10 2017 Movies That Definitely Deserve Sequels

10. The Death Of Stalin

Armando Iannucci's Soviet satire might not seem like the most obvious proposition for a sequel, given the rather less fertile political and historical ground surrounding the events it depicts. The Death of Stalin showcases the scramble to find a successor to Josef Stalin as pure comedic chaos, with only the absence of a pair of trousers falling down separating it from out and out farce.

The sequel potential lies not in a direct continuation of the Russian story, but in creating a wider universe – if that word must be used – in which further periods of political turmoil can be explored in the same manner.

Iannucci's fly-on-the-wall visual style has been deployed to analyse modern British and American politics, but there's no reason it can't delve into history to explore other countries or different periods. An Iannucci take on the last days of the Thatcher government would be intriguing and he could certainly do compelling things with the betrayal of Julius Caesar in Ancient Rome.

It's time to start booking your tickets for the Historical Politics Cinematic Universe straight away. The guys at Marvel ought to watch their backs.