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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