Best Second Installments In Movie Franchises

Second installments in movie franchises are usually better than the original, as good as the original or worse than the original, here's the best ones!
The Top Ten
1 Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 is an example of a sequel that I saw before the original. I don't know why but this was the first one I had the DVD on, maybhe that's also why I think it's the best of the trilogy, oh well anyways, this movie is excellent! A flawless masterpiece! This movie expands on the ppriginal and introduced us new characters and a great story! This movie also has three villians unlike he other two which only had one. My favourite villian is Zurg, while he was kinda filler, he reminds me so muh of Darth Vader from Star Wars and the beggining part was the best thing about the movie honestly! I love this movie!

I like it better than the first and third film, but how this is so far in front I don't understand.

I still have the DVD/Blu-Ray with me and it was the best installment of that series.

This was so memorial

2 The Empire Strikes Back

Truly an excellent movie! I love it! I may think Return of the Jedi was the bes of the trilogy, but this is a clone second! I used to find this movie a bit overrated but I've grown to like this one even more! It might even be third best in the whole franchise! I really loved the settings in the movie! Hoth is an amazing setting and I loved the battle of hoth! We also have Bespin which is a gas giant with a CLOUD CITY! That is awesomne! I love this movie!

I must say you've got some... interesting opinions, such as Spiderman 2 being the worst of the trilogy, this being worse than ROTJ, HTTYD2 being better than the first, Madagascar 2 being even remotely quality, and all 3 kung fu pandas being good. Not to mention you didn't include the Dark knight or Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers.(SHAMMME)
But in the end that's just opinion, and in mine, this is the best of the SW series.
(ps your list description is pretty obvious)

Now this is an obvious one, I never met anyone who says that they did not like this movie!

This is probably my favorite on the original trilogy.

3 The Dark Knight

Another movie that the second movie surpassed the original in its trilogy

Where is POTC2? I mean it's not better than this but it should still be here

4 Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Although this movie is overrated in my opinion, I still really liked this one. It's about as good as the original, I still think the third one is the best one.

I would say this is another of the rare movies that is as good or better than the original

Very Badass movie.

5 Spider-Man 2

Although my least favourite of the trilogy, this is still one of the best movies ever made! The story was excellent! It focuses on Peter Parkers double life as a teenager student and a superhero, it's great! The villian: Doctor Octopus / Otto Octavious is the best villian in the entire trilogy tied with Green Goblin, he has such strong motivations and such a cool design! Masterpiece movie!

Yes, this film was really incredible but I actually liked the 1st one better... I just always liked Green goblin so much...

6 The Godfather Part II

The mods aren't good at keeping repeats off lists

In my opinion better than the original

7 Batman Returns

Batman was a risk, because this was during a time when Superhero movies weren't a cash grab, this one came out with a more serious tone, with better acting

8 Aliens

The perfect action movie, this was just as good as the original

9 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

A great movie. All the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies are equal to me.

Should be much higher. This film was brilliant

10 Shrek 2

Here's another excellent Dreamworks sequel! I think 3 was the best of the series but this is a close second! The story is once agian excellent and expands upon the original! It's really colorful as well! I don't think there was a single bad moment here (except for those perverted girls). Excellent sequel!

The greatest movie ever made. How is this not #1?

The Contenders
11 Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Why did I forget this? This movie is also an excellent movie and the best of the Captain America trilogy, I thought the first one was ok and the third was messed up, but this is truly an excellent sequel!

One of the first of the marvel universe movies that I truly enjoyed

12 Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice

First of all: this isn't a 2nd installment in a franchise
Second of all: This movie sucked eggs
Third of all: This is not a sequel
FOURTH of all: it shouldn't be higher than the godfather 2 or lord of the rings 2

13 Superman II
14 Batman vs. Two-Face
15 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

I will admit that this movie kinda rehashes the original and it's not the best one in the series, however, it's my second favourite in the series. This time Indiana Jones is in India looking for these things I don't remember what they're called. But it's a great movie! Really classic! There's tons of classic moments in here!

Indiana Jones as a whole is a good franchise (even if the 4th ones a bit weird) and Temple of Doom does not stop that!

16 Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Night of the Living Dead might of created the zombie genre but this movie perfected it

17 Kung Fu Panda 2

If I am going to be completely honest there isn't such a thing as the worst Kung Fu Panda movie! I liked 3 the most but the first two were equally as good in my opinion! The story was so intense and it's easly the darkest of the trilogy! I also loved the villian: Lord Shen, he was really cool!

18 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Nah, it was pretty bad honestly

19 Alice Through the Looking Glass
20 How to Train Your Dragon 2

God Hiccup got so hot. Besides that point it was also a great movie and really bumped everything from the first movie up a level. When I saw the first h2tyd movie I liked it a lot, but but also kinda disappointed because it was sooo different from the books. In this movie it actually kinda veered back towards some of the themes in the book series and also expanded on things in the first movie and also Hiccup got really hot. It was good.

Here is a Dreamworks sequel that manages to be better than the original, and it's awesomne! The story expands so muh on the original and it's excellent! The new characters are so interesting and the movie feels so fresh! I used to think this movie was overrated but I had to watch it thrice to fully enjoy the masterpiece this movie is!

21 My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks
22 Undisputed 2

The point this series really kicked off and became one of the best martial arts series created

23 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd
24 Evil Dead II

Pretty much the first but with slapstick and a bigger budget better than the original

25 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
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