In movies, the best things come in threes. Well, sometimes. Actually, it’s pretty rare for a film franchise to run out of steam and/or ideas by its third instalment. But rarity is precisely what makes the best movie trilogies so memorable. Extending a story over three chapters is not an easy thing to do, so it’s no wonder that those which pull it off often include some of the greatest individual films of all-time.

Of course, there are many trilogies that have crashed and burned while trying to stick the landing. That’s why, when considering this list, we’ve left off those series whose final chapters have hit the ground with a hard enough thud to leave a crater – think , and On the other hand, there are trilogies whose first two entries are so impactful and influential ( , ) that we’ve

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