Best movie trilogy of all time?

[Ty21]

Lotr not even close. 

[Small Town Values]

None. It's usually all down hill after the first.

However, sometimes there is an outlier where the second is superior to the first, or a rarer case of the third being the best in the collection. 

But, it's pretty much impossible to deliver three films of near equal quality when confined to the parameters of an ongoing series. 

The Dollars Trilogy might just be as close as you'll get, but TGTBTU is in a league of its own compared to the first two. 

[Malfatron]

47 minutes ago, Marc MacGyver said:

However, sometimes there is an outlier where the second is superior to the first,

The Road Warrior is the best example of this. Vastly superior to the original Mad Max

[Chinaski_86]

3 hours ago, Malfatron said:

The Road Warrior is the best example of this. Vastly superior to the original Mad Max

Yep. The original Mad Max had a $400K budget, Road Warrior $4 million. The original was very low budget. 

[Cheesehawk]

The Human Centipede trilogy has got to be up there.

[INbengalfan]

10 hours ago, Malfatron said:

The Road Warrior is the best example of this. Vastly superior to the original Mad Max

As were The Empire Srikes Back and The Dark Knight

[Malfatron]

8 minutes ago, INbengalfan said:

As were The Empire Srikes Back and The Dark Knight

and evil dead 2

[Malfatron]

challenge: example where the 3rd movie of trilogy was the best?

[beekay414]

Also, Bourne has to be up there. I don't include the Renner one or the obvious cash grab crap that came out a few years ago. I'm talking purely Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum. 

[DirtyDez]

BvS >> Dark Knight Rises

That said Begins and TDK were so good it has to be a top-3 trilogy.

[Xmad]

6 hours ago, Malfatron said:

challenge: example where the 3rd movie of trilogy was the best?

LOTR. 

Star Wars Prequels.

Toy Story (Debatable) 

There are not that many. 

 

 

[43M]

2 hours ago, SwoleXmad said:

LOTR. 

Star Wars Prequels.

Toy Story (Debatable) 

There are not that many. 

 

 

Not sure if it really counts, but Captain America: Civil War was the best Cap movie (although it was more like Avengers 2.5 than a Captain America movie).

Thor Ragnarok would be on the list too.

[Buckrock101]

Star Wars Prequels, easy

[Fresh Prince]

7 hours ago, DirtyDez said:

BvS >> Dark Knight Rises

That said Begins and TDK were so good it has to be a top-3 trilogy.

Overrated trilogy you mean?

[MacReady]

13 hours ago, Malfatron said:

challenge: example where the 3rd movie of trilogy was the best?

Prisoner of Azkaban was the best Harry Potter movie.
Return of the King was the best LOTR movie. 
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the best Indiana Jones movie.
Some people would say The Good, The Bad, The Ugly was the best.  I might have to agree, even though I didn't enjoy it as much as the others.