franchises

Viewing and reading orders for film, book, game, and TV franchises. Pick a franchise, choose a section, then an order — release, chronological, or recommended — and check items off as you go.

390 franchises

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241
Tomb Raider
A complete order guide for the Tomb Raider franchise — covering all mainline video games across the Core Design era, the Crystal Dynamics Legend Trilogy, and the Survivor reboot trilogy, plus spin-off games, remastered collections, theatrical films, and the Netflix animated series. Whether you want to follow archaeologist Lara Croft from her 1996 debut or start with the 2013 reboot, this guide covers every major entry in release order.
5 sections
22 items
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242
Insidious
A complete viewing order for the Insidious franchise — all five supernatural horror films from James Wan and Leigh Whannell's Blumhouse series, centered on the spirit realm known as the Further and psychic investigator Elise Rainier. Covers both release order and the in-universe chronological order that resolves how the prequel films slot around the original Lambert haunting.
1 sections
5 items
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243
Babylon 5
A complete viewing and reading order for Babylon 5, J. Michael Straczynski's science-fiction universe spanning the 1993 pilot film, five seasons, eight TV movies, the Crusade spinoff, and comics and novels. Covers both release order and a chronological-narrative order placing In the Beginning and the TV movies at their in-universe positions.
3 sections
34 items
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244
Macross / Robotech
A complete watch order for the Macross franchise and Harmony Gold's Robotech adaptation. Covers the Studio Nue / Big West Macross main continuity (SDF Macross, Do You Remember Love?, Flash Back 2012, Plus, 7, Zero, Frontier, Delta and the parallel-world Macross II) alongside the separate Robotech adaptation track (the 85-episode 1985 series, Robotech II: The Sentinels, The Shadow Chronicles, and Love Live Alive). Organised by continuity so each section is a self-contained watch path.
2 sections
26 items
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245
Crash Bandicoot
A complete play order for the Crash Bandicoot franchise — every mainline platform game, racing title, and party game from the 1996 PlayStation original through Crash Team Rumble (2023). Covers the Naughty Dog originals, all third-party console entries, the N. Sane Trilogy remakes, and the Toys for Bob revival.
1 sections
17 items
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246
Fargo
A complete viewing order for the Fargo franchise, covering the 1996 Coen Brothers film and all five seasons of the FX anthology series created by Noah Hawley. Each season is a standalone story set in the American Midwest, sharing a common universe across decades from 1950 to 2019 — this page covers both release order and the in-universe chronological order.
2 sections
6 items
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247
Child's Play / Chucky
A complete viewing order for the Child's Play franchise — all seven mainline films from the 1988 original through Cult of Chucky (2017), plus all three seasons of the Chucky TV series (2021–2024) created by Don Mancini. Also covers the standalone 2019 MGM/Orion reboot as a separate continuity.
2 sections
11 items
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248
Evil Dead
A complete watch, play, and read order for the Evil Dead franchise — Sam Raimi's original Ash Williams trilogy, the Starz series Ash vs Evil Dead, Fede Álvarez's 2013 standalone reboot, Evil Dead Rise (2023), and the Army of Darkness games and comics. Tagged by continuity so you can follow just the Ash Williams thread or explore the full shared universe.
4 sections
14 items
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249
Eastrail 177 Trilogy
A complete viewing order for M. Night Shyamalan's Eastrail 177 Trilogy, comprising three theatrical films — Unbreakable (2000), Split (2016), and Glass (2019) — connected by a shared universe of ordinary people with extraordinary abilities. The trilogy is best watched in release order, which is also the in-universe chronological order.
1 sections
3 items
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250
Friday the 13th
A complete viewing order for the Friday the 13th franchise — all 12 films from Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 original through the 2009 reboot, plus the unrelated TV series, licensed games, and WildStorm comics. Covers both the original Paramount/New Line continuity (including Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, and Freddy vs. Jason) and the 2009 standalone reboot.
4 sections
20 items
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251
Cloverfield
A complete viewing order for the Cloverfield franchise, a Bad Robot anthology of three theatrical films connected by a shared universe of monster attacks and dimensional rifts. Covers Cloverfield (2008), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), with context on how each entry fits into the franchise's unusual multiverse structure.
1 sections
3 items
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252
Hellraiser
A complete viewing and reading order for the Hellraiser franchise — all 12 films from Clive Barker's 1987 original through the 2022 Hulu reboot, plus the foundational novella The Hellbound Heart and the licensed comic runs from Epic and Boom! Studios. Covers the 11-film mainline series, the standalone 2022 reimagining, and the source material that started it all.
3 sections
17 items
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253
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A complete viewing order for the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise — all nine films across the original 1984–1991 series, Wes Craven's 1994 meta-fictional New Nightmare, the 2003 Freddy vs. Jason crossover, and the 2010 standalone reboot. Covers both release order and the original Freddy Krueger continuity, plus Freddy's Nightmares, the two-season anthology TV series.
2 sections
11 items
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254
Pokémon (Anime)
A complete viewing order for the Pokémon anime franchise — all 28 English-broadcast seasons from Ash Ketchum's Indigo League debut through the Horizons era's new protagonists Liko and Roy, plus 24 animated theatrical films, one live-action film, and six standalone mini-series including Pokémon Origins, Generations, Twilight Wings, Hisuian Snow, Path to the Peak, and Concierge. Covers every officially released Pokémon animated production through 2026.
3 sections
60 items
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255
Sonic the Hedgehog
A complete play and watch order for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise — every mainline console and handheld game from 1991 to 2024, plus the Paramount film trilogy, the Knuckles miniseries, and all animated TV series including SatAM, Sonic Underground, Sonic X, Sonic Boom, and Sonic Prime. Covers both the games in release order and the full screen universe for newcomers and longtime fans alike.
2 sections
42 items
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256
Arrowverse
A complete viewing order for The CW's Arrowverse — every per-season entry of the eight live-action superhero series (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman, Black Lightning, plus the retroactively-canonized NBC Constantine), the two CW Seed animated web series Vixen and Freedom Fighters: The Ray, and the five-part Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover that merged three previously-separate universes into Earth-Prime.
2 sections
47 items
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257
Ultraman
A complete viewing order for Tsuburaya Productions' Ultraman / Ultra Series franchise — every numbered Tsuburaya TV series from Ultra Q (1966) through Ultraman Omega (2025), the 1979 Sunrise anime, the Australian and American English-language co-productions, the major theatrical films including Shin Ultraman (2022), and the Netflix CGI anime ULTRAMAN plus the 2024 animated feature Ultraman: Rising. Filter by Shōwa, Heisei, or Reiwa era to focus on a single production wave.
3 sections
57 items
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258
Street Fighter
A complete play and watch order for the Street Fighter franchise — every mainline Capcom fighting game from 1987 through Street Fighter 6, the crossover titles, live-action and animated films, and the TV anime series. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order for the main game series.
5 sections
45 items
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259
Malazan Book of the Fallen
A complete reading order for the Malazan world co-created by Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont — Erikson's ten-volume Malazan Book of the Fallen, Esslemont's six Novels of the Malazan Empire, both authors' prequel sequences (Erikson's Kharkanas Trilogy and Esslemont's Path to Ascendancy), Erikson's Tales of Witness sequels, and the seven Bauchelain and Korbal Broach novellas. Covers both publication order across all sub-series and the widely-cited recommended interleaved order that splices the two authors and the novellas into a single first-time reader path.
1 sections
31 items
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260
The Elder Scrolls
A complete play order for The Elder Scrolls — every mainline numbered entry from Arena (1994) through Skyrim (2011), plus all released spinoffs, the mobile Travels series, and The Elder Scrolls Online with its eight major chapters. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, which begins with ESO (set roughly 1,000 years before Skyrim in the Second Era).
3 sections
23 items
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franchises

Viewing and reading orders for film, book, game, and TV franchises. Pick a franchise, choose a section, then an order — release, chronological, or recommended — and check items off as you go.

390 franchises

sort:recent·a–z·items·progressfilter:all·in-progress·unstarted·complete

241
Tomb Raider
A complete order guide for the Tomb Raider franchise — covering all mainline video games across the Core Design era, the Crystal Dynamics Legend Trilogy, and the Survivor reboot trilogy, plus spin-off games, remastered collections, theatrical films, and the Netflix animated series. Whether you want to follow archaeologist Lara Croft from her 1996 debut or start with the 2013 reboot, this guide covers every major entry in release order.
5 sections
22 items
— / 22
242
Insidious
A complete viewing order for the Insidious franchise — all five supernatural horror films from James Wan and Leigh Whannell's Blumhouse series, centered on the spirit realm known as the Further and psychic investigator Elise Rainier. Covers both release order and the in-universe chronological order that resolves how the prequel films slot around the original Lambert haunting.
1 sections
5 items
— / 5
243
Babylon 5
A complete viewing and reading order for Babylon 5, J. Michael Straczynski's science-fiction universe spanning the 1993 pilot film, five seasons, eight TV movies, the Crusade spinoff, and comics and novels. Covers both release order and a chronological-narrative order placing In the Beginning and the TV movies at their in-universe positions.
3 sections
34 items
— / 34
244
Macross / Robotech
A complete watch order for the Macross franchise and Harmony Gold's Robotech adaptation. Covers the Studio Nue / Big West Macross main continuity (SDF Macross, Do You Remember Love?, Flash Back 2012, Plus, 7, Zero, Frontier, Delta and the parallel-world Macross II) alongside the separate Robotech adaptation track (the 85-episode 1985 series, Robotech II: The Sentinels, The Shadow Chronicles, and Love Live Alive). Organised by continuity so each section is a self-contained watch path.
2 sections
26 items
— / 26
245
Crash Bandicoot
A complete play order for the Crash Bandicoot franchise — every mainline platform game, racing title, and party game from the 1996 PlayStation original through Crash Team Rumble (2023). Covers the Naughty Dog originals, all third-party console entries, the N. Sane Trilogy remakes, and the Toys for Bob revival.
1 sections
17 items
— / 17
246
Fargo
A complete viewing order for the Fargo franchise, covering the 1996 Coen Brothers film and all five seasons of the FX anthology series created by Noah Hawley. Each season is a standalone story set in the American Midwest, sharing a common universe across decades from 1950 to 2019 — this page covers both release order and the in-universe chronological order.
2 sections
6 items
— / 6
247
Child's Play / Chucky
A complete viewing order for the Child's Play franchise — all seven mainline films from the 1988 original through Cult of Chucky (2017), plus all three seasons of the Chucky TV series (2021–2024) created by Don Mancini. Also covers the standalone 2019 MGM/Orion reboot as a separate continuity.
2 sections
11 items
— / 11
248
Evil Dead
A complete watch, play, and read order for the Evil Dead franchise — Sam Raimi's original Ash Williams trilogy, the Starz series Ash vs Evil Dead, Fede Álvarez's 2013 standalone reboot, Evil Dead Rise (2023), and the Army of Darkness games and comics. Tagged by continuity so you can follow just the Ash Williams thread or explore the full shared universe.
4 sections
14 items
— / 14
249
Eastrail 177 Trilogy
A complete viewing order for M. Night Shyamalan's Eastrail 177 Trilogy, comprising three theatrical films — Unbreakable (2000), Split (2016), and Glass (2019) — connected by a shared universe of ordinary people with extraordinary abilities. The trilogy is best watched in release order, which is also the in-universe chronological order.
1 sections
3 items
— / 3
250
Friday the 13th
A complete viewing order for the Friday the 13th franchise — all 12 films from Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 original through the 2009 reboot, plus the unrelated TV series, licensed games, and WildStorm comics. Covers both the original Paramount/New Line continuity (including Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, and Freddy vs. Jason) and the 2009 standalone reboot.
4 sections
20 items
— / 20
251
Cloverfield
A complete viewing order for the Cloverfield franchise, a Bad Robot anthology of three theatrical films connected by a shared universe of monster attacks and dimensional rifts. Covers Cloverfield (2008), 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), and The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), with context on how each entry fits into the franchise's unusual multiverse structure.
1 sections
3 items
— / 3
252
Hellraiser
A complete viewing and reading order for the Hellraiser franchise — all 12 films from Clive Barker's 1987 original through the 2022 Hulu reboot, plus the foundational novella The Hellbound Heart and the licensed comic runs from Epic and Boom! Studios. Covers the 11-film mainline series, the standalone 2022 reimagining, and the source material that started it all.
3 sections
17 items
— / 17
253
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A complete viewing order for the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise — all nine films across the original 1984–1991 series, Wes Craven's 1994 meta-fictional New Nightmare, the 2003 Freddy vs. Jason crossover, and the 2010 standalone reboot. Covers both release order and the original Freddy Krueger continuity, plus Freddy's Nightmares, the two-season anthology TV series.
2 sections
11 items
— / 11
254
Pokémon (Anime)
A complete viewing order for the Pokémon anime franchise — all 28 English-broadcast seasons from Ash Ketchum's Indigo League debut through the Horizons era's new protagonists Liko and Roy, plus 24 animated theatrical films, one live-action film, and six standalone mini-series including Pokémon Origins, Generations, Twilight Wings, Hisuian Snow, Path to the Peak, and Concierge. Covers every officially released Pokémon animated production through 2026.
3 sections
60 items
— / 60
255
Sonic the Hedgehog
A complete play and watch order for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise — every mainline console and handheld game from 1991 to 2024, plus the Paramount film trilogy, the Knuckles miniseries, and all animated TV series including SatAM, Sonic Underground, Sonic X, Sonic Boom, and Sonic Prime. Covers both the games in release order and the full screen universe for newcomers and longtime fans alike.
2 sections
42 items
— / 42
256
Arrowverse
A complete viewing order for The CW's Arrowverse — every per-season entry of the eight live-action superhero series (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Batwoman, Black Lightning, plus the retroactively-canonized NBC Constantine), the two CW Seed animated web series Vixen and Freedom Fighters: The Ray, and the five-part Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover that merged three previously-separate universes into Earth-Prime.
2 sections
47 items
— / 47
257
Ultraman
A complete viewing order for Tsuburaya Productions' Ultraman / Ultra Series franchise — every numbered Tsuburaya TV series from Ultra Q (1966) through Ultraman Omega (2025), the 1979 Sunrise anime, the Australian and American English-language co-productions, the major theatrical films including Shin Ultraman (2022), and the Netflix CGI anime ULTRAMAN plus the 2024 animated feature Ultraman: Rising. Filter by Shōwa, Heisei, or Reiwa era to focus on a single production wave.
3 sections
57 items
— / 57
258
Street Fighter
A complete play and watch order for the Street Fighter franchise — every mainline Capcom fighting game from 1987 through Street Fighter 6, the crossover titles, live-action and animated films, and the TV anime series. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order for the main game series.
5 sections
45 items
— / 45
259
Malazan Book of the Fallen
A complete reading order for the Malazan world co-created by Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont — Erikson's ten-volume Malazan Book of the Fallen, Esslemont's six Novels of the Malazan Empire, both authors' prequel sequences (Erikson's Kharkanas Trilogy and Esslemont's Path to Ascendancy), Erikson's Tales of Witness sequels, and the seven Bauchelain and Korbal Broach novellas. Covers both publication order across all sub-series and the widely-cited recommended interleaved order that splices the two authors and the novellas into a single first-time reader path.
1 sections
31 items
— / 31
260
The Elder Scrolls
A complete play order for The Elder Scrolls — every mainline numbered entry from Arena (1994) through Skyrim (2011), plus all released spinoffs, the mobile Travels series, and The Elder Scrolls Online with its eight major chapters. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, which begins with ESO (set roughly 1,000 years before Skyrim in the Second Era).
3 sections
23 items
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