The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has been voted The Greatest Movie Of All Time by onepoll.com. 10,000 movie fans were polled and the first film of the trilogy (followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King), starring Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood (see picture on left) grossed £1.5 billion at the box office. The film trilogy is based on the works of JRR Tolkien, who signed the rights away in 1968 for just £8,000. The top 10 appeared as follows… the inclusion of Pretty Woman and Love Actually does make you wonder just who was polled…
- The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Grease (1978)
- ET (1982)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
- Pretty Woman (1990)
- Love Actually (2003)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Gladiator (200)