28 Days Later - Watch Order: Release Order

2002 - 20253 Films5h 28m4 Average

The 28 Days Later trilogy chronicles the evolution of a devastating rage virus outbreak across different time periods and survivors. Beginning with Jim's awakening into an empty London, the series follows the virus's progression from initial outbreak to attempted containment and long-term survival.

Each film focuses on different characters within the same apocalyptic timeline, showing how the outbreak transforms from chaotic collapse to organized quarantine zones and finally to a world that has adapted to decades of infection. This watch order presents the complete timeline of the rage virus apocalypse as it unfolds chronologically.

Linear Timeline: Release Order = Story Order

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28 Days Later

20021h 53m4.2
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

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28 Weeks Later

20071h 40m3.7
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots

The inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.

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28 Years Later

20251h 55m
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes

Twenty-eight years since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one member departs on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

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