoard nobody can hold.

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Later Additions

2022 – 2024 · Expanded · What came after Jackson.

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The Rings of Power (Season 1)

1 Sept 2022

The Second Age: how the rings were forged, thousands of years before Bilbo.

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The Rings of Power (Season 2)

29 Aug 2024

Sauron works from inside as the rings spread across Middle-earth.

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

13 Dec 2024

An anime feature on Helm Hammerhand, set nearly two centuries before the Fellowship.

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