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 cohesive and engaging 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 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' recent release, now's the perfect time for a sci-fi binge. The ten films in the franchise offer hours of entertainment. While the newest films are separate from the original series (creating three distinct timelines), it's still a fun marathon featuring our simian overlords. A two-day binge is realistic, or you can focus on the newer prequels for a single-day watch.

### Includes Digital Version Planet of the Apes Trilogy Blu-ray Collection

X-Men

Before the MCU, the X-Men franchise reigned supreme. Now including Deadpool and Wolverine, there are 13 movies. The chronological order can be tricky, but you can follow the Wolverine timeline for a shorter binge. Excluding Deadpool, the X-Men movies total just over 22 hours. However, who could resist Deadpool?

### X-Men Blu-Ray Collection

Fast and Furious

With Fast X, the franchise now boasts 13 movies. This action-packed marathon, focusing on family, takes almost 23.5 hours. Check our guide for viewing order.

### Blu-Ray + Digital Fast & Furious: 10 Movie Collection

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 marathon. The six feature films total about 19.5 hours; adding Rings of Power adds almost 18 more hours. See our guide for viewing order and Blu-ray options.

### The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended & Theatrical)(4K Ultra HD)

Star Wars

The ever-expanding Star Wars universe currently includes 11 movies, with more on the way. Including animated films and series like The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian drastically increases the runtime. The live-action films alone total over 25 hours. See our guide for viewing order and additional lore.

Pirates of the Caribbean

The five Pirates of the Caribbean films, featuring Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow, make for a fun, one-day marathon, totaling a little over 12 hours. We await Pirates of the Caribbean 6.

### 4K UHD Pirates of the Caribbean 5-Movie Collection

Jurassic Park

With six feature films, plus shorts and an animated series, the Jurassic Park franchise offers a relatively short dinosaur-filled marathon of just over 10 hours. A new film is slated for 2025. See our guide for viewing order.

### Out Now Jurassic World 6-Movie Collection (Standard Edition)

Indiana Jones

The five Indiana Jones films, spanning decades, offer a concise marathon of just over 10 hours, perfect for a single day. The latest film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and a new game make this a great time to revisit the series.

### 4K UHD + Blu-Ray Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection

The Conjuring

The extensive Conjuring universe, including The Conjuring, Annabelle, and The Nun films, offers a spooky marathon. Nine movies and five shorts total just under 14.5 hours, easily manageable in a weekend.

### The Conjuring 7-Film Blu-Ray Collection

Transformers

With eight films, the Transformers franchise provides an action-packed, two-day marathon of about 18.5 hours. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' earlier placement in the timeline should be noted.

### Limited Edition [Blu-Ray + 4K UHD] Transformers 6-Movie Steelbook Collection

Harry Potter

The magical Harry Potter films (excluding Fantastic Beasts) offer a nearly 20-hour marathon. Adding the prequels extends the runtime by another 6 hours and 49 minutes.

### Harry Potter: 8 Film Collection [4K UHD + Blu-Ray]

Alien

Nine Alien films, including six mainline entries, two Predator crossovers, and two prequels, provide a space-horror marathon of just over 17 hours (or 14 hours excluding the crossovers).

### Alien: 6-Film Collection

Scream

The popular Scream franchise, with six films and a seventh on the way, offers a fun, lighthearted horror marathon of just over 11.5 hours.

### Scream: 6-Movie Collection

James Bond

The extensive James Bond franchise, with 26 films across seven actors, presents a massive 54+ hour marathon. A more manageable option is focusing on a single Bond's films (e.g., the Daniel Craig era, at 7 hours 40 minutes).

### James Bond Collection

The Hunger Games

With the prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and a new book on the horizon, now's a great time for a Hunger Games marathon. All five films total just over 11.5 hours.