Which Best Picture winner had a direct sequel that also won Best Picture?

Which Best Picture winner had a direct sequel that also won Best Picture? The Godfather did, because The Godfather Part II also won the award. The original won Best Picture for 1972, while Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 sequel won at the 47th Academy Awards.

The Godfather Part II was unusual because it functions as both sequel and prequel. Its Michael Corleone storyline continues the first film’s account of the Corleone family, while its flashbacks trace his father Vito’s rise from Sicilian immigrant to New York crime boss.

The sequel received 11 Oscar nominations and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Robert De Niro, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The Lord of the Rings films can cause confusion: The Return of the King won Best Picture, but its direct predecessor, The Two Towers, did not. The Godfather and The Godfather Part II remain the only original-and-sequel pair in which both films won Best Picture.