Top 20 Best Prequel Movies
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- Sometimes, you have to start at the beginning. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at movies that explored past events within established continuities. We’re including films that jointly served as prequels and sequels. However, we’re leaving out reboots and reimaginings that essentially started a new continuity like “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” Our countdown includes “Fast Five”, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, “Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”, “The Muppet Movie”, and more! What’s your favorite movie prequel? What movies do you think deserve a prequel? Let us know in the comments.
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What’s your favorite movie prequel? What movies do you think deserve a prequel? Let us know in the comments.
Bumblebee
My favorite prequel is Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and A Quiet Place: Day One. Please include them in my Idea that I requested you: Top 10 Best Movies of 2024 So Far.
Star Wars Episode I,II and III
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Wonder Woman
My favorite prequel has to be Final Destination 5
Revenge of the Sith is obviously on the list. One of my favorite prequels of all time
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Was absolutely epic in the theaters!
@@shaggyfrankdizzlisn’t that the jar jar binx one tho? Darth was a cool character tho if I’m right
Aren’t those famously bad compared to the original s?
The star wars prequels are so underrated. I really like them.
They're absolutely awful
At this point they're not even underrated
They are masterpieces compared to disney star wars 🤣 i appreciate them more every time a new film or show gets released.
Not just underrated: the sequel trilogy and most of the Disney Star Wars makes the prequels look like The Lord of the Rings.
Nothing about Star Wars is underrated. It’s the most overrated franchise ever.
Bumblebee is one of my favourite prequels of all time, and I loved Charlie and Bee's cute bond, as well as the 80's nostalgia.
I'm telling you Bumblebee is not a prequel even though reference says from the original movies are in it it's not it's a reboot.
Bumblebee movie is such a great Transformers movie and prequel. Also, the designs of the Transformers looked just right. A blend between cartoons and realism.
Bumblebee is not a prequel it's a reboot.
Star Wars prequel trilogy deserves recognition
No, they don't. They're mediocre movies.
@@benjaminguzman8645mediocre? They’re trash!!
@@benjaminguzman8645 Wdym? Revenge of the Sith is farrr from mediocre and the only one that’s bad is Attack of the Clones. I think even Phantom Menace is solid.
@@jediconnor9349 Yeah Revenge of the Sith is great, but the last two were not good.
@@benjaminguzman8645 The last two movies were from the sequel trilogy.
The Star Wars prequels are always the best prequels in movie history❤
Watch more movies kid. They're abhorrent
Yep
It's Rogue one for me. Those other prequels were exasperating.
@@randomreviews4278as in, do you like the prequels or hate them?
That’s crazy the Star Wars prequels are low key kinda trash
I don't care how the critics are criticizing Peter Jackson's 'THE HOBBIT' because I see them as a great prequel trilogy to Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.
Agreed
I remember watching The Hobbit 2 on cinema, it was a fantastic experience. The Hobbit movies deserve more recognition than it have now.
I know. I will say, IMO, it may have been better to make it a two movie prequel series without BOTFA just so there wasn’t so much filler.
Truth but it still pales in the shadow of the original. When I think of LOTR, I visualize the fellowship, two towers, and the King's return.
What people don't understand is that the mood of The Hobbit original book is much lighter, with a lot less dialogue and serious plot points. It was intended as a story for young people. The lore and situations were intensified and more fully fleshed out for the Lord of the Rings. It's not such a good idea to compare them. Even the source material is very different.
Seeing Star Wars Prequels in the Best Prequel Movies list actually puts a smile on my face.
Furiosa is probably one of the best prequel I have seen in years, but my favorite prequel of all time and one of my favorite movie of all time is Temple of Doom.
Tbh to me probably the most boring prequel I’ve seen. To also add I also feel it does a disservice to Furiosa as a character.
Fast Five is on the list because it takes place before The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
I love prequel movies
The First Omen
A Quiet Place Day One was just released!
that's why they made this list
@@eifelitorn That's a dumb reason!
@@majorfanboy2005 you must be new here
@@eifelitorn I'm not new here.
@@majorfanboy2005 every time some new movie or game or whatever comes out, or some one dies, they always make a list related to that event.
4:56 to be fair,Bumblebee is actually kind of a reboot but it was still one of the best transformers Ive ever watched
Do not contradict the list, dude.
@@rhysioeren3203ok good point
It was a lot of fun
@@mike91mdk45 hell yeah
Didnt knew that Sergio Leone's Magnum Opus THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY is a magnificent prequel!
Revenge of the Sith is a masterpiece
Yes it is. It’s my third favorite Star Wars film, behind A New Hope (#2) and The Empire Strikes Back (#1).
Good but idk about masterpiece
@@williamstormo2922 well, it’s definitely better than the sequels, that’s for sure.
Hard disagree about Hunger Games. While understanding the character of Snow was interesting as well as the world building, I could not get past all the singing. It felt so, so wedged in. Almost as off Rachel’s contract demanded her singing be featured in her roles.
1. The Godfather Part 2
2. Revenge of the Sith
3. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
4. The Phantom Menace
5. Attack of the Clones
6. The Temple of Doom
7. Rogue One
Believe it or not, that 'Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom' what's my biggest introduction to the franchise despite being an PG-13, It's the greatest prequel to Indiana Jones trilogy.
Bumblebee is a reboot of Transformers because if it wasn't continuity wise won't make sense because in the 2007 transformers for a few years (if Transformers:Beginnings DVD is canon) Agent Simmons would have been aware of Bumblebee years later, that plus in Transformers:Rise of the Beasts 8 years later Unicron trying to destroy earth as a giant planet-size robot contradicts Unicron as earth in Transformers the last knight (it also mentions in the last knight that bumblebee came to Earth back in World war II) so it doesn't make sense that bumblebee is a prequel it's just a reboot series.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, Star Wars: Episodes I,II & III The Phantom Menace, Attack Of The Clones & Revenge Of The Sith, Bumblebee, The Hobbit:An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation Of Smaug & The Battle Of The Five Armies & X-Men: First Class are my favorite prequel movies ever!
Atoc and rots have some of the best dialogue and scenes ever
I’d hoped to see _Rogue One_ and _Revenge of the Sith_ here, being the best of the Prequel Trilogy and modern _Star Wars._ WatchMojo didn’t disappoint.
A lot of people are gonna be confused about Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, lol. I think most have no idea it actually takes place before Raiders
a lot of people though of that when it first came out
Monsters University better be on the list
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You can argue about episode 1 and 2 being good or bad, but there is no argument where Revenge of the Sith is not a perfect movie.
Isn’t that jar jar binx tho
Rogue one felt/feels like a crazy anomaly by disney. An actual worthy installment. Also nice to see temple of doom not simply knocked as the odball of the OG Indiana jones trilogy. It's hectic, fun, and we actually get a final boss fight
My pick is "Bumblebee"
Reboot
Not prequel
@@ahlethescout8404 pitched as a prequel
@@austinmichael3086 it is still a reboot
Bumblebee arrived in the 80s in bumblebee but has been around since the 40s in the transformer films
@ahlethescout8404
I thought it was a reboot
@@e.d.h.kendrick673reworked into a reboot when The Last Knight tanked
Monsters University and Minions: The Rise of Gru are two of my favorites! RoG was especially the best Minions franchise movie since Despicable Me 1!
Monsters University?
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I read all the books and everything and ballad of songbirds and snakes is probably my favorite movie. The story of how a good person becomes bad just hits different.
someone needs to do another prequel for SW I still need that do over fix
A Rambo prequel where we see him in Vietnam and what lead him to become a drifter.
Awesome list!
Honorable mention from me is Underworld Rise of the Lycans
That was a good one.
There’s no way Rogue One is as low as #14! I genuinely expected it to be top-3.
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I would never consider Mallratz a prequel since it’s the day before but love that it’s on here because I LOVE Mallratz.
What I like about the Hannibal series movies is that they made another prequel which was their 2007 iteration showing how he started his killing. The 2007 movie takes place right after WW2 where Hannibal comes back from the war seeing his parents getting killed and sees revenge on the killer. It also has a new cast
Where’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?
"Infernal Affairs II" (2003)
X-Men first class and X-Men days of future past
Ok and a lot of people don't realize with Prometheus that it set up the alien movie if u go and rewatch alien takes place on the same planet as in Prometheus and it's the same ship to
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How rouge one is not higher is a travesty 😭 haha
#1 also established the look of the main character from the next film (chronologically) as he slowly acquires the clothes he’s wearing when we first saw him in the original film. That’s great continuity!
Phantom menace was my first star wars film so it gets my pick
1:18 i didn't know that this was a prequel im new to this series started last month im on season 2 episode 12 i think i might have to double check
These Movies “A Quiet Place: Day One, Bumblebee, Rouge One: A Star Wars Story, The Muppet Movie, Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm, Prey, Star Wars: Episode 1 2 & 3, X-Men: First Class, Wonder Woman, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, Monsters University, & The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Are My Favorite Prequels Of All Time :-)
Rogue One is the best Disney made Star Wars movie. It has a solid storyline, unique and interesting characters, and a few laughs. What made it stand out even more was the corridor scene, where Darth Vader shows his full power. It was beautifully done, and so deliciously claustrophobic at the same time. Seeing Revenge of the Sith on here makes my heart sing too, it's the best of the prequels, which I believe are so underrated.
I loved Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman in the 1970s show, so seeing the character get her own movie was so exciting, and it did not disappoint. It was so well done, and Gal Gadot was perfect in the role.
How in the heck can the good the bad and the ugly be a prequel when Lee Van Cleef's character was killed off in it and he returns in "For A Few Dollars More"?
Angel eyes is his character in the good the bad and the ugly while his character in a few dollars more is named Colonel Mortimer. Two different characters.
WM: “We’re not including reboots”
Also WM: * puts Bumblebee on the list *
I have often thought that the opening sequences of The Mask of Zorro are begging for a prequel.
It's interesting that the godfather part 2 is both a prequel and a sequel
I think Dredd with Karl Urban deserves a prequel that shows him when he was just a rookie with Sylvester Stallone as his mentor Judge that dies in the end.
Great video especially when the presenter makes pop culture and sociopolitical references when covering nearly each film.
Good to see Rogue One, Skull Island, Bumblebee and Revenge of the Sith gets some 👏
You should do a list.The top ten actors that have been in dc and marvel films
Great stuff
Glad to see Furiosa in the list, shame it didn’t get enough recognition in cinemas.
4:57
Uh Bumblebee was originally supposed to be a prequel until it was turned into a Reboot, starting a new Live Action Transformers series.
Wonka (2023) should’ve made this list
It's been known that the Rock in Fast Five saved the franchise itself actually. Because it was getting stale but when Dwayne came along it added something new that was missing
Time to see what and why someone would put a movie in front of the good the bad and the ugly lol
Quiet Place just came out like an hour ago 😄
Gal Dadot Was able to play Wonder Woman is tough and innocent in the same time.I don't think that's easy to do
5:00
Love that Mallrats made the list!!!
The Predator prequel was great. I wonder where the next Predator movie will take place. Maybe in the time of pirates, knights, samurai, or Vikings.
Great List,but I find The Hobbit-battle of the five armies missing here
I would’ve added (The Thing 2011). I thought that it was really good.
Loved the list, Star Wars prequels are my fav! 🌟🎬
Would Captain America: The First Avenger count?
The Godfather Part II should have been number 1. However, it is a good list.
Where's Infernal Affairs II ???
I think you should pick on here, quiet place the other do list have the suggestion for our video characters and actors that look like actors
i recently heard news of a potential maze runner spin off or prequel, and I couldn't help but wonder if they will ever adapt the canon prequels of james dashner's series. one of the books, the fever code, depicts thomas's and the other gladers' origin story and the life they had at WICKED before the maze. and I remember thinking that if they were ever to adapt it, they should do it in a miniseries in animation, as in that way they could still use the original actors, or new actors as the characters we know. kinda like what marvel did with what if...? by recycling and bringing in new characters and actors.
Rogue One my favorite
Sometimes to understand the future we have to go back in time.
The thing prequel, When the helicopter started Chasing the dog that was awesome
A quite place I feel has run the concept down cause I can’t imagine what more you can do with the concept. Day one for instance didn’t do nothing to make the concept unique or investing cause the last 2 movies didn’t do much to push the concept any further cause I think they have no idea what to do.
From the list I’ve only seen Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Red Dragon, Kong: Skull Island, Bumblebee, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Mallrats, The Muppet Movie, Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith, X-Men: First Class, Wonder Woman, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom, The Godfather part 2 and The Good The Bad and The Ugly.
As long as Pearl is here, I’m happy.
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How about prequel for Under Siege? "Bad Billy and The Fabulous Jumpers".
This film in Good Lagend and Evil Vallians in Friend!😮
respect the temple of doom appreciation
Furiousa is the latest I've added to my list .
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is the most underrated Batman movie
It’s so weird I just mentioned it. I saw that yesterday.
Muy favorite Prequel movies on this list is:
1. Star Wars Revenge of The Sith
2. Rogue One
3. Prometheus
4. Bumblebee
5. Prey
Hmm. For me it is either Revenge of the Sith or Furiosa. I would also count the Planet of the Apes trilogy, but I consider more of a reboot than a prequel.
I heard that there’s really Maxine I think I think it’s really called that rip
Day One is definitely one of my favorite prequels of all time.
The Hobbit and the SW prequels are good but I think these would have been better if given more time to be polished
I hate that bumblebee never actually talks in transformers movies
So, anything that has a flashback is automatically a prequel, huh? WatchMojo and their rules.
Revenge of the sith, also has a video game and several novels based on it.
Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom is a good movie, but putting it at number 3 is probably a bit too high
I take serious exception to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly taking #1.... and Godzilla Minus One not even being on the list, let alone at the top spot that it rightly deserved. Godzilla Minus One is every bit the prequel that gives depth to the whole of Godzilla's other movies, and brings into the foreground the human tragedy that follows in Godzilla's wake.
Remake the list, WatchMojo, and reconsider the outcome of it.
Bumblebee is my favorite prequel, and I’m not that a big a fan of the Transformers franchise 😅