This is Fast and Furious at its very best. Set in Rio de Janeiro, expert driver Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and former cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) must unite a crack team in order to steal $100 million from a corrupt businessman. The franchise’s street racing origins are left in the rearview mirror here because Fast Five is a straight-up heist movie.

An absolute fan favorite - and also a perfect starting point for newcomers - Fast Five is an adrenaline rush in movie form, and even if it seems small-scale compared to what would come later (nobody goes to space in this one), it remains the franchise’s peak. (Image credit: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo / Universal)įast Five is the movie that turned the Fast and the Furious into one of the biggest action franchises in the history of cinema even this year’s Fast X was still referring back to this much-loved entry more than 12 years later. Plus, Jason Segel gives a seriously excellent voice performance as the primary antagonist Vector. The first Despicable Me has a huge heart and is restrained enough to not let the Minions run the show (later franchise entries don't hold back). The Despicable Me franchise is easy to scoff at these days due to those blasted little yellow irritants, but don’t let your loathing for all things Minions-related stop you from enjoying what is a very fun family movie.

But while he originally takes these three children in to further his nefarious plans for world domination, he soon grows attached and learns that it might be more fun to be a superdad than superbad. The movie that birthed the infamous Minions - but don’t let that put you off, Despicable Me is a joyful animated flick that follows a supervillain named Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell) adopting a trio of orphans as part of his latest evil scheme. (Image credit: Moviestore Collection Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

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