Watch-order guide
How to watch Terminator in order
Release order — and don't overthink the timeline, the franchise itself doesn't. The first two are essential; everything after is optional-to-debated.
- Films
- 6
- Full marathon
- 12h 3m
- Years
- 1984–2019
- Genre
- Action
Release order (best first watch)
- The Terminator (1984)
1h 48m - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
2h 17m - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)1h 49m
- Terminator Salvation (2009)1h 55m
- Terminator Genisys (2015)Alternate timeline
2h 6m - Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)Ignores everything after T22h 8m
Chronological order (story timeline)
- The Terminator (1984)1h 48m
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)2h 17m
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)1h 49m
- Terminator Salvation (2009)1h 55m
- Terminator Genisys (2015)Alternate timeline2h 6m
- Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)Ignores everything after T22h 8m
