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Sequels are never better than the original. At least, that used to be conventional wisdom. In reality, sequels are sometimes as good, if not better, than their precursors. Maybe it’s time to finally consider what are some of the greatest sequels of all time.
In the history of motion pictures, the beginnings of sequels begin with two different movies: The Little Train Robbery, a sequel to the seminal short film The Great Train Robbery with an all-child cast performing on a miniature railroad and playhouse; and the 1916 feature-length film The Fall of a Nation, a lost sequel to D.W. Griffith’s technically revered but artistically ghastly historical epic The Birth of a Nation.
32. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
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When Taika Waititi took the reins of the Thor series, he lit up the Marvel franchise in ways even the God of Thunder could not. A tonal 180 from the more straightforward superhero blockbusters that preceded it, Thor: Ragnarok injects the most operatic Avenger with superhuman levels of humor, fostering the vibe of a cosmic rave atop the burnt ashes of Asgard’s apocalypse. Chris Hemsworth, having felt creatively limited in his role as Thor up to that point, lets his funny bone hang loose while still ensuring that his Thor stays mighty. Even Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett conjures up a few laughs as villainess sorceress (and Thor’s sister) Hela.
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31. Clerks II (2006)
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Never has a filthy stoner comedy felt so tender in the heart. Picking up more than 10 years after Kevin Smith’s era-defining ‘90s indie classic Clerks, Clerks II reunites audiences with slackers Dante (Brian O’Halloran) and Randall (Jeff Anderson), now thirty-somethings flipping burgers at a fast food joint. Set over yet another fateful day in their unambitious lives, Dante prepares to leave New Jersey and move to Florida with his fiancee, only for Randall to have some bright ideas about his going-away party. A touching movie about realizing it’s never too late to start the rest of your life, Clerks II shows there’s adventure behind and beyond the register.
30. Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
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29. Blade 2 (2002)
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Stephen Norrington’s predecessor Blade is a sublime artifact of late ‘90s techno-goth urban fantasy, jagged edges and all. But Guillermo del Toro’s finely tuned sequel from 2002 smooths out all those edges without sacrificing any sharpness. While its undercooked script simply continues Blade’s adventures - this time, Blade steps up against mutant vampires who seek to wipe out the whole world, vampires and humans alike - the movie surrounds the ultra-cool Wesley Snipes with even more cool actors, like Norman Reedus, Ron Perlman, and even Donnie Yen, making Blade’s cinematic underworld feels a lot more alive than undead.
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28. Magic Mike XXL (2015)
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27. Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
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Regarded as one of the finest entries in the entire Star Trek media franchise, the solemn film sequel Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan brings back the scene-chewing Ricardo Montalbán as Khan, a genetically-engineered warlord from the original television series on a mission of revenge against Captain Kirk (William Shatner). Notably, the film ends on a horrific note for longtime fans, and pretty much anyone along for the ride, as it stands as a testament to the powers of friendship, the nobility of logical self-sacrifice, and all that it means to be human.
26. Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)
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25. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
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24. Army of Darkness (1992)
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23. Creed (2015)
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The Rocky film series launched some powerful sequels: Rocky II and Rocky III are authentically riveting sports dramas, while Rocky IV is a cultural artifact that casts in ember Cold War-era tensions. (The less said about Rocky V, the better.) As good as 2006’s Rocky Balboa was, 2015’s sequel/spin-off Creed, with Michael B. Jordan as second generation pugilist Adonis Creed, is the true spiritual reincarnation of ‘76 Rocky without overwriting or rebooting it outright. In addition to a revelatory Jordan, it allowed director Ryan Coogler to prove his mettle as a true contender for the Marvel Universe, ultimately helming the billion-dollar mega-hit Black Panther.
22. Back to the Future Part 2 (1989)
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After the original installment flung Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly backwards into the past, it was only logical that the sequel should fling him forward. Set in the then-future year of 2015, it’s startling to see what Back to the Future Part 2 actually got “right,” at least as far as anyone could foresee in the late ‘80s. (We sadly never got real hoverboards, but Nike did come out with those self-lacing sneakers for a hot minute.) But more than that, Back to the Future Part 2 is a worthy successor as a film that warns yesterday’s happy ending doesn’t prevent tomorrow’s despair.
21. Toy Story 3 (2010)
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Toy Story 2 was heading to straight-to-video purgatory when it was retooled at the last minute into a worthwhile follow-up of the ‘95 original. But in 2010, as Toy Story’s original target audience were themselves embarking onto young adulthood,DisneyandPixargave them one last reminder of their childhoods in the moving and unflinching sequel Toy Story 3. With Andy off to college, his beloved toys including Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) struggle to make a new home for themselves at a preschool. In the end, Toy Story 3 testifies that the most rewarding thing about starting young adulthood isn’t elongating one’s childhood, but sharing to make other childhoods happy too.
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20. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
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Back when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was still charting new territory, its seemingly winning formula of enlisting up-and-coming directors - like Joe and Anthony Russo, who originated from comedy television - to put their own spin on its prized collection of action figures resulted in the likes of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In the aftermath of 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger and 2012’s seismic hit The Avengers, the stand-alone sequel finds Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans) adapting to his 21st century surroundings, in a plot that touched on surveillance paranoia and what privacies we’re sacrificing for the sake of technological convenience. In addition to introducing Anthony Mackie as franchise mainstay Sam Wilson/The Falcon and bringing back Sebastian Stan as the troubled Bucky Barnes, The Winter Soldier remains a classic for its homage to ‘70s spy thrillers, demonstrating how flexible superhero stories are outside their familiar spandex.
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19. The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
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In the years after The Matrix Revolutions from 2003, any time Warner Bros. publicly made movement on a continuation - or, dreadfully, a reboot - of The Matrix felt like a threat. Eventually, Lana Wachowski alone took on the reins of, ahem, resurrecting her beloved saga (originally co-created with sister Lilly Wachowski), with Keanu Reeves and Carrie Ann-Moss back in their famed roles of Neo and Trinity respectively. Conceived as a way to overcome some personal grief, The Matrix Resurrections allows Wachowski to take on Hollywood’s obsession for reboots and copy-paste productions for empty nostalgia pay-off, with a movie that asserts The Matrix as belonging to her and her alone no matter what studios choose to do with it next.
18. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
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10 years after George A. Romero basically invented the zombie horror genre with Night of the Living Dead, the filmmaker followed up his genius with an equally influential (albeit standalone) sequel: Dawn of the Dead. Set at the start of the zombie plague, Dawn of the Dead follows survivors taking refuge in a shopping mall. As if anticipating the economic prosperity that would characterize the 1980s - resulting in the sharp rise of suburban shopping centers - Romero’s movie cleverly satirizes the braindead behaviors of rampant consumerism and the death of community inside its concrete, sanitized interiors. Years later, the video game series Dead Rising would spiritually channel Romero’s movie, with players forced to survive three days inside a sprawling, zombie-infested shopping mall.
17. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
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16. Before Sunset (2004)
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In 1994, two young strangers met on a train to Vienna. Somewhere in their hearts, they fell in love, they just didn’t know how to find each other again. Finally, in 2004, Richard Linklater reunited both Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy’s lovestruck wanderers in Before Sunset, their characters now meeting in Paris after Jesse (Hawke) travels for a book tour - a novel based on his one night wonder with Céline (Delpy) all those years ago. While Before Sunset is considerably shorter than both the original and the 2013 installment Before Midnight, Before Sunset succeeds as a much-needed catch up with old faces while leaving us to wonder what happens next - again.
15. Logan (2017)
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In the thick of superhero movie domination, James Mangold and Hugh Jackman together said to hell with shared universes and delivered their neo-Western classic Logan. While loosely the third and final film in the Wolverine sub-trilogy (of the larger X-Men franchise), the R-rated Logan stands tall on its own as a transgressive finale in which heroic deeds go fully punished, but are still necessary to keep heroes alive. Set in a dark future with Wolverine (Jackman) as the last living X-Men member, the clawed anti-hero must bring along his genetic “daughter” Laura (Dafne Keen) on a daring cross-country mission to escape an evil science lab. Taking inspiration from films like Shane and Unforgiven, Logan acknowledges the superhero genre as the spiritual descendant of gunslinger Westerns, championing their worth even as the genre slowly marches towards uncertain doom.
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14. 22 Jump Street (2014)
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13. Aliens (1986)
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12. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
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11. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
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Following in the footsteps of the 2011 reboot/origin movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes, director Matt Reeves - with writers Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver - sought to find exactly when and where humanity surrendered its supremacy to apes in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. As Caesar (Andy Serkis) tries to keep control over the increasingly sophisticated ape community, human survivors fight to keep their own species alive. While alliances between species are forged, they are precarious, and mistrust and betrayals become the sparks that ignite the fires of war.
10. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
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As theaters still struggled to recover post-COVID-19, Tom Cruise came in on a jet and kept things flying high. While Cruise is no stranger to great sequels - just look at his handful of Mission: Impossibles - Top Gun: Maverick is a finely designed sequel of particular craftsmanship, a blockbuster that meditates on limits being suggestions rather than law. Though Cruise reprises his role of Captain Mitchell, the movie takes on a meta vibe with Cruise not only training a new generation of potential replacements (including Miles Teller and Glen Powell) but testing himself as a self-anointed vanguard for what artists, and mankind, can achieve.
9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
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Though controversial and divisive, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the rare franchise IP sequel that is introspective about its own meaning and its role to play in a wider legacy. Continuing from 2015’s The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson follows Rey (Daisy Ridley) as she seeks to learn the ways of the Jedi under Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), only to find someone unwilling to do so. While some longtime Star Wars fans have nothing but venom for The Last Jedi, there are just as many fans who find The Last Jedi a thoughtful and provocative sequel.
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8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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It is nothing short of a miracle that Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy simply exists. A breathtaking rendition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s original novels, the saga culminates in the 2003 finale, The Return of the King, a truly epic blow-out that concludes Frodo’s long quest through Middle-earth. From its haunting prologue revealing the descent of Sméagol into Gollum, to its scorching climax inside Mount Doom, Lord of the Rings forever upped the ante and blockbuster movies have never been the same. Even now, One Ring rules them all.
7. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
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As mystifying and textured as Ridley Scott’s original sci-fi masterpiece, Denis Villeneuve’s sequel Blade Runner 2049 flips the script with Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a Replicant and L.A. cop, looking into the impossible possibility that he may be human. A dark and mesmerizing portrait of keeping hope for oneself in a hopeless world, Blade Runner 2049 is partially a damning critique warning against self-actualization, for it’s human nature to place on ourselves expectations that may not be in sync with reality. Still, Blade Runner 2049 isn’t cynical, with just a little room for interpretation to believe otherwise.
6. The Dark Knight (2008)
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5. The Godfather Part 2 (1974)
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4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
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3. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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2. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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1. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
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1Nemesis review: “A magical sense of tension”
1Nemesis review: “A magical sense of tension”
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Nemesis review: “A magical sense of tension”
2Arcs review: “A whole lot of game in a small package”
2Arcs review: “A whole lot of game in a small package”
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Arcs review: “A whole lot of game in a small package”
3Path of Exile 2 review: “A stellar start to a thrilling and brutal dark adventure”
3Path of Exile 2 review: “A stellar start to a thrilling and brutal dark adventure”
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Path of Exile 2 review: “A stellar start to a thrilling and brutal dark adventure”
4Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: “The best adventure Indy has embarked on in over 30 years”
4Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: “The best adventure Indy has embarked on in over 30 years”
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: “The best adventure Indy has embarked on in over 30 years”
5Marvel Rivals review: “So preoccupied with trying to be like Overwatch that it forgets to play to its own strengths”
5Marvel Rivals review: “So preoccupied with trying to be like Overwatch that it forgets to play to its own strengths”
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Marvel Rivals review: “So preoccupied with trying to be like Overwatch that it forgets to play to its own strengths”
1Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review: “Keanu Reeves as Shadow is wasted whilst Jim Carrey steals the show”
1Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review: “Keanu Reeves as Shadow is wasted whilst Jim Carrey steals the show”
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review: “Keanu Reeves as Shadow is wasted whilst Jim Carrey steals the show”
2Mufasa: The Lion King review – “It’s no Hakuna Matata but this Disney origin story is a class above the 2019 movie”
2Mufasa: The Lion King review – “It’s no Hakuna Matata but this Disney origin story is a class above the 2019 movie”
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Mufasa: The Lion King review – “It’s no Hakuna Matata but this Disney origin story is a class above the 2019 movie”
3Kraven the Hunter review: “The insistence on an R-rating helps save this, with a decent helping of bloodthirsty action”
3Kraven the Hunter review: “The insistence on an R-rating helps save this, with a decent helping of bloodthirsty action”
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Kraven the Hunter review: “The insistence on an R-rating helps save this, with a decent helping of bloodthirsty action”
4The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – “An uninspired expansion of the most iconic screen take on Tolkien”
4The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – “An uninspired expansion of the most iconic screen take on Tolkien”
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review – “An uninspired expansion of the most iconic screen take on Tolkien”
5Nightbitch review: “Amy Adams' disappointing dark comedy is all bark and no bite”
5Nightbitch review: “Amy Adams' disappointing dark comedy is all bark and no bite”
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Nightbitch review: “Amy Adams' disappointing dark comedy is all bark and no bite”
1Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special review: “Ncuti Gatwa is as magnetic as ever in this delightful festive treat”
1Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special review: “Ncuti Gatwa is as magnetic as ever in this delightful festive treat”
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Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special review: “Ncuti Gatwa is as magnetic as ever in this delightful festive treat”
2Secret Level review: “An uneven experience with serious highlights that ultimately make up for the misses”
2Secret Level review: “An uneven experience with serious highlights that ultimately make up for the misses”
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Secret Level review: “An uneven experience with serious highlights that ultimately make up for the misses”
3Skeleton Crew review: “Perfectly captures the vibes of classic Star Wars with a swashbuckling twist”
3Skeleton Crew review: “Perfectly captures the vibes of classic Star Wars with a swashbuckling twist”
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Skeleton Crew review: “Perfectly captures the vibes of classic Star Wars with a swashbuckling twist”
4Creature Commandos review: “James Gunn’s heartwarming, R-rated tale about super-monsters proves that the DCU is in good hands”
4Creature Commandos review: “James Gunn’s heartwarming, R-rated tale about super-monsters proves that the DCU is in good hands”
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Creature Commandos review: “James Gunn’s heartwarming, R-rated tale about super-monsters proves that the DCU is in good hands”
5Cobra Kai season 6, part 2 review: “Returns to the sort of hard-hitting form that made it such a fan favorite in the first place”
5Cobra Kai season 6, part 2 review: “Returns to the sort of hard-hitting form that made it such a fan favorite in the first place”
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Cobra Kai season 6, part 2 review: “Returns to the sort of hard-hitting form that made it such a fan favorite in the first place”