Sequels / remakes better than the original?

Die Hard 2
Amityville 2- The Possession (1982)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Blob (1988)
The Thing (1982)
Rocky II
Superman II
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Revenge of the Nerds part II

Deadpool 2
Toy Story 4
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Thing (1982)
Scarface (1983)

Saw 2. The first one while being decent doesn't even have any real traps. The sequel set the standard for the franchise. That is the one all the other ones are copying since then. Not the original. The first one has that amazing twist ending though. I give it that much.

The Departed
Batman Returns
The Dark Knight
Evil Dead II
Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Aliens
The Bourne Ultimatum
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Remakes I'll go with the Ring. The American version was better than the Japanese.

Remakes that made very angry.. Clash of the Titans. This was one of my favorite movies growing up. I was excited to see the remake, complete trash.

Shrek 2
Matrix Reloaded

I'm a big fan of the True Grit remake, I prefer it to the very good original

Maddie and Rooster were really much better in the remake and Matt Damon was terrific as the heroic dork