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A Nightmare on Elm Street

edited 2026-05-22

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.

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01FILM
1984Wes Craven's 1984 independent horror film introducing Freddy Krueger, a disfigured dream killer who stalks and murders teenagers through the…
1h 31m
02FILM
1985The 1985 sequel directed by Jack Sholder, set five years after the original. The Walsh family moves into Nancy Thompson's former home on Elm…
1h 27m
03FILM
1987The 1987 third installment directed by Chuck Russell and co-written by Wes Craven, reuniting with the original's Nancy Thompson (Heather Lan…
1h 36m
04FILM
1988The 1988 fourth installment directed by Renny Harlin, following the surviving Dream Warriors one year after the events of Part 3. When Fredd…
1h 33m
05FILM
1989The 1989 fifth installment directed by Stephen Hopkins, continuing Alice Johnson's (Lisa Wilcox) story from The Dream Master. Now in a relat…
1h 29m
06FILM
1991The 1991 sixth installment directed by Rachel Talalay, set ten years in the future after Freddy Krueger has killed every teenager in Springw…
1h 29m
07FILM
1994Wes Craven's 1994 meta-horror film in which the cast and crew of the original Nightmare on Elm Street find themselves haunted by an ancient…
1h 52m
08FILM
2003The 2003 crossover film directed by Ronny Yu, pitting Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) against Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger). Weakened and f…
1h 37m
09FILM
2010The 2010 standalone remake directed by Samuel Bayer, reimagining Wes Craven's original with a new cast. A group of Springwood teenagers — in…
1h 35m