15 Best Movie Trilogies
Submitted by pianoshootis on Thu, 05/19/2005 - 09:52
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- Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali; Aparajito; World of Apu)
- Cavalry Trilogy (Fort Apache; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; Rio Grande)
- Alienation Trilogy (L'Avventura; La Notte; L'Eclisse)
- California Trilogy (Double Indemnity; Mildred Pierce; Postman Always Rings Twice)
- Mabuse Trilogy (Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler; Testament of Dr. Mabuse; Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse)
- Samurai Trilogy (Musashi Miyamoto; Duel at Ichijoji Temple; Duel on Ganryu Island)
- Loneliness Trilogy (La Strada; Il Bidone; Nights of Cabiria)
- Noriko Trilogy (Late Spring; Early Summer; Tokyo Story)
- Faith Trilogy (Through a Glass Darkly; Winter Light; Silence)
- Three Colors Trilogy (Blue; White; Red)
- Mick Travis Trilogy (If...; O Lucky Man!; Britannia Hosptial)
- Dollars Trilogy (Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Fellowship of the Ring; Two Towers; Return of the King)
- Orphic Trilogy (Blood of a Poet; Orpheus; Testament of Orpheus)
- Godfather Trilogy (Godfather; Godfather Part II; Godfather Part III)
Author Comments:
I took some license with the definition of a trilogy. For example, there were many more Dr. Mabuse films but I only count the ones made by Fritz Lang. A couple of others were written as trilogies, but made by different directors.
I'm probably forgetting a couple and I haven't yet seen Kobayashi's Human Condition trilogy.
I haven't seen 2046 yet (seeing it tomorrow probably), but it forms something of a loose trilogy, so I'm told, with Days of Being Wild and In The Mood For Love.
Also, re: the "California Trilogy" - I mean I kind of get it, they're three major 40s film noirs based on James M. Cain novels, but, I guess it just seems odd to me seeing as they're all made by different directors
Yeah, I did say I had a couple that were written as trilogies but by different directors. I was also going to list the original Star Wars trilogy but I bumped it in favor of Qatsi.