The best film with the worst sequel. What are they?

Mamma Mia

The Sting

The Godfather Part II

GWTW....

SCARLETT

Breakin'

Magic Mike XXL

Taking liberties, Big Little Lies 2, or what every it was called, Bigger Little Lies? Big Lies Terrible Meryl? Little Lies My Mommy Told Me? Lies by the Sea? Mother, May I Lies with Danger?

The matrix.

American Graffiti

Star Wars, one worse than the other

Other than Godfather 2 all sequels are bad by comparison.

'Silence of the Lambs'

'The Exorcist'

The Exorcist

Speed 2.

Grease

Iron Man was great. Iron Man 2 was garbage.

Legally Blonde.

The sequel with Sally Field was pure shit. Reese really just coming for the cheque.

Ocean's 11 was great. Twelve was lousy. Thirteen was my favorite.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Ghostbusters

Jaws

Grease

After a particularly stressful week of work and doomscrolling, I made the delightful mistake of watching Legally Blonde 2. Oh man, what a piece of shit! It had none of the charm of the first film, and each scene was cringier than the last. The intern cheerleading scene must be seen to be believed...

That said, I would add Basic Instinct 2 to the list. The first one wasn't high art, but it was fun, well-acted, and riveting. The sequel was just embarrassing.

I hated The Godfather II so I'm gonna go with The Godfather.

Jaws 2...Sacrilege.

What was that decades later follow up to the Wizard of Oz where Toto became a chicken and someone had many heads they switched around? That one.

The Odd Couple

From [itaic]Mister Roberts[/italic] to [italic]Ensign Pulver[/italic]

Chinatown

Jaws the Revenge (#4) makes Jaws 2 look like "The Godfather II."

Funny Girl

Funny Lady

Rocky. Then all the shite that followed

Crocodile Dundee (TWO shitty sequels!)

Arthur

"Basic Instinct".

Airplane

Another vote for The Exorcist / Exorcist II: The Heretic

Godfather 1 and 2 were terrific; Godfather 3 was an abomination.

Speed 2.

Top Gun

Escape to Witch Mountain

The Exorcist has to win this one. Exorcist II is a fascinating misfire on almost every level but the music score. Ennio Morricone composed a beautiful score for that film. A shame it wasn't attached to a better film.

Terms of Endearment

Jaws > Jaws 2

I like Jaws 2. It's well directed and paced. Good action.

Just Donna Wilkes and her endless screaming is the film's weak links. Somebody should have slapped that bitch.

Miss Congeniality

Raiders of the Lost Ark> Indiana Jones and the Temple of Shit

"The Exorcist."

Worst sequel ever.

Saturday Night Fever ==> Stayin Alive

R3 must be kidding.

Unless r3 refers to its sequel, Jaws 3?

Answers here are confusing.

Short Circuit

Staying Alive is a horrible sequel to Saturday Night Fever. They'd have been smarter just eliminating any reference to the original film and having Travolta play someone totally different. Either that or make it a story where Tony realizes he's actually gay and that's why he always did all that dumb macho shit in the original film.

Tron

I know the original is not exactly considered high art, but Nightmare on Elm Street had a fascinating, well-intended and profoundly disappointing sequel (that is still worth watching for the gay subtext).

Jaws.

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Basic Instinct sequel was atrocious.

A Nightmare on Elm Street at least redeemed themselves with 3, 4, and New Nightmare.

Fright Night

Psycho

Police Academy

Airport

I don’t understand all the people badmouthing Staying Alive. It’s easily the best musical ever directed by Sylvester Stallone.

I mean...I just...can't...

Was there a sequel to Travolta's 1985 movie Perfect?

2001/2010

The Exorcist/Exorcist 2

Terms of Endearment/Evening Star

The Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal

Basic Instinct/Basic Instinct 2

Speed/Speed 2

R60, aww, I kind of liked the Fright Night sequel. Pure 80s cheese and preserved the gay subtext.

R59, Nightmare on Elm Street was odd in that some of the subsequent sequels were in fact very good (although none of them were as terrifying as the original).

Arthur 2: Electric Bugaloo

Sister Act