15 Great Film Franchises Ruined By Too Many Sequels And Remakes

15. Star Trek

Film Count: 13

Bringing a franchise of Star Trek's magnitude into the equation is risky business, but it certainly won't be the last time on this list. So if I'm upsetting your fanbase, rest easy knowing that I'm going to be pissing off a lot of others as well.

Star Trek is one of the largest, longest-running and most recognisable pop-culture icons in cinematic and TV history. Even if you've never seen a single second of a single movie or episode, you still know what it is.

Something doesn't get that well-known without being successful. But should they have made 13 movies across three series and 37 years?

Don't get me wrong, there are some classics in there and some very good films, but when you have 13 of them you're always going to miss the mark somewhere. Unfortunately for Star Trek, they missed the mark more than they hit it, struggling to maintain the reputation the famed TV series had built.

For every Wrath Of Khan, First Contact or the surprisingly wholesome closing chapter of the original series, The Undiscovered Country, there are disasters like The Final Frontier, Nemesis and Generations.

Even the latest instalment, Beyond, was just the second film of the entire franchise that failed to make its budget back in the North American box office.

Half of the films received positive enough reviews to count as a success, but there's just far too many duds and average iterations across the board to justify the shear volume of films created.