While not every film needs to be a franchise there are some incredible stories that simply require it. Franchises do several things in terms of recognizability, obviously more films generally equals more money but generally speaking it also means more fleshed out content. Now for the purposes of this list we are defining a franchise as any IP with three films or more. We will be ranking them in terms of quality and I will not be taking notes. I will not be including the MCU for reasons of I want to keep this list to franchises that have 1 continuous story, though the MCU has a level of interconnectivity it most certainly does not do that.
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I love franchises, it gives me something to dive into, to binge watch. As someone who grew up on Harry Potter and grew up again through college with Lord of the Rings, fantasy franchises are super important to me. I really think they show the skill and magic of film more than any other genre ever could. And though franchises can be a great way to tell an epic story, filmmakers should really ask themselves whether or not it is actually necessary for their story to be a franchise. Because more often than not the answer is no. I know I am going to get some comments about the absence of the MCU on this list but we are going to do a deep dive into the franchise itself soon so I really didn’t feel the need to include it on this specific list. I promise there will be plenty of MCU content soon.
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