10 Movie Franchises That Actually Ended On A High

10. The Dollars Trilogy

Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy, beginning with A Fistful Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, may not immediately come to mind when you think of great film franchises. But in fact, it could be argued that this was one of the first, introducing elements that future franchise builders like Stephen Spielberg would take cues from in order to tell future stories.

The three films are only tied together by two things: the main character, and the setting. And the main character doesn't even get a name, which makes it even easier. These movies came in depicting the frontier as savage, unwelcoming, and capable of bringing out the absolute worst in humanity, and each one exited much the same way.

Which is what makes The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly such an amazing cap off to this trilogy, as it continues this theme confidently, and brings it to its logical conclusion.