This is a list of prequels.
Works with darker gray background shading have been primarily described as a sequel, remake, or reboot, but have also been regarded as prequels in a broad sense of the word.
Literature Prequel OriginalThe Argonautica (3rd Century BCE) The Iliad (c. 8th Century BCE) The History of the Holy Grail (c. 1230)Death of Arthur (c. 1210) The Last of the Mohicans (1826) The Pathfinder (1840) The Deerslayer (1841)The Pioneers (1823)Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)Jane Eyre (1847)Porto Bello Gold (1924)Treasure Island (1883)Finn: A Novel (2007)Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)Sir Nigel (1906)The White Company (1891)Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995)The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)Just Patty (1911)When Patty Went to College (1903)Before Green Gables (2008)Anne of Green Gables (1908) Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950)Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)The Happy Return (1937)The Man Who Sold the Moon (1949)Requiem (1940)The Crown of Violet (1952)The Hills of Varna (1948)Prelude to Foundation (1988)Forward the Foundation (1993)Foundation (1951)The Deceivers (1952)Coromandel! (1955)Nightrunners of Bengal (1951)The Horse and His Boy (1954)The Magician's Nephew (1955)Prince Caspian (1951)Forever and a Day (2018)Casino Royale (1953)They Shall Have Stars (1956)Earthman, Come Home (1955)Prelude to Dune (1999–2001)Legends of Dune (2002–2004)Dune (1965)When the Tripods Came (1988)The White Mountains (1967)The Family Corleone (2012)The Godfather (1969)Gods and Generals (1996)The Killer Angels (1974)Ecotopia Emerging (1981)Ecotopia (1975)Castle Roogna (1979)A Spell for Chameleon (1977)Murder in Amityville (1979)The Amityville Horror (1977)First King of Shannara (1996)The Sword of Shannara (1977)Garden of Shadows (1986)Flowers in the Attic (1979)Hannibal Rising (2006)Red Dragon (1981)Prizzi's Family (1986)Prizzi's Honor (1982)The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (1995)Carl Barks Library (1983–1990)Myth-Ion Improbable (2001)Hit or Myth (1983)Patriot Games (1987)Red Rabbit (2002)The Hunt for Red October (1984)Invasion (2013)Fallen Angels (1988)The Dark Elf Trilogy (1990–1991)The Icewind Dale Trilogy (1988–1990)New Spring (1999)The Wheel of Time (1990)Once Upon a Time in the North (2008)His Dark Materials (1995–2000)Untitled Harry Potter short story (2008)Harry Potter (1997–2007)The Enemy (2004) The Affair (2011)Killing Floor (1997) and other books in the Jack Reacher series The Prophet of Yonwood (2006)The City of Ember (2003)Bluestar's Prophecy (2009)Crookedstar's Promise (2011)Into the Wild (2003)Ali's Pretty Little Lies (2013) Pretty Little Liars (2006)The Infernal Devices (2010)The Last Hours The Mortal Instruments (2007)The Kill Order (2012)The Fever Code (2016)The Maze Runner (2009)The Scorch Trials (2010)The Death Cure (2011)Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls (2010)Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009)The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020)Sunrise on the Reaping (2025)The Hunger Games (2008)Catching Fire (2009)Mockingjay (2010) Darkwing (2007) Silverwing (1997) Mossflower (1988)Mariel of Redwall (1991)Salamandastron (1992)Martin the Warrior (1993)The Bellmaker (1994)Outcast of Redwall (1995)The Legend of Luke (1999)Lord Brocktree (2000) Redwall (1986)
Plays Prequel Original Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; Henry V Henry VI, Part 1; Henry VI, Part 2; Henry VI, Part 3; Richard III Homelife (2007) The Zoo Story (1958)
Films
Prequel Original The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)The Golem (1915)Hey! Hey! USA (1938)Good Morning, Boys (1937)Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)Wicked (2024)Wicked: For Good (2025)The Wizard of Oz (1939)Another Part of the Forest (1948)The Little Foxes (1941)Bambi II (2006, video)Bambi (1942)The Seventh Victim (1943)Cat People (1942)The Brute Man (1946)House of Horrors (1946)Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990, TV)Psycho (1960)Zulu Dawn (1979)Zulu (1964)The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)A Fistful of Dollars (1964)For a Few Dollars More (1965)Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)Destroy All Monsters (1968)Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)Planet of the Apes (1968)Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)Easy Rider: The Ride Back (2012)Easy Rider (1969)The Rainbow (1989)Women in Love (1969)The Godfather Part II (1974)The Godfather (1972) Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins (1995 animated film) Mortal Kombat (1995)Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)The Exorcist (1973)Leatherface (2017)The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)Fatal Flying Guillotine (1977)Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)Star Wars (1977)Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)Prey (2022)Predator (1987)Predator 2 (1990)Alien vs. Predator (2004)Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)Predators (2010)The Predator (2018)Predator: Badlands (2025)Prometheus (2012)Alien: Covenant (2017) Alien (1979)Alien: Romulus (2024)Aliens (1986)Alien 3 (1992)Alien Resurrection (1997) Amityville II: The Possession (1982)The Amityville Murders (2018) The Amityville Horror (1979)Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (1989, TV) Amityville 3-D (1983)Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012) Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006) Cruella (2021) 101 Dalmatians (1996)102 Dalmatians (2000)Love Begins (2010, TV)Love's Everlasting Courage (2011, TV) Love Comes Softly (2003, TV)Kermit's Swamp Years (2002, video)The Muppet Movie (1979)Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006, video)The Fox and the Hound (1981)The Thing (2011)The Thing (1982)Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984, TV)Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985, TV)Return of the Jedi (1983)Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)Missing in Action (1984)The First 9½ Weeks (1998, video)9½ Weeks (1986)Another 9½ Weeks (1997, video)Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)Dirty Dancing (1987)The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008, video)The Little Mermaid (1989)Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991, video)Puppet Master (1989, video)Puppet Master II (1991, video)Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004, video)Tremors (1990)Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)Twin Peaks (1990)An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998, video)An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (2000, video)An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)Red Dragon (2002)Hannibal Rising (2007)The Silence of the Lambs (1991)Hannibal (2001)Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005, video)Carlito's Way (1993)Gods and Generals (2003)Gettysburg (1993)Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)Dumb and Dumber (1994)Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005, TV) Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)The Flintstones (1994)The Lion King 1½ (2004, video)The Lion King (1994)Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997, TV)Casper Meets Wendy (1998, TV)Casper (1995)Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)Captain Marvel (2019)Eternals (2021)Iron Man (2008)From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000, video)From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)Cube Zero (2004, video)Cube (1997)Joseph: King of Dreams (2000, video)The Prince of Egypt (1998)Ring 0: Birthday (2000)Ring (1998) The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1999, video)The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998, video)Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007, video) Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002, video)Cruel Intentions 2 (2001, video)Cruel Intentions (1999)Old Men in New Cars (2002)In China They Eat Dogs (1999)The Second Renaissance (2003 short animated film)The Matrix (1999 live-action film)Tarzan II (2005, video)Tarzan (1999)Final Destination 5 (2011)Final Destination (2000)Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)Ginger Snaps (2000)X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)X-Men: First Class (2011)X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)Dark Phoenix (2019) X-Men (2000)Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)La Tour 2 contrôle infernale (2016)La Tour Montparnasse Infernale (2001)Monsters University (2013)Monsters, Inc. (2001)The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)