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The long one

Six franchises big enough to see you through to spring, for the weeks when there is nothing on and nowhere to be.

6 picks

January is the only time of year when the length of a thing is a feature. It is dark at four, nobody is going out, and a franchise that would be a chore in June is exactly what the evenings are for.

These are the big commitments, picked because they repay the time rather than merely consume it.

  1. 01

    Star Trek

    26 titles · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Sixty years and eleven centuries. Pick a series rather than the whole thing, and it will still outlast the winter.

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  2. 02

    MCU

    75 titles · Superhero

    The largest single commitment on this site. If you were ever going to, this is the month.

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  3. 03

    Bleach

    9 titles · Anime

    Four hundred-odd episodes, and the arc table tells you which hundred you can drop. Longer than everything else here.

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  4. 04

    Star Wars

    27 titles · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Nine films and a dozen series, and enough argument about the order to keep a household busy on its own.

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  5. 05

    James Bond

    28 titles · Action & Thriller

    Twenty-five films across six actors. One a night gets you to spring, and no two evenings feel the same.

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  6. 06

    Rocky

    9 titles · Action & Thriller

    Fifty years and nine films of the same beat landing every time. The most reliable thing on this list.

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