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 viewing 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 this franchise, while spanning multiple timelines, offer a captivating marathon. While the exact total runtime isn't readily available, a comfortable two-day binge is realistic, or you can enjoy the newer 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 focusing on the Wolverine timeline provides a shorter binge option. Excluding Deadpool, the X-Men films total just over 22 hours. However, Deadpool is highly recommended!

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Fast and Furious

With Fast X, the franchise now boasts 13 adrenaline-fueled films. This action-packed marathon, focused on family, clocks in at almost 23.5 hours. Check out our guide for the viewing order.

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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 alone total approximately 19.5 hours; adding Rings of Power adds nearly 18 more hours. See our guide for viewing order and Blu-ray options.

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Star Wars

The ever-expanding Star Wars universe currently features 11 films, with more on the horizon. Including animated films and series like The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian dramatically increases the viewing time. Sticking to live-action films alone results in a marathon of over 25 hours. See our guide for a comprehensive viewing order.

Pirates of the Caribbean

The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, featuring the iconic Jack Sparrow, comprises five films, easily bingeable in a single day (just over 12 hours). We await Pirates of the Caribbean 6!

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Jurassic Park

The Jurassic Park franchise, encompassing six feature films, plus shorts and an animated series, offers a relatively short dinosaur-filled marathon (a little over 10 hours). See our guide for viewing order. A new film is confirmed for July 2025.

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Indiana Jones

Spanning four decades, the Indiana Jones franchise includes five films, easily completed in a day (just over 10 hours). Perfect for a Harrison Ford marathon!

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The Conjuring

The expansive Conjuring universe, with nine films and five shorts, provides a weekend-long horror marathon (under 14.5 hours). Catch up on the entire story, including The Nun 2.

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Transformers

With Transformers One now available, this franchise offers eight action-packed films (approximately 18.5 hours). Rise of the Beasts is best viewed first, chronologically.

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Harry Potter

The magical Harry Potter films offer a classic marathon. Excluding Fantastic Beasts, the eight films total under 20 hours. Adding the prequels adds another 6 hours and 49 minutes.

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Alien

The Alien franchise, now nine films strong, provides a space-horror marathon. The entire series takes a little over 17 hours; excluding the Predator crossovers reduces the time to around 14 hours.

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Scream

The popular Scream franchise, with six films, offers a fun, lighthearted horror marathon (a little over 11.5 hours). Perfect for October!

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James Bond

The extensive James Bond franchise, with 26 films across seven actors, offers a massive marathon (over 54 hours!). A more manageable option is focusing on a single Bond's films, such as Daniel Craig's (7 hours 40 minutes).

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The Hunger Games

With the prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and a new book on the way, now is the perfect time to revisit The Hunger Games. All five films total just over 11.5 hours. The prequel is the longest film in the series.