Top 10 two-part movie sagas that ruled

Duologies are unavoidable when the material is strong enough to warrant splitting one mammoth film into two, released on two different dates, sometimes in the same year. Some titles justified their existence since their merits outweigh their flaws, regardless of critical consensus. (Curated by Sajin Shrijith)

Gangs of Wasseypur

Country: India | Director: Anurag Kashyap | Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda, Huma Qureshi, Vineet Kumar Singh, Pankaj Tripathi, Piyush Mishra

Kill Bill - Vol 1 & 2

Language: English | Director: Quentin Tarantino | Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Darryl Hannah

Mesrine (Killer Instinct & Public Enemy #1)

Language: French | Director: Jean-François Richet | Cast: Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Amalric, Ludivine Sagnier, Cécile De France

Elite Squad & Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

Language: Portuguese | Director: Jose Padilha | Cast: Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro

KGF - Chapter 1 & 2

Language: Kannada (India) | Director: Prashanth Neel | Cast: Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Garuda Ram, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon

Dune: Part One & Two

Language: English | Director: Denis Villeneuve | Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem

'The Matrix Reloaded' and 'Revolutions'

Language: English | Directors: The Wachowskis | Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Jada Pinkett Smith

Red Cliff - Parts 1 & 2

Language: Mandarin | Director: John Woo | Cast: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen

'Che: The Argentine' and 'Che: Guerrill'a

Languages: Spanish, English | Director: Steven Soderbergh | Cast: Benicio del Toro, Demián Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro, Santiago Cabrera

Election & Triad Election

Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin | Director: Johnnie To | Cast: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Louis Koo