# One (Good) Sequel Only - The Rarest of Hollywood Feats **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294 "2008-07-04T14:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/1 "2008-07-04T14:28:09Z")
I submit that we can count on one hand the number of films that have only one sequel after which the producers, directors, main actors etc. decide to leave well enough alone and then stop there. To clarify, I’m talking about a quality film that can stand on its own merit, that didn’t seem to be a lead-in for a sequel or part of a long-running series. Then with the success of that feature, the principals get together for another run and make a follow-up that is as good as the first. And finally, the filmmakers show remarkable restraint and don’t go any further. To that end I propose that there is only one successful accomplishment with these criteria and that I will wager the following: I will spoiler box my offering and ask that the first ten responders -assuming we can get ten- to not view the contents. I am certain that amongst those 10 respondents, at least 8 will be the same as my spoiler boxed film and if not - I will eat a bug. My response: Toy Story 1 and 2 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/2 "2008-07-04T14:44:31Z")
I’m sure I’ll think of something eventually, but about your spoiler: You know Pixar is working on Toy Story 3 right? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/3 "2008-07-04T14:49:53Z")
Was Evan Almighty any good? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/4 "2008-07-04T15:39:38Z")
Bill and Ted. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/5 "2008-07-04T16:37:00Z")
Cube and Hypercube j/k ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/6 "2008-07-04T16:48:53Z")
[Uptown Saturday Night](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072351/) and [Let’s Do It Again](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073282/). Kinda. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/7 "2008-07-04T17:19:41Z")
_True Grit_, and _Rooster Cogburn_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/8 "2008-07-04T17:23:16Z")
Finally, _The Freshman_ and _The Sin of Harold Diddlebock_ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/9 "2008-07-04T17:22:38Z")
Not Hollywood, but _Jean de Florette_ and \*Manon of the Spring. \* I’d also say _The Wizard of Oz_ and \*Return to Oz \* \*The Maltese Falcon \*and _The Black Bird_ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/10 "2008-07-04T18:08:06Z")
The Mummy and Return (Brendan Frasier). Of course, there is a third on the way. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/11 "2008-07-04T19:02:34Z")
The French Connection and The French Connection II. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/12 "2008-07-04T19:40:32Z")
Well it’s been 9 replies with a guesses and all of em have been different…do we get to choose which bug? ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/13 "2008-07-04T20:02:48Z")
I’d say the Toy Story movies. I defy anyone to watch the Jessie’s Song sequence and stay dry-eyed. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/14 "2008-07-04T20:36:43Z")
[QUOTE=Saint Cad] Cube and Hypercube j/k [/QUOTE] Ummm - Cube Zero. Technically it’s a prequel, but it is a third. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/15 "2008-07-04T20:39:29Z")
I was going to say _The Three Musketeers_ and _The Four Musketeers_. But looking at IMDB shows that Lester went back fifteen years later and made _The Return of the Musketeers_. I hadn’t heard of this before but they added C. Thomas Howell and Kim Cattrall to the original cast so I have strong doubts. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/16 "2008-07-04T20:41:21Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] I’d also say _The Wizard of Oz_ and \*Return to Oz \* [/QUOTE] The second was not a “sequel” as defined in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/17 "2008-07-04T20:42:51Z")
_Romancing the Stone_ and _The Jewel of the Nile_. Not classics, exactly, but solid entertainment and roughly equivalent in quality. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/18 "2008-07-04T20:47:30Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I was going to say _The Three Musketeers_ and _The Four Musketeers_. But looking at IMDB shows that Lester went back fifteen years later and made _The Return of the Musketeers_. I hadn’t heard of this before but they added C. Thomas Howell and Kim Cattrall to the original cast so I have strong doubts. [/QUOTE] Another reason the first two might not meet the OP’s criteria is that they were made as a single production and released separately. Not a case where, as the OP stated, “with the success of that feature, the principals get together for another run and make a follow-up that is as good as the first.” ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/19 "2008-07-05T00:06:34Z")
Ghostbusters 1 & 2. hey, I like Ghostbusters 2. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-good-sequel-only-the-rarest-of-hollywood-feats/455294/20 "2008-07-05T00:11:12Z")
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