Best film trilogy of all time?

[Shade8780]

Definitely doesn't make them the 'best' films though.

Sure, you can say SW is the best trilogy ever and that's a perfectly fine opinion. But if you're saying it's the best trilogy because of pop appeal and # of fans, then you'd also have to say they're the three greatest films ever, period?

im guessing everyone has seen star wars and appreciates them as good films. do i really need to argue that?

godfather is the greatest duology ever, sure, but godfather 3 is a big piece of crap and leaves a black mark on the trilogy.

tlotr is definitely a great contender. im just giving star wars props for being more popular than the rest, and not in a box office hit way like transformers, but a large fanbase way.

[StephHamann]

Star Wars OT
Back to the Future
Indiana Jones OT
Dollar Trilogy

[West-Side]

im guessing everyone has seen star wars and appreciates them as good films. do i really need to argue that?

godfather is the greatest duology ever, sure, but godfather 3 is a big piece of crap and leaves a black mark on the trilogy.

tlotr is definitely a great contender. im just giving star wars props for being more popular than the rest, and not in a box office hit way like transformers, but a large fanbase way.

Fair enough, I'd easily place Star Wars at #2 on my list then.
I haven't seen them in a while, but was a huge fan of the movies growing up.

Raiders of The Last Ark
Temple of Doom
The Last Crusade



Epic trilogy; reason why I am such a big fan of the Uncharted games.

[Jailblazers7]

Yeah, Indiana Jones would probably be my favorite.

[SugarHill]

ppl serious about matrix tho? it's one great film and two terrible ones

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Don't think Evil Dead has been mentioned yet.

[~primetime~]

Definitely, but how is Star Wars a trilogy?
A trilogy consists of 3 movies.

If that's the case, is Die Hard & Terminator a trilogy? If so, they are at the very top.

I'd say Back to the Future and Indiana Jones is another epic trilogy.
Mad Max is pretty damn good.

how can you argue that having more than 3 movies is NOT a trilogy and then go on to list Indiana Jones which has 4 movies?

[StephHamann]

how can you argue that having more than 3 movies is NOT a trilogy and then go on to list Indiana Jones which has 4 movies?

[West-Side]

ppl serious about matrix tho? it's one great film and two terrible ones

Yeah I think I'll switch either Indiana Jones or Back To The Future with Matrix, on second thought.

Guys, what about the 2nd greatest duology?
We all know The Godfather sits atop. No questions there.

Some memorable duologies:

Raid
Ip Man
Elite Squad
Red Cliff
Once Were Warriors
Ghostbusters

Hard to think of many.

[West-Side]

how can you argue that having more than 3 movies is NOT a trilogy and then go on to list Indiana Jones which has 4 movies?

I agree, I just always looked at Star Wars like I do at the 007 series.
It's like a string of different trilogies, but your point is valid.

[riseagainst]

Lord of the Rings and it's not even close, TBH.

[ArbitraryWater]

How can you not understand the difference?

There is none, been hunting that logic down forever

As for OP, we just had this thread recently, but this one has the widest suggestions http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62995

[Sarcastic]

Aside from those mentioned so far, the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight trilogy is up there as well.

[Le Shaqtus]

Original Star Wars.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

I always enjoyed the Bourne trilogy. The last Bourne movie wasn't with Matt Damon so I don't consider it to be part of the genre and it was also by far the worst movie of the four.