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Favorite 3 or more films series by one director (2020)


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The films would have common themes and/or characters .... 3 or more films ....  Below are some of the popular ones:

 

  • James Bond films directed by Terence Young: Dr. No, From Russia w/ Love, and Thunderball 
  • Man with no name films by Sergio Leone: A Fistfull of Dollars, For a few dollars more, and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
  • The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola 
  • Indiana Jones series by Spielberg 
  • Robert Langdon films by Ron Howard: Da Vinci Code, etc. 
  • Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy 
  • The Matrix by The Wachowskis
  • John Wick films by Chad Stahelski
  • Lord of the Rings films by Peter Jackson 
  • and so on 

 

Which one is your favorite one director film series with 3 or more films? 

Edited by zen
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1 director is a tricky filter, that will leave out some of my favorites like Bourne, Planet of the Apes, Toy Story, Terminator....

 

I'll go with:

Godfather series

Nolan's Batman trilogy

LOTR

Pirates of the Caribbean (1-3)...don't judge me

Spider Man (Tobey Maguire one)

 

Hope to complete the original Mad Max trilogy soon, that may find a place on my list. Also Ip Man....I mean Wing Chun is a joke martial art form but the 1st movie was well made. 

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2 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

Rajiv Rai's thriller trilogy of Tridev, Vishwatma and Mohra.

That background score for even villains like Amrish Puri (Tridev) and Gulshan Grover (Vishwatma) is iconic. If given an option I want that music as a soundtrack to my life. Imagine walking into a meeting/ conference  with that Gulshan Grover flute music or that tarera taunnnnnn music from Tridev playing in the background :hail: 

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3 minutes ago, maniac said:

That background score for even villains like Amrish Puri (Tridev) and Gulshan Grover (Vishwatma) is iconic. If given an option I want that music as a soundtrack to my life. Imagine walking into a meeting/ conference  with that Gulshan Grover flute music or that tarera taunnnnnn music from Tridev playing in the background :hail: 

 

Watch this man. We'd never get to see this kinda campy fun in woke Brothelwood again :((.

 

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To be counted - the films should be a part of the same series with same characters as highlighted in the OP (Bond, Indiana Jones, Batsman, Robert Langdon, The man w/ no name, etc.) .... otherwise one could list most 3 films in order from directors like Hitchcock, Kubrick, Lean, Kurosawa, etc. :lol: 

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Clint Eastwood, Flag of our fathers, and Letters from IWo Jima Amazing war films from two perspectives of the same event

 

Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas, Casino and latest Irishman

 

Ridley Scott: Blade Runner, Martian, Alien and Prometheus, last one was disappointing though
 

Adrian Lyne - 9 1/2 weeks, Fatal Attraction, unfaithful

 

Sam Mendes , although I like his other films, he directed Skyfall and Spectre

 

John Mctiean - has great movies, but I like 2 directed Die Hard movies 1 and 3. He directed the first Predator which was amazing, but others messed up the series.

 

Edited by coffee_rules
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4 minutes ago, zen said:

To be counted - it should be a part of the same film series .... otherwise one could list most 3 films in order from directors like Hitchcock, Kubrick, Lean, Kurosawa, etc. :lol: 

I included 3 films with similar themes from same director. Thoda rules relax karo. 
 

 

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1 minute ago, coffee_rules said:

I included 3 films with similar themes from same director. Thoda rules relax karo. 
 

 

Ok but any favorite from the identified theme?

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The series with 3 strongest films relatively speaking from top of my mind recall - in the order when the first film in the series was released: 

 

  • Terence Young's Bond
  • Sergio Leone's The Man with no name trilogy 
  • Spielberg's Indiana Jones
  • Nolan's Batman 

 

PS for e.g. Godfather 1 & 2 are solid but unsure if its part 3 if of the same level.  Similarly not sure about Matrix's part 3, etc.  :hmmm:

 

Edited by zen
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* dollars trilogy + once upon a time in the west  :hail: :hail: 

* john wick  :shot:

* mad max series

* batman by nolan

 

** Trinity series - light hearted western .. 

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@zen I always wanted to watch the Matrix trilogy and Animatrix. Just now read that only 1 and Animatrix are worth watching, what do you say? Should I skip 2 and 3. Not a question of time, just don't want to be disappointed like I was with Godfather-3. Are 2 and 3 necessary or just overkill? 

 

Others feel free to chip in with suggestions. 

Edited by Gollum
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I watched Matrix 1 in theatre , 2 and 3 on rent. 1 was too good on big screen. 2 and 3 were interesting and finished the story. But I read some commentary about how it is inspired by Vedanta, Gita and Vishnupurana and somebody did a comparison of it to Matrix, I realized how the ideology is similar And by first account the director and writer were influenced by that. and I watched all three again, It is an amazing series.

 

I will google that commentary and share it.

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3 hours ago, Gollum said:

@zen I always wanted to watch the Matrix trilogy and Animatrix. Just now read that only 1 and Animatrix are worth watching, what do you say? Should I skip 2 and 3. Not a question of time, just don't want to be disappointed like I was with Godfather-3. Are 2 and 3 necessary or just overkill? 

Others feel free to chip in with suggestions. 

I have the Matrix trilogy on 4k UHD. I haven't watched Animatrix yet. Part 1 is a classic, Part 2 is more action oriented, and Part 3 is an extension trying to complete the story. I would say watch 1 & 2 and if the story still interest you, finish it off with the 3rd. 

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