Sequels that are BETTER than the previous movies that spawned them
NOTE: There are no prequels in this list. No prequel can ever be better than the original, because backstory can never be, by definition, more interesting than the story being told.
NOTE: No, The Godfather Part 2 is not in this list
NOTE: No, The Godfather Part 2 is not in this list
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- DirectorJames WanStarsVin DieselPaul WalkerDwayne JohnsonDeckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.By far the best of the F&F movies. No other franchise has ever gotten so good so late in its run, and I doubt any other will
- DirectorOliver ParkerStarsRowan AtkinsonRosamund PikeDominic WestJohnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down Chinese Premier Xiang Ping.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsMatt DamonEdgar RamírezJoan AllenJason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.In the third film of the trilogy, Paul Greengrass really got into his stride
- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsTom CruiseMichelle MonaghanVing RhamesIMF agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fiancée in response.J. J. Abrams made out of MI:3 one of the best action movies in the history of the genre
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsTobey MaguireKirsten DunstAlfred MolinaPeter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a former brilliant scientist named Otto Octavius.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyVernon DobtcheffNine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanHalle BerryWhen anti-mutant Colonel William Stryker kidnaps Professor X and attacks his school, the X-Men must ally with their archenemy Magneto to stop him.The best superhero movie ever made, it's so good that I'm pretty sure no other film in the genre will ever be able to surpass it.
- DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsAnna FarisCharlie SheenRegina HallCindy must investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion.
- DirectorSantiago SeguraStarsSantiago SeguraGabino DiegoTony LeblancTorrente now lives in Marbella; after losing all his money, he returns to private investigation. One case puts him in the middle of a villain's missile plot to destroy the city and his own uncle's blackmail operation--and he knows nothing.
- DirectorsPaul AusterWayne WangHarvey WangStarsHarvey KeitelLou ReedMichael J. FoxBrooklyn Cigar Store is a neighborhood hangout in Brooklyn with Auggie Wren/H.Keitel as center. Some people are interviewed about Brooklyn, spiced up with statistics on Brooklyn.It's an atypical sequel, and more like a filmed postcard of the location of the original, interspersed with documentary footage, but the result is IMO more entertaining and satisfying than Smoke
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsZach GalliganPhoebe CatesHowie MandelThe Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.Simultanously a sequel and parody of the original, it is more complex, more adult, and just loads of fun
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsMel GibsonDanny GloverJoe PesciRiggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.It is a marginal difference, but the second LW movie in the series manages to be more entertaining than the first, by including some memorable scenes such as the bomb in the loo; and sees the introduction of Leo Getz, who I know many find grating, but always makes me laugh
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.I love this description from a magazine I read years ago: "An object lesson in sequel-crafting: the same, yet completely different from the original"
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyWith the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsMel GibsonBruce SpenceMichael PrestonIn the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.The imagery and atmosphere of the Mad Max world that people have in their minds comes from the sequel, not the original
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsSean ConneryGert FröbeHonor BlackmanWhile investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.The best Bond movie of them all was the third in the series
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin CliveMary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
