Best Franchises & Universes Movies & TV Shows

The Bride!

A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined.

Run time: 126m Tagline: Here comes the mother f*%#ing bride! Release: 2026-03-04

Stars: Annette Bening Christian Bale Jake Gyllenhaal Jeannie Berlin Jessie Buckley John Magaro Matthew Maher Penélope Cruz Peter Sarsgaard Zlatko Burić

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin

Merlin, the immortal son of the bard Taliesin and Atlantean Princess Charis, is followed through his tragic upbringing, descent into madness, and shocking disappearance, leading to the legend that surrounds him. Set before King Arthur's birth, Merlin, assumed dead or a myth, reemerges in sub-Roman Britain to unite the fractured kingdoms under threat from Saxon invaders.

Stars: Alex Laurence - Phillips Brett Cooper Colin Cunningham Emree Franklin Finney Cassidy James Arden Myles Clohessy Nicholas Boulton Rose Reid Tom Sharp

The Roses

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while Ivy's own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites.

Run time: 105m Tagline: This marriage ain't big enough for the both of them. Release: 2025-08-27

Stars: Allison Janney Andy Samberg Belinda Bromilow Benedict Cumberbatch Jamie Demetriou Kate McKinnon Ncuti Gatwa Olivia Colman Sunita Mani Zoë Chao

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

Run time: 0m Release: 2025-07-23

Stars: Ebon Moss-Bachrach John Malkovich Joseph Quinn Julia Garner Natasha Lyonne Paul Walter Hauser Pedro Pascal Ralph Ineson Sarah Niles Vanessa Kirby

The Bad Guys 2

The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.

Run time: 0m Tagline: Back in badness. Release: 2025-07-30

Stars: Anthony Ramos Awkwafina Craig Robinson Danielle Brooks Marc Maron Maria Bakalova Natasha Lyonne Richard Ayoade Sam Rockwell Zazie Beetz

Freakier Friday

Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover lightning might indeed strike twice.

Run time: 0m Release: 2025-08-06

Stars: Chad Michael Murray Christina Vidal Haley Hudson Jamie Lee Curtis Julia Butters Lindsay Lohan Lucille Soong Mark Harmon Rosalind Chao Stephen Tobolowsky

The Haunting of Hill House

The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.

Stars: Carla Gugino Elizabeth Reaser Henry Thomas Kate Siegel Lulu Wilson Michiel Huisman Oliver Jackson-Cohen Paxton Singleton Timothy Hutton Victoria Pedretti

A Complete Unknown

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.

Run time: 140m Tagline: The ballad of a true original. Release: 2024-12-18

Stars: David Wenzel Edward Norton Elle Fanning Eriko Hatsune Joe Tippett Lenny Grossman Monica Barbaro Peter Gerety Peter Gray Lewis Timothée Chalamet

Nosferatu

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

Run time: 133m Tagline: Succumb to the darkness. Release: 2024-12-25

Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Adéla Hesová Bill Skarsgård Emma Corrin Lily-Rose Depp Milena Konstantinova Nicholas Hoult Ralph Ineson Simon McBurney Willem Dafoe

Dog Man

When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over. As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat.

Run time: 89m Tagline: Part man. Part dog. All hero. Release: 2025-01-30

Stars: Billy Boyd Isla Fisher Lil Rel Howery Lucas Hopkins Calderon Luenell Pete Davidson Peter Hastings Poppy Liu Ricky Gervais Stephen Root

A Working Man

Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.

Run time: 116m Tagline: Human traffickers beware. Release: 2025-03-26

Stars: Arianna Rivas David Harbour Emmett Scanlan Eve Mauro Jason Flemyng Jason Statham Kristina Poli Maximilian Osinski Michael Peña Noemi Gonzalez

Until Dawn

One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.

Run time: 103m Tagline: Every night a different nightmare. Release: 2025-04-23

Stars: Belmont Cameli Ella Rubin Ji-young Yoo Maia Mitchell Mariann Hermányi Michael Cimino Odessa A'zion Peter Stormare Willem van der Vegt

The Handmaid’s Tale

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.

Stars: Amanda Brugel Ann Dowd Bradley Whitford Elisabeth Moss Madeline Brewer Max Minghella O-T Fagbenle Sam Jaeger Samira Wiley Yvonne Strahovski

Wicked

Elphaba, an ostracized but defiant girl born with green skin, and Glinda, a privileged aristocrat born popular, become extremely unlikely friends in the magical Land of Oz. As the two girls struggle with their opposing personalities, their friendship is tested as both begin to fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch of the West. The first of a two-part film adaptation of the Broadway musical.

Run time: 142m Tagline: Everyone deserves the chance to fly. Release: 2024-11-20

Stars: Ariana Grande Bowen Yang Bronwyn James Cynthia Erivo Ethan Slater Jeff Goldblum Jonathan Bailey Marissa Bode Michelle Yeoh Peter Dinklage