The Addams Familyis an iconic franchise with great stories on the big and small screen.

It began life as a series of morbidly funny cartoons by Charles Addams forThe New Yorkerin the 1930s.

However, the uneven tone was not well-received by critics.

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The next time the clan appeared on-screen was in ananimated reboot and its sequel.

Determining the best of the franchise is difficult.

Sadly,Halloween With The New Addams Familydid little to update the shows trademark humor.

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Still, as a somewhat cobbled-together effort, it is the least essential of the familys feature-length adventures.

The only chance they have is to attend a family reunion to better understand the situation.

Sadly,Addams Family 2was a downgrade in several ways.

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However, the pair is unable to inject much life into this animated effort.

Still, theAddams Familyvoice casts efforts make this a perfectly passable outing.

This unforgettable storyline features a great rivalry between Wednesday and a young Mercedes McNab.

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Fans of Christopher Lloyds zany Uncle Fester will be delighted by Joan Cusacks comically conniving villainess.

Alas,Addams Family Reunionarrived and mostly killed the franchise for a long time.

That came in 2010 when Illumination Entertainment acquired the rights to the Addams Family.

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The plan was to release a stop-motion animated movie based on the original drawing.

Even more interesting is that Tim Burton was attached to write, produce, and possibly direct.

We’ve ranked them all.

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TheAddams Familyfranchise is a long-running series based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938.

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The Addams Family sets out in search of their relatives. Gomez and Morticia are horrified to discover that Grandpa and Grandma Addams have a serious illness that is slowly making them “normal”. The only chance they have is to attend a family reunion to better understand the situation.

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