This list compiled from Metacritic data ranks prominent film franchises by critical reception, from Marvel and "Star Wars" to "Batman" and "Mad Max."
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Franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and "Star Wars" have ruled the box office.
But other movie franchises are more critically acclaimed.
We ranked the greatest franchises of all time based on data from review aggregator Metacritic.
For more than a decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has built an expansive set of films while raising the commercial expectations for ongoing movie series.
But extensive film franchises have been around for awhile, and several older series, like the film adaptations from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books, have received more positive critical acclaim on average than Marvel's. And some are only getting better as time goes on, like "Mission: Impossible," which reached its critical zenith with 2018's "Fallout."
Stretching from the first James Bond film, 1962's "Dr. No," to the latest MCU and "Star Wars" entries, this list we compiled from Metacritic data ranks prominent film franchises by their average critical reception (derived from the critical scores for each movie in a franchise). Insider updated the list to reflect new movies that weren't included at the time that Metacritic compiled its list.
Many of the franchises that made the cut have more movies on the way. "The Batman" opened in theaters over the weekend. Marvel has three movies coming this year. A "Mad Max: Fury Road" prequel is in the works.
Metacritic only included franchises that had four or more films with scores on its site (so no "John Wick," for instance) and it excluded horror films and animated franchises.
John Lynch contributed to a previous version of this post. This post has been updated.
Here are the 27 greatest movie franchises of all time, according to critic scores:
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