The Best Trilogy / Quadrilogy etc of Films

CHRISB50

I got in last night turned on the telly and the final film in the Bourne Trilogy was on. I'd forgotten what a good film it is. All of the films in the trilogy are pretty decent.

Got me thinking as to what the best / strongest trilogy / quadrilogy and so on, of films there are.

Normally even if an original film and the sequel are good, the next one will be pony.

Like I love Alien and Aliens, but the others are shit.

So, what are your favourites?

stickyfiddle

Back To The Future

Indiana Jones

Lord of the Rings

Nolan's Batmans

Toy Story

johnnyurq

+1 for Back to the Future

The Alien Quadrilogy, before they start to add in Premetheus.

underdog

Bat man begings, dark knight and dark knight rises. I'm not even a combic book fan but all 3 films very enjoyable

jd0272

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. 

The original versions, obviously. Outstanding.

jd0272

Lord of The Rings is close tho IMO.

fretmeister

The alleged word "quadrilogy" was invented by illiterate Hollywood tossers.

It is an offence to language.

chillidoggy

I like the Alien films, Alien 3 is my favourite, but only the Directors Cut.

Karlos

Bourne series.

ICBM

Despite being overhyped and followed by three extremely inferior prequels (which is itself another offence to language), Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back/Return Of The Jedi is actually pretty damn good.

Toy Story 1/2/3 are also fantastic, although like ROTJ, the third part just drops off a tiny bit at the very end.

And I have to say I don't think The Godfather Part III is at all as bad as it's often made out to be, but it does perhaps stop the trilogy being truly great.

randomhandclaps

jd0272 said:

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. 

The original versions, obviously. Outstanding.

^ This for me.  Toy Story a close second.

Aliens as a trilogy would be up there but I wouldn't go for the whole 'quadrilogy' ( :x ) though as I hate Ressurection about as much as it's possible to hate a film.

The Christopher Nolan Batman's were also a good shout. 

d8m

Die Hard 1-4

The 5th one is an embarrassment to the franchise

TTony

The Sweeney I & II.

Who needs a third.

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TTony said:

The Sweeney I & II.

Who needs a third.

A trilogy does!! 

johnnyurq

There was a third, or should that be turd.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0857190/

Wasn't terrible but wasn't great either. Not sure if it is "Canon" or not though.

TTony

johnnyurq said:

There was a third, or should that be turd.

Well, as I deliberately didn't mention it, you can guess my opinion!

wolsnah

I like all the Aliens films, they all have something credible about them (to my easily pleased mind)

Add in the Dollars trilogy for me, great cinema.

Richardj

'Fistful of Dollars', 'For a Few Dollars More' and 'The Good, The Bad and the Ugly' are sort of a trilogy.  I do like 'em though!

Another +1 for the Bourne films

johnnyurq

TTony;222435" said:

johnnyurq said:

There was a third, or should that be turd.












Well, as I deliberately didn't mention it, you can guess my opinion!

I did thunk that but wanted to tease.

I do agree that the original films were far superior and the other one was a curiosity best forgotten.

The originals I watched in the cinema loads of times, being as I worked there and one of the perks, not so good when crappy films were on mind. Much better on the big screen.

ICBM

Richardj said:

'Fistful of Dollars', 'For a Few Dollars More' and 'The Good, The Bad and the Ugly' are sort of a trilogy.  I do like 'em though!

+1 How did I forget?!

It's also sometimes said that Once Upon A Time In The West, A Fistful Of Dynamite (AKA Once Upon A Time In The Revolution or Duck, You Sucker!) and Once Upon A Time In America are a sort of trilogy, in which case I'll also nominate that and be fairly sure that Sergio Leone is probably the only director who gets two separate trilogies in the list.

viz

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