There are several movies that have been made from the four books that were published during J.R.R Tolkien's life. The first to be made are: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Those were released, respectively, in 2001, 2002, and 2003. When the movies came out the recieved a many awards and were and still are loved by many. In 2012, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released and that was followed by The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 2013 and The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies in 2014. Unfortunately The Hobbbit movies were not well received by many fans of The Lord of the Rings movies and are still heavily debated still.