[ Universal Classic Monsters ]
edited 2026-05-21A complete viewing order for the Universal Classic Monsters franchise — all 34 films from the classic era (1923–1956), plus the full revival and modern era from Dracula (1979) through Wolf Man (2025). Covers the foundational horror series starring Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney Jr., the Mummy (1999) action trilogy, and the Blumhouse standalone reimaginings.
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01FILM
1923Universal Pictures' 1923 silent epic directed by Wallace Worsley, adapted from Victor Hugo's 1831 novel. Lon Chaney stars as Quasimodo, the…
1h 42m›02FILM
1925Universal Pictures' 1925 silent horror film directed by Rupert Julian, adapted from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel. Lon Chaney stars as the disf…
1h 47m›03FILM
1931Universal Pictures' 1931 horror film directed by Tod Browning, adapted from the 1924 stage play by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. Be…
1h 14m›04FILM
1931Universal Pictures' 1931 Spanish-language Dracula adaptation directed by George Melford, filmed on the same sets as Tod Browning's English-l…
1h 44m›05FILM
1931Universal Pictures' 1931 horror film directed by James Whale, loosely adapted from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel. Colin Clive stars as Henry Fra…
1h 10m›06FILM
1932Universal Pictures' 1932 horror film directed by Karl Freund, the only Mummy film he directed. Boris Karloff stars as Imhotep, an ancient Eg…
1h 13m›07FILM
1933Universal Pictures' 1933 horror film directed by James Whale, adapted from H.G. Wells' 1897 novel. Claude Rains stars as Dr. Jack Griffin, a…
1h 10m›08FILM
1935Universal Pictures' 1935 sequel directed by James Whale, widely regarded as a superior achievement to the original. Boris Karloff returns as…
1h 15m›09FILM
1935Universal Pictures' 1935 horror film directed by Stuart Walker, the studio's first feature-length werewolf film. Henry Hull stars as Dr. Wil…
1h 15m›10FILM
1936Universal Pictures' 1936 sequel to Dracula directed by Lambert Hillyer. Countess Marya Zaleska (Gloria Holden), the daughter of Count Dracul…
1h 11m›11FILM
1939Universal Pictures' 1939 third Frankenstein film directed by Rowland V. Lee, the last to feature Boris Karloff as the Monster. Basil Rathbon…
1h 39m›12FILM
1940Universal Pictures' 1940 sequel directed by Joe May. Vincent Price stars as Geoffrey Radcliffe, a man wrongly condemned for murder who is in…
1h 21m›13FILM
1940Universal Pictures' 1940 comedy-horror film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. Virginia Bruce stars as Kitty Carroll, a fashion model who vol…
1h 12m›14FILM
1940Universal Pictures' 1940 horror film directed by Christy Cabanne, launching a new Mummy sub-series distinct from the 1932 Karloff film. Arch…
1h 7m›15FILM
1941Universal Pictures' 1941 horror film directed by George Waggner, the film that defined the Hollywood werewolf mythology. Lon Chaney Jr. star…
1h 10m›16FILM
1942Universal Pictures' 1942 wartime espionage thriller directed by Edwin L. Marin, grafting the Invisible Man formula onto a World War II spy s…
1h 19m›17FILM
1942Universal Pictures' 1942 fourth Frankenstein film directed by Erle C. Kenton, the first without Boris Karloff. Lon Chaney Jr. takes over as…
1h 7m›18FILM
1942Universal Pictures' 1942 sequel to The Mummy's Hand directed by Harold Young. Set thirty years after the original expedition, the aged High…
1h 0m›19FILM
1943Universal Pictures' 1943 horror film directed by Roy William Neill, the first Monster Rally crossover in the series. Larry Talbot (Lon Chane…
1h 12m›20FILM
1943Universal Pictures' 1943 Technicolor remake of The Phantom of the Opera directed by Arthur Lubin. Claude Rains stars as Erique Claudin, a vi…
1h 32m›21FILM
1943Universal Pictures' 1943 horror film directed by Robert Siodmak, the first Dracula film not to feature Bela Lugosi in the title role. Lon Ch…
1h 18m›22FILM
1944Universal Pictures' 1944 Monster Rally directed by Erle C. Kenton, the first to unite Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein's Monster in a…
1h 10m›23FILM
1944Universal Pictures' 1944 horror film directed by Ford Beebe, the last in the original Invisible Man series before the Abbott and Costello pa…
1h 17m›24FILM
1944Universal Pictures' 1944 horror film directed by Leslie Goodwins, the fourth and final film in the Kharis mummy sub-series. Set in a Louisia…
1h 0m›25FILM
1944Universal Pictures' 1944 horror film directed by Reginald Le Borg, continuing the Kharis mummy saga. A new High Priest, Yousef Bey (John Car…
1h 0m›26FILM
1945Universal Pictures' 1945 Monster Rally directed by Erle C. Kenton, the last of the classic-era multi-monster crossovers. Dr. Edelmann (Onslo…
1h 7m›27FILM
1946Universal Pictures' 1946 mystery horror film directed by Jean Yarbrough. June Lockhart stars as Phyllis Allenby, a young woman who fears she…
1h 1m›28FILM
1948Universal-International's 1948 comedy horror directed by Charles Barton, effectively the farewell for the classic Universal Monster characte…
1h 22m›29FILM
1951Universal-International's 1951 comedy horror directed by Charles Lamont. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play newly graduated detectives hired b…
1h 22m›30FILM
1953Universal-International's 1953 comedy horror directed by Charles Lamont. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play American policemen in Victorian Lo…
1h 16m›31FILM
1954Universal-International's 1954 horror film directed by Jack Arnold, originally released in 3D. A geological expedition to the Amazon discove…
1h 19m›32FILM
1955Universal-International's 1955 comedy horror directed by Charles Lamont, the final Abbott and Costello Monster meeting. Bud Abbott and Lou C…
1h 19m›33FILM
1955Universal-International's 1955 sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon directed by Jack Arnold. The Gill-man is captured in the Amazon and…
1h 22m›34FILM
1956Universal-International's 1956 conclusion to the Creature trilogy directed by John Sherwood, Jack Arnold's only departure from the series. T…
1h 18m›▾revivals & modern era16 items · 16 unwatched