Yeah. I was questioning that, myself. "How would no one know that Army of Darkness was part of the Evil Dead?" Almost as questionable as how people wouldn't know that Chronicles of Riddick was a sequel to Pitch Black. I knew right-a-way.
When I was in first or second grade and didn't yet speak English, I thought Terminator 2 was a stand alone film in thinking Arnold's name was "Terminator-2". Strangely I knew Mad Max 2 was a sequel...
***** But a lot people didn't knew about the first Mad Max movie, so even if you're seeing recycled footage, how could you know that it belonged to the previous movie if you never watched it before?
Seriously, the i kept waiting for them to show me something i didn't know. Only think i wasn't aware of was the Honorable Mention. Never heard of Graffiti Bridge. Oh. And a Christmas Story 2. I knew about My Summer Story.
I never knew "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" was the final installment of a trilogy until I went to get it for my Mom one Christmas. Fortunately, the other two were there as well, so I thought, "Why not?"
I count The Silence of the Lambs as a sequel to Manhunter, because that's how the novel was treated. The Silence of the Lambs novel talks about the events that happened in Manhunter quite often.
But the movie "Red Dragon" came out after Silence Of the Lambs (SOTL)...Both it and Manhunter were based upon the same novel in the series, which was titled Red Dragon. Manhunter came out years before SOTL and it sucked so bad, they probably were not able to use the title Red Dragon.
@@josbar2835 quite true. They didn't even spell Hannibal's name correctly in Manhunter. Also, they filmed Red Dragon after SOTL because Anthony Hopkins did such an amazing performance as Hannibal that they wanted him to basically own the role, as he also played Hannibal in the movie 'Hannibal', which btw is awful if you have read the book.
it's funny ESB was released in 1980 and the opening scrawl said Episode V but the opening scrawl of the origional 1977 SW release just said Star Wars. It didn't say Episode IV A New Hope until the re-release. Though everyone knew it was a sequal a lot of folks were confused.
The very first time I saw Star Wars on its initial release, I distinctly remember wondering why it said Episode 4 - what happened to the first three? But I've read several times since that the initial release didn't have the episode number. WTF? I wonder if it varied by location, or if my memory is just screwed?
+crimson bolt Haha Good one. But yeah, these people are fucking morons that take us for fools when it comes to some of these movies. Who in the hell would not know Mad Max 2 is a sequel when it has 2 in the fucking title?! That might as well have asked us your comment.
I wonder if there's people who loved Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 saw Army of Darkness and got out of the theaters extremely disappointed. I loved the first two, and I enjoyed Army of Darkness, but I think the film is too campy and extremely disappointing compared to the first two. Then again, it was intentional that way.
Bruh you cant tell me people didnt knew Riddick was after Pitch black. The story is even connected. The events of Pitch black were the reason Ridick was called on the planet that happen to be under atack keeping the story going. Even the 3rd movie is connected to Pitch black since it traces the same events. You might need better research.
Pitch Black wasn't as huge as Chronicles of Riddick, though. And not many people actually saw Pitch Black before. I was one of those people but once I saw all three movies, I got the connection instantly.
Actually, there's an animated feature called Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury that covers some of the time between the events of Pitch Black and the beginning of Chronicles of Riddick. Without giving too many spoilers, it introduces the character of Toombs and provides some connective tissue that explains part of the later storyline of CoR. Excellent animation and voiced by all the same actors (Diesel, David, Chinlund, etc.) from the live-action features.
Wasn't pitch black a sequel to riddick ?? If i remember corectly, at the beggining of pitch black he was escorted to a planet that he thought was his planet by the necromongers with the intent of killing him there
@@DannyDJ1205 No, it wasn't, and that is why the animated feature I spoke of is important, in that it covers the period between their (Riddick, Jack & Imam) escape from the PB planet, and how each of them came to be where they were at the beginning of Chronicles of Riddick.
I know everyone always complains about Watch Mojo's criteria, but how do you exclude James Bond for being a franchise but then INCLUDE the Jack Ryan movies?
Because they are not "The Jack Ryan movies". In fact, The Hunt for Red October is actually a "hey lookit, James Bond is now a Russian submarine captain movie".
You guys have played that "Liver and Fava Beans" line to death every time you mention 'Silence of the Lambs" You know there were more lines in that film don't you?
james howe Its called "Overusing" Keep telling the same joke over and over again to the same person everyday and see how many times he will still find it funny.
and Riddick. *Gee, it's the same actor playing a guy with the same name, same supernatural powers, same costume, and same supporting cast. I wonder if these movies are related.*
Maybe because, as explained in the video, American audiences were largely unfamiliar with the original Mad Max and Mad Max 2 was originally entitled "The Road Warrior" when it first came out? Also the two films are very different from each other with Max and the post-apocalyptic setting being the only things they have in common.
Komic Klepto Interestingly, the original Mad Max was DUBBED over with American accents for the USA audience (and sadly that version was also used in the UK). Re timelines, the original trilogy has Mad Max 1 and 2 occurring post economical global collapse, but pre nuclear apocalypse. Only Thunderdome was post nuclear Apocalypse. However the timeline has changed now due to the comic book series, game, and Fury Road. But I guess they don't count in the context of this conversation. Great movies regardless. But yes, most of the world knew Road Warrior was a sequel if we're honest. The only reason some didn't was because #2 had a bigger budget and more hype. (and no apparent need to be dubbed over lol)
This video should've been titled "Sequels that don't have a '2' after the original's title to directly identify them as a sequel". I feel like just about all of them were known sequels aside from "A Summer Story".
At the time it was released in North America it was simply called "The Road Warrior", it didn't have "Mad Max 2" attached to it ANYWHERE. Most North Americans had not seen Mad Max at the times and IIRC the first film wasn't released until after the second one In North America.
Same actor, same character, same theme! even if what you say is true and the American audience saw them out of order 'Top 10 Sequels You Didn’t Know Were Sequels' was published on Sep 13, 2016, As of 1981 you are suggesting no one realized that these movies are connected! This is just a poor list.
Although it was only called The Road Warrior in ads, every article and review (except the one in Playboy ) identified it as the sequel to Mad Max. It was pretty hard to miss. Playboy mistakenly identified Firefox as Mad Max 2. I still have the issue.
@@TurboHawkV6 True. But it didn't take long for people to find out that it was a sequel. It was common knowledge long before this video was made. Mojo's criterion wasn't that people didn't know that the movie was a sequel when it was released. It was that people didn't know, period.
I didn't watch pitch black until after chronicles, so I was legitimately surprised about a third way through the movie when I realized Diesel was playing the same character.
Desperado - at the time of its release, it was treated as an American reboot. I remember those previews and it didnt play up being a sequel at all. After I watched it, a few people said that it was a remake. Riddick's trailers also didnt play up the sequel angle, but since he definitely stood out from the trailers for Pitch Black...
Have you seen that "Anaconda vs Lake Placid" flick, whatever the name was? It's a "mash up" with both creatures. You better get some wine if you watch it because it's cheesy.
superlive98 Dude, I was a kid when I first saw The Road Warrior and had no knowledge of Mad Max, for at least 3 to 4 years after having seen The Road Warrior, as was the same for many other Americans. Simple enough for you?
it's called yoyo, yep before it was spinning on a string, it was spinning on the ground and I shit you not! it was used to hunt animals, also first made in Philippines
@@robertnorris3782 I think he meant Manhunter (which is aka as Red Dragon, they changed the title so people wouldn't think it was a martial arts movie)
Love your videos. I think Morgan Freeman's 'Kissing the Girls' and 'Along Came the Spider', with its sequel 'Alex Cross' could have been a nice mention.
I got all except for 2. I'm not a Rob Zombie fan so that explains why I wouldn't know about the sequel to The Devil's Rejects. And the one about El Mariachi did surprise me, but plan to find it and see it.
I don't understand this list. It says films you didn't know were sequels, but they're all either films i've never heard of or sequels that are quite clearly sequels. The only one i'll give you is Two Jakes,
I guess the diff is; Those that didn't know aren't movie "fans" but are rather movie "goers". Fans look for the next installment and recognize plot, character, and style instantly where as movie "Goers" could watch all 5 of the Star Wars instalments,....and still wonder "who is the fella in the Shiny Black mask?"
The Chronicles of Riddick is actually the third film in the series, there's a little known film called Dark Fury between it and Pitch Black which helps fill in quite a bit of missing info
Maybe it's a generational thing, but we ALL knew Riddick was the sequel to Pitch Black, Road Warrior to Mad Max, Jewel of the Nile to Romancing the Stone and especially Army of Darkness to Evil Dead. Also, including Jack Ryan films feels like you should put Bond movies in the list, too. Good job on Graffiti Bridge and Purple Rain, though!
I love how you say "top 10," as if there's a giant list of movies that fit this description and you just narrowed it down to 10. Whereas, in reality, it's obvious you really had to stretch to even find 10.
One of my friends actually didn't know there were any Batman movies before The Dark Knight, lol. I remember when once in a conversation I called TDK a sequel, and he was like: "WTF? A sequel? There was a movie before that???". Then in another conversation with some other guy, I mentioned the Joker's fall to his death from TIm Burton's Batman, and he overheard and said "Wait, I don't recall Joker dying after he fell in the movie". Guess which movie he was talking about.
Just gonna throw this out here. Dark Fury was actually the second Riddick, it explained what led Jack to become a killer, and it introduced Tombs. It's actually pretty good you all should watch it.
11:14. I also knew, that "Army of Darkness" was a Sequel to "The evil dead 2: Dead by Dawn" because I only know the Movie as "The evil dead 3: Army of Darkness"...
...(sigh) except for #10 (which most people have NEVER heard of) EVERYBODY knew the rest were "sequels"/continuations, etc., if for no other reason than it was in the MARKETING at the time. This must have been written by children. (ie., people under 30)
"A Shot in the Dark" would be a good addition. The second film in the Pink Panther series, it is the only one to not have "Pink Panther" in the name, and may well be the funniest of the bunch.
Lots of people actually know Chronicles of Riddick, Jewel of the Nile, The Road Warrior, Desperado and Army of Darkness are movie sequels....so this list is pretty much BS.
+Mr Critical Not really: Jewel of the Nile, Road Warrior and above all Chronicles of Riddick - and I believe even Army of Darkness - were known to be sequels at the time of their theatre release.
Add The Color of Money to that list. I was 17 or 18 when it came out and the connection to The Hustler was well covered in the media at the time. Paul Newman still had serious box office stature with my parents' generation at the time, so there was ample reason to play it up.
Here's a list for Another Top 10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Sequels. 10. "Return To Never Land" (2002) - Sequel to "Peter Pan" (1953) 9. "War, Inc." (2008) - Sequel to "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997) 8. "Graffiti Bridge" (1990) - Sequel to "Purple Rain" (1984) 7. "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" (1966) - Sequel to "For A Few Dollars More" (1965) 6. "The Hateful Eight" (2015) - Sequel to "Django Unchained" (2012) 5. "A Shot In The Dark" (1964) - Sequel to "The Pink Panther" (1963) 4. "Split" (2016) - Sequel to "Unbreakable" (2000) 3. "Magnum Force" (1973) - Sequel to "Dirty Harry" (1971) 2. "Madea's Family Reunion" (2006) - Sequel to "Diary Of A Mad Black Woman" (2005) 1. "Angels & Demons" (2009) - Sequel to "The Da Vinci Code" (2006) Honorable Mention: • "Billy Jack" (1971) - Sequel to "Born Losers" (1968)
james howe But like they reference the first movie Pitch Black with the girl and the shiny eye surgery and all that. I feel like that would have been confusing without seeing Pitch Black
Before watching I'm like: there ain't a sequel on this list that can surprise me. Then while watching I'm like: Chinatown had a sequel?! Great job watchmojo 😁👍
It's amazing how many people miss the point of this video. Anyone who sees both movies would know they're sequels. That's not the point. Many of these first movies were either not shown at the time or low budget. So many people saw the sequel first and didn't know there were movies before that one.
In Riddick they reference Pitch Black and maybe even show scenes from it. The whole thing with going to the prison to get the girl was a big flag to let people know their was a preceding story. I dunno how you didnt pick that up.
The Black Johnny Gat I just thought those are flashbacks from the past that you see in movies sometimes that are made up for that movie and not scenes from entirely different film.
Emil Georgiev Normally I would give you that but the way he speaks about the "girl" would be way to presumptive to assumed the audiences just 'gets' his feelings behind it. TBH I'm talking from the hindsight of knowing Pitch Black existed. I may have been exactly like you if I were in your shoes.
Technically a prequel, but it's a pretty well established franchise. The third movie is coming out soon (Which is strangely the 4th book. I think they're skipping the 3rd book all together... and thankfully so)
Really? I probably missed that lol. I guess I can understand why they would re-arrange them in the movies. It would help a lot for audience engagement and retention, but it's hard to wrap my head around after reading all the books.
Technically, Die Hard is a sequel to the 1968 Frank Sinatra film 'The Detective'. It was based on the first in a series of crime novels. Sinatra was too old to play the role by the time they got around to making it, so instead they changed the character in the script to John McClane. But it's still based on the same plot as the book's sequel.
That movie had the most "directors cuts" to "official bootleg" editions released ever. I still prefer the apocalyptic future London ending. Though I still need to watch the latest series though.
So you specifically rule out Silence of the Lambs for being made many years later and yet your list is full of movies like that? I mean technically it was sequel anyway since it was based on a book that was a sequel.
Silence of the Lambs cinematically is not a sequel to Manhunter. Especially since Manhunter was remade in continuity with Silence as Red Dragon. Also Die Hard with a Vengeance is very much connected to the original.
@ I'd say it has to have more connection to the first/proceeding film than just the same "reality" with shared history/themes/ ,you would hardly call Soldier a sequel to Blade Runner though both are meant to be set in the same "reality" and have a shared history, unless you have a significant continuation of story, character it's only a "spin off" imho .
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@@Evilroco Good points,but unless there are significant flags or film maker info indicating a film is set in the same universe,I don't feel we have to consider some movies as prequels/sequels.I never thought SOLDIER was a sequel to any other movie.This opens up intriguing possibilities for false sequels.Is FORTRESS 1 and 2. a set of sequels to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and ESCAPE FROM L.A.,or was ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 a prequel?
There was another 'A Christmas Story' sequal that came out back in 1988 called 'Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.' It starred Jerry O'Connell as Ralphy and followed the family in preparation and travel to a camping trip. It was so so.
GreyFox001 I already have. The trailer for it is like a cheap porn from the 90's or 80's. Trump is a cartoon character of a person. It's kind of disturbing to consider that he has risen to this level. Makes me worry for my own species.
Actually "My Summer Story" maintained the title "It Runs In The Family" until 2003 when another more popular movie of the same name came out. It officially was retitled "My Summer Story" in 2006 for it's DVD release. I even remember watching it on TV in 2001 on HBO, and they were still calling it by it's former name.
Are they smoking their own mojo? 99.9% of these movies were, in fact, highly well known sequels. Apparently the only ones who did not know it was the staff of WatchMojo. Barely any of these movies "hid' their "sequelness." Army of Darkness began directly after Evil Dead 2? EVERYONE knew Two Jakes was a sequel to Chinatown. it was how the movie was advertised and every news outlet said it directly. Damn people, try harder to come up with these top tens. I mean put some actually effort into it.
james howe Dude, they were advertised as sequels, called sequels, talked about being sequels. When Two Jakes was announced news was constantly going on about "hey they're making a sequel to Chinatown." I think some of the trailers might be on UA-cam, have a look. The premise was "movies that people didn't know where sequels." I know Road Warrior was a Mad Max sequel and I was a teenager when it came out. I knew because they said it directly. And it was actually called "Mad Max: The Road Warrior. Kinda of clue there. Just like Star Wars was just "Star Wars" before the prequels. Maybe two on this list were not obvious or stated sequels. The rest everyone know were sequals to the first or second movies. (I mean seriously, Chronicles of Riddick? They talked about it being the Pitch Black sequel from the moment the movie was announced.)
How can 99,9% of the movies listed here be known sequels? The number of movies displayed here are 10 + a few honorable mentions. Are you saying that a part of a certain movie is not a known sequel or what? Because otherwise your claim that 99,9% of the movies here are know sequels would require
ottoismy1dog I'm rather annoyed they failed to mention the other sequel, "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss", which had some of the cast return (the parents I think).
Transitions to cartoon animation for sequels don't count-unless everyone was hit by an animation conversion ray,and that fact is part of the sequel's plot.As well as turning everyone back live for any sequels.Bullshit by any other name.
It Runs in the Family (aka My Summer Story) is probably one of best underrated movie sequels ever. It’s based on the same story of the real “Ralphie,” and very similar in style and tone. I never understood that when I was younger but I loved it just the same. My pops told me it was a sequel when I first saw it and I guess I just didn’t get it at the time because the actors were different but even so it’s a great little flick and if you watch the Christmas Story every Christmas then you should give a watch
I find it hard to believe that anyone who was interested enough to see any of these movies wouldn't know they were sequels, unless they were really young. I was 14 when The Color Of Money came out and knew it was a sequel to The Hustler without ever seeing the original film.
The Riddick Franchise actually has more entries outside the movies media, that are really good an definitely worth a look. - TCoR: Dark Fury (2004) is an animated movie set between Pitch Black and TCoR. - TCoR: Escape from Butcher Bay + Assault on Dark Athena are video games that are prequels to the movie franchise, centered mostly around Riddick's escape from Butcher Bay and introducing the character of Johns
I didn't know Army Of Darkness was the third movie in the Evil Dead trilogy!!...
Said no horror fan EVER.
For a while I was actually confused by it but I soon worked it out
It should've been called Midevel Dead.
Yeah. I was questioning that, myself. "How would no one know that Army of Darkness was part of the Evil Dead?" Almost as questionable as how people wouldn't know that Chronicles of Riddick was a sequel to Pitch Black. I knew right-a-way.
hahahahahahaha.......I guess most people hasn't a good memory
I clicked cause Riddick.
"Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior"
Yeah totally didn‘t know that was a sequel. I mean, I thought the "2" in the name was just for fun.
I just thought the very same thing.
Mad Max 2: The Revenge of the Road Warrior: The Reckoning
When I was in first or second grade and didn't yet speak English, I thought Terminator 2 was a stand alone film in thinking Arnold's name was "Terminator-2". Strangely I knew Mad Max 2 was a sequel...
Wait wait wait! Did I just see Darth Vader walk in the room behind Han Solo at 4:27??
That mouth. xD
Yeah! I notice that too! I think the appearance of James Earl Jones was intentional
???
+Andrew Christensen quite possibly lol
+Tobias Berg James Earl Jones did the voice of Darth Vader
Whatever....
But nobody KNEW Split to be sequel to Unbreakable.
I did...
After it was confirmed
the easiest, they missed
"Jewel of the Nile?!" It was clearly marketed as a sequel with all the same stars. C'mon, man.
Keats P Keats True. Even as a kid in the Eighties it was obvious to me Jewel was a sequel.
Yeah.The movie poster was clear on that.
I think Mojo likes to think that people can't remember their childhoods.
Literally everyovienon this list WatchMojo sucks in general
A film known as Mad Max 2 is the sequel to Mad Max. Mind blown.
But the original title was just "The Road Warrior", not Mad Max 2, that's why it was so confusing for everyone.
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But a lot people didn't knew about the first Mad Max movie, so even if you're seeing recycled footage, how could you know that it belonged to the previous movie if you never watched it before?
Dude no way
+Matias Benitez the second film literally starts with a 'previously in Mad Max' montage.
If you grew up in North America in the early 1980s, then you likely didn't know it was a sequel.
Who in the hell didn't know these movies were sequels
Well #10 I'd never heard of
my thoughts exactly.
I didn't know Riddick was a sequel. It's the only one of the series I've seen.
Seriously, the i kept waiting for them to show me something i didn't know. Only think i wasn't aware of was the Honorable Mention. Never heard of Graffiti Bridge. Oh. And a Christmas Story 2. I knew about My Summer Story.
+bob513993 watch Pitch Black it was a damn good movie.
I just found out "Predator" is a prequel to "Predator 2"! Did anyone else know this??
Lol
do you ever heard of Terminator 2
ive heard that this is a Sequel to Terminator
have you seen Freddy vs Jason? its based on old slasher films!
urgh... when people feel the need to add to a joke when the punchline is finished...
Have you heard my this comment? Apparently it's a sequel to your comment.
I never knew "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" was the final installment of a trilogy until I went to get it for my Mom one Christmas. Fortunately, the other two were there as well, so I thought, "Why not?"
I count The Silence of the Lambs as a sequel to Manhunter, because that's how the novel was treated. The Silence of the Lambs novel talks about the events that happened in Manhunter quite often.
But the movie "Red Dragon" came out after Silence Of the Lambs (SOTL)...Both it and Manhunter were based upon the same novel in the series, which was titled Red Dragon. Manhunter came out years before SOTL and it sucked so bad, they probably were not able to use the title Red Dragon.
i agree with Hank and Jos
I call it a reboot
Red Dragon was a remake of Manhunter.
@@josbar2835 quite true. They didn't even spell Hannibal's name correctly in Manhunter. Also, they filmed Red Dragon after SOTL because Anthony Hopkins did such an amazing performance as Hannibal that they wanted him to basically own the role, as he also played Hannibal in the movie 'Hannibal', which btw is awful if you have read the book.
did you know that empire strikes back is a sequel to star wars?
LOL.
Even thought your joking ,they probably didn't judging by the lists contents
it's funny ESB was released in 1980 and the opening scrawl said Episode V but the opening scrawl of the origional 1977 SW release just said Star Wars. It didn't say Episode IV A New Hope until the re-release. Though everyone knew it was a sequal a lot of folks were confused.
The very first time I saw Star Wars on its initial release, I distinctly remember wondering why it said Episode 4 - what happened to the first three? But I've read several times since that the initial release didn't have the episode number. WTF? I wonder if it varied by location, or if my memory is just screwed?
+crimson bolt Haha Good one. But yeah, these people are fucking morons that take us for fools when it comes to some of these movies. Who in the hell would not know Mad Max 2 is a sequel when it has 2 in the fucking title?! That might as well have asked us your comment.
Seriously, someone didn't know the Chronicles of Riddick was a follow-up to Pitch Black?
james howe That's no excuse. I've never seen Get Shorty or Be Cool but I still know they're connected.
Yeah that and The Devil's Rejects. Very obvious and starred the same main character(s).
IKR. I mean, come on! Anyone who seen the Riddick sequels HAD to have seen Pitch Black beforehand.
+CaptRicoSakaraPrower unless said person doesn't watch R-rated movies like my mom.
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Understandable, but they would at least heard about the film through word-of-mouth.
The medieval dead? Are you kidding? That's genius!
They should have kept that.
Honestly we should all just call it that from now on
+Brandon Coupland Agreed!
Ikr.
I wonder if there's people who loved Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 saw Army of Darkness and got out of the theaters extremely disappointed.
I loved the first two, and I enjoyed Army of Darkness, but I think the film is too campy and extremely disappointing compared to the first two. Then again, it was intentional that way.
Expected 21st century: flying cars
Real 21st century: people didn't know Mad Max 2 was a sequel to Mad Max.
Bruh you cant tell me people didnt knew Riddick was after Pitch black. The story is even connected. The events of Pitch black were the reason Ridick was called on the planet that happen to be under atack keeping the story going. Even the 3rd movie is connected to Pitch black since it traces the same events. You might need better research.
Pitch Black wasn't as huge as Chronicles of Riddick, though. And not many people actually saw Pitch Black before. I was one of those people but once I saw all three movies, I got the connection instantly.
Actually, there's an animated feature called Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury that covers some of the time between the events of Pitch Black and the beginning of Chronicles of Riddick. Without giving too many spoilers, it introduces the character of Toombs and provides some connective tissue that explains part of the later storyline of CoR. Excellent animation and voiced by all the same actors (Diesel, David, Chinlund, etc.) from the live-action features.
Wasn't pitch black a sequel to riddick ?? If i remember corectly, at the beggining of pitch black he was escorted to a planet that he thought was his planet by the necromongers with the intent of killing him there
@@DannyDJ1205 No, it wasn't, and that is why the animated feature I spoke of is important, in that it covers the period between their (Riddick, Jack & Imam) escape from the PB planet, and how each of them came to be where they were at the beginning of Chronicles of Riddick.
@@stone1andonly you just gave me a reason to rewatch those 2 movies
I know everyone always complains about Watch Mojo's criteria, but how do you exclude James Bond for being a franchise but then INCLUDE the Jack Ryan movies?
Because they are not "The Jack Ryan movies". In fact, The Hunt for Red October is actually a "hey lookit, James Bond is now a Russian submarine captain movie".
@@sam21462 Perhaps, but even the reason for the recasting in the Jack Ryan movies was incorrect in this video.
You guys have played that "Liver and Fava Beans" line to death every time you mention 'Silence of the Lambs" You know there were more lines in that film don't you?
james howe Its called "Overusing" Keep telling the same joke over and over again to the same person everyday and see how many times he will still find it funny.
It's cool bro, if they see this comment they will fix it, if you want to take it further email them :)
I skipped that clip just because I'm tired of hearing it myself.
I thought I was the only one who thought this. It's really irritating at this point and I'm sick of hearing it
BakTrolled Too right, it kills the movie.
WHO DIDN'T KNOW MAD MAX 2 WAS A SEQUEL TO MAD MAX!?!
AND ARMY OF DARKNESS!?
And Desperado
and Riddick.
*Gee, it's the same actor playing a guy with the same name, same supernatural powers, same costume, and same supporting cast. I wonder if these movies are related.*
Maybe because, as explained in the video, American audiences were largely unfamiliar with the original Mad Max and Mad Max 2 was originally entitled "The Road Warrior" when it first came out? Also the two films are very different from each other with Max and the post-apocalyptic setting being the only things they have in common.
Komic Klepto Interestingly, the original Mad Max was DUBBED over with American accents for the USA audience (and sadly that version was also used in the UK). Re timelines, the original trilogy has Mad Max 1 and 2 occurring post economical global collapse, but pre nuclear apocalypse. Only Thunderdome was post nuclear Apocalypse. However the timeline has changed now due to the comic book series, game, and Fury Road. But I guess they don't count in the context of this conversation. Great movies regardless. But yes, most of the world knew Road Warrior was a sequel if we're honest. The only reason some didn't was because #2 had a bigger budget and more hype. (and no apparent need to be dubbed over lol)
This video should've been titled "Sequels that don't have a '2' after the original's title to directly identify them as a sequel". I feel like just about all of them were known sequels aside from "A Summer Story".
Or a 3
WOW!! Who would have thought Mad Max 2 was a sequel to Mad Max.
At the time it was released in North America it was simply called "The Road Warrior", it didn't have "Mad Max 2" attached to it ANYWHERE. Most North Americans had not seen Mad Max at the times and IIRC the first film wasn't released until after the second one In North America.
Same actor, same character, same theme! even if what you say is true and the American audience saw them out of order 'Top 10 Sequels You Didn’t Know Were Sequels' was published on Sep 13, 2016,
As of 1981 you are suggesting no one realized that these movies are connected! This is just a poor list.
Although it was only called The Road Warrior in ads, every article and review (except the one in Playboy ) identified it as the sequel to Mad Max. It was pretty hard to miss. Playboy mistakenly identified Firefox as Mad Max 2. I still have the issue.
@@TurboHawkV6 True. But it didn't take long for people to find out that it was a sequel. It was common knowledge long before this video was made. Mojo's criterion wasn't that people didn't know that the movie was a sequel when it was released. It was that people didn't know, period.
riddick, mad max 2, desperado, rmy of darkness, who didnt know it ?
I didn't watch pitch black until after chronicles, so I was legitimately surprised about a third way through the movie when I realized Diesel was playing the same character.
Desperado - at the time of its release, it was treated as an American reboot. I remember those previews and it didnt play up being a sequel at all. After I watched it, a few people said that it was a remake. Riddick's trailers also didnt play up the sequel angle, but since he definitely stood out from the trailers for Pitch Black...
***** In riddick, when he met jack, it already made sense that itsa sequel, others just seemed as sequels.
In theory you should be able to tell a movie is a sequel without watching the previous one.
I know half of these were easy
How about Top 10 sequels you didnt know existed
there is a "top 10 movies sequels you never heard of"
Well in that case I had no idea they sequels Anaconda, Lake Placid or Wrong Turn until years after the first film and they are horrible.
How about Top 10 SYL tracks !
I'd love to see that !
Have you seen that "Anaconda vs Lake Placid" flick, whatever the name was? It's a "mash up" with both creatures. You better get some wine if you watch it because it's cheesy.
I actually caught about five minutes of that once, just enough to make me agree with Betty White "I'm rooting for the crocodile!"
top 10 sequels you didn't know where prequels
that would be fun to see.
'Temple of Doom' would be number 1.
yes
Yeah I didn't know Temple of Doom(my favorite) was a prequel until recently.
the thing (200?)
Do a Top 10 youtube channels running out of ideas
I think Mojo would take up most of the slots.
@@bellaraine5263 if you don't like it then get out of here
One of them should be mrbossFTW
Fine brothers
When i was about 9 years old i watched Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum not knowing they were sequels. I love them i grew up watching them
I must be less ignorant than most of watch mojo's target demographic because I knew all of these were sequels except for my summer story.
I know, right, most of these are obvious sequels, how did people not know, I don't understand how you could not know
Same here.
The only one I didn't know was a sequel was The Two Jakes.
Had you heard of it and not known it was a sequel? Or had you simply never heard of it? Those are dissimilar circumstances.
superlive98 Dude, I was a kid when I first saw The Road Warrior and had no knowledge of Mad Max, for at least 3 to 4 years after having seen The Road Warrior, as was the same for many other Americans. Simple enough for you?
I watched this video twice so that I can say "Pff, I knew all of those." the second time.
No WatchMojo week without the Hannibal Lecter scene. They really love this film, don't they?
They also love The Dark Knight, Goodfellas, Nirvana, and Green Day.
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I can't deny that. ;-)
Yes and Star Wars!
Don't forget Lion King
I must had seen Army of Darkness 10x in the theater! Still my fav to this day! :)
I'm pretty sure EVERYONE knew that The Devil's Rejects was a sequel.
Fixxxer 2x4 as it was marketed as a sequel no way it’s a small world.
I only knew Riddick series, Mad max series and Evil dead series. Never even heard of the rest (Except maybe the hustler.)
Hunt for Red October and the sequels are fantastic! I highly recommend them.
i only knew riddick and mad max 2 but i have never heard of the evil dead series XD
Emmanuel Wil-Jeff It is the best B movie series ever. I think it is from the 80s though.
+Emmanuel Wil-Jeff Theres even a continuing series on Starz called Ash vs. Evil Dead, second season starting up next month
Bryan Lariviere Why did you add "I think it's from the 80s though". Is that a disclaimer of some sort? There is a ton of awesome stuff from the 80s.
2:22 - Were those kids playing Prehistoric Beyblade?
Lmao
Kinda but its better than beyblade
it's called yoyo, yep before it was spinning on a string, it was spinning on the ground
and I shit you not! it was used to hunt animals, also first made in Philippines
Actually, it is a trompo, not a yoyo, that one is different.
Did you know that the jewish made Beyblade back before fun was even a thing in life?
Top 10 Sequels You Didn't Know Were Sequels? Well I did.
james howe Can ya read? "Well I did"... know they were sequels.
same here....for most
Please consider making a part II list. This was awesome.
'Along came a spider' (2001) is a sequel to 'kiss the girls' (1997) and Morgan Freeman was brilliant in both films.
I didn't know anyone didn't know that Devil's Reject was a sequel to House of 1,000 Corpses.
i didn't when i watched devils rejects and loved the movie so much
Patriot Games is NOT a sequel, it is in fact a prequel as far as the books go, Red October comes after the Patriot Games
John Roberts
Don't forget Sum of all Fears.
The concept is roughly the same though. 2 movies in the same universe following the same people.
You fools need to realize that books and movies can be different this includes the order of the books and movies
@@Ziton98 Jack Ryan is a Time Lord!
Med-Evil Dead actually doesn't sound too bad. Can't believe I've never thought of that.
Don't forget "Along Came A Spider" and "Kiss the Girls" featuring Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross in both movies.
7:47. I knew that "The Road Warrior" was a Sequel to "Mad Max", because in my Native, Germany, the Movie ist called "Mad Max 2: Der Vollstrecker"...
Everyone knew Chronicles of Riddick was a sequel to pitch black
I didn't know
silence of the lambs was actually a sequel to red dragon
Actually, Red Dragon was a prequel to Silence of the Lambs, there is a difference.
Actually both of them are movies...
Get it right
@@robertnorris3782 I think he meant Manhunter (which is aka as Red Dragon, they changed the title so people wouldn't think it was a martial arts movie)
you didnt do the fugitive and us marshalls
They need to do top 10 spinoffs that are successful
I didn't even know _My Summer Story_ existed.
Keep up the interesting lists!
Tbh or the 2012 sequel like who knew I know I didn't
Love your videos. I think Morgan Freeman's 'Kissing the Girls' and 'Along Came the Spider', with its sequel 'Alex Cross' could have been a nice mention.
Video idea; "Top 10 WatchMojo "You didn't know" videos that everyone already knew"
I knew all of these.... unbelievably.
Dormammu......I've come to bargain
I got all except for 2. I'm not a Rob Zombie fan so that explains why I wouldn't know about the sequel to The Devil's Rejects. And the one about El Mariachi did surprise me, but plan to find it and see it.
I don't understand this list.
It says films you didn't know were sequels, but they're all either films i've never heard of or sequels that are quite clearly sequels.
The only one i'll give you is Two Jakes,
I guess the diff is; Those that didn't know aren't movie "fans" but are rather movie "goers". Fans look for the next installment and recognize plot, character, and style instantly where as movie "Goers" could watch all 5 of the Star Wars instalments,....and still wonder "who is the fella in the Shiny Black mask?"
The Chronicles of Riddick is actually the third film in the series, there's a little known film called Dark Fury between it and Pitch Black which helps fill in quite a bit of missing info
Maybe it's a generational thing, but we ALL knew Riddick was the sequel to Pitch Black, Road Warrior to Mad Max, Jewel of the Nile to Romancing the Stone and especially Army of Darkness to Evil Dead. Also, including Jack Ryan films feels like you should put Bond movies in the list, too. Good job on Graffiti Bridge and Purple Rain, though!
I love how you say "top 10," as if there's a giant list of movies that fit this description and you just narrowed it down to 10. Whereas, in reality, it's obvious you really had to stretch to even find 10.
What about “Shock Treatment,” the sequel to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
You would not believe how many people don't know that The Dark Knight is a sequel.
You are joking - but as a former manager at a movie theatre - the ignorance is real.
One of my friends actually didn't know there were any Batman movies before The Dark Knight, lol.
I remember when once in a conversation I called TDK a sequel, and he was like: "WTF? A sequel? There was a movie before that???".
Then in another conversation with some other guy, I mentioned the Joker's fall to his death from TIm Burton's Batman, and he overheard and said "Wait, I don't recall Joker dying after he fell in the movie". Guess which movie he was talking about.
Just gonna throw this out here. Dark Fury was actually the second Riddick, it explained what led Jack to become a killer, and it introduced Tombs. It's actually pretty good you all should watch it.
11:14. I also knew, that "Army of Darkness" was a Sequel to "The evil dead 2: Dead by Dawn" because I only know the Movie as "The evil dead 3: Army of Darkness"...
You forgot Stolen Kisses (1968) sequel of The 400 blows
...(sigh) except for #10 (which most people have NEVER heard of)
EVERYBODY knew the rest were "sequels"/continuations, etc., if for no other reason than it was in the MARKETING at the time.
This must have been written by children. (ie., people under 30)
U.S. Marshalls
Sequel to The Fugitive.
Blade was on the run while Agent K was chasing him.
It's later revealed that Ironman set Blade up. lol
Haha that's the only movie that should of been on this list I didn't know was a sequel till years later. Also funny Marvel joke!
I thought a sequel had to include the main character. UM has always felt like a spinoff to me.
How could they make a sequel with Harrison Ford?
And the movie The Hunter is the 3rd movie. good joke, btw.
That's a good pick. I actually liked that movie a lot and saw it before The Fugitive, not knowing they were connected.
"A Shot in the Dark" would be a good addition. The second film in the Pink Panther series, it is the only one to not have "Pink Panther" in the name, and may well be the funniest of the bunch.
Good call!
How can you say people did not know Army of Darkness was a sequel and describe it as the most anticipated sequel of the 90s? You can't be both.
WHY DID THEY NOT CALL IT THE MEDIEVAL DEAD, that's classic
Lots of people actually know Chronicles of Riddick, Jewel of the Nile, The Road Warrior, Desperado and Army of Darkness are movie sequels....so this list is pretty much BS.
It's more an at the time thing
+Mr Critical Not really: Jewel of the Nile, Road Warrior and above all Chronicles of Riddick - and I believe even Army of Darkness - were known to be sequels at the time of their theatre release.
Add The Color of Money to that list. I was 17 or 18 when it came out and the connection to The Hustler was well covered in the media at the time. Paul Newman still had serious box office stature with my parents' generation at the time, so there was ample reason to play it up.
Wasn't Die Hard technically a sequel to a Frank Sinatra movie?
yes
Here's a list for Another Top 10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Sequels.
10. "Return To Never Land" (2002) - Sequel to "Peter Pan" (1953)
9. "War, Inc." (2008) - Sequel to "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997)
8. "Graffiti Bridge" (1990) - Sequel to "Purple Rain" (1984)
7. "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly" (1966) - Sequel to "For A Few Dollars More" (1965)
6. "The Hateful Eight" (2015) - Sequel to "Django Unchained" (2012)
5. "A Shot In The Dark" (1964) - Sequel to "The Pink Panther" (1963)
4. "Split" (2016) - Sequel to "Unbreakable" (2000)
3. "Magnum Force" (1973) - Sequel to "Dirty Harry" (1971)
2. "Madea's Family Reunion" (2006) - Sequel to "Diary Of A Mad Black Woman" (2005)
1. "Angels & Demons" (2009) - Sequel to "The Da Vinci Code" (2006)
Honorable Mention:
• "Billy Jack" (1971) - Sequel to "Born Losers" (1968)
"Cool Hand Luke" & "Five Easy Pieces"
Great list! Thank you!
Evil Dead 2 & Army Of Darkness great horror comedies.
I wonder who didn't know that Mad Max 2 was a sequel to Mad Max... I certainly didn't!
Who didn't know that the chronicles of riddick was a sequel?
james howe But like they reference the first movie Pitch Black with the girl and the shiny eye surgery and all that. I feel like that would have been confusing without seeing Pitch Black
championone2 Imagine someone watching Riddick without seeing Chronicles or Pitch Black
That'd be hilarious
Me^^
I genuily never knew "A Christmas Story" had a sequel!
Before watching I'm like: there ain't a sequel on this list that can surprise me. Then while watching I'm like: Chinatown had a sequel?! Great job watchmojo 😁👍
EVERYBODY knows Army of Darkness is a sequel.
When I was a kid, I didn't know. I finally discovered that fact when I rented a VHS copy of Evil Dead 2.
I've actually met folks that didn’t, I myself saw them in the wrong order two one three
It's amazing how many people miss the point of this video. Anyone who sees both movies would know they're sequels. That's not the point. Many of these first movies were either not shown at the time or low budget. So many people saw the sequel first and didn't know there were movies before that one.
Booo. Admit it - this list sucked. Even the Rolling Stones did some songs that sucked. (That made a whole album out of sucky songs.)
Yep, I saw Chronicles of Riddick first and years later was shocked to discover that it's a sequel to Pitch Black.
In Riddick they reference Pitch Black and maybe even show scenes from it. The whole thing with going to the prison to get the girl was a big flag to let people know their was a preceding story. I dunno how you didnt pick that up.
The Black Johnny Gat I just thought those are flashbacks from the past that you see in movies sometimes that are made up for that movie and not scenes from entirely different film.
Emil Georgiev Normally I would give you that but the way he speaks about the "girl" would be way to presumptive to assumed the audiences just 'gets' his feelings behind it.
TBH I'm talking from the hindsight of knowing Pitch Black existed. I may have been exactly like you if I were in your shoes.
Was expecting The Da Vinci Code and its sequel Angels and Demons on this list. Was disappointed.
The books are actually reversed though, A&D was released first and DVC was loosely a sequel
Technically a prequel, but it's a pretty well established franchise. The third movie is coming out soon (Which is strangely the 4th book. I think they're skipping the 3rd book all together... and thankfully so)
cuz, i guess, everyone knows
It's not a prequel in the movie universe, as it mentions the events from The Da Vinci Code.
Really? I probably missed that lol. I guess I can understand why they would re-arrange them in the movies. It would help a lot for audience engagement and retention, but it's hard to wrap my head around after reading all the books.
Technically, Die Hard is a sequel to the 1968 Frank Sinatra film 'The Detective'. It was based on the first in a series of crime novels. Sinatra was too old to play the role by the time they got around to making it, so instead they changed the character in the script to John McClane. But it's still based on the same plot as the book's sequel.
The Dark Knight should be here, and I'm saying it because many people didn't even know Batman Begins existed...
Army of Darkness might be the best movie ever made.
certainly one of my favorites.
That movie had the most "directors cuts" to "official bootleg" editions released ever. I still prefer the apocalyptic future London ending. Though I still need to watch the latest series though.
It's not but I tell everyone it is.
I still like evil dead 2 a bit better
Pure entertainment for real men.
So you specifically rule out Silence of the Lambs for being made many years later and yet your list is full of movies like that? I mean technically it was sequel anyway since it was based on a book that was a sequel.
No it's not....sequels have a connection to the original..not just the main character
@ disagree what do any of the die hard movies have to do with each other besides the main character...same with death wish movies
Silence of the Lambs cinematically is not a sequel to Manhunter. Especially since Manhunter was remade in continuity with Silence as Red Dragon. Also Die Hard with a Vengeance is very much connected to the original.
@ I'd say it has to have more connection to the first/proceeding film than just the same "reality" with shared history/themes/ ,you would hardly call Soldier a sequel to Blade Runner though both are meant to be set in the same "reality" and have a shared history, unless you have a significant continuation of story, character it's only a "spin off" imho .
@@Evilroco Good points,but unless there are significant flags or film maker info indicating a film is set in the same universe,I don't feel we have to consider some movies as prequels/sequels.I never thought SOLDIER was a sequel to any other movie.This opens up intriguing possibilities for false sequels.Is FORTRESS 1 and 2. a set of sequels to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and ESCAPE FROM L.A.,or was ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 a prequel?
“Lock stock and two smoking barrels” and “snatch.” Good flicks , check them out!
There was another 'A Christmas Story' sequal that came out back in 1988 called 'Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.' It starred Jerry O'Connell as Ralphy and followed the family in preparation and travel to a camping trip. It was so so.
honestly, these weren't at all a surprise, unless you are a teenager today and never heard of these.
US marshalls and The Fugitive ^_^
really? everyone knows army of darkness is a sequel.
At the time of release many people did not.
Bullshit.
For some of you youngsters: George W. Bush's reelection in 2004 should be on the list. I couldn't believe that we elected him again!
Have this W my nigga cause you're a winner!
Not only that, but hist initial election was nothing more than a terrible remake of a 1989 presidency.
Only sequel worse than the GWB sequel was the Obama sequel.
check out the made for t.v. series Trump. youll puke your guts out with disgust.
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I already have. The trailer for it is like a cheap porn from the 90's or 80's. Trump is a cartoon character of a person. It's kind of disturbing to consider that he has risen to this level. Makes me worry for my own species.
Changing Mad Max 2 to The Road Warrior was the best title change ever. The Road Warrior name deserves it's own award.
Actually "My Summer Story" maintained the title "It Runs In The Family" until 2003 when another more popular movie of the same name came out. It officially was retitled "My Summer Story" in 2006 for it's DVD release. I even remember watching it on TV in 2001 on HBO, and they were still calling it by it's former name.
Are they smoking their own mojo? 99.9% of these movies were, in fact, highly well known sequels. Apparently the only ones who did not know it was the staff of WatchMojo. Barely any of these movies "hid' their "sequelness." Army of Darkness began directly after Evil Dead 2? EVERYONE knew Two Jakes was a sequel to Chinatown. it was how the movie was advertised and every news outlet said it directly. Damn people, try harder to come up with these top tens. I mean put some actually effort into it.
james howe Dude, they were advertised as sequels, called sequels, talked about being sequels. When Two Jakes was announced news was constantly going on about "hey they're making a sequel to Chinatown." I think some of the trailers might be on UA-cam, have a look. The premise was "movies that people didn't know where sequels." I know Road Warrior was a Mad Max sequel and I was a teenager when it came out. I knew because they said it directly. And it was actually called "Mad Max: The Road Warrior. Kinda of clue there. Just like Star Wars was just "Star Wars" before the prequels. Maybe two on this list were not obvious or stated sequels. The rest everyone know were sequals to the first or second movies. (I mean seriously, Chronicles of Riddick? They talked about it being the Pitch Black sequel from the moment the movie was announced.)
How can 99,9% of the movies listed here be known sequels? The number of movies displayed here are 10 + a few honorable mentions. Are you saying that a part of a certain movie is not a known sequel or what? Because otherwise your claim that 99,9% of the movies here are know sequels would require
4XLZ If you're going to smoke stuff that's that good you should at least pass, mate.
Because when they came out they were advertised as sequels. Movie critics on TV, radio and print would preview them as sequels.
Shame on you for skipping First Blood / Rambo.
What? "Rambo: First Blood, Part II" was a sequel to "First Blood"?
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Who's even heard of My Summer Story?
ottoismy1dog I'm rather annoyed they failed to mention the other sequel, "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss", which had some of the cast return (the parents I think).
I saw It Runs In The Family on cable after it came out and loved it. The narration was familiar... but it took me a while to realize it was a sequel.
Me.
In Germany, most of the films were actually marketed as sequels. Especially Mad Max II and Army of Darkness.
Before: "I bet you can't surprise me with more than one of those."
After: I was right. Your honorable mention was the only one I had forgotten."
to be honest every one of them i ever heard of i knew were sequals... damn clickbait filler shiiiet
how has this got 10k likes.... this HAS to be some click farm right?
is the guy who played ash in evil dead movies the same guy from the show the made recently
yes
It isn't obvious?
yup. also, i'm pretty sure google still works.
No, he retired. They got the guy from Brisco County, Jr. to fill in.
LMAO Casual, you beautiful troll.
The sequel to pitch black is dark fury!!!!!
For the most part, shorts don't count as sequels.
Transitions to cartoon animation for sequels don't count-unless everyone was hit by an animation conversion ray,and that fact is part of the sequel's plot.As well as turning everyone back live for any sequels.Bullshit by any other name.
Didn't Dark Fury come out after The Chronicles of Riddick??
It Runs in the Family (aka My Summer Story) is probably one of best underrated movie sequels ever. It’s based on the same story of the real “Ralphie,” and very similar in style and tone. I never understood that when I was younger but I loved it just the same. My pops told me it was a sequel when I first saw it and I guess I just didn’t get it at the time because the actors were different but even so it’s a great little flick and if you watch the Christmas Story every Christmas then you should give a watch
I find it hard to believe that anyone who was interested enough to see any of these movies wouldn't know they were sequels, unless they were really young. I was 14 when The Color Of Money came out and knew it was a sequel to The Hustler without ever seeing the original film.
The Fugitive & U.S. Marshals
Some of these belong in a movies you didn't know had sequels list...
Right.
"Split" should be the top 1
i clicked and immediately said "silence of the lambs better be number one" well played Mr. Mojo.
The Riddick Franchise actually has more entries outside the movies media, that are really good an definitely worth a look.
- TCoR: Dark Fury (2004) is an animated movie set between Pitch Black and TCoR.
- TCoR: Escape from Butcher Bay + Assault on Dark Athena are video games that are prequels to the movie franchise, centered mostly around Riddick's escape from Butcher Bay and introducing the character of Johns