The Hobbit series has three films.
The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson . It is the first installment in a three-part film adaptation based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien . The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 epic high fantasy action film directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson , Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Guillermo del Toro . It is the third and final installment in Peter Jackson 's three-part film adaptation based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien , following An Unexpected Journey ( 2012 ) and The Desolation of Smaug ( 2013 ) , and together they act as a prequel to Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug is a 2013 epic high-fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson and produced by WingNut Films in collaboration with New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Pictures and is the second installment in the three-part film series based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien . The Hobbit (film series) . The films are subtitled An Unexpected Journey ( 2012 ) , The Desolation of Smaug ( 2013 ) , and The Battle of the Five Armies ( 2014 ) .