DJariya

There's a whole bunch. But I'm going to try to list the most notable in the poll. Feel free to add anything else I may have forgotten.

So what is your favorite, no matter how good or bad it is?

Solid Snake

Well...wtf is your favorite?

My favorite? Probably Godzilla....good or bad...it's the good bits that keep making me come back to it.

EddieMoney

Where's the poll?

jeffkjoe

Ian Fleming's James Bond 007

DJariya

James Bond
Star Trek
Saw
Fast and the Furious
Final Destination

are my top 5 favorites

Ash Ketchum

Nice that you included Wong Fei Hung and Zatoichi amidst all the usual suspects. I had to go with Godzilla because at least I've seen every one of those movies...multiple times! That's practically the only series I can say that about.

inri222

Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Land of the Dead
Diary of the Dead
Survival of the Dead

Still voted for sequels suck because 99% of the time they do. All about the $$$.

OldBoy

Bond
Star Trek

arminius

James Bond-The Sean years are the best
Fast & Irate-Great car stuff
Planet of the Apes-Saw all 5 in 1 night at a drive in, great stuff

Godzilla-I messed up and did not pick the big guy, I was thinking the horrible remake and not the glorious Japanese series of movies, loved it when I was a kid and still do now

cleaver

With The Dark Knight you've got the best movie on this list in my opinion (or at worst a push with Empire Strikes Back, Goldfinger, or Die Hard for me), with either Batman Begins or DKR you've got the best 2nd best and best 3rd best movies in a franchise (ok a push with Star Wars or Skyfall for best 2nd best), then you've still got Batman (1989), Under the Red Hood, The Dark Knight Returns 1 & 2, Mask of the Phantasm, Return of the Joker - 9 movies ranked 7.6 or higher on imdb, unmatched in this competition, earning Joker's applause

Hokeyboy

My favorites in Bold, along with nobody-asked-for commentary.

James Bond -- WINNER
Police Academy -- really?
Saw -- ehh
Halloween -- One good film and a host of mediocrity/swill
Friday the 13th -- Not even one good film
Nightmare on Elm Street -- see Halloween.
Fast and the Furious -- never seen it. Probably never will.
Star Trek -- Of the 12 Trek movies, I'd say 7 or 8 are worthwhile. That ain't bad.
Star Wars -- 2 out of 6. That's pretty weak, but the 2 good ones are DAMN good.
Batman -- Only the Nolans and the Adam West movie. The Burtons are garbage (although I like a lot of Returns) and less said about the Schumachers...
Godzilla -- only seen the original in its entirety and only bits and pieces of the rest.
Rocky -- See Halloween. OH OK, I do love 3 & 4 but not in an admiring sorta way
Resident Evil -- shit.
Harry Potter -- Pretty consistent overall
The Pink Panther -- Two really good movies and then a lot of swill (with good moments in each, to be fair)
Planet of the Apes -- I love 1, 2-4 are silly but enjoyably silly in an early 70s scifi/Creature Feature afternoon way. The Burton remake was an abomination, but Rise was fantastic. Win.
Wong Fei Hung -- never liked the OUaTiC movies. Loved Iron Monkey, but that wasn't really one of his movies.
American Pie -- you're funny
Zatoichi -- works for me.
Die Hard -- there can be only ONE.
Spiderman -- 1 was OK, 2 was great, 3 was shit, the reboot was OK. Not a favorite.
Superman -- the first is a classic and all time favorite, 2 is good but a mess, everything else is shit.
Final Destination -- not a fan.

What about The Thin Man or Lone Wolf And Cub?

Ash Ketchum

There were two distinct series of Wong Fei Hung movies, the first produced from 1949 to 1970 and lasting 99 movies with Kwan Tak Hing in the role and all, I believe, produced in black-and-white. I have one of these films on VCD without subs. and haven't watched it yet. I suspect no one on this board has seen any of these films.

There were tons of Wong Fei Hung movies produced in the 1970s and '80s with tons of different actors playing the part, including Gordon Liu and Jackie Chan, and Kwan Tak Hing reprising the role in a few special appearances in films like DREADNAUGHT and THE MAGNIFICENT BUTCHER. But no distinct series was devoted to him during this time, as far as I can tell.

Then there was the ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA series in the 1990s, which lasted, I believe, six films. Jet Li played Wong in four of them (1-3, plus #6).

I'm not sure which franchise the OP was referencing, unless he just meant every film about Wong Fei Hung.

davidh777

Bond: For longevity
Potter: For consistency
Star Trek and Star Wars: For great enjoyment despite flaws
Pink Panther I didn't include because of the later films
Resident Evil: For guilty pleasure
Die Hard: I really enjoy the first two and the fourth but didn't vote for the series as a whole

Mondo Kane

This quckly would've been my pick, but the last installment didn't bring any closure to the series.

(Still deciding what to vote for)

JordanGLC

Godzilla

Numanoid

Star Trek
Superman
Planet of the Apes

Bond movies I always watch once or twice and usually enjoy, but they don't pull me back in again and again like the ones I listed. I can't even begin to count how many hours of my life have been spent watching the Trek, Supes, or Apes movies

Drexl

No LOTR/The Hobbit? (emphasis on long-running.)

Shannon Nutt

James Bond for me, although Harry Potter gets an honorable mention for 8 movies with not really a bad one in the lot.

I also liked the Rocky movies quite a bit...V was borderline for me, but Rocky Balboa made up for it.

Tarantino

Batman and Bond.

islandclaws

Godzilla

I will readily admit that the films in that series vary wildly in quality, however, I have been a serious Big G fan for almost my entire life, something I can't say about any other franchise.

Paul_SD

The Thin Man movies are six for six- a perfect score. No other franchise comes close
However, last year I discovered Ann Southern's Maisie series. I've only made my way through the first set of 5 movies, but all were great fun with no let downs. I have the second set on deck, but won't get around to watching for a while. Just based on the first five though, this has quickly vaulted to the top of my Golden Age favorites list and runs neck and neck with TM, for me.

After these
Tarzan (Three truly great entries Mate + the last two Gordon Scott ones, several above average, and most of the others are at least fun)
Planet of the Apes scores 5 out 6 (the only disappointment being Battle)
James Bond (only about 15 out of the 23 I'll re-watch)
Torchy Blaine (not one of my top favorites, but all the films are about the same level- good, disposable programers.)
Angelique (don't know if this qualifies as all the films sequels pick up where the last left off-no formula here. And it is closed ended. But this is, absolutely, one of the BEST, most engaging film series I have ever seen! It pretty much creates it's own genre- the swashbuckling bodice-ripper.)

DeputyDave

Out of those? Bond

kd5

My personal favorites (from the list):

Harry Potter
Star Trek
Star Wars
Planet of the Apes

moviefan2k4

I voted for a few on the poll, but my favorite wasn't listed: "Back to the Future". There were only 3 entries, but all of them are as loved now as they were 20+ years ago. Not many series can maintain that kind of appeal.

I've seen all the Bond films since "GoldenEye", and two of them tie for the best IMO: "The World is Not Enough" and "Casino Royale".

Ash Ketchum

Your views on the Bond franchise don't count unless you've seen the Connery Bonds.

And if, after seeing the Connery Bonds, you still say THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH is one of the best, then your views still won't count!