Naming movie sequels.

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Isn’t it usual, when the sequel name is the same as the first but with a number after it, it has a subtitle? Like the Die Hards. There’s Die Hard (it isn’t Die Hard I, either. Just Die Hard) and then Die Hard II: Die Harder. And then Die yet again but this time with a Vengeance.

How about the Rocky Movies? Are they Rocky, Rocky I, Rocky II. . . and so on with no other descriptions in the title?

The Star Wars movies: My husband insists the name of the first movie was always Star Wars: Episode 4. Pshaw! says I. They didn’t know there were gonna make 6 movies when the first one was named.

I’d like to point out that the Aliens movies don’t exactly follow the formula either. They are Alien, Aliens and Alien to the third Power. All right, all right-- Alien[sup]3[/sup] could be pronounced “Alien three” but we all know that isn’t what is written.

Every sequel should use the Indiana Jones/Harry Potter “and the” solution.

Are there any sequels that are actually titled ‘Name of first movie roman numeral number 2’ with no sub-title or other explanations?

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Jurassic Park III? Or, Jurassic Park ///.

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Off the top of my head, without bothering to check if they had more of a title (but I don’t think they did):

Psycho II
Jaws II
Ghostbusters II
Porky’s II
Caddyshack II
Grease II

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The Godfather II

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The sequel to an original movie should ALWAYS be “Original Title 2: Electric Boogaloo”.

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No. “Original Title 2: The Wrath of Spock”

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The Madness of George III

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The very first movie to use the concention (if you don’t count those old silent 5 minute movies) was Quatermass 2, which was known in the US as Enemy from Space. It had no subtitle in Britain. (Note that the “2” was Indo-Arabic, not Roman)
The next movie with that sort of title, several sources tell me, was The Godfather II (which was the first to use the Roman Numeral). Also no subtitle.

I’m not sure which was the first numbered sequel with a subtitle.

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So I’m looking and looking for this thread over at CS and wondering what happened to it, only to finally give up on it as hamster food.

Lo and behold! It is in the wrong forum. I am smart-- m-o-o-n spells smart!

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Moved from IMHO to CS.

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Saw II and Saw III.
Evil Dead 2.
American Pie 2.
Bad Boys II.
Toy Story 2.
Shrek 2.
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2.
The Friday the 13th series.

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It’s a pity Seconds wasn’t called Second in Roman numerals.

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Isn’t the official title “The Godfather Part II”?

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Not to nitpick, but the name of the movie isn’t The Godfather II, it’s The Godfather: Part II.

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Though it’s one of the movies that don’t exist ( as per another current thread) Speed 2: Cruise Controll was kinda witty. But since it was the only witty thing about the project, it got canned.

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I remember the first one being called Episode IV. I also remember it being said that Lucas planned 9 total episodes, not 6.

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Reminds me of one of the working titles to the sequel to (the perpetually upcoming) Boondock Saints: All Saints Day.

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Star Wars was not titled “Episode IV” or anything similar when it was first released. We’ve been over that many times before in this forum (I just read it again a few days ago). “Episode IV: A New Hope” was added to the title when the movie was re-released a few years later.

You mean like the first one, Raiders of the Lost Ark?

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Rocky VII: Adrian’s Revenge

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A lot of people forget that there never was a movie titled Rambo II. There was First Blood, then Rambo: First Blood Part II, then Rambo III.