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“Rogue One” is a pretty well-regarded prequel.

Call me crazy, but I really like the Star Wars prequels.

In my opinion, X-Men: First Class doesn't get enough credit as an absolutely stellar prequel. The franchise looked dead in the water after X-Men 3 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. X-Men: First Class not only revitalized the franchise, but brought a sense of fun and color that the series had been devoid of previously. While Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen cannot be beat; James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender do phenomenal jobs with the roles, themselves.

I know many see X2 as the highpoint of the series (or maybe Days of Future Past), but for me it would likely be X-Men: First Class

The good ones have been mentioned like Fire walk with me and Better Call Saul, where I think they are better than the ones that came before it.

Maybe I’m cheating a bit here, but Casino Royale is a prequel in a way.

I would argue that Godfather part 2 is the superior movie, and it is a prequel to the first one.

Also headcanon wise, Baby Driver is a prequel to both Drive and The Driver.

Ahh screw it. Let’s just have fun. Always thought the character of Brill played by Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State is supposed to be same guy in The Conversation, and why he is a bitter paranoid old man.

No love for Better Call Saul?

Rogue One has been mentioned. Also Prey. Easily the best Predator movie since the first one.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is chronologically the first movie of Segrio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy even though it was the last one released.

I had to look a list of prequels, since I was having trouble just remembering some.

• Might not be the greatest, but I remember really liking Rouge One

• Cruella was a blast, but I could see people arguing that the main character was a completely different person than who was in the 101 Dalmations

• The Thing (2011) did a good job, with some criticisms (over use of CGI). It was never going to be as great as the original, but I still enjoyed it

Monsters University is good.

Fire Walk With Me (Twin Peaks)

How about a prequel series? If so Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp gets a nod.

First half of The Godfather Part II

“Prometheus” is an amazing prequel to the “Alien” franchise.

I wasn't a huge fan of the movie X but I really liked Pearl. So that's probably my favorite prequel.

Temple is Doom is technically a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark.

So horror movies are already pretty tough, but I have to say, Annabelle Creations is definitely better than the original (if you're only counting Annabelle, and not the whole Conjuring/Annabelle universe deal).

I wouldn't say it's better than the original, but the prequel to Silence of the Lambs called "Red Dragon" was very good IMO. 7.2 rating on IMDB, 7.4 audience score on Rotten Tomatoes suggests that it was fairly well received.

Certainly worth a watch if you enjoyed Silence of the Lambs. In comparison, the sequel to SotL, "Hannibal", was an abomination.

does terminator 2 count? it might not be that incredible of a film, but its so much better than the first that i still want to give it a shout

also, rogue one is still just the best star wars film thats come out since the originals, and might be better than the originals

The Hobbit movies!

Not a movie, but red dead redemption 2 was an outstanding prequel

Star Trek: Strange new worlds is still doing ok after the first episode of the second season. Not amazing but much better than a lot of other Star Trek things in recent history. Also I think Star trek 5&6 can technically be called prequels, as TNG was already running at that point. And ST 6 is a movie I really like. (let's not talk about 5)