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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 fantasy, action film directed by Peter Jackson. It scores 9.0 on IMDb, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, 94 on Metacritic, 8.5 on TMDB. Audiences and critics largely agree: IMDb users and Metacritic critics are within 4 points of each other once scaled to 100. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 1 of 79 films from 2003 in our catalog and number 1 of 955 fantasy films.
Billed cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Dominic Monaghan.
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