The 15 Best Comedy Sequels Ever Made, Ranked

It used to be an accepted altruism that all sequels stank, with only the rarest exceptions. We’re past that now, thanks in no small part to an entertainment industry that doubled-down on franchises and put all their time, effort, money and creativity into exploiting the same characters over and over again. After the last few decades there had damn well better be a lot more great movie sequels, because if not, what was the point?

But while a lot of people could name a bunch of classic action movie sequels, or classic horror sequels, there aren’t as many classic comedy sequels. Maybe that’s because comedy comes from revealing unexpected truths, and after the big reveal there’s not much left for the filmmakers to do. Or maybe it’s because most comedies are feel good stories and with stories that conclude happily and definitively. It’s hard to make another one without undoing the first.

And yet, some filmmakers have successfully cracked the code. These are The 15 Best Comedy Sequels Ever Made, and if you can think of any that we left off the list, well, that just proves that comedy sequels don’t inherently suck.

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