Best Movie Trilogy

Star Wars specifically implies that it’s set in our universe during the opening credits.

Is it possible to specifically imply something? Like, I definitely might do the hoovering tomorrow.

You’re right though. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” rather than “in a parallel universe”

Jackass is probably the most consistent movie trilogy.

I think Police Academy (any three) wins if it’s consistency you’re after.

If you want stuff that’s good, Toy Story. Or The Godfather if you want grown-up stuff. LOTR is just too bloody long and the hobbits jumping on the bed at the end was just too silly.

Matrix trilogy of course 🙄

LOTR is just too bloody long and the hobbits jumping on the bed at the end was just too silly.

Consistent with the internal logic though. You gotta give them that.

Alien, Aliens, Alien3
Lethal Weapon 1,2 & 3
Lord of the rings
Die Hard 1,2 & 3
Beverly Hills Cop 1,2 & 3.
Mad Max 1,2 & 3 (could even watch fury road if you wanted a full house)
Predator 1 & 2 (not a trilogy, but awesome films)

And other random films that are excellent:

The Town
Cop Land
Total Recall (original)

The Naked Gun Trilogy.
Naked Gun, Naked Gun 2 1/2, Naked Gun 33 1/3

Bourne (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum)

Mission Impossible if you sort of ignore 1, 2 and 3 which don’t really follow on from each other and just go for 4, 5 and 6.

Is it possible to specifically imply something? Like, I definitely might do the hoovering tomorrow.

@Cougar I think it was a punctuation fail more than anything else 😃 “Star Wars, specifically, implies” is what I meant

Dr No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger? (or adjust to your preference from the other options)

I think the most recent 3 from the Mission Impossible series are considered pretty good?

Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock might be contenders as they follow each other really well, but you can’t add #1 to the start because it is complete and utter bobbins so you’d have to add The Voyage Home onto the end which I never really liked.

Bourne is a good call.

Godfather and Aliens are surely the definition of NOT a good trilogy because the third one was shit?

LOTR might have been good if Peter Jackson could do emotions, but he can’t.

Cornetto trilogy sadly let down by a half-baked finale. Wanted to love World’s End as it was filmed in my old stamping ground and I love movies like Bodysnatchers and Stepford Wives, but it was a big disappointment.

Re-watched original Star Wars movies last month with my daughter, they are great actually and Jedi is not bad at all. It’s definitely up there.

Consistent with the internal logic though. You gotta give them that.

I like the Star Trek reboots, there’s three of them. 🙂

I think X Men, X Men: First Class and X Men: Days Of Future Past would make a nice trilogy.

I think it was a punctuation fail more than anything else 😃 “Star Wars, specifically, implies” is what I meant

Boo! Hiss!

I think the most recent 3 from the Mission Impossible series are considered pretty good?

MI is problematic because you cannot, under any circumstances, include MI II. So I, III and IV?

Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead

Plenty of great calls and I feel the need to point out that both BTTF 3 and Die Hard 3 were great.

Am I allowed True Romance, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction?

+1 for Three Colours, Dollars and Back to the Future. Don’t care what anyone says the 2nd and 3rd were both great films and i’ll watch them any time they are on TV!

Not sure if i’d class it as best but my favourite is Before Sunrise / Sunset / Midnight. The first two films are just about perfect and the third very good.

Am I allowed True Romance, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction?

definitely, they’re all awesome movies, and there’s a fragment of character continuity between them (and most, if not all, Tarantino films)

Toy Story is a great shout

You can’t really go wrong with:

Original Star War Trilogy
Lord Of the Rings
Bourne (Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum)
Chris Nolan’s Batman

I’ll also stick up for Back to the Future. 2 and 3 are perfectly good films its just that the first one is exceptional

Wholeheartedly agree with the above. What’s with the BTTF3 hate? It’s got cowboy Biff, ZZ Top and I still panic with the train at the end even though I know that Marty will make it back. If anything I think the second one is slightly weak after the great start.

Toy Story is pretty much perfect though. Never get bored of watching them with the kids. I was sceptical about the fourth one, but really enjoyed it even though it didn’t really add anything to the overall narrative. The third one is such a great movie.

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Bourne or Hangover

Bridget Jones

Alien 1 ,2 ,4 .

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Or

The Hunger Games

Iron man for sure….

Bourne
Blade
John wick

Not an exact trilogy but Lock Stock & 2 smoking barrels, Snatch, Revolver or RocknRolla

Or Tom Hanks The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons & Inferno

Old boy

Mr vengance

Sympathy for lady vengance

Harold and Kumar

Rocky and Rambo.

First Blood, First Blood PtII, Rambo III

Its a left field choice, but High School Musical. I mean life is all a bit shit right now, but those 3 perked me up no end. I dare you not to try and sing along.

Loads I’d have picked already mentioned, but how about…

The First Avenger
The Winter Soldier
Civil War

Pitch Black
The Chronicles Of Riddick
Riddick

The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead 2
Army Of Darkness

Godfather and Aliens

Goodfellas vs Predator

Has to be the first 3 indiana Jones movies.
I am ignoring the more recent one as it was shit

Home Alone

Home Alone 2

Skyfall

Evil dead is a very strong contender.

The newer TV series is also excellent.

What’s with the BTTF3 hate?

I feel bound to point out that I flipping love BTTF.

But IMO whereas the first film is gold, the other two are just sort of good fun in the same vein. They’re not in the same league as first. So I reckon it’s a push to say they form a great trilogy.

Robert Rodriguez: El Mariachi, Desperado, Once upon a time in Mexico.

Police Academy isn’t it?

Back when leather and moustaches were popular.

Robert Rodriguez: El Mariachi, Desperado, Once upon a time in Mexico.

Third one was poor no?

The 1970s Dirty Harry Films

Dirty Harry
Magnum Force
The Enforcer