Top 25 Best Movie Trilogies
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1. Roman Holiday (1953)
Passed | 118 min | Comedy, Romance
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power
Votes: 147,521
The Audrey Hepburn Collection
I know this doesn't count as a trilogy but it is a collection of 3 movies but they don't tie into each other but I'll still accept it
Roman Holiday- 10/10
Sabrina- 10/10
Breakfast at Tiffany's- 10/10
2. Batman Begins (2005)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After witnessing his parents' death, Bruce learns the art of fighting to confront injustice. When he returns to Gotham as Batman, he must stop a secret society that intends to destroy the city.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson
Votes: 1,576,860 | Gross: $206.85M
The Dark Knight Trilogy
Batman Begins- 10/10
The Dark Knight- 10/10
The Dark Knight Rises- 10/10
3. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,448,235 | Gross: $322.74M
Star Wars Trilogy (1977-1983)
Star Wars IV- 9/10
Star Wars V- 10/10
Star Wars VI- 9/10
4. Dr. No (1962)
PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 179,277 | Gross: $16.07M
James Bond Part 1 Trilogy
Dr. No- 9/10
From Russia With Love- 8/10
Goldfinger- 9/10
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Votes: 2,004,776 | Gross: $315.54M
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring- 8/10
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers- 8/10
The Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King- 9/10
6. Toy Story (1995)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.
Director: John Lasseter | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney
Votes: 1,067,426 | Gross: $191.80M
Toy Story Trilogy
Toy Story- 9/10
Toy Story 2- 8/10
Toy Story 3- 8/10
7. Superman (1978)
PG | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando
Votes: 187,367 | Gross: $134.22M
Superman Trilogy
How about we forget Superman 3 and 4 and just have Superman, Superman II, and Superman Returns in a trilogy like what Warner Bros wants since Superman Returns ties into Superman and Superman II.
Superman- 9/10
Superman II- 10/10
Superman Returns- 7/10
8. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror
The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
Votes: 593,355 | Gross: $13.54M
The Cornetto Trilogy Shaun of the Dead- 9/10 Hot Fuzz- 8/10 The World's End- 9/10
9. Spider-Man (2002)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco
Votes: 878,571 | Gross: $403.71M
Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy
Spider-Man- 9/10
Spider-Man 2- 8/10
Spider-Man 3- 8/10
10. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure
In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies
Votes: 1,036,043 | Gross: $248.16M
Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981-1989)
Raiders of the Lost Ark- 9/10
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- 8/10
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- 8/10
11. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 232,388 | Gross: $14.50M
Dollars Trilogy
A Fistful of Dollars- 8/10
For A Few Dollars More- 7/10
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly- 9/10
12. The Bourne Identity (2002)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Franka Potente, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen
Votes: 575,800 | Gross: $121.66M
Bourne Trilogy
The Bourne Identity- 8/10
The Bourne Supremacy- 7/10
The Bourne Ultimatum- 8/10
13. The Terminator (1984)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield
Votes: 923,168 | Gross: $38.40M
Terminator Trilogy
The Terminator- 9/10
Terminator 2: Judgement Day- 9/10
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines- 6/10
14. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,009,423 | Gross: $134.97M
The Godfather Trilogy
The Godfather- 9/10
The Godfather Part II- 9/10
The Godfather Part III- 5/10
15. Batman (1989)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl
Votes: 403,897 | Gross: $251.19M
Batman Trilogy
Let's forget about Batman and Robin shall we?
Batman- 8/10
Batman Returns- 9/10
Batman Forever- 6/10
16. The Evil Dead (1981)
NC-17 | 85 min | Horror
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
Votes: 232,204 | Gross: $2.40M
The Evil Dead Trilogy
The Evil Dead- 9/10
The Evil Dead II- 8/10
Army of Darkness- 6/10
17. Die Hard (1988)
R | 132 min | Action, Thriller
A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Votes: 944,458 | Gross: $83.01M
Die Hard Trilogy (1988-1995)
Die Hard- 8/10
Die Hard 2- 6/10
Die Hard With A Vengeance- 8/10
18. Back to the Future (1985)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Votes: 1,305,196 | Gross: $210.61M
Back to the Future Trilogy
Back to the Future- 8/10
Back to the Future Part II- 7/10
Back to the Future Part III- 7/10
19. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their original glory.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd
Votes: 855,601 | Gross: $474.54M
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (1999-2005)
Star Wars I- 6/10
Star Wars II- 7/10
Star Wars III- 9/10
20. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 949,212 | Gross: $78.90M
Alien Trilogy
Alien- 9/10
Aliens- 8/10
Alien 3- 5/10
21. Thunderball (1965)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 126,984 | Gross: $63.60M
James Bond Part 2 Trilogy
Thunderball- 8/10
You Only Live Twice- 7/10
Diamonds Are Forever- 7/10
22. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,546,556 | Gross: $130.74M
Hannibal Trilogy
The Silence of the Lambs- 9/10
Hannibal- 5/10
Red Dragon- 7/10
23. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
PG-13 | 116 min | Crime, Thriller
Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon
Votes: 618,467 | Gross: $183.42M
Ocean's Trilogy
Ocean's Eleven- 8/10
Ocean's Twelve- 6/10
Ocean's Thirteen- 7/10
24. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
Votes: 1,209,143 | Gross: $305.41M
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy
Pirates if the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl- 8/10
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest- 7/10
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End- 6/10
25. Jurassic Park (1993)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 1,065,757 | Gross: $402.45M
Jurassic Park Trilogy
Jurassic Park- 8/10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park- 6/10
Jurassic Park III- 5/10
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