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Peter Jackson

Actor · 82 credits · 32 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Frequent collaborators: Philippa Boyens, Elijah Wood, Barrie M. Osborne, Ian McKellen, Billy Boyd

Best Peter Jackson movies by genre

Movies (60 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

    2013 · ★ 7.8 (61 votes)

    Comedy, TV Movie

    1

  2. Forgotten Silver

    1997 · ★ 7.2 (128 votes)

    Comedy, TV Movie

    2

  3. The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

    2006 · ★ 8.8 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. The Making of 'The Return of the King'

    2006 · ★ 8.9 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. The Making of 'The Two Towers'

    2006 · ★ 8.8 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Bad Taste

    1987 · ★ 6.3 (941 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Horror

    6

  7. Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed

    2007 · ★ 7.2 (44 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

    2003 · ★ 8.1 (15 votes)

    Documentary, History, TV Movie

    8

  9. Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

    2004 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

    2005 · ★ 7.5 (38 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

    2012 · ★ 7.4 (39 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

    2024 · ★ 7.6 (18 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

    2001 · ★ 8.0 (17 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    13

  14. Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001 · ★ 6.6 (19 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. The Valley

    1976

    Animation

    15

  16. The Eighth Blunder of the World

    2006

    Comedy

    16

  17. Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

    2023 · ★ 7.6 (10 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    17

  18. The Long and Short of It

    2003 · ★ 6.4 (14 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    18

  19. A Day in the Life of a Hobbit

    2002 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. New Zealand as Middle Earth

    2002 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. No Feat But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects

    2003 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. The Passing of an Age

    2004 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    22

  23. The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

    2005 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. Kong's New York, 1933

    2006 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

    2006 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Under the Shadow of the Mountain

    2015

    26

  27. Good Taste Made Bad Taste

    1988 · ★ 6.5 (16 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Summoning Smaug: The Last of the Fire-drakes

    2014

    28

  29. From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter

    2004 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    29

  30. In the Halls of the Elven-king

    2014

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.