The 15 Best Movie Marathons to Watch Any Time

A movie marathon is the perfect way to spend a relaxing weekend, especially when shared with friends. Franchise-themed marathons offer a focused and immersive experience. To help you plan your next cinematic binge, we've compiled 15 fantastic franchises, complete with their total runtimes.

Planet of the Apes

With the recent release of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, now is the perfect time for a sci-fi binge. The ten films in the franchise offer a compelling watch, though note that the newest films aren't directly connected to the original series. A two-day marathon is realistic, or you can enjoy the prequel films in a single day.

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X-Men

Before the MCU, the X-Men franchise reigned supreme. Including Deadpool and Wolverine, there are 13 films. The chronological order can be tricky, but a shorter Wolverine timeline is also an option. Excluding Deadpool, the marathon clocks in at just over 22 hours. But let's be honest, you'll want to include Deadpool.

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88 Contains 10 movies. See it at Amazon

Fast and Furious

With Fast X, the franchise boasts 13 films. This action-packed marathon, focused on family, takes almost 23.5 hours.

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Lord of the Rings

The classic Lord of the Rings trilogy is a timeless choice. Including The Hobbit trilogy and The Rings of Power series significantly extends the viewing time. The six feature films total approximately 19.5 hours; adding Rings of Power adds almost 18 more hours.

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Star Wars

The Star Wars saga continues to expand. The 11 live-action films alone require over 25 hours. Adding animated films and series like The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian dramatically increases the runtime.

Pirates of the Caribbean

The five Pirates of the Caribbean films, starring Johnny Depp, offer a fun, swashbuckling marathon totaling a little over 12 hours.

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Jurassic Park

The six Jurassic Park/World films provide a thrilling dinosaur-filled marathon of just over 10 hours.

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4 Includes all six movies in 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and digital. See it at Amazon

Indiana Jones

The five Indiana Jones films, spanning decades, offer a compact marathon of just over 10 hours.

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The Conjuring

The extensive Conjuring universe, encompassing nine films and five shorts, provides a horror marathon of just under 14.5 hours.

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Transformers

The eight Transformers films offer an action-packed 18.5-hour marathon.

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Harry Potter

The eight core Harry Potter films provide a magical marathon of just under 20 hours, excluding the Fantastic Beasts series.

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Alien

The nine Alien films, including crossovers and prequels, offer a space-horror marathon of just over 17 hours (or about 14 hours excluding the Predator crossovers).

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4 Contains six Blu-ray discs and digital codes. See it at Walmart

Scream

The six Scream films offer a fun, self-aware horror marathon of just over 11.5 hours.

Scream: 6-Movie Collection

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James Bond

The 26 James Bond films, spanning decades and actors, offer a monumental marathon of over 54 hours. A more manageable option is focusing on a single Bond's films (e.g., the Daniel Craig era, at 7 hours 40 minutes).

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1 Has 24 Bond films from the classic era to the modern ones. See it at Amazon

The Hunger Games

The five Hunger Games films, including the prequel, offer a dystopian marathon of just over 11.5 hours.