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I would pick the Fellowship as well, with TTT being second and RotK third (yup, you read right)
The first movie is a wonderful introduction to Middle-earth. It simply takes you captive. Also, as has been said before, it stays closest to the storyline of the book (which is also easier because it has only one plot line) and looks closest to how I imagine this world (whereas both Rohan and the fields of the Pelennor just weren't green enough). It just feels right.
TTT has bright spots, has less bright spots. I like the battle of Helm's Deep better than the one on the Pelennor. It's less over the top (the Mumakil, the Dead, the war machinery, the fell beasts nobody cares to shoot, etc.). TTT also has the benefit that it's much less than one book of storyline and so is able to take its time (which, on the downside, led them to invent the near-death of Aragorn and the excursion to Osgiliath).
What I don't like about RotK is that it's so rushed. Too much plot for too few time. I'm not able to "feel into the world and story", if you know what I mean.
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