LoveFilm members have voted The Empire Strikes Back the ‘Best Film Sequel of All Time’, with the movie receiving 19% of the total votes.

6,000 members of the DVD rental service took part in the poll, which saw another SF classic, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, voted into second place.

The top three was rounded out by the classic gangster drama The Godfather Part II.

The poll was conducted to tie into the release of Jon Favreau’s superhero sequel Iron Man 2, which is released in the UK on 30 April 2010 (it arrives in the US on 7 May 2010).

The full top 10 was as follows:

1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
2. Terminator 2 (1991)
3. The Godfather Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Aliens (1986)
6. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
8. Toy Story 2 (1999)
9. Meet the Fockers (2004)
10. Shrek 2 (2004)

Sadly, Troll 2 failed to make the list.