10 Greatest Film Trilogies Of All Time
1. Star Wars - The Original Trilogy
Everyone may have their preference of favourite film trilogy, but the original Star Wars trilogy is the paradigm that all film trilogies owe their thanks to. Though not as meticulously planned out as some of the other films on this list, Star Wars essentially invented the modern notion of a cinematic trilogy.
Star Wars also was the progenitor of original mythology in cinema. Instead of adapting novels and fairy tales to the medium, it took inspiration from all forms of storytelling and culture to create its own world and characters that are now popular than most of its influences. It crafted a timeless story and grand archetypical characters to tell it, all set in a world now as deep as anything crafted by J.R.R. Tolkien or Frank Herbert.
Even though the prequels to many soured the series to many, Star Wars has never ceased to be in the popular zeitgeist for long, and now with new films being released annually it's probably never going to go away. It's still too early to tell if the new trilogy will ultimately match or even surpass the originals, but even if they don't it won't mar what came before.
The original Star Wars trilogy changed cinema in every capacity, and though many may debate the topic of which is the greatest, together they are an insurpassable work of art.