Strolling around while tasting an ice-cream, enjoying a picnic in the park or meeting your friends for a drink on a terrace. Yeah, all these are great ideas to spend your Saturday, but our favourite plan to chill and relax on Sundays includes loads of coffee and binge-worthy sagas. Is there anything better than spending time home with your loved ones, with your friends and housemates and recreating a self-made cinema (better if there’s homemade easy, quick and delicious food to share)? Our non impartial answer is “no”, there’s nothing better than this, cause we truly love such a cozy plan. Therefore, here are for you some epic movie marathon ideas, to spend a stress-recovery Sunday and get ready to face a new busy week. Keep reading to discover our selection and add them to your must-watch list!

What is the best movie saga of all time?

Uhm, we are not sure we’re able to answer this question, cause many productions have released such masterpieces along the last decades. There are sagas for all the cinematic tastes: adventure, action, romance, fantasy and much more! We couldn’t find a winner, but here are the most epic ones!  

Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts

Are you ready for an extraordinary journey into the wizarding world? The Harry Potter saga is based on the acclaimed novels by J.K. Rowling, which tell the stories and adventures of young Harry Potter and his friends fighting “He Who Must Not Be Named” who’s trying destroy the balance in the magic world.

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

The Hunger Games

We already told you about how much we love this saga here, that’s why we think is a must-watch: the interesting and intrigued plot, the intensity of the characters and the incredible visual effects make it unique.

• Hunger Games (2012)
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015) 

The Fast and The Furious

Speed, adrenaline, passion and much more. These are few of the emotions that this action-based saga will make you feel!

• The Fast and the Furious (2001)
• 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
• The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
• Fast & Furious (2009)
• Fast Five (2011)
• Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
• Furious 7 (2015)
• The Fate of the Furious (2017)
• F9 (2021)

The Lord of Rings and The Hobbit

An epic trilogy, literally a masterpiece that results as the most awarded series of all times! 

• The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Two Towers
• The Return of the King

Mission Impossible

An incredible Tom Cruise aka  Ethan Hunt and his group of agents at Impossible Missions Force go on missions to stop international terrorists and corrupted power men all over the world. 

• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
• Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
• Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) 

The Marvel Cinematic Universe

It’s a free chronological order saga, this means that you can watch it the way you better like.  

It hosts the incredible adventures of all the Marvel heroes (as main characters or teaming up all together). We promise you’ll love them all!

• Iron Man
• The Incredible Hulk
• Iron Man 2
• Thor
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Marvel’s The Avengers
• Iron Man 3
• Thor: The Dark World
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Guardian of the Galaxy
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Ant-Man
• Captain America: Civil War
• Doctor Strange
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Black Panther
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Ant-Man and the Wasp
• Captain Marvel
• Avengers: Endgame
• Spider-Man: Far From Home

Pirates of the Caribbean

A clever and witty serie starring a charming Johnny Depp playing the role of the funniest yet smart pirate of all seas. These movies have everything they need to be the perfect choice: humor, romance, adventure, horror and action. 

• The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Dead Man’s Chest
• At World’s End
• On Stranger Tides
• Dead Men Tell No Tales

Star Wars

Last but not least among our selection there’s this saga you can’t miss at all! Its worldwide merchandising has been declared the most successful of all times we don’t guess why! Get lost into the galaxy of Star Wars. 

1st Trilogy

• Episode IV — A New Hope (1977)
• Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983)

2nd Trilogy - Prequel

• Episode I — The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Episode II — Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Episode III — Revenge of the Sith (2005) 

3rd Trilogy 

• Episode VII — The Force Awakens (2015)
• Episode VIII —The Last Jedi (2017)
• Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

• Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

What is the longest film series?

Many sagas boast a long history, since their first movies have been launched one, two, three or even more decades ago! 

If you are passionate about cinema and you’d like to explore the evolution of stories and plots, characters, atmospheres and direction style along the years, here are some of the longest series that complete our epic movie marathon ideas! 

James Bond (23 movies, 1962 -  2020) 

It is the incredible story of the best (or worst) British secret agent. No danger will stop him, Mr. Bond always gets its job done (no matter if it makes him break the rules to save lives).

Planet of the Apes (1966 - 2017)

A media franchise from USA that takes you into a fantastic and science world where humans and intelligent apes fight for control.

The Pink Panther (11 movies; 1963 - 2009) 

A comedy-mystery film which tells the story of the clumsy Detective Clouseau.

Star Trek (12 movies, 1979 - 2020) 

Get ready to start a voyage throughout the universe, to explore new worlds, to seek out new life and civilizations.

Godzilla (30 movies, 1954 - 2020) 

It represents the technological monstrosity of man - metaphor for the atomic bombs dropped in WWII in Japan -  arousing the anger of nature.

From 1954 to 2019, have been released 32 Godzilla films produced in Japan, but here are some Hollywood remakes:

• Godzilla
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters
• Godzilla vs Kong