MOVIE NEWS …
GREATEST MOVIE SEQUELS
OF ALL TIME
The 1980 film - George Lucas's follow-up to Star Wars: A New Hope - drew almost one fifth of all votes.
DVD rental firm Lovefilm launched the poll to celebrate the release of Iron Man 2.
The Empire Strikes Back, which featured the battle on ice planet Hoth, Lando Calrissian's cloud city and the shocking moment Luke Skywalker discovered Darth Vader was his father, is favoured by some fans as the best film in the original Star Wars trilogy.
It landed 19 per cent of the votes, beating movies such as Terminator 2 and Aliens.
Fourth place went to The Dark Knight, the sixth film of the Batman franchise and the last completed project of Aussie heartthrob Heath Ledger, who died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January 2008. He starred as the Joker in the film.
Helen Cowley, editor at online rental service Lovefilm, said: "There's no beating Star Wars, and fans have been very vocal in our poll to establish its place as the top sequel of all time.
"Film sequels give us the chance to see our favourite characters back on the big screen but it's rare to find a sequel that truly does its predecessor justice.
"It's great to see so many highly regarded titles in the top 10 and making their own mark on film history."
The top 10 film sequels:
1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
2. Terminator 2 (1991)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Aliens (1986)
6. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
8. Toy Story 2 (1999)
9. Meet the Fockers (2004)
10. Shrek 2 (2004)
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