Popular Franchises, a list by Cole

79

/50818/

77

/17521/

3.8

/1762051/

98

/298/

92

/5650/

78

/43/

3.0

age 8+

Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

66

6.3

/124520/

67

/5925/

64

/3478/

3.2

/280448/

77

/159/

52

/5913/

67

/30/

3.0

age 10+

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

76

7.9

/468795/

77

/19980/

81

/10558/

3.4

/587512/

71

/313/

92

/14525/

54

/46/

3.5

age 14+

Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.

66

6.8

/125030/

69

/4884/

65

/2373/

3.2

/97585/

73

/52/

69

/2106/

61

/14/

2.5

age 14+

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.

74

7.4

/607442/

73

/20510/

70

/10671/

3.4

/581751/

85

/249/

85

/25913/

68

/37/

3.0

age 12+

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

62

6.6

/568416/

67

/19733/

64

/10165/

2.7

/521563/

56

/235/

61

/47591/

58

/38/

3.0

age 13+

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.

74

7.7

/758936/

76

/27748/

72

/13309/

3.6

/810166/

86

/294/

87

/18313/

65

/38/

2.5

age 12+

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

77

7.9

/782813/

77

/34697/

75

/15976/

3.7

/911656/

90

/328/

91

/11026/

75

/44/

2.5

age 13+

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

72

7.3

/686159/

74

/26270/

70

/11935/

3.4

/745930/

82

/176/

83

/28283/

64

/33/

2.5

age 11+

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

77

7.7

/492392/

77

/31634/

73

/12843/

3.6

/1103267/

87

/190/

86

/9390/

72

/37/

3.0

age 7+

Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.

73

6.9

/189240/

71

/12544/

70

/4217/

3.2

/1512881/

82

/333/

90

/2439/

66

/64/

3.0

age 8+

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

76

7.3

/731139/

75

/60823/

72

/20641/

3.2

/1090307/

93

/476/

83

/10903/

76

/50/

3.0

age 12+

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

81

7.8

/242844/

78

/10885/

74

/3840/

3.8

/564263/

90

/61/

87

/35009/

67

/10/

4.0

age 8+

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.

70

IMDb 56

6.7

/53731/

69

/3475/

67

/725/

3.5

/1105289/

66

/346/

93

/6402/

58

/60/

3.0

age 11+

As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.

77

IMDb 98

7.3

/222503/

74

/12304/

69

/2806/

3.8

/2494358/

88

/407/

95

/15134/

73

/63/

3.0

age 10+

In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

79

7.1

/121365/

69

/3669/

69

/1715/

3.6

/449426/

91

/392/

93

/2274/

85

/62/

3.5

age 13+

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

82

7.6

/126834/

73

/3089/

72

/1989/

3.9

/247370/

92

/115/

84

/5796/

86

/17/

4.0

age 11+

In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.

79

7.1

/120213/

76

/6132/

70

/2067/

3.5

/97125/

93

/46/

76

/1988/

77

/15/

4.0

age 11+

High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

80

7.4

/323689/

74

/26876/

72

/9517/

3.8

/650408/

94

/362/

84

/2793/

82

/50/

3.5

age 13+

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

74

7.3

/173364/

74

/4242/

71

/2187/

3.6

/102879/

78

/64/

81

/2696/

56

/16/

3.5

age 17+

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.

81

IMDb 6

7.4

/183097/

75

/9690/

72

/1809/

3.8

/1770122/

92

/330/

93

/257/

80

/59/

3.5

age 13+

When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.

63

5.9

/299096/

63

/21291/

67

/10957/

2.5

/794428/

58

/283/

83

/3550/

49

/48/

3.0

age 14+

After finding a host body in investigative reporter Eddie Brock, the alien symbiote must face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady.

71

7.3

/464511/

73

/19542/

71

/9723/

3.7

/479560/

70

/172/

77

/12562/

62

/31/

3.0

age 13+

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.

71

6.5

/190003/

67

/13999/

67

/2773/

3.2

/980254/

75

/398/

90

/4533/

65

/57/

3.0

age 12+

As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

65

6.6

/249657/

70

/10522/

65

/3721/

3.3

/337679/

68

/142/

59

/21463/

68

/19/

2.5

age 13+

An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.

63

IMDb 100

6.8

/384142/

71

/19656/

65

/7696/

3.3

/457032/

51

/252/

64

/17604/

49

/40/

3.0

age 10+

Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.

66

IMDb 13

6.2

/62900/

65

/6173/

65

/1045/

2.6

/252418/

53

/267/

84

/2697/

48

/49/

4.0

age 13+

A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.

69

6.7

/144279/

71

/7082/

66

/2625/

3.1

/163563/

60

/161/

69

/4426/

58

/13/

4.0

age 10+

When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. In his mission through cyberspace, Flynn matches wits with a maniacal Master Control Program and teams up with Tron, a security measure created to bring balance to the digital environment.

64

6.4

/99386/

73

/21304/

66

/3749/

2.8

/271650/

76

/161/

67

/1227/

55

/32/

2.5

age 6+

After the monstrous Bergens invade Troll Village, Princess Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and overly-cautious, curmudgeonly outcast Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends. Their mission is full of adventure and mishaps, as this mismatched duo try to tolerate each other long enough to get the job done.

61

6.3

/224627/

67

/7532/

63

/3836/

2.8

/82745/

52

/121/

58

/11619/

56

/29/

3.0

age 15+

Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy director and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.

62

6.0

/128935/

66

/10359/

71

/5139/

2.6

/289587/

51

/237/

91

/2795/

42

/51/

2.5

age 11+

When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.

79

7.6

/61775/

78

/5595/

80

/1486/

3.8

/300367/

89

/171/

97

/1679/

65

/31/

3.0

age 9+

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

69

7.1

/711464/

71

/26090/

68

/11927/

3.3

/727743/

57

/227/

85

/392143/

61

/35/

3.0

age 11+

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

83

7.6

/308930/

76

/19402/

74

/10293/

3.3

/1110113/

96

/457/

94

/7884/

84

/57/

4.0

age 5+

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.

84

8.3

/958368/

80

/31963/

78

/15387/

4.0

/1478428/

98

/309/

90

/26207/

92

/39/

3.0

age 6+

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

84

7.9

/661651/

78

/28597/

76

/14564/

3.9

/1373499/

100

/174/

87

/23595/

88

/34/

3.5

age 5+

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.

89

8.3

/1158476/

82

/42044/

79

/19448/

4.1

/2151654/

100

/161/

92

/49719/

96

/26/

4.0

age 5+

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.

75

7.5

/377687/

76

/14522/

73

/6249/

3.8

/322372/

81

/78/

79

/7871/

60

/17/

3.5

age 17+

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.

87

IMDb 66

8.2

/839967/

81

/33136/

81

/10496/

4.0

/1996228/

96

/476/

99

/29724/

78

/63/

4.0

age 12+

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

67

7.0

/544434/

73

/21733/

71

/9266/

3.5

/1004224/

59

/76/

83

/26339/

50

/15/

2.5

age 13+

For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.

61

6.5

/213748/

67

/7027/

63

/3318/

3.1

/124847/

58

/92/

53

/5110/

52

/38/

3.0

age 14+

A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.

60

6.3

/239491/

68

/21895/

63

/8199/

2.8

/215828/

52

/326/

55

/2289/

48

/53/

3.0

age 14+

Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.

74

7.1

/258516/

71

/17002/

73

/3097/

3.6

/1640357/

88

/381/

93

/5129/

68

/53/

2.5

age 13+

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

70

6.9

/135121/

70

/5065/

67

/2529/

3.2

/107564/

85

/54/

73

/2139/

64

/9/

age 14+

A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.

82

7.6

/84825/

74

/1429/

74

/1287/

3.8

/140077/

91

/56/

87

/798/

91

/11/

3.5

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

89

8.1

/116016/

78

/1658/

79

/1509/

4.3

/168895/

100

/62/

94

/1327/

100

/11/

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.

84

7.8

/117820/

76

/2083/

76

/1833/

4.2

/235796/

96

/57/

93

/1914/

87

/11/

3.5

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

62

6.7

/769500/

68

/39374/

65

/18037/

2.3

/1180051/

67

/289/

74

/9271/

54

/44/