Everybody in Hollywood knows how hard it is to make one good movie. A sequel is even harder to pull off, especially if it has to live up to the quality of the original. But three hits in a row? They are difficult to come by, but the third time really has been the charm for these franchises.
These films span multiple genres and time periods, from family comedies to epics, from the 1960s to the 2000s. In all cases, these films are worth rediscovering because they say something about the period that produced them and are enjoyable in their own right.
The official trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home released Tuesday night and revealed a compromised multiverse that welcomed back past villains such Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), Electro (Jamie Foxx) and Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina).
Kirsten Dunst starred as Mary Jane Watson opposite Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man/Peter Parker in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy from 2002-07.
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