The Best Film Franchises, Ranked
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- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
- The Iron Man Series (2008-2013)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- The Thor Series (2011-2022)
- The Captain America Series (2011-2016)
- The Avengers Series (2012-2019)
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Series (2014-2023)
- The Ant-Man Series (2015-2023)
- The Doctor Strange Series (2016-2022)
- The Black Panther Series (2018-2022)
- The Captain Marvel Series (2019-2023)
- The Spider-Man Series (2017-2021)
- The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Two Towers (2002)
- The Return of the King (2003)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Temple of Doom (1984)
- The Last Crusade (1989)
- Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
- Dial of Destiny (2023)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- At World's End (2007)
- On Stranger Tides (2011)
- Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- John Wick (2014)
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
- Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Jurassic Park III (2001)
- Jurassic World (2015)
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
- Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
- Iron Man (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- The Terminator (1984)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Salvation (2009)
- Genisys (2015)
- Dark Fate (2019)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Monsters University (2013)
- Shrek (2001)
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Shrek the Third (2007)
- Shrek Forever After (2010)
- X-Men (2000)
- X2 (2003)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
- X-Men: First Class (2011)
- The Wolverine (2013)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
- Logan (2017)
- X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
- The New Mutants (2020)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- Incredibles 2 (2018)
- Men in Black (1997)
- Men in Black II (2002)
- Men in Black 3 (2012)
- Men in Black: International (2019)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- The Hunger Games (2012)
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
- Thor (2011)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
- The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- Back to the Future Part III (1990)
- The Mummy (1999)
- The Mummy Returns (2001)
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Toy Story 4 (2019)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Mission: Impossible II (2000)
- Mission: Impossible III (2006)
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
- Rocky (1976)
- Rocky II (1979)
- Rocky III (1982)
- Rocky IV (1985)
- Rocky V (1990)
- Rocky Balboa (2006)
- Creed (2015)
- Creed II (2018)
- Creed III (2023)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- The Matrix (1999)
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
- Sean Connery Series (1962-1983)
- David Niven (1967)
- George Lazenby Series (1969)
- Roger Moore Series (1972-1985)
- Timothy Dalton Series (1987-1989)
- Pierce Brosnan Series (1995-2002)
- Daniel Craig Series (2006-2021)
- Die Hard (1988)
- Die Hard 2 (1990)
- Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
- A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)