Determining whether a film is a sequel or a prequel is not as clear as one might think. Some of the films listed below, such as Three Colors: Red (1994) and Dogma (1999), can be called sequels only in the loosest sense. Furthermore, some can make a case that films like The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Pulp Fiction (1994) are sequels. Unless otherwise indicated, the original film(s) are on the Master List and rank higher than the sequel.
| Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Original Film(s) | Overall Rank |
| 1 | The Godfather: Part II | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola | The Godfather (1972) | 14 |
| 2 | The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Irvin Kershner | Star Wars (1977) | 43 |
| 3 | Aliens | 1986 | James Cameron | Alien (1979) | 65 |
| 4 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers1 (2002) | 96 |
| 5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | James Cameron | The Terminator (1984) | 98 |
| 6 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 1966 | Sergio Leone | A Fistful of Dollars1 (1964) and For a Few Dollars More1 (1965) | 118 |
| 7 | Bride of Frankenstein | 1935 | James Whale | Frankenstein1 (1931) | 121 |
| 8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 123 |
| 9 | Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Richard Marquand | Star Wars (1977) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 178 |
| 10 | Goldfinger | 1964 | Guy Hamilton | Dr. No1 (1962) and From Russia with Love1 (1963) | 186 |
| 11 | Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | George A. Romero | Night of the Living Dead (1968) | 216 |
| 12 | Three Colors: Red | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | Three Colors: Blue1 (1993) and Three Colors: White1 (1993) | 232 |
| 13 | Toy Story 2 | 1999 | John Lasseter | Toy Story (1995) | 268 |
| 14 | In the Mood for Love | 2000 | Kar Wai Wong | Days of Being Wild1 (1991) | 271 |
| 15 | The Road Warrior | 1981 | George Miller | Mad Max1 (1979) | 306 |
| 16 | The World of Apu | 1959 | Satyajit Ray | Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito1 (1957) | 316 |
| 17 | Evil Dead II | 1987 | Sam Raimi | The Evil Dead1 (1981) | 359 |
| 18 | Playtime | 1967 | Jacques Tati | Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953) and Mon Oncle1 (1958) | 378 |
| 19 | The Godfather: Part III | 1990 | Francis Ford Coppola | The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974) | 432 |
| 20 | Aparajito | 1956 | Satyajit Ray | Pather Panchali (1955) | 442 |
| 21 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 | Steven Spielberg | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom1 (1984) | 450 |
| 22 | Three Colors: White | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | Three Colors: Blue (1993) | 493 |
| 23 | Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan | 1982 | Nicholas Meyer | Star Trek: The Motion Picture1 (1979) | 507 |
| 24 | Before Sunset | 2004 | Richard Linklater | Before Sunrise1 (1995) | 508 |
| 25 | The Dark Knight | 2008 | Christopher Nolan | Batman Begins1 (2005) | 581 |
| 26 | Manon of the Spring | 1986 | Claude Berri | Jean de Florette (1986) | 617 |
| 27 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | 1984 | Steven Spielberg | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 676 |
| 28 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | 2004 | Quentin Tarantino | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 701 |
| 29 | From Russia with Love | 1963 | Terence Young | Dr. No (1962) | 720 |
| 30 | Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | Sam Raimi | Spider-Man (2002) | 765 |
| 31 | Mon Oncle | 1958 | Jacques Tati | Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953) | 850 |
| 32 | The Bourne Ultimatum | 2007 | Paul Greengrass | The Bourne Identity1 (2002) and The Bourne Supremacy1 (2004) | 859 |
| 33 | A Shot in the Dark | 1964 | Blake Edwards | The Pink Panther (1963) | 861 |
| 34 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | 1999 | George Lucas | Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983) | 876 |
| 35 | X2 | 2003 | Bryan Singer | X-Men (2000) | 888 |
| 36 | Casino Royale | 2006 | Martin Campbell | Dr. No (1962) et al. | 917 |
| 37 | Ivan the Terrible, Part II | 1958 | Sergei M. Eisenstein and M. Filimonova | Ivan the Terrible (1945) | 930 |
| 38 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 2005 | Steve Box and Nick Park | A Grand Day Out1 (1991), The Wrong Trousers1 (1993), and A Close Shave1 (1995) | 951 |
| 39 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | 2002 | George Lucas | Star Wars (1977) et al. | 959 |
| 40 | The Bourne Supremacy | 2004 | Paul Greengrass | The Bourne Identity (2002) | 1018 |
| 41 | Zoolander | 2001 | Ben Stiller | Derek Zoolander: Male Model2 (1996) and Derek Zoolander University2 (1997) | 1048 |
| 42 | Back to the Future Part II | 1989 | Robert Zemeckis | Back to the Future (1985) | 1067 |
| 43 | Alien: Resurrection | 1997 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Alien (1979), Aliens (1986) and Alien³1 (1992) | 1090 |
| 44 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | 1949 | John Ford | Fort Apache1 (1948) | 1098 |
| 45 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | Alfonso Cuarón | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets1 (2002) | 1123 |
| 46 | The Color of Money | 1986 | Martin Scorsese | The Hustler (1961) | 1153 |
| 47 | Alien³ | 1992 | David Fincher | Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) | 1164 |
| 48 | Back to the Future Part III | 1990 | Robert Zemeckis | Back to the Future (1985) and Back to the Future Part II (1989) | 1192 |
| 49 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Mike Newell | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets1 (2002), and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) | 1214 |
| 50 | The Matrix Reloaded | 2003 | Andy and Larry Wachowski | The Matrix (1999) | 1249 |
| 51 | The Long Day Closes | 1992 | Terence Davies | Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) | 1250 |
| 52 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | George Lucas | Star Wars (1977) et al. | 1252 |
| 53 | The Wrong Trousers | 1993 | Nick Park | A Grand Day Out1 (1991) | 1253 |
| 54 | The Barbarian Invasions | 2003 | Denys Arcand | The Decline of the American Empire2 (1986) | 1274 |
| 55 | Batman Returns | 1992 | Tim Burton | Batman (1989) | 1296 |
| 56 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | 1992 | David Lynch | Twin Peaks2 (1990) | 1297 |
| 57 | Stolen Kisses | 1968 | François Truffaut | The 400 Blows (1959) and Love at Twenty2 (1962) | 1327 |
| 58 | O Lucky Man! | 1973 | Lindsay Anderson | If.... (1968) | 1354 |
| 59 | Army of Darkness | 1992 | Sam Raimi | The Evil Dead (1981) and Evil Dead II (1987) | 1360 |
| 60 | Shrek 2 | 2004 | Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon | Shrek (2001) | 1380 |
| 61 | Clear and Present Danger | 1994 | Phillip Noyce | The Hunt for Red October1 (1990) and Patriot Games2 (1992) | 1383 |
| 62 | Superman II | 1980 | Richard Lester | Superman (1978) | 1387 |
| 63 | Star Trek: First Contact | 1996 | Jonathan Frakes | Star Trek: The Motion Picture1 (1979) et al. | 1417 |
| 64 | Chasing Amy | 1997 | Kevin Smith | Clerks. (1994) and Mallrats1 (1995) | 1430 |
| 65 | Desperado | 1995 | Robert Rodriguez | El Mariachi1 (1992) | 1459 |
| 66 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | 1986 | Leonard Nimoy | Star Trek: The Motion Picture1 (1979), Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock2 (1984) | 1482 |
| 67 | Through the Olive Trees | 1994 | Abbas Kiarostami | Where Is the Friend's Home? (1987) and And Life Goes on1 (1991) | 1527 |
| 68 | For a Few Dollars More | 1965 | Sergio Leone | A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 1533 |
| 69 | Day of the Dead | 1985 | George A. Romero | Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Dawn of the Dead (1978) | 1571 |
| 70 | The Queen | 2006 | Stephen Frears | The Deal2 (2003) | 1639 |
| 71 | I'm All Right Jack | 1959 | John Boulting | Private's Progress2 (1956) | 1642 |
| 72 | César | 1936 | Marcel Pagnol | Marius1 (1931) and Fanny1 (1932) | 1712 |
| 73 | Scream 2 | 1997 | Wes Craven | Scream (1996) | 1726 |
| 74 | GoldenEye | 1995 | Martin Campbell | Dr. No (1962) et al. | 1788 |
| 75 | Rocky II | 1979 | Sylvester Stallone | Rocky (1976) | 1805 |
| 76 | Fanny | 1932 | Marc Allégret | Marius1 (1931) | 1810 |
| 77 | Die Hard 2 | 1990 | Renny Harlin | Die Hard (1988) | 1819 |
| 78 | And Life Goes on | 1992 | Abbas Kiarostami | Where Is the Friend's Home? (1987) | 1828 |
| 79 | 42: Forty Two Up | 1999 | Michael Apted | Seven Up!2 (1964) et al. | 1830 |
| 80 | 28 Up | 1985 | Michael Apted | Seven Up!2 (1964) et al. | 1835 |
| 81 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | 1995 | John McTiernan | Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990) | 1846 |
| 82 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 2006 | Gore Verbinski | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 1874 |
| 83 | The Spy Who Loved Me | 1977 | Lewis Gilbert | Dr. No (1962) et al. | 1902 |
| 84 | Kriemhild's Revenge | 1924 | Fritz Lang | Siegfried (1924) | 1908 |
| 85 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | Chris Columbus | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) | 1909 |
| 86 | The Testament of Dr. Mabuse | 1933 | Fritz Lang | Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) | 1964 |
| 87 | Toy Story 3 | 2010 | Lee Unkrich | Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999) | 1967 |
| 88 | A Close Shave | 1995 | Nick Park | A Grand Day Out1 (1991) and The Wrong Trousers (1993) | 2003 |
| 89 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 1969 | Peter R. Hunt | Dr. No (1962) et al. | 2041 |
| 90 | Dogma | 1999 | Kevin Smith | Clerks. (1994), Mallrats1 (1995), and Chasing Amy (1997) | 2059 |
| 91 | Star Trek | 2009 | J.J. Abrams | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) et al. | 2062 |
| 92 | Drunken Master II | 1994 | Chia-Liang Liu | Drunken Master2 (1978) | 2076 |
| 93 | Addams Family Values | 1993 | Barry Sonnenfeld | The Addams Family2 (1991) | 2087 |
| 94 | The Matrix Revolutions | 2003 | Andy and Larry Wachowski | The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003) | 2104 |
| 95 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | 1989 | Jeremiah S. Chechik | National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and National Lampoon's European Vacation2 (1985) | 2114 |
| 96 | Antonio das Mortes | 1969 | Glauber Rocha | Black God and White Devil1 (1964) | 2115 |
| 97 | Rocky III | 1982 | Sylvester Stallone | Rocky (1976) and Rocky II (1979) | 2117 |
| 98 | The Snapper | 1993 | Stephen Frears | The Commitments (1991) | 2119 |
| 99 | Rio Grande | 1950 | John Ford | Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) | 2127 |
| 100 | Mallrats | 1995 | Kevin Smith | Clerks. (1994) | 2129 |
| 101 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | 1999 | Jay Roach | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) | 2135 |
| 102 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | 1985 | George P. Cosmatos | First Blood (1982) | 2146 |
| 103 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | 1991 | Nicholas Meyer | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) et al. | 2158 |
| 104 | Son of Frankenstein | 1939 | Rowland V. Lee | Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | 2172 |
| 105 | Love on the Run | 1979 | François Truffaut | The 400 Blows (1959) et al. | 2229 |
| 106 | 2046 | 2004 | Kar Wai Wong | Days of Being Wild (1990) and In the Mood for Love (2000) | 2244 |
| 107 | The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear | 1991 | David Zucker | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) | 2279 |
| 108 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | David Yates | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) et al. | 2292 |
| 109 | The Curse of the Cat People | 1944 | Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch | Cat People (1942) | 2294 |
| 110 | Rocky IV | 1985 | Sylvester Stallone | Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), and Rocky III (1982) | 2327 |
| 111 | Tarzan and His Mate | 1934 | Cedric Gibbons | Tarzan the Ape Man2 (1932) | 2328 |
| 112 | Lethal Weapon 2 | 1989 | Richard Donner | Lethal Weapon (1987) | 2355 |
| 113 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | 1976 | Blake Edwards | The Pink Panther (1963) et al. | 2367 |
1 Indicates that the original film is on the Master List but is ranked lower than the sequel/prequel.
2 Indicates that the original film is not even on the Master List.