Top 20 Best Prequel Movies

Name: Top 20 Best Prequel Movies
Uploaded: 2024-06-30T17:00:00-04:00
Channel: WatchMojo
Description: 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.”

VOICE OVER: Patrick Mealey
WRITTEN BY: Nick Spake

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!

#21: "A Quiet Place: Day One" (2024)
#20: "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" (1992)
#19: "Red Dragon" (2002)
#18: "Kong: Skull Island" (2017)
#17: "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" (2023)
#16: "Bumblebee" (2018)
#15: "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016)
#14: "Fast Five" (2011)
#13: "Pearl" (2022)
#12: "Mallrats" (1995)
#11: "The Muppet Movie" (1979)
#10: "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" (1993)
#9: "Prey" (2022)
#8: "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" (2005)
#7: "X-Men: First Class" (2011)
#6: "Wonder Woman" (2017)
#5: "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" (2024)
#4: "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984)
#3: "The Godfather Part II" (1974)
#2: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966)

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