Best Franchises & Universes Movies & TV Shows

Borderlands

Returning to her home planet, an infamous bounty hunter forms an unexpected alliance with a team of unlikely heroes. Together, they battle monsters and dangerous bandits to protect a young girl who holds the key to unimaginable power.

Run time: 101m Tagline: Chaos loves company. Release: 2024-08-07

Stars: Ariana Greenblatt Benjamin Byron Davis Cate Blanchett Edgar Ramírez Florian Munteanu Jack Black Jamie Lee Curtis Janina Gavankar Kevin Hart Olivier Richters

Joker: Folie à Deux

While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

Run time: 138m Tagline: The world is a stage. Release: 2024-09-30

Stars: Brendan Gleeson Catherine Keener Harry Lawtey Jacob Lofland Joaquin Phoenix Ken Leung Lady Gaga Leigh Gill Steve Coogan Zazie Beetz

Hellboy: The Crooked Man

Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent get stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past: the Crooked Man.

Run time: 99m Tagline: Something crooked this way comes. Release: 2024-08-30

Stars: Adeline Rudolph Carola Colombo Hannah Margetson Jack Kesy Jefferson White Joseph Marcell Leah McNamara Martin Bassindale

200% Wolf

When Freddy Lupin's wayward wish transforms him into a werewolf and deposits a mischievous moon sprite on Earth, Freddy must restore the cosmic order before the earth and moon collide.

Run time: 98m Tagline: When 100% isn't enough. Release: 2024-07-04

Stars: Akmal Saleh Elizabeth Nabben Heather Mitchell Ilai Swindells Janice Petersen Jennifer Saunders Michael Bourchier Peter McCallum Samara Weaving Sarah Rose Harper

Salem’s Lot

Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

Run time: 113m Tagline: Be careful what you invite inside. Release: 2024-10-11

Stars: Alfre Woodard Bill Camp John Benjamin Hickey Jordan Preston Carter Lewis Pullman Makenzie Leigh Nicholas Crovetti Pilou Asbæk Spencer Treat Clark William Sadler

Paddington in Peru

PADDINGTON IN PERU brings Paddington's story back to Peru as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

Run time: 0m Tagline: A little bear goes a long way. Release: 2024-11-07

Stars: Antonio Banderas Ben Whishaw Carlos Carlín Emily Mortimer Hugh Bonneville Jim Broadbent Julie Walters Madeleine Harris Olivia Colman Samuel Joslin

Outlander

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

Stars: Caitríona Balfe Charles Vandervaart John Bell Richard Rankin Sam Heughan Sophie Skelton

New Amsterdam

The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.

Stars: Janet Montgomery Jocko Sims Joe Grifasi Ryan Eggold Sandra Mae Frank Tyler Labine

Interview with the Vampire

Louis de Pointe's epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy. Chafing at the limitations of life as a black man in 1900s New Orleans, Louis finds it impossible to resist the rakish Lestat De Lioncourt's offer of the ultimate escape: joining him as his vampire companion.

Stars: Assad Zaman Ben Daniels Delainey Hayles Eric Bogosian Jacob Anderson Sam Reid

Shōgun

In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

Stars: Anna Sawai Cosmo Jarvis Fumi Nikaido Hiroyuki Sanada Tadanobu Asano Takehiro Hira Tommy Bastow

Batman: Caped Crusader

Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the Batman. His one-man crusade for justice attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications.

Stars: Hamish Linklater

Lucifer

Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.

Stars: Aimee Garcia Brianna Hildebrand D.B. Woodside Kevin Alejandro Lauren German Lesley-Ann Brandt Rachael Harris Tom Ellis

Mayfair Witches

An intuitive young neurosurgeon discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.

Stars: Alexandra Daddario Harry Hamlin Jack Huston Tongayi Chirisa

Traces

Set against the stunning Scottish landscape in and around Dundee, three compelling female characters — Emma Hedges, Prof. Sarah Gordon and Prof. Kathy Torrance — join forces to uncover the truth about an unsolved murder case that's very close to home.

Stars: Jennifer Spence John Gordon Sinclair Laura Fraser Laurie Brett Martin Compston Michael Nardone Molly Windsor Moyo Akandé Vincent Regan