The Conjuring Universe - Watch Order: Story Timeline

2013 - 20238 Films14h 38m3.8 Average

The Conjuring Universe supernatural horror franchise presented in chronological order, starting with the earliest supernatural origins in the 1940s and progressing through the 1980s. This timeline approach reveals how ancient evils and cursed objects eventually connect to modern-day Warren investigations, creating a comprehensive mythology of interconnected supernatural terror.

Following the story timeline allows viewers to understand the complete origins of malevolent entities like The Nun and cursed objects like the Annabelle doll before witnessing their encounters with the Warrens and other victims. This order emphasizes the franchise's rich backstory and shows how decades of supernatural evil culminate in the paranormal cases that made Ed and Lorraine Warren famous.

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The Nun poster

The Nun

20181h 36m3.1
Director: Corin Hardy
Cast: Taissa Farmiga, Demián Bichir, Bonnie Aarons, Jonas Bloquet, Ingrid Bisu

A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.

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Annabelle: Creation poster

Annabelle: Creation

20171h 50m3.7
Director: David F. Sandberg
Cast: Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Anthony LaPaglia, Miranda Otto

Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle.

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The Nun II poster

The Nun II

20231h 50m3.8
Director: Michael Chaves
Cast: Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid, Anna Popplewell, Bonnie Aarons

In 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. She once again comes face-to-face with a powerful evil.

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Annabelle poster

Annabelle

20141h 39m3
Director: John R. Leonetti
Cast: Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Tony Amendola, Alfre Woodard, Eric Ladin

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

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The Conjuring poster

The Conjuring

20131h 52m4.5
Director: James Wan
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Mackenzie Foy

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

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Annabelle Comes Home poster

Annabelle Comes Home

20191h 46m3.6
Director: Gary Dauberman
Cast: Mckenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Michael Cimino, Vera Farmiga

Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target—the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.

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The Conjuring 2 poster

The Conjuring 2

20162h 14m4.3
Director: James Wan
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor, Lauren Esposito

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It poster

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

20211h 51m4.4
Director: Michael Chaves
Cast: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairí O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, Julian Hilliard

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

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