15 of the best movie prequels ever

The Godfather Part II (1974)

A prequel wrapped in a sequel, Francis Ford Coppola's second Godfather film flits back and forth between newly-minted Don Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) and flashbacks to his father's early life. Robert De Niro portrays the young Vito Corleone, doing a first-rate impersonation of the young Marlon Brando – showing how he rose to power, as Michael mirrors his father's corruption years later.