The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) is Peter Jackson's epic fantasy, and you can watch it online in high quality on iFILM. A quiet hobbit named Frodo inherits a plain gold ring from his uncle Bilbo. The ring belongs to Sauron, and it wants to go home.

Destroying it means walking it straight into enemy territory, to the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged. Nine companions set out together: Frodo and his gardener Sam, the wizard Gandalf, the ranger Aragorn, the elf Legolas, the dwarf Gimli. They cross the black mines of Moria and the golden woods of Lothlorien. The ring whispers the whole way, testing each of them, and no one is safe from what it offers.

Jackson shot the entire trilogy in New Zealand at once, adapting Tolkien with practical sets and miniatures rather than pure spectacle. The cast includes Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett and Christopher Lee. This first chapter won four Academy Awards and reset the bar for the whole genre. Stream The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) online on iFILM.