Empire presents the "50 Greatest Movie Sequels"

50. Shrek 2
49. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
48. Infernal Affairs II
47. Airplane 2: The Sequel
46. Star Trek: First Contact
45. The Naked Gun 2 1/2
44. Hellboy II
43. 28 Weeks Later
42. Blade II
41. Nightmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors
40. The Four Musketeers
39. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
38. Die Hard With A Vengeance
37. Halloween III
36. Mission: Impossible III
35. Back To The Future Part III
34. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
33. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
32. Scream 2
31. Return to Oz
30. Lethal Weapon 2
29. Dawn Of The Dead
28. Manon Des Sources
27. Addams Family Values
26. The Color Of Money
25. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
24. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
23. Back To The Future Part II
22. Spider-Man II
21. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
20. Desperado
19. Day Of The Dead
18. The Bourne Ultimatum
17. Wes Craven's New Nightmare
16. The French Connection 2
15. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
14. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
13. Batman Returns
12. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
11. X2
10. Evil Dead II
09. Superman II
08. Before Sunset
07. The Bourne Supremacy
06. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
05. The Dark Knight
04. Toy Story 2
03. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
02. The Godfather Part II
01. Aliens

http://www.empireonline.com/50greatestsequels/

my own personal thoughts:

-Aliens is a James Camron masterpiece...I f*ckin love that movie, it is timeless, and to this very day I am still upset that they disgraced it by killing Newt in part 3...I might put it behind T2 though...T2 was the only SUPER-HYPED sequel that actually lived up to every single bit of that hype...I can't think of another sequel that has accomplished that...

-I don't care about the Godfather movies...I realize that I am in the minority on that, but I wouldn't have that in my own top 20 even...just my opinion, and I know other's don't see it the same as me...In fact I bet alot of you think it should be #1...I won't argue it.

-Empire > Dark Knight...

-Temple of Doom > Bourne/Evil Dead/Batman Returns

-good to see X2 get some props...one of the best comic hero flicks ever made IMO...

-Blade 2 was great, should be higher than 42 IMO...

- Wes Craven's New Nightmare???...WTF???...GTFO...and I LOVE Freddy

Interesting. Thanks for posting!

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Two Harry Potter movies? What a crock of ****. And how can they put Evil Dead II on there and leave out Army of Darkness?

That's bull.

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My Picks :

1. Godfather 2
2. Manon of the Spring
3. Aliens
4. The Bride of Frankenstein
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. Batman Returns
7. The Dark Knight
8. Terminator 2
9. Spider Man 2
10. After the Thin Man

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"Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others."- Groucho Marx

I know! And Azkaban beat out Die Hard 3 and Indy 3. I am outraged!

That list is all sorts of wrong.

BTW, New Nightmare is good.

Two good sequels:
Dr. Phibes Rises Again, better than the first
Topper Returns

They rank "Order of the Phoenix" as the best Potter movie...

Wow, that's actually my least favorite of them all.

I forgot about The Matrix Reloaded

suprised I didn't notice that...

Reloaded should be top 25 for just special effects achievments alone...the action in that movie was f*ckin insane...they built their own highway for that car chase, which was brilliant I think...

I always wonder who they actually asked, if anyone, for these sort of lists...

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I can't believe that Aliens is #1. Aliens isn't even the best Alien sequel, let alone the best sequel ever. I'll also point out that Day Of The Dead is above Dawn Of The Dead, that The Dark Knight is #5 which is waay too high and one of those 50 films is a Superman sequel. Also, considering that they've included a National Lampoon's film, shouldn't there be, at least, one James Bond film?

Lastly, Manon Des Sources is really the second part of the story, rather than a sequel and, therefore, shouldn't be on the list. As there isn't a LotR film (though there are Star Wars films) or White or Red, from the Three Colours Trilogy, it seems they're not really playing by their own rules. Unless they don't consider those films worthy of inclusion, which is unlikely seeing as they've put The Dark Knight at #5.

Really? So what is?

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Personally I'd switch round Back to the Future parts 2+3; I didn't think the 2nd one was that well paced compared to the first and third films.

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bad choices from Empire

Needed "Goblet of Fire" and "Revenge of the Sith" and "Search for Spock" and "Halloween 2". I'd also throw in "Two Towers" and "Return of the King", but I guess they're not quite true sequels.

Alien 3.

they're not..they re playing it safe once again.

At least Bogus Journey made the list.

Bogus List

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I've never been a fan of Aliens. I don't know why.