21 Movies That Don't Have Cinematic Universes, But 100% Should

So with that successful mind, present are conscionable a fewer of the astir fashionable responses shared:

1. Cabin successful the Woods (2012)

"I volition dice connected this hill. It should person spawned a bid of prequels."

—u/Ferris8061

"Apparently it was going to get a reboot, but erstwhile the Disney acquisition happened it was 1 of the galore chopped movies."

—u/Geonightman

"I'd emotion to spot John Cleese's hotelier quality and his chap gambling addicts program a antithetic quality pursuit with much astatine stake, but this time, determined to support it much secretive — but the contestants inactive get progressive with those 2 brothers."

—u/spacyzuma

4. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

"It deserved one sequel. Anything much would person cheapened it, but I bash deliberation determination was capable to person 1 much prime movie."

—u/Chelsea75

5. National Treasure (2004)

"Give maine corny, treasure-hunting Nicolas Cage immoderate time of the week."

—u/schudermcgavin

6. I Am Number Four (2011)

"I was re-watching this today, and I conscionable don't recognize wherefore they didn't marque that into a franchise. I thought it had a large soundtrack and it was a chill story. I'm not truly wide connected wherefore determination was lone 1 movie since I cognize determination were respective books with antithetic numbers."

—u/kek2015

"It was a Shane Black gem akin to that of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang that didn't get a batch of attraction successful the theaters. Shane wanted to bash a sequel, but couldn't get the go-ahead, which sucks. Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe were a phenomenal pairing."

—u/CliffyClif

"It's already a franchise, but it was intelligibly mounting up sequels that we ne'er got, and I would emotion to spot those."

—u/enderandrew42

9. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

"But regenerate Armie Hammer with Michael Fassbender. The onscreen chemistry betwixt Fassbender and Vikander is already handled, truthful it's a no-brainer!"

—u/cavedan12

"It could person utilized a 2nd film, I think. It had a large communicative and large satellite it built for itself."

—u/mrbrick

"It would beryllium chill to spot a sequel wherever helium has to mentor different erstwhile villain-turned-hero, oregon a sequel wherever helium joins an Avengers-like squad and has to beryllium himself among natural-born heroes."

—u/Clownmug

13. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

"The remake. I was beyond excited for that trilogy, and they wholly abandoned it."

—u/cmacpapi

"Face/Off should beryllium remade each fewer years with antithetic pairs of actors: Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood, Chris Evans and Henry Cavill, etc. I can't judge nobody's gotten connected this yet."

—u/RebeccaReySolo

15. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

"I'm not going to unreal similar the archetypal movie was not precise flawed, but it was incredibly charming, arsenic well. Incredible peculiar effects and 3D that served the film, it wasn't a gimmick. A unsocial and fascinating satellite with characters I would similar to walk much clip with. With the world-building retired of the way, and a setup to a much focused communicative (with nary romance), I deliberation the sequel could person been a batch better."

—u/U_S_E_R_T_A_K_E_N

"Some badass designs and tons of opportunities for Mad Max-esque storytelling."

—u/BlerghTheBlergh

"What a amusive spot of world-building that movie was. Why Disney didn't marque 50 movies and TV shows successful that beingness is beyond me. I cognize they're doing 1 now, but c'mon, wherefore hold truthful long."

—u/IamTheShrikeAMA

19. Black Dynamite (2009)

"Sure, it got the animated series, but that wasn’t the same. While it feels similar they skewered each blacksploitation trope determination was successful the archetypal movie, determination is inactive plentifulness of country for immoderate superior misadventures. Rudy Ray Moore made similar 4 Dolemite movies — we should precise good person much than 1 Black Dynamite movie."

—u/PancakeProfessor

"While the movie was obscurity adjacent arsenic bully arsenic the book, it was enjoyable enough. What truly gets maine though is they were readying connected a sequel with Brad Pitt returning and David Fincher directing. A zombie movie with that actor/director combo would person been amazing!"

—u/afellowchucker

"It needs to propulsion a Halloween 2018 and marque a sequel bringing backmost Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser."

—u/Farbauti492

You've work their picks, but present it's your turn! What's a movie that you deliberation deserves a sequel and/or the franchise treatment? Share your pick(s) successful the comments below!

Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity. H/T Reddit.