Top Ten Good Movies With Bad Sequels

This list compiles the strongest cases of good, quality movies that get disgraced with bad sequels.
The Top Ten
1 The Matrix

You may hate the sequels, but in my opinion they all make sense. Reloaded was my top favourite for its action scenes. But the problem is Neo fighting CGI agents who look fake.
I actually like all of The Matrix films, although still has issues

I thought the sequel was good and the ending was good just unsatisfying

The first one was so good then they just ruined it with the sequels

I liked Reloaded except for the cringe-worthy sex scene.

2 Jaws

Steven Spielberg did an amazing job on this classic but did a squeal that was O.K and then gave us the third one which was just trash, then he gave us jaws : the revenge which was trash dumped on Justin beiber! I hope Steven doesn't give us another one... Because if he does... ILL BURN DOWN THE MOVIE THEATERS!

I kinda liked Jaws 2, Jaws 3 I like, to make fun of for its horrendous CGI, but Jaws: The Revenge is just bad, period.

Why is The Dark Knight on this list? Every single movie in that trilogy is amazing.

The second was ok, the third was bad. And I REFUSE to comment on the fourth one.

3 Basic Instinct

The first was a tense, erotic thriller, which kept you guessing right to the end. Did she? Didn't she? Will the main actors really raise rugrats? Brilliant twists and turns; a real rollercoaster ride of a film. One to watch again and again, even though you know the ending.
The sequel? I don't know if it was any good because I fell asleep!

4 Dumb and Dumber

The prequel was terrible because they had different actors, but I'm sure that Dumb and Dumber To will be great coming 2014.

Loved so much the first, hated the sequel, but I still love the movie, it's so funny.

The prequel was terrible but Dumb & Dumber To was pretty good.

Dumb and Dumber To was the worst. I never saw the prequel.

5 Home Alone

Home alone 2 was, in my opinion, even better than the first one in some ways, but 3-5 (yes, there's a FIVE now) are horrendous.

I liked both 1 and 2, with 3 being serviceable enough. The T.V. movies following those are total garbage. I can't believe I actually sat through the fourth one.

1: Amazing
2: Amazing
3: Pretty Good
4: Okay... I guess
5: I want to throw this computer out the window

1. Masterpiece
2. Masterpiece
3. Pretty Good
4. It's... okay?
5. I WILL THROW THIS IN MY FIREPLACE

6 Speed

This is a fantastic movie and the sequel makes The Matrix Revolution look like The Godfather, Speed 2 is the worst film I have seen

What kind of movie goes from a high-speed bad ass movie from a lame, run-of-the-mill sequel that feels more for children?!

They went from a high speed adrenaline rush movie in a high speed bus to a slow moving cruise ship.

7 The Blues Brothers

Blues brothers 2000 is that sequel that wasn't really a good idea, nobody wanted, and was completely unnecessary with only half the blues brothers.

Blues brothers 2000 is one if the most phoned in, unnecessary sequel of all time.

Never needed a sequel. This movie was good itself.

8 Divergent

I don't think I added this one to the list. I'm pretty sure the first movie was crap, too.

Bad in general I couldn't finish the first movie

9 The Mask

Son of the Mask is by far the worst sequel, it doesn't even have anything to do with Jim Carrey!

10 A Nightmare On Elm Street

Dream warriors was the best because of Dokken

The Contenders
11 Cars

As a child, I LOVED cars. I remember watching it over and over again. So I expected more from cars 2, and I was disappointed. Cars 3 better be good.

1 was 'meh'. It was the first Pixar release not to get universally-positive reviews from critics and audiences. The ONLY reason it got sequels was because it sold a butt-load of merch.

Yes, Cars 2 sucked but the first Cars was really amazing. The third Cars is really good as well:

Even Michael Bay's movies are better than this boring movie.

12 Caddyshack
13 Ice Age

I swear, these Ice Age is catching up to Final Fantasy in how many sequels they have. But unlike FF, their products are not always amazing. In fact, they stopped being good at around the 2nd sequel.

Okay... Don't hate me... Ice Age 1 was NOT the best. Meltdown was far better in my opinion. Dawn of Dinos was good to.

The original is one of my favorite movies but the sequels? No. Just no.

Oh yeah! This movie does have some really BAD sequels!

14 Cocoon
15 Jurassic Park

I don't really consider any of the Jurassic Park/World movies to be bad movies. Yes, some are better then others but they are not as bad as people say they are.

Although this is a great movie, the sequels are in no way as terrible as people say they are.

16 The Neverending Story
17 Iron Man

The third is good but second is suck

I felt Iron Man 3 was worse.

18 The Dark Knight

This movie IS a sequel...so...yeah.

19 Shrek

1: great
2: the best
3: meh
4: forgettable

The revival better be a return to form!

Should've stayed as a sequel or trilogy.

20 Friday the 13th
21 Star Wars

Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi= Timeless Classics.
Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clone= Huge mistakes of George Lucas's behalf
Revenge of the Sith= Meh

22 Transformers

Actually the third installment in this film series is the best one

Transformers 1 Hey this movie is really badass
ROTF Are more jokes than the first and it's the same
DOTM Well... Is the same than the first but in a strange way is very good in my opinion
AOE What happened here?

The first was good. The sequels were disappointing.

The Transformers were never good to be honest.

23 Wreck-It Ralph

Ralph Breaks the Internet was nothing but shameless self-promotion and virtue signaling. With the Princesses and characters from the original Ralph movie thrown in just for marketing.

Congratulations! You just followed The Emoji Movie bandwagon and you started the Fortnite referencing bandwagon with every animated or action movie having Fortnite dances or gameplay footage/images which in this case it had both.

24 Ghostbusters

First two films are classics. The reboot is an insult to the first two films.

The reboot was disgusting, disgraceful and disrespectful.

Apparently a real Ghostbusters 3 is coming soon!

The original was awesome.

25 Beauty and the Beast
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