Lists featuring The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Two-Disc Widescreen Theatrical Edition)

• Academy Award - Best Picture
• Steven Jay Schneider's "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2nd Ed)"
• Golden Globe's "Best Picture Award: Drama"
• TSPDT - The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films
• Empire's "201 Greatest Movies Of All-Time"
• MTV Movie Award's "Best Movie"
• IMDB: Top 20 Highest Grossing Films of All Time USA
• FilmTotaal Top Movies of All Time - 2006 Edition
• AFI - 100 Years...100 Movies (2007 Edition): The 400 Nominees
• Academy Award's "Best Director Winners"
• AFI's "Top 10 Movies of the Year: 2003"
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Picture
• IMDb's "Top 100 movies as voted by the users"
• IMDB's "Top 50 Titles as Rated by Female Users"
• Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films's "Best Fantasy Film"
• Combined Film Canon - 2000 / 2006
• Steph's "Movies Based on Books"
• IMDB's "Top 50 Titles as Rated by Male Users"
• 100 All-Time Highest Grossing Films at the U.S. box office
• Top 100 Films at the US Box Office, Adjusted for Inflation
• US Box-Office All-Time Adjusted for Inflation
• WSFS's "The Hugo Awards for Dramatic Presentation"
• Academy Award's "2003: 76th Annual Nominees"
• IMDB Classic Film Board - 100 Essential Science-Fiction and Fantasy Movies
• Halliwell's Four Star Films