# Which classic movies are begging for a sequel? Rules in OP **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 10, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701 "2024-06-10T13:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/1 "2024-06-10T13:48:12Z")
Inspired by the upcoming Beetlejuice movie. Which classic movies have potential to have a successful sequel or remake made? Here are the rules. 1. By classic, I mean movies from 1974 - 1999, an admittedly arbitrary 25 to 50 years ago. 2. The movie can’t already have a sequel or remake. A TV series, video game, book, comic book, etc. are acceptable. Given those two restrictions, which movies do you think have potential to have a good sequel or remake made? I have a few ideas, but I’d like to see what you all think before I mention my ideas. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/2 "2024-06-10T14:35:16Z")
**Goonies** came to mind immediately. Maybe **Big** , though I’ll be honest and I’m not sure where it should go. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/3 "2024-06-10T14:38:50Z")
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**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/4 "2024-06-10T14:39:16Z")
**Big Trouble in Little China** ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/5 "2024-06-10T14:43:51Z")
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/6 "2024-06-10T14:45:38Z")
**The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension** ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/7 "2024-06-10T14:46:57Z")
Almost every minor character in **Pulp Fiction** has a feature film’s worth of fascinating backstory. ---
**Author:** ![mjmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/8 "2024-06-10T14:48:07Z")
I would love to see the Coen brothers do a remake of _Unforgiven._ ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/9 "2024-06-10T14:50:42Z")
Doctor Detroit II: The Wrath of Mom. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/10 "2024-06-10T15:08:02Z")
Definitely underrated. I showed this to a bunch of grad student friends back in 1995. They were skeptical, but came around to liking it after a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/11 "2024-06-10T15:09:08Z")
**Silverado**. After all, the last line in the movie is _“We’ll be back!”_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/12 "2024-06-10T15:16:48Z")
**FORREST GUMP** : what happened next? We know what happened next. We just don’t know who did what… ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/13 "2024-06-10T15:17:03Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Almost every minor character in **Pulp Fiction** has a feature film’s worth of fascinating backstory. I have always thought that “The Continuing Misadventures of Jules Winfield” could make a cool movie. Given that Jules is not present alongside Vincent and Marsellus Wallace in the last (chronological) portions of the film, it can be assumed that he made good on his promise to leave his criminal life behind. It could be interesting to learn what became of Jules after that. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/14 "2024-06-10T15:18:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Who Framed Roger Rabbit? “The Two Eddies”? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/15 "2024-06-10T15:27:10Z")
Buckaroo Banzai VS The World Crime League was released as a novel a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/16 "2024-06-10T15:45:06Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Who Framed Roger Rabbit? > > “The Two Eddies”? That’s one way to go. Part of the fun of the original movie was seeing Disney and Warner Bros characters in the same scene. So imagine what could be done with recent animated characters, like perhaps Woody from Toy Story. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/17 "2024-06-10T15:49:12Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So imagine what could be done with recent animated characters, like perhaps Woody from Toy Story. In a sense, that’s what they did in the 2022 Chip ’n Dale movie (which was widely regarded as a “spiritual successor” to Roger Rabbit). ---
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> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Maybe **Big** , though I’ll be honest and I’m not sure where it should go. _BIG 2: Still Small_ Follow the antics of Josh Baskin and his sidekick Billy as they navigate sixth grade, struggle with homework, and play pranks on enemies and friends alike. When their dummy (who looks a little too much like a bloody Mrs. Pertwilliger) gets thrown out of her classroom window into traffic, will Billy rat out his friends, or take the detention all by himself? _Cast: David Moscow, Jared Rushton, Not Tom Hanks._ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701/19 "2024-06-10T15:58:48Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Maybe **Big** , though I’ll be honest and I’m not sure where it should go. Figure a girl walks into the classroom? ---
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Just looking over science fiction movies from that era. These movies have the potential for great sequels or remakes but I’d expect if attempted most of the results wouldn’t be very good. Sequels and remakes rarely reach the heights of the original, even when the original set a low bar. But that’s not the fault of the original, it’s just what happens in Hollywood. Close Encounters of the Third Kind ET Strange Invaders Night of the Comet Runaway Alien Nation Tank Girl Vampirella Fifth Element Galaxy Quest Also: Flash Gordon - based on prior serials Cat People - a remake itself [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movies-are-begging-for-a-sequel-rules-in-op/1002701.md?page=2)