10 Best Movie Prequels Ever

10. Bumblebee

For those with warm 'n' fuzzy memories of the Transformers cartoon of the '80s and the subsequent comics, toys, video games, etc. that followed, it was ridiculously cool to hear that Michael Bay was making a big-budget Transformers movie back in 2007.

Only for those same fans, that '07 offering was horrible.

As audiences struggled to identify each Transformer amongst a myriad of overly-slick CGI beings who looked nothing like our childhood favourites, Bay decided to focus the majority of his time on blowing sh*t up and zooming in on Megan Fox's backside. Four further films followed, and none of them ever managed to capture the charm of this property.

That is, until Bumblebee arrived towards the end of last year.

An '80s-set prequel, Bumblebee encapsulated the spirit, the energy, and the excitement of the Transformers property and perfectly brought it to life on the silver screen. Going for a more minimalist approach, with Transformers that look like, shock horror, Transformers, and a brilliant blend of '80s music and the feel-good fist-pumping spirit of such '80s coming-of-age movies, Bumblebee was a triumph.

Finally, Transformers fans were given the Transformers movie that they'd for so long craved.