What is the best film trilogy?

[Mistadobalina]

I'd say the perfect trilogy needs to feel organic. Bolt on sequels that are clearly a studio eeking out more money from successful intellectual property should be an automatic disqualification for this category.

That's too purist. While I agree to an extent, I have no issue with a studio eeking out more money if the product is good. And while a trilogy with 2 out of 3 films being good will never win the "Best Of" category, it still means we got 2 decent films and not just 1.

In which case the answer is Austin Powers and we can close the thread right here.

[Dunners]

[one o in huntingdon]

Dirty Harry or Lethal Weapon, hard to choose between them

[Daily Express bot]

Porky's.

No , I believe him

[Dunners]

I also see that nobody has attempted to suggest The Godfather trilogy. Thanks a bunch #3.

[Tuffers#2]

Paddington goes to Peru is out next year ( Ithink) & will no doubt dismiss all other Trilogies.

[StillSpike]

The Hangovers (although II was better than I, it then dipped somewhat in III)

[Give it to Jabo]

I'll do it- The Godfather films. Almost Shakespearean in their grandeur,

[Dunners]

The Mad Max and Naked Gun trilogies are being criminally ignored.

[Dunners]

Also, Die Hard. Obviously the first is a masterpiece, but both of the second two are more than decent on their own.

[one o in huntingdon]

No Jaws or Sharknado either

Kill Bill must be worth a mention too and in the same vein the Bruce Lee collection

[Ron Waffle]

Batman trilogy with Christian Bale

[Dunners]

^The Dark Knight trilogy is definitely a contender.

[Wally Banter]

Having followed ClaptonCasual's recommendations very closely over the years, for me it's got to be:

Hard Boys: Casual Encounter
Hard Boys II: Back Alley Beat-Off
Hard Boys III: Fisting Time

[Chicken Dhansak]

I'll stick in Predator 1 and 2 and Predators.

[Mistadobalina]

Also, Die Hard. Obviously the first is a masterpiece, but both of the second two are more than decent on their own.

I'm not sure they count as a trilogy. You're straying into open ended franchise territory here which surely does not count.

[Dunners]

Also, Die Hard. Obviously the first is a masterpiece, but both of the second two are more than decent on their own.

I'm not sure they count as a trilogy. You're straying into open ended franchise territory here which surely does not count.

I think that it's fair to differentiate between the 'original' trilogy of a film series and any others that come about through studio desperation for reboots.

For example, the first three Alien or Terminator films can easily be considered as a trilogy, whilst ignoring anything that came later (i.e. Alien Resurrection, Dark Fate etc).

See also Indiana Jones:
1 - Raiders of the Lost Ark = Excellent.
2 - Temple of Doom = It'll do.
3 - The Last Crusade = Brilliant end to the trilogy series.

4 - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull = F*ck off.

[leebmx]

I struggling to think of a 3 series film where one (usually the last) doesn’t have a big drop in quality. Three Colours trilogy by Kieslowski but they are all different films on a theme so I’m not sure it counts. Also it’s a bit of a film w*ankers answer.
Toy Story?

[CEB]

Also, Die Hard. Obviously the first is a masterpiece, but both of the second two are more than decent on their own.

I'm not sure they count as a trilogy. You're straying into open ended franchise territory here which surely does not count.

I think that it's fair to differentiate between the 'original' trilogy of a film series and any others that come about through studio desperation for reboots.

For example, the first three Alien or Terminator films can easily be considered as a trilogy, whilst ignoring anything that came later (i.e. Alien Resurrection, Dark Fate etc).

See also Indiana Jones:
1 - Raiders of the Lost Ark = Excellent.
2 - Temple of Doom = It'll do.
3 - The Last Crusade = Brilliant end to the trilogy series.

4 - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull = F*ck off.

No way can the first three terminators be considered a trilogy separate from the rest.
Why?
Well it fails under any criteria you care to mention

1: coherence: the first two films both explicitly seem to rule out any sequels (in the first it’s made clear no one else is coming. In the second the whole point is in making it impossible for the events in the future to transpire)

2: one director’s vision: the first two films are Cameron, the third a decade later by a jobbing director (with all future films having more in common with 3 than the first two in that respect)

[StillSpike]

Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 (#3 was a bit of a disappointment)

[Tuffers#2]

Clearly this is Paddington 2, Paddington, Paddington 2 directors cut.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5822536/

[BIGRON]

I actually enjoyed the 3 Taken films , also the John Wick trilogy.

[Daily Express bot]

On The Buses
Mutiny On The Buses and
Holiday On The Buses

Pure entertainment

[The Mindsweep]

Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Confessions of a Pop Performer
Confessions of a Driving Instructor

[Omygawd]

Debbie Does Dallas
Debbie Does Dallas Part II
Debbie Does Dallas III

Got boring after that.