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''String of stories.'' Particularly with [[TheFilmOfTheBook book adaptations]], the story may naturally come as a multi-volume epic. Each individual film has closure, not a cliffhanger, but together they form a greater whole. As of late, adaptations have also been subjected to the above ''One story in N parts'' phenomenon by splitting the final book into two films, essentially doubling down on this trope. Examples:

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' form a two-part story that caps off the entire ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' up to that point, with the first movie ending on a major cliffhanger. They were originally marketed as ''Infinity War: Parts One and Two'' before the second received its own (as-yet-undisclosed) title.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/Avengers4'' form a two-part story that caps off the entire ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' up to that point, with the first movie ending on a major cliffhanger. They were originally marketed as ''Infinity War: Parts One and Two'' before the second received its own (as-yet-undisclosed) title.

* ''{{Franchise/Avatar}}'' is going UpToEleven with four concurrently filmed sequels, creating a Two-part ''Pentalogy''.

* ''{{Literature/Divergent}}''. In this case, adapting the final book ''Allegiant'' into two films resulted in disaster when the first part flopped at the box office. Lionsgate currently intends to produce ''Ascendant'' as a TV movie and/or miniseries to resolve the cliffhanger, but lead actress Shailene Woodley may not be participating because that wasn't what she was hired to do.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/Avengers4'' form a two-part story that caps off the entire ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' up to that point, with the first movie ending on a major cliffhanger. They were originally marketed as ''Infinity War: Parts One and Two'' before the second received its own title.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' was going to be this, but the directors later dropped the "Part I" and "Part II" subtitles, and claimed both films would be complete, standalone movies that had the same running through line. That being said, the first movie still ends on a cliffhanger.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' was going to be this, but the directors later dropped the "Part I" and "Part II" subtitles, and claimed both films would be complete, standalone movies that had the same running through line.

* ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' was widely rumored to be shot in this way, but currently it isn't planned as such outside the larger scope of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.

* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''

* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''

* ''Film/JusticeLeague'' was widely rumored to be shot in this way, but currently it isn't planned as such outside the larger scope of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''

* ''{{Literature/Divergent}}''

* ''Film/JusticeLeague''

* ''{{Franchise/Avatar}}'' is going UpToEleven with four concurrently filmed sequels, creating a Two-part ''Pentology''.

* ''{{Franchise/Avatar}}'' is going UpToEleven with three concurrently filmed sequels, creating a Two-part ''Tetrology''.

* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973'' (The Richard Lester version; was shot as one film but released as two. Lester got sued by some of the cast, who had only been paid for one film and felt they should have been paid for two.)

* ''Film/{{Superman}}''; written as a 5-hour epic, shot as two movies, though the second was mostly reshot after Richard Donner was fired.

* ''[[Literature/{{Narnia}} The Chronicles of Narnia]]''

''String of stories.'' Particularly with [[TheFilmOfTheBook book adaptations]], the story may naturally come as a multi-volume epic. Each individual film has closure, not a cliffhanger, but together they form a greater whole. Examples:

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture''
* ''Film/TheMatrix''

* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean''
* ''StarWars''

* ''TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/TheHobbit''

* ''[[{{Narnia}} The Chronicles of Narnia]]''

* ''KillBill''

Making multiple films together. Normally Hollywood waits until it knows it's got a hit, before ordering up a sequel, but that approach has problems. If they're lucky, the original writers will have left {{Sequel Hook}}s, but the seams [[ExpansionPackWorld will still be visible]], and they've got to get the original cast back together.

* ''TheLordOfTheRings''

* ''HarryPotter''