Pick a movie franchise and rank the films from best to worst

[TriggerWarning]

Now that Star Wars is out:

1. Star Wars (Just like Han shot first the New Hope title is a revision that doesn't belong)

2. Force Awakens

3. Empire Strikes Back

4. Solo

5. Rise of Skywalker

6. Rogue One

7. Revenge of the Sith

8. Attack of the Clones

9. Return of the Jedi

10. Last Jedi

11. Phantom Menace

I really debated on the last two but I finally put Last Jedi above Phantom simply because the throne room fight in Last Jedi was amazing and the one good thing about the movie that otherwise was sucktacular. Phantom had a good lightsaber fight at the end too but it kept getting cut away from it to show kid Anakin being annoying.

[Zero Hunter]

ROMERO DEAD TRILOGY:
1. Night of the Living Dead.
2. Dawn of the Dead.
3. Day of the Dead.

Can you really call that a trilogy when he has made 6 movies? Yeah he took a 20 year break but he did also do Land, Diary, and Survival of the Dead (even if they are all just hot garbage)

[Sutekh]

Highlander
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there were no more Highlander movies. Shut up.

[batnbreakfast]

Highlander
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there were no more Highlander movies. Shut up.

I feel ya, bro

[Tofali]

THE ORIGINAL JASON BOURNE TRILOGY:
1. The Bourne Ultimatum.
2. The Bourne Legacy.
3. The Bourne Supremacy.

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Bourne Legacy isn't part of the original trilogy. I think It was more of a spin-off (I never bothered to watch it lol)

[marshal88]

some lesser known horror franchises

1. wishmaster - decent b-horror movie with some well known horror names like robert england , kane hodder,tony todd etc.
2. wishmaster ii - so-so but not great straight to video sequel but andrew divoff as the djinn was still good
3. wishmaster 3 and 4 - god awful turkeyfests , ever wondered why the son of sean connery never made it , watch part 3 to find out, terrible acting and diffferent actors to play the djinn , no more divoff

[Godzilla2099]

The Hobbit:

1. The Desolation of Smaug
2. The Five Armies
3. The Unexpected Journey

Star Trek:

1. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
2. Star Trek: First Contact
3. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
4. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
5. Star Trek: Into the Darkness
6. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
7. Star Trek (Abrams 2009)
8. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
9. Star Trek Beyond
10. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
11. Star Trek Nemesis
12. Star Trek Generations
13. Star Trek Insurrection

Star Wars:

1. A New Hope
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Rogue One
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Solo: A Star Wars Story
7. Attack of the Clones
8. The Phantom Menace
9. Rise of Skywalker
10. The Force Awakens
11. The Last Jedi

[Scott Taylor]

Friday the 13th part VII: The New Blood
Jason X
Freddy vs. Jason
Friday the 13th part VI: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th part III
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th part V: A New Beginning
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday

Wow, I'm scary close to this ranking. I could switch the first two, but close enough.

[Nate Grey]

Halloween (1978)
Halloween H20
Halloween (2018)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (sorry I'll always rank this one pretty high I love it)
Halloween II
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Rob Zombie's Halloween
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Rob Zombie's Halloween 2
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (doesn't matter which cut)

Child's Play
Child's Play 2
Child's Play (2019)
Curse of Chucky
Cult of Chucky
Child's Play 3
Bride of Chucky
Seed of Chucky

[Powerboy]

Highlander
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there were no more Highlander movies. Shut up.

LIKE!

Yes that was one franchise where it would have been best to make one movie and then stop and never do anything else with it. It seemed like it became impossible to do anything else with it without contradicting the first movie.

[Powerboy]

Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (even though it had one glaring contradiction of the original)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Although I've basically given up on the idea that anyone is ever going to make a movie based on the original novel by Pierre Boulle which was the best version.

[frankiedetroit]

The Godfather
The Godfather 2 (a perfect movie that I can accept people saying was better than part 1. But I loved Brando)
Many, many, many spaces
The Godfather 3

The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars, when Han shot first
The Darth Vader scene at the end of Rogue One
The rest of Rogue One
The Force Awakens
Return of the Jedi, which was much higher when I saw it as a kid
Revenge of the Sith

No ranking
Attack of the.....zzzzzz...so boring can't even type the full title
JJ's retcon
Rose kisses Finn

Even further down
The Abomination of Jar Jar

[Nate Grey]

Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
Hellraiser
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Hellraiser: Deader
Hellraiser: Judgement
Hellraiser: Revelations
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Hellworld
Hellraiser: Inferno

[marshal88]

Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
Hellraiser
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Hellraiser: Deader
Hellraiser: Judgement
Hellraiser: Revelations
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Hellworld
Hellraiser: Inferno

i would agree in some part ,i enjoyed the first 3. the 4th - hellraiser in space was bad. from the 5th movie to 8th , pinhead became almost a narrator and the movies became psychological thrillers , pinhead coming out only for a short period of time on camera. the 9th and 10th movie doesn't even have doug bradley as pinhead and i hasn't watched those

[Nate Grey]

i would agree in some part ,i enjoyed the first 3. the 4th - hellraiser in space was bad. from the 5th movie to 8th , pinhead became almost a narrator and the movies became psychological thrillers , pinhead coming out only for a short period of time on camera. the 9th and 10th movie doesn't even have doug bradley as pinhead and i hasn't watched those

Part 4 to me is part of a growing personal list of movies, where I see it and like it, but wish there was a better cut. And a better cut would exist if not for studio interference, lost footage, etc. Kevin Yagher directed and shot the movie as a further expansion of the mythos along the lines of Hellbound, and I think some of that still shines though. Miramax came in and "dumbed it down" and in protest Yagher put the Smithee name on it. But not a lot of people know that and see it as just "Pinhead in space". *shrugs* Some fan(s) has created a sort of assembly cut that follows Yagher's original script, using deleted footage they could find and place cards for the footage they couldn't find. It helps but if one is already predisposed against the movie for whatever reason it won't change anyone minds. It'll just make the story flow a little bit better IMO.

As for the others:

Its my understanding 5-8 were retrofitted to be Hellraiser movies, starting off as different movies altogether. I ranked Deader that high because, in spite of the aforementioned fact, it did the BEST job out of the four to make it fit into the saga. I liked that it tied into Hellraiser 4 (the antagonist was a descendant of the Toymaker). I liked that it touched on the fact that yes word of the Puzzle Box would create a cult, but they didn't go as far as I wanted them to with it. Hellworld did the worst job but at least it wasn't boring, Inferno was boring and was trying to be more of a spiritual sequel to Jacob's Ladder oddly enough. Hellseeker...meh it was cool seeing Kirsty again but that's the only real draw of the movie. Judgement was an interesting effort and attempted to expand the mythos, putting angels in the mix. Revelations was a quicky cash grab to hold on to the rights but, in spite of that, is actually pretty watchable.