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Terminator

edited 2026-05-22

A complete viewing order for the Terminator franchise — all six theatrical films, the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and the animated series Terminator Zero. Covers four mutually-exclusive continuity lines branching from T2, plus release order for the full series.

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01FILM
1984James Cameron's 1984 science fiction action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cybernetic assassin — a Terminator — sent back in time…
1h 47m
02FILM
1991James Cameron's 1991 sequel, again starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a reprogrammed T-800 sent back in time — this time to protect a young J…
2h 17m
03FILM
2003The 2003 sequel directed by Jonathan Mostow, set roughly a decade after the events of Terminator 2. John Connor (Nick Stahl) is living off t…
1h 49m
04FILM
2009The 2009 sequel directed by McG, set in 2018 — fifteen years after Judgment Day — in a scorched future where John Connor (Christian Bale) le…
1h 55m
05FILM
2015The 2015 standalone reboot directed by Alan Taylor, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, and Jai Courtney. Kyle Rees…
2h 6m
06FILM
2019The 2019 sequel directed by Tim Miller and produced by James Cameron, serving as a direct continuation of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and dis…
2h 8m