Add to my Movie Franchise Collection

[Garp]

Hi, I'm looking for ideas for movie franchises to collect. Below is a list of what I either have already or is on a wishlist somewhere to buy in the future.

Ideally I'm looking for trilogies or more, preferably available on blu-ray. I'm not into horror much, so you won't see 'Halloween' or 'Saw' etc, on the list, nor comedies such as 'The Hangover'. I'm keeping cartoons to a minimum, unless they complement a franchise already on the list ('Batman', 'Superman', etc).

I've included reboots and remakes as part of a franchise ('Poseidon Adventure', 'Wicker Man', etc) and I've let a couple of non-trilogies sneak in too ('Tron', 'Tomb Raider').

At the moment, I'm only looking to expand my collection to include trilogies with the same characters, so that I can watch them chronologically, rather than 'theme' trilogies (such as 'Red, White & Blue') by the same director.

However, I am collecting 'Theme Franchises', where there are several films around (usually) a character (eg. 'Peter Pan', 'Sherlock Holmes'), but aren't necessarily part of a studio franchise.

Anyway, if you can think of any omissions, please leave a suggestion and help me expand my collection. Cheers in advance.

Movie Franchises

Airport
Alien/Predator
Apu Trilogy
Avengers
Back to the Future
Batman
Before Trilogy
Blade
Bloodrayne
Bond
Bourne
Clash of the Titans
Crocodile Dundee
The Crow
Daimajin
Death Race
Die Hard
Dirty Harry
Doctor Who
Dragonheart
Dungeons and Dragons
El Mariachi
Exorcist
Expendables
Fast & Furious
The Fly
Gamera
Ghost in the Shell
The Godfather
Godzilla
Hannibal Lecter
Harry Palmer
Harry Potter
Hellboy
Hunger Games
Indiana Jones
Jack Ryan
Jaws
Jurassic Park
King Kong
Lake Placid/Anaconda
Lethal Weapon
Mad Max
The Matrix
Men in Black
Millennium Trilogy
Mimic
Mission: Impossible
Mortal Kombat
The Mummy/Scorpion King
Narnia
Night at the Museum
Ocean’s
Pirates of the Caribbean
Planet of the Apes
Poltergeist
Poseidon Adventure
The Prophecy
Psycho
Riddick
Robocop
Rocky
Scooby-doo
Sharknado
Species
Star Trek
Star Wars
Starship Troopers
Superman
Taken
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Terminator
Tolkien
Transformers
Transporter
Underworld
Wicker Man
X-men

Theme Franchises

Beowulf
Jack the Ripper
Marvel (includes 'Spider-Man', 'Fantastic 4', 'Ghost Rider', but got it's own category for reasons I forget)
Peter Pan
Robin Hood
Sherlock Holmes
Treasure Island
Universal Monsters

Soon-to-be trilogies

Da Vinci Code
Ghostbusters
xXx

Not Trilogies (but snuck in anyway)

Silent Hill
Tomb Raider
Tron
X-Files

[baheidstu]

You don't say you dislike westerns, so I would suggest the Man With No Name Trilogy or the Magnificent Seven Series.

For theme franchises, you could do a Philip Marlowe collection which includes the WAC blus of The Big Sleep and Murder My Sweet as well as the Kino release of The Long Goodbye.

[Rodney-2187]

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Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas

[AKORIS]

I've pondered your list about 5 times and every time I think of something I look back and you have it!!

Looks like you have the vast majority ready to go!

[Rodney-2187]

Thin Man
The Thin Man
After the Thin Man
Another Thin Man
Shadow of the Thin Man
The Thin Man Goes Home
Song of the Thin Man

Young Guns
Young Guns
Young Guns 2

Jersey Trilogy
Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
(same actors playing different characters, but they reverence common events)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Dogma
Clerks 2

Sinatra
Tony Rome
Lady In Cement

Matt Helm
The Silencers
Murderers Row
The Ambushers
The Wrecking Crew

Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints
Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by rodneyfaile

[Show spoiler]Thin Man
The Thin Man
After the Thin Man
Another Thin Man
Shadow of the Thin Man
The Thin Man Goes Home
Song of the Thin Man

Young Guns
Young Guns
Young Guns 2

Jersey Trilogy
Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
(same actors playing different characters, but they reverence common events)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Dogma
Clerks 2

[Show spoiler]Sinatra
Tony Rome
Lady In Cement

Matt Helm
The Silencers
Murderers Row
The Ambushers
The Wrecking Crew

Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints
Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day

The whole series together is called View Askewniverse (there are also comics and cartoons within it as well) and I also recommend it. It is fantastic.

[Rodney-2187]

Originally Posted by John Klein

The whole series together is called View Askewniverse (there are also comics and cartoons within it as well) and I also recommend it. It is fantastic.

I was thinking the View Askewniverse would include Red State, Jersey Girl, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and Tusk. Not sure those really share any continuity with the others. I know those first three I listed were called the Jersey Trilogy for a long time, but then he added to it. Maybe they should just be called Jay and Silent Bob movies.

[Ultra_Violence]

Refn's Pusher trilogy
Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy.

[Garp]

Great ideas so far. Thanks. Particularly interested in a Philip Marlowe collection and The Thin Man. Others I'll have to research, such as Matt Helm and The Pusher.

Cheers.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by Garp

Great ideas so far. Thanks. Particularly interested in a Philip Marlowe collection and The Thin Man. Others I'll have to research, such as Matt Helm and The Pusher.

Cheers.

If you do go the Marlowe route, there are also DVDs of Lady In The Lake, Brasher Doubloon, Marlowe, Farewell My Lovely and the remake of Big Sleep.

[Garp]

Originally Posted by baheidstu

If you do go the Marlowe route, there are also DVDs of Lady In The Lake, Brasher Doubloon, Marlowe, Farewell My Lovely and the remake of Big Sleep.

I was checking Wikipedia and noticed that. Thanks.

[Johnny Blu]

Resident Evil
The Mummy (Brandon Frasier)
The Raid - There are only two now, but I believe there are plans for a third.
Machete - Again there are only two now, but I believe there are plans for a third.