Die Hard is a sequel to a Frank Sinatra movie.

It was adapted from Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever, the follow-up to The Detective, which Sinatra filmed in 1968. His contract meant Fox had to offer him the lead first. He turned it down.

The Color of Money brought back Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson, 25 years after The Hustler.

Rooster Cogburn brought back John Wayne's marshal from True Grit six years later.

The Two Jakes put Jack Nicholson back in Jake Gittes's suit in 1990, 16 years after Chinatown. Robert Towne wrote both.

Texasville came back to Archer City the same year, 19 years after The Last Picture Show, with Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd.

None of the five titles tells you it's a sequel.