Best Franchises & Universes Movies & TV Shows

The Crow

Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.

Run time: 111m Tagline: True love never dies. Release: 2024-08-21

Stars: Bill Skarsgård Danny Huston David Bowles Dukagjin Podrimaj FKA twigs Isabella Wei Jordan Bolger Laura Birn Paul Maynard Sami Bouajila

Do Not Enter

A group of young explorers investigates an old abandoned hotel, only to encounter a strange supernatural being and a competing group looking for a legendary hidden treasure.

Run time: 91m Tagline: Getting in is hard, getting hard is hell.

Stars: Adeline Rudolph Brennan Keel Cook Francesca Reale Jake Manley Javier Botet Kai Caster Laurence O'Fuarain Nicholas Hamilton Skylan Brooks

The Amateur

After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.

Run time: 0m Tagline: Don't underestimate him. Release: 2025-04-09

Stars: Adrian Martinez Caitríona Balfe Danny Sapani Holt McCallany Jon Bernthal Julianne Nicholson Laurence Fishburne Michael Stuhlbarg Rachel Brosnahan Rami Malek

Wicked: For Good

With the Wizard and the entirety of Oz framing her as wicked, Elphaba’s righteous crusade comes into conflict with Glinda’s struggle for power. As a mysterious cyclone brings in an unwitting young outsider, the former friends will soon discover how much their actions have changed each other, and all of Oz, for good. The second part of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical phenomenon.

Run time: 0m Tagline: You will be changed. Release: 2025-11-20

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

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

Anyone can survive five nights. This time, there will be no second chances.

Run time: 0m Release: 2025-12-03

Stars: Elizabeth Lail Josh Hutcherson Matthew Lillard Piper Rubio

Bridgerton

Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

Stars: Adjoa Andoh Claudia Jessie Florence Hunt Golda Rosheuvel Julie Andrews Luke Newton Luke Thompson Ruth Gemmell Will Tilston Yerin Ha

Slow Horses

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

Stars: Gary Oldman Hugo Weaving Jack Lowden Jonathan Pryce Kristin Scott Thomas

Under the Bridge

Reena Virk, a fourteen-year-old girl, went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Seven teenage girls and a boy were accused of the savage murder.

Stars: Aiyana Goodfellow Archie Panjabi Chloe Guidry Ezra Faroque Khan Izzy G. Javon Walton Lily Gladstone Riley Keough Vritika Gupta

The Umbrella Academy

A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.

Stars: Aidan Gallagher Colm Feore David Castañeda Elliot Page Emmy Raver-Lampman Justin H. Min Ritu Arya Robert Sheehan Tom Hopper

Presumed Innocent

A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together.

Stars: Bill Camp Chase Infiniti Elizabeth Marvel Jake Gyllenhaal Kingston Rumi Southwick Nana Mensah O-T Fagbenle Peter Sarsgaard Renate Reinsve Ruth Negga

Bad Monkey

A detective turned restaurant inspector in Southern Florida is pulled into a world of greed and corruption after a tourist finds a severed arm while fishing. And yes, there's a monkey.

Stars: Alex Moffat Jodie Turner-Smith L. Scott Caldwell Meredith Hagner Michelle Monaghan Natalie Martinez Rob Delaney Ronald Peet Vince Vaughn

My Brilliant Friend

When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.

Stars: Alba Rohrwacher Anna Rita Vitolo Fabrizio Gifuni Irene Maiorino

Mr. Mercedes

A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King.

Stars: Breeda Wool Brendan Gleeson Gabriel Ebert Holland Taylor Jharrel Jerome Justine Lupe Maximiliano Hernández Rarmian Newton

Manhunt

A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history. This is the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination—as the fate of the country hangs in the balance.

Stars: Anthony Boyle Brandon Flynn Damian O'Hare Glenn Morshower Hamish Linklater Lovie Simone Matt Walsh Tobias Menzies Will Harrison