10 Movies You Totally Forgot Had Sequels

At 348 minutes, Lawrence of Arabia was a film that ultimately defined the term ‘Hollywood Epic’. It won the award for Best Picture in 1963 thanks to its grand scale and detail in every single frame, amongst other accolades earned at the Oscars. This is the epic biopic of T.E. Lawrence, played perfectly by Peter O’Toole. It’s an excellent character study of the army officer and takes you through a powerful and emotional political journey. It’s hard to find many other movies that equal this one for perfect culmination of storytelling, gorgeous visuals and top-notch acting.

But what very few cinephiles know is that there has been a sequel to Lawrence of Arabia. This is because it was released 30 years apart from the original and also because it’s a TV Movie and they are never destined to be a big hit anyway. The stunning beauty is completely lost in this one and has a sort of flat ‘videotape’ aesthetic within the appearance. It lacks all the thrilling adventure aspects of the original with any conflict falling flat. It’s just simply not one that will instantly captivate you to like the first does.

In fairness though, A Dangerous Man isn’t as wretchedly awful as you might think. It’s able to explore the themes and motifs of the original film whilst being respectful to real life history. There are some good costume designs to feast your eyes on and the acting performances from the leads and the ensemble are genuinely decent. This is also the film which put Ralph Fiennes on the map as he was then cast in a much greater role of Amon Goth in Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. But like all low-budget follow up movies, it ultimately boils down to being frivolous and not worth your time.