Year 2003: LOTR - The Return of the King

Out of all the trilogies ever written or produced the final installment of LOTR is the one that really worked and gave its readers and viewers the ultimate reward: an epic conclusion to an epic saga. All the story arcs were resolved and the characters - even the minor ones - got the happy endings that they deserved. We see them through right till the very end. Although there are number of scenes edited out for the cinema, you could always buy the DVD director's cut version and watch the entire film that runs for more than four hours.