We’ve discovered that good things often come in threes, which is certainly the case with our Top 5 Movie Trilogies, featuring five of the most beloved and acclaimed sets of three films ever made!
1) The Godfather Trilogy
Follows the fictional Corleone Mafia family through the course of its history in the United States and their homeland Sicily
The Godfather is often called the greatest film of all-time and Godfather II is often called the greatest sequel ever
The films have earned over $550 million worldwide
Heavily awarded, winning 9 out of 29 total Academy Award nominations
The Godfather and The Godfather Part II won the Oscar for Best Picture
Among the highest-grossing film series of all-time
Considered to be one of the biggest and most ambitious film projects ever undertaken, with an overall budget of $281 million
Films were critically acclaimed and heavily awarded, winning 17 out of 30 total Academy Award nominations
The Return of the King, won all of its 11 Academy Awards nominations (tied for most ever with Ben-Hur and Titanic)
Set in Middle-earth, the films follow the hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and a Fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring, and thus ensure the destruction of its maker, the Dark Lord Sauron
Star Wars the fifth-highest-grossing film series ever
A second trilogy was produced in the mid-2000s with a third trilogy coming soon
Series has spawned an extensive media franchise – including books, television series, computer and video games, and comic books
Franchise depicts a galaxy described as "far, far away" in the distant past, and portrays Jedi as a representation of good, in conflict with the Sith, their evil counterpart
First film was the highest-grossing film of 1985 and became an international phenomenon
Trilogy was nominated for five Academy Awards all together, winning one
Spinoffs include a television series, video games, comics, and a theme park ride at Universal Studios
follows the adventures of Marty McFly, and an eccentric scientist, Dr. Emmett L. Brown, as they use a DeLorean time machine to time travel to different periods in the history of Hill Valley
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