The two you mentioned aren't trilogies though, are they?

I need to see more, before i can judge. ;)

yeah yeah, i know, theres no Godfather there…but this is our own opinions and as i still have not been able to sit thru a whole watching of any of the Godfathers, i couldn't list it. i just get so bored watching them i can't finish. and i also took into account my preference of watchability. like the Back to the Future set…anytime i happen upon them as i'm channel surfing i end up watching the movie. and i don't like to list a trilogy if one or two of them just didn't do it for me, such as Matrix (only liked the first). Mad Max, i never saw the 2nd and 3rd so can't say. would have loved to add in Die Hard, Indy, and Lethal Weapon, but too many for a trilogy.

what do you call it when there are 4 or more movies, is it a series? I still call it a trilogy even if there are 6 or 7 movies to the series, I don't care if tri means three.

1. The Lord of the Rings (By far the best- I have so much good to say about this
Trilogy, its better that I don't say anything, you don't
have the time, trust me)

2. Jurassic Park (no movie has ever blown me away like the 1st JP did when I was a
kid, not even any of the LOTR's movies, but together the LOTR's
trilogy blew JP series out the ballpark)
I didnt like the next 2 JP's nearly as much as the first, but
all 3 are on my top 30 list

3. Star Wars (I agree with most-Original 3 were far better than the new 3
but I still like the new 3 as well)

4. Tremors (The first Tremors is on my all time top 10 list, thats why I gave this
series such a great rating)

5. Rush Hour (Chris Rock is hilarious and Cowboy Chan is one of my favorite actors)

6. Rocky (I did not dislike the last one as much as everyone else, but I think they
could've done a little better job, the first 5 or so were great)

7. Bourne's (I have a nickname for movies like this one, "Business suit movies", great
series)

8. Xmen (I loved the XMEN series, I think they got better, I think some people
would agree that many trilogies get worse as they go, but this was
a great trilogy, I still fill like bumping it up a couple of spots)

9. Indiana Jones (I was crazy about the step of faith, ghosts coming out of the Ark,
escaping from Nazi castle, mine cart ride in the mine, and the
atom bomb test site scenes in the Jones Movies)

10. The Mummy (I was not very happy about the last one, it wasnt terrible, the
first one was great)

11. Pirates of the Carribean (I didnt really care for the creatures in these movies, still
to this day I don't know why)

12. Batman (I haven't actually seen all of them, but Batman Begins was by far my
favorite, and I know I'm going to get a lot of grief for this, but I
didnt really care for The Dark Knight, probably because it was the
same exact thing in this movie as the last 50 batman movies;
crime in Gotham, I think there should be more to
batman than just fighting crime in Gotham City, he
needs to get out of Gotham city like in Batman
Begins, that was an awesome movie, If he
didnt get out of town in BBegins, then I
would've said the same thing about
that movie)

13. Back to the future (I don't know why I'm ranking Mike and Chris so low I really
enjoyed all BTTF's, especially since Mike and his condition
and Christopher losing his home to the fires. I liked the
2nd one because the CUBS win the world series.
GO CUBBIES!!! (I think it was the 2nd one) )

14. Fast and Furious (Compared to supercars, these lawn-mower sounding cereal
box cars are nothing. They were worth watching, make an
F & F movie with supercars and you'll really make some
money of movie fans, Redline was better than all 3
To Fast To Furious movies.

14. Bonds (I like the Bonds movies when Pierce Brosnan came aboard)

15. Aliens (Alien movies with great acting, plot, story line, and a budget to work
with make great movies)

16. Terminators (If the director and writers etc etc can come up with something
more than just cars, motorcycles, and heavy equipment chases
then this would easily make it into the top 5 trilogies, the best
part of this series was the last 40 mins or so of part 3)

Mission Impossible (I don't really have anything bad to say about MI, but I wasn't crazy
about this series neither)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (uhhh, yes I liked these movies, not the new cartoon
one, that pissed me off, why wasnt it real? and no I
didnt watch it because it disgraced the real series,
same thing with Clone Wars, what a bunch of
crap, that pissed me off too!! Stop with
the fake cartoon crap, PLEASE! OH! and
Dark Fury of The Chronicles of Riddick,
What the CRAP???!!!

Spiderman (I'm sorry, the spidermans still haven't impressed me yet, but they are
still worth renting)

Oceans (I havent watched 11 or 12 all the way yet, and I just rented 13 tonight)

Karate Kid (these were the bomb when I was a kid, I still try to crane someone
when ocassion calls for it, HIYA!!)

There were many other Trilogies but these are what made my cut, I've never really cared for the Star Trek Series but It was proably next to make the cut

LOTR is the best trilogy ever made. All movies are great and what is very important for trilogies and franchises, sequels didn't lose quality in any aspect, actually they were even better. I can't say the same for Godfather or Matrix or any other trilogy on this list — except for Bourne, maybe.

Well, I do love movies, so I'll throw in my kernals :popcorn:…
1. Lord Of The Rings (by far the best casting, vision, and effects)
2. Star Wars (the original, of course)
3. The Godfather
4. Bourne
5. Matrix
6. Terminator (I can't not rank this one, T1 and T2 are among my all time favorite movies)
7. Ocean (just watching the cast is exciting)
8. Pirates (Curse of the Black Pearl is so entertaining, it's the only reason I added it to my list)
9. Mad Max (Road Warrior rules the road)
10. Blade (There I go, showing my genre faves… I can't help it, vampires and Snipes – what a combo)

Well, not quite all "Oscar winners" but definitely entertaining for me [even some guilty pleasures].

:)Thanks bradbrevet for the spark.

next said: sorry, but there is no place for stupid Mission Impossible, Back to the Future, LoTR, Oceans or Pirates trilogies- it's time to grow up :)

I refuse to grow up. If I ever stop liking some movies because they are mindless and fun I will stop running this site.

There.

SaraMichelle said: Obviously you can't choose all of these, not for a top ten, but to my mind any of them would be far more worthy of inclusion than The Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean or Mission: Impossible trilogies. Heck, even Spider-man and The X-Men deserve some love if you're including those (and both of their Part Three were pretty much inexcusably awful).

Spider-Man? Yikes. X-Men? I like the second one, was never too much in love with the first and the third was just… it was just there. I knew Matrix, Pirates and Mission were the ones most people would have a problem with, but I had to remain honest to my opinion. :)

My big problems with this list really end up being about the films you haven't seen, which really is more my issue than yours (a person can't see it all, after all). It still bothers me that the Three Colors trilogy isn't here. It's a magnificent collection. Even worse for me is the absence of The Apu Trilogy by the great Satyajit Ray. Fassbinder's The BRD Trilogy is also worthy, as would be the John Wayne/John Ford Calvary Trilogy of Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and the magnificent Rio Grande.

Other notables that could have been included:

• The Decline of Western Civilization Trilogy by Penelope Spheeris, absolutely essential rock documentary viewing
• Fritz Lang's monumental Doctor Mabuse Trilogy
• Deepa Mehta's sensational The Elements Trilogy
• Sam Raimi's highly influential The Evil Dead Trilogy
• Wes Cravens' fantastically entertaining (yes, even the third one) Scream Trilogy
• Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy (which Criterion have released in an amazing three picture set)
• The, "I'm almost ashamed to admit it's grown on me over the years as much as it has" Naked Gun Trilogy

Obviously you can't choose all of these, not for a top ten, but to my mind any of them would be far more worthy of inclusion than The Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean or Mission: Impossible trilogies. Heck, even Spider-man and The X-Men deserve some love if you're including those (and both of their Part Three were pretty much inexcusably awful).

For me, though, the trilogy that hurts the most by not being here is The Mad Max Trilogy. I adore those films, especially the second one, and I think it is probably one of the very best action films ever made. George Miller's often imitated, never duplicated serious of post-apocalyptic adventures is as timeless as it is essential, and every time I watch it I am reminded why I became a film critic.

With that in mind, if I were to do this list, it would be as follows:

• The Godfather Trilogy
• The Apu Trilogy
• The Dollars Trilogy
• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• The Jason Bourne Trilogy
• The Star Wars Trilogy
• The Mad Max Trilogy
• The Doctor Mabuse Trilogy
• The Back to the Future Trilogy

But, then, that's just me. :)