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Underworld

edited 2026-06-15

A complete viewing and reading order for the Underworld franchise — five theatrical films following vampire Death Dealer Selene in her centuries-long war against the Lycans, plus the animated anthology Endless War, tie-in novels, IDW comics, and the 2004 video game. Includes both release order and the in-universe chronological order that places the medieval prequel Rise of the Lycans at the front.

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01FILM
2003The 2003 film directed by Len Wiseman that launched the franchise, set in a contemporary world where vampires and Lycans wage a hidden war b…
2h 1m
02FILM
2006The 2006 sequel directed by Len Wiseman, continuing directly from the events of the first film. Selene and the newly turned hybrid Michael C…
1h 46m
03FILM
2009The 2009 prequel directed by Patrick Tatopoulos, set in the medieval Dark Ages and depicting the origin of the vampire-Lycan war. Michael Sh…
1h 32m
04FILM
2012The 2012 fourth installment directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, set approximately twelve years after Evolution and introducing a new g…
1h 29m
05FILM
2016The 2016 fifth and final installment directed by Anna Foerster, in which Selene faces simultaneous threats from vampire traitors within her…
1h 31m