It Movies: Release Order

Based on Stephen King's 1986 novel, these two theatrical films adapt the story of the Losers Club - a group of outcast kids who band together to fight Pennywise the Dancing Clown, a malevolent entity that feeds on fear and emerges every 27 years to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine. The first film focuses on the group as children in the 1980s, while the sequel follows them as adults returning to Derry nearly three decades later to confront the creature once more.

This release order watch list contains the 2017 and 2019 theatrical films directed by Andy Muschietti, which became massive commercial successes. The story was previously adapted as an excellent 1990 TV miniseries starring Tim Curry as Pennywise, and the theatrical films' universe has since expanded with the HBO series Welcome to Derry, which explores earlier cycles of It's reign of terror.