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c/asklemmy · by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 196d

What are some of the best films that do not yet have a sequel or remake

The first that comes to mind for me is The Breakfast Club and I hope it never does have a sequel or remake

The Princess Bride is another good one

Edit: another one of my favourites is Wall.E, my favourite Pixar movie. There are also several other Pixar movies that don't have sequels or remakes yet

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bazzett@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 196d (1 reply)

The Fifth Element. And I hope it stays tat way.

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 196d

Coming this summer: Rob Schneider is the 6th Element!!

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Nice try, Hollywood!

turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub · 1 pts · 196d

Star Wars sequel trilogy. Hollywood really needs to remake all of them. Interestingly, there are two viable options:

  1. Actually make them good this time. Hire the Andor team to get it right.
  2. Modernize them even further, so much so that the entire franchise finally dies for good. Make GPT write the script if you want to go all the way. Sink then billion dollars into this train wreck. When you run out of money, sell the Star Wars IP to Netflix or whatever. Then Netflix will bury it for good.
Mothra@mander.xyz · 19 pts · 196d (3 replies)

The first thing that comes to mind is everything Studio Ghibli. They are mostly great films, and have no sequels or remakes yet and I hope it stays that way.

I'm sure there has to be live action examples but I can't think of any right now.

frank@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 196d (2 replies)

Inception? I'm always surprised about it getting left alone as it should.

MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 196d

Anytime somebody starts eyeing the rights to it, they get incepted to leave it alone.

Mothra@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 196d

Nice one, yes

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 15 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Galaxy Quest

Klear@quokk.au · 3 pts · 196d

There's a whole bunch of spin-offs, most of them series. Star something.

Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 14 pts · 196d (3 replies)

District 9 -.-

Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 196d (2 replies)

He said he's currently working on District 10

fizzle@quokk.au · 6 pts · 196d (1 reply)

I think he was talking about this when 9 was released.

Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 195d

True, it's been talked about probably since District 9 came out, but in recent interviews he says there is a partial screenplay written but is just wrapped up in Oats Studios atm

mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 14 pts · 196d (2 replies)

Kung Fury

GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 195d

For those unaware, the sequel has been filmed and ready to go for years but has been blocked from release by law suits.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 195d

Ouch.

deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 12 pts · 196d (1 reply)

::: spoiler trolling The Matrix. :::

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 196d

What are you talking about? They never made them.

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 196d (10 replies)
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Tropic Thunder
  • Super Bad
  • Interstellar
  • Forest Gump
  • 2001 A Space Odyssey
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • Tenacious D - The Pick of Destiny
  • Event Horizon
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 196d (2 replies)

2001 A Space Odyssey has a sequel

Klear@quokk.au · 3 pts · 196d

And it's actually great! It just exists in the shadow of the original.

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 196d

Oh, didn't realize that. BTW I'm adding more movies as I think of them

Witchfire@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 196d

What would a Pan's Labyrinth sequel even look like?

Fondots@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 196d (1 reply)

The big Lebowski kind of has a sequel in The Jesus Rolls

It's a popular theory that a lot of Tarantino movies take place in the same universe, and other of his movies are movies that exist in that universe, like Kill Bill may be the pilot that Mia Wallace starred in. I don't believe any of that is outright confirmed, but again kind of a sequel if you buy into that theory.

There was a Napoleon dynamite cartoon series made at one point if you want to count that

Forest Gump was based on a book, and there was a sequel book made- Gump & Co, and I never read it myself but I've been told that the sequel book is actually more of a sequel to the movie than to the original book

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 196d

You know a lot!

fizzle@quokk.au · 3 pts · 196d (1 reply)

God I hope there is never an Interstellar sequel. It could only diminish the original.

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 196d

I totally agree

davidgro@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 196d

Event Horizon has a sequel in spirit: The Warhammer 40k universe. (Nevermind that 40k was first)

Sergio@piefed.social · 2 pts · 196d

Napoleon Dynamite

Check out Tapawingo, it's not a sequel but it stars Jon Heder and has the same kinda mood: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14146836/

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 196d

Master and Commander. Wonderful movie, but opened at the wrong time. Could have been a nice series of movies.

Etterra@discuss.online · 8 pts · 196d

Dark City. And it needs neither.

tal@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 196d (5 replies)

I mean, there are plenty of highly-rated movies that don't have a sequel (and probably that's a good thing).

  • The Shawshank Redemption

  • 12 Angry Men

  • Schindler's List

  • Pulp Fiction

  • Fight Club

Brekky@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 196d (4 replies)

12 angry men was remade

AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 196d (3 replies)

A remake isn't a sequel

Fondots@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 196d (2 replies)

Not sure if it was possibly edited, but OP did specify sequel or remake

AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Good point, though the person you're responding to only said it didn't have a sequel.

tal@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 196d

Thanks, but was an error on my part; was trying to list stuff that didn't have a sequel or remake. Hadn't ever heard of them, but apparently there were two Indian film remakes and a television remake:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1957_film)

The 1986 Hindi film Ek Ruka Hua Faisla ("a pending decision") and 2012 Kannada film Dashamukha ("ten faces") are Indian remakes of the film, with almost identical storylines. The former has been adapted as another Indian Bengali film Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei which was released in January 2025.[71]

In 1997, a television remake of the film under the same title was directed by William Friedkin and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the newer version, the judge is a woman, four of the jurors are black, and the ninth juror is not the only senior citizen, but the overall plot remains intact. Modernizations include not smoking in the jury room, changes in references to pop culture and sports figures and income, references to execution by lethal injection as opposed to the electric chair, more race-related dialogue, and casual profanity.

ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 196d

Master and Commander

kubok@fedia.io · 6 pts · 196d (3 replies)

The Big Lebowski

akmur@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 196d (2 replies)

ahh that would be impossible to do, the bar is set so high

kubok@fedia.io · 3 pts · 195d (1 reply)

That's like your opinion man!

(mine too)

akmur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 195d

ahah yea

Alenalda@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 195d (1 reply)

No country for old men

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 195d

Jared Leto as Anton Chigurh.

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 196d

Anyone who tries to remake or sequel The Princess Bride will have a special place in hell reserved for them.

Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 196d (4 replies)

Titanic

mech@feddit.org · 5 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Does have a sequel:

alt_xa_23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 195d

Ah, Asylum Films, never change

MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 196d

How they going to bring the iceberg back? That bad boy is melted for sure.

ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 196d

🎶 my heart will go on! 🎶

Elderly Rose as she jumps off the ship: lol, not fucking likely!

Brekky@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 196d

Lost in translation

toddestan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 196d

Demolition Man.

haywire7@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 195d (1 reply)

Dogma

Event Horizon

nocturne@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 195d

Dogma

https://www.slashfilm.com/1846277/kevin-smith-dogma-2-update-changes/

funkajunk@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Chronicle

Johnmannesca@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 196d

Always been a fan of the found footage format

fujiwood@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 196d (6 replies)
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not_that_guy05@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Leave chappie the fuck alone mate.

fujiwood@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 196d
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nocturne@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Look here you fuck mother, there was nothing wrong with Chappie.

fujiwood@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 196d
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mech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Chappie is a masterpeace.

fujiwood@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 196d
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Johnmannesca@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 196d (2 replies)

The Dark Crystal

Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Had a prequel series.

theherk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 196d

Was superb too.

MurrayL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 196d (2 replies)

Office Space

MimicJar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 196d

Silicon Valley is the sequel.

IWW4@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 196d

Judge keeps waffling and there was a title has been kicking around Hollywood for years.

ace_garp@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 195d

Black Rain(1989)

Great antagonist, moral ambiguity, and culture clash.

Constant_Velocity@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 196d

I always thought the ending to Close Encounters was made for a sequel.

fyrilsol@kbin.melroy.org · 3 pts · 196d
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pedz@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 196d

Best is suggestive. It's a weird movie but I wish there was more of David Cronenberg's eXistenZ. Maybe a sequel since the movie ended on that possibility. But it's probably going to end up repetitive, if not recursive.

And its an idea that has been explored in different other movies and series anyway. So as much as I liked the style of that movie, upon reflection, maybe it should just stay where it was left.

Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 195d
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ThunderComplex@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 196d

Brazil. Considering how weird it is I don’t think it’s in any danger of being remade or getting a sequel.

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 196d

They never made a sequel to Terminator 2 and, honestly, thank God. 👍

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 195d

Collateral. That movie was so ridiculously good.

BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · -1 pts · 196d

Blade Runner 2049

I really hope they make one, as I believe this sequel was better than the first one and hope that they will keep up the good work