Best Movie Series List – Explore Top Film Franchises

DC Comics's Superman franchise, based on the character of the same name created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in June 1938, has seen the release of various films since its inception.

A superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The series is centered on Peter Parker, a teenager struggling to find his place in life ever since his parents disappeared when he was a child. A spider bites him on the back of his neck, giving him spider-powers. It is a reboot of Sony's Spider-Man film franchise.

DJ (Columbus Short), an amazing underground street dancer, hasn’t been in college for a day before he’s entranced by the lovely April (Meagan Good). Working as a gardener to pay the bills, DJ doesn’t fit in with the wealthier students around campus, but one thing does catch his attention – the rival fraternity competitions known as “stepping.” With April’s help, DJ learns about the legacy and heritage behind the fraternities and decides to join up. Now part of an official step group, DJ must balance rehearsals, work and school, while at the same time winning the heart of the girl of his dreams.

An American action comedy film series centers on a British hitman in Los Angeles named Chev Chelios who is poisoned and must keep his adrenaline flowing constantly in order to keep himself alive.

The Butterfly Effect movies are about an individual who travels through time, and then has to deal with unexpected consequences. The title refers to the butterfly effect, a popular hypothetical example of chaos theory which illustrates how small initial differences may lead to large unforeseen consequences over time.

American horror film series released by Sony Pictures based on the Japanese Ju-on series created by Takashi Shimizu. The series focuses on those affected by a curse of a deceased woman's violent rage that destroys the lives of everyone who comes in contact with it. Known as The Grudge, this curse causes it's victims to become fatally afflicted by it which leads to a new curse being born and passed like a virus to all those who enter the Saeki residence or come in contact with the curse.

Superhero films based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name. Four individuals gained superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space: Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), the Invisible Woman (Susan "Sue" Storm), the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), and the monstrous Thing (Ben Grimm).

Tomb Raider is a series of action-adventure movies, centering around the exploits of Lara Croft, a fictional British archaeologist-adventurer.

Sister Act is a 1992 American comedy film released by Touchstone Pictures. Directed by Emile Ardolino, it features musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman and stars Whoopi Goldberg as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent and has to pretend to be a nun when a mob boss puts her on his hit list. Also in the cast are Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel. The film was followed by a 1993 sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.

Hard Target is a 1993 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director John Woo in his American debut. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chance Boudreaux, an out-of-work Cajun merchant seaman who saves a young woman, named Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler), from a gang of thugs in New Orleans. A sequel, Hard Target 2 is a direct-to-video martial arts film starring Scott Adkins, Robert Knepper, Rhona Mitra, and Temuera Morrison.