Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers

If a movie is successful, then it is almost certain that the movie creators will want to make a sequel. But sometimes the creators don’t really know where to stop and keep making more parts if there’s no story left to tell. People often say that the sequels are never as good as the first movie, but Reddit user u/karma_hit_my_dogma wanted to know what movies actually had a good second part but should have stopped there.

The thread was upvoted 47k times and 29k people came to share their opinions. Redditors came to a consensus that Home Alone is the franchise that shouldn’t have been continued after the second movie with 28k people upvoting this comment.

What movies do you think were best left with two parts and do you agree with any of the submissions in this list? Tell us your opinions in the comments and if you find a submission you agree with, don’t forget to upvote it!

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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Home Alone.

AParasiticTwin , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

192points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

Yes, I agree. It's just not the same without macauly culkin.

48points

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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers The Mummy. The first two focused on ancient Egyptian history & mythology; number 3 suddenly takes place in Asia? Huh?!

You could tell they had to work too hard to make it work from how long it took to introduce us to the new setting.

The cherry on top of that s*** cake was the absence of one Rachel Weiss. Her absence was felt. Don't get me wrong, Brendon Frasier did great; I blame the writers/ producers/ director. I loved them in the first two! They were so good, spooky, & full of great classic action & comedy; my fav Brandon Frasier movies.

I think Rachel had a scheduling conflict with another movie?

B1gD1cV1rgn , Universal Pictures Report

Final score:

147points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

It definitely wasn't the same without Rachel.

30points

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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Unpopular opinion: The Matrix. Honestly maybe even after 1.

izz123456 , Warner Bros. Pictures Report

Final score:

137points

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Leigh Boatright 3 years ago

I think they could have taken the 2nd and 3rd movie and made them into one movie. Theres several moments like the zion scene where nothing happens and it drags on.

40points

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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Shrek. There was just no way to beat Shrek 2.

Makeshift-Masquerade , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

128points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I love Shrek but couldn't get into Shrek the third.

29points

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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Preemptively adding Frozen to this list, because I know Disney too well.

CaptainPrower Report

Final score:

126points

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Pepper DeVoe 3 years ago

Hold up! Frozen 2 was amazing! Just as good if not better than the first. This doesn't belong here! Right, Samantha?

11points

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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Terminator

JimmySaulGene , Paramount Pictures Report

Final score:

125points

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Bill Evs 3 years ago

Cannot agree more with this

26points

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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers The Fast and the Furious franchise.

I mean three was technically a spin off that was alright and then it got even more silly with 4 and so on.

But those first ones were great fun in there time and the first is actually quite a good movie and plot.

CriticallyNormal , Universal Pictures Report

Final score:

119points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

And now there is a 9th one about to be released.

32points

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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers The Addams Family. Family Values was great. The third one with almost none of the original cast? We don't talk about that one...

UnRepentantDrew , Warner Home Video Report

Final score:

108points

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

There was a third one?

114points

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Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers The Hangover

kush-tripdude420 , Warner Bros. Pictures Report

Final score:

93points

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denzoren 3 years ago

As Barak Obama said in Between Two Ferns, running for a third term just doesn't make sense, like Hangover 3.

25points

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#10

Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Jaws.

FDRip , Universal Pictures Report

Final score:

92points

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Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

This should have stopped at #1.

67points

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#11

Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Taken.

Taken - Decent enough movie. Reminds me of a simpler time when action movies were pretty strait forward and don't need to be rewatched to be fully understood. That infamous phone scene is pretty iconic.

Taken II - Ok, not bad. Same recipe, different movie. Fine. Good enough. Good Friday night movie when you don't want to spend to much effort following.

Taken 3 - Why? Why would anyone do this?

pixel_of_moral_decay , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

82points

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wow that's fantastic 3 years ago

taken imo is a good movie but seriously taken 3? head out of the exit or go on another trip to find ur daughter

9points

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#12

Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers The Night at the Museum.

AlexEvenstar , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

77points

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Shelp 3 years ago

I mean, the second one wasn't as bad as other movies mentioned on this list, but was still very forgettable

19points

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#13

Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Beethoven, replacing the entire cast for films 3-5 really didn't work. Even the premise - that Beethoven's family would have ever left him with another family - didn't make any sense.

taversham , Universal Studios Home Entertainment Report

Final score:

77points

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Donkey boi 3 years ago

Hang on, they made 5 of them? I didn't know there was a third!

20points

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#14

Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Karate Kid

ledaswanwizard , Columbia Pictures Report

Final score:

77points

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Marette 3 years ago

Loved the 2nd one. The 3rd one was a turd.

18points

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#15

Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Robocop. I loved the first 2, but the third was garbage.

I also didn't like the remake.

I_might_be_weasel , Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International Report

Final score:

72points

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Giles McArdell 3 years ago

The remake was pointless, almost exactly the same movie, just with less tongue in cheek humour.

20points

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#16

Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers The Land Before Time!

Bearded_Wonder0713 , MCA/Universal Home Video Report

Final score:

69points

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Brittany Preston 3 years ago

8 year old me strongly disagrees, I couldn't get enough Land Before Time movies

32points

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#17

Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Ice Age, probably could have stopped at 1.

Rpg_11 , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

69points

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denzoren 3 years ago

There was only bits of the others that was good...for example, Buck...other than that...the first was enough.

13points

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#18

Someone Asked Folks On The Internet To Share What Movie Franchises, In Their Opinion, Should’ve Stopped At The 2nd Part And These Are 30 Of Their Best Answers Ninja turtles. Secret of the ooze was fun then they got too serious in 3

I tried to watch the reboots but Megan fox has the acting ability of a potato and I had to literally turn it off after 15 minutes

pizza-chit , 20th Century Fox Report

Final score:

68points

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James016 3 years ago

Can’t beat the 90s version

26points

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#19

The lion king!

Lavender_andhoney Report

Final score:

65points

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Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago

I think it should have stayed at 1.

47points

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James016 3 years ago

Police Academy should be on this list. Too many films there and they got worse with each one. The first 2 or 3 were so funny though.

14points

Sue Hazlewood 3 years ago

I scrolled down to say this. How on earth have these been left off the list?

1point

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