Jurassic Universe Movies: Release Order
Beginning with Steven Spielberg's masterful adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel, the Jurassic franchise spans over three decades of one continuous timeline. This complete saga shows the evolution from intimate survival horror to globe-spanning spectacle.
This watch order lets you experience how filmmaking technology and storytelling approaches changed dramatically while maintaining narrative continuity. You'll witness the shift from Spielberg's grounded suspense to the modern era's massive action sequences and cutting-edge CGI, all building upon the same foundational story of humanity's hubris in resurrecting prehistoric life.
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Linear Timeline: Release Order = Story Order

Jurassic Park
A wealthy entrepreneur creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs cloned from prehistoric DNA, but when the security systems fail, the prehistoric creatures escape and threaten everyone on the island.
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Four years after the original Jurassic Park disaster, chaos theorist Ian Malcolm discovers that dinosaurs are being bred at a secret location and joins an expedition to document their behavior in the wild.
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Jurassic Park III
Dr. Alan Grant reluctantly joins a couple on what's supposed to be an aerial tour of the dinosaur-infested Isla Sorna, but things quickly go wrong when they become stranded and must fight for survival against deadly prehistoric predators.
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Jurassic World
Twenty-two years after the original Jurassic Park disaster, Isla Nublar has been transformed into a fully operational dinosaur theme park called Jurassic World. When the park's genetically modified attractions begin to threaten visitors, chaos ensues once again.
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Three years after the destruction of Jurassic World, Owen and Claire return to the abandoned Isla Nublar to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from an impending volcanic eruption that threatens to wipe them out forever.
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Jurassic World Dominion
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now roam freely across the globe alongside humans. This uneasy coexistence threatens to reshape civilization as humanity struggles to maintain its position at the top of the food chain.
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Jurassic World Rebirth
Five years after Jurassic World Dominion, a covert operations expert leads a mission to secure genetic material from massive dinosaurs, but when their operation intersects with a stranded civilian family, they discover a sinister secret hidden on a remote island.
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Other Film Series
Divergent
A dystopian trilogy following Tris Prior as she discovers her Divergent nature and leads a rebellion against the faction system controlling post-apocalyptic Chicago.
G.I. Joe
A live-action franchise based on the toy line, featuring military action films with continuity complications between the main series and later reboot attempts.
Skyline
A sci-fi trilogy following humanity's battle against alien invaders, with each film building directly on the previous story.
Star Trek
A legendary science fiction franchise spanning multiple generations, following the adventures of Starfleet crews exploring the galaxy and upholding the ideals of the United Federation of Planets.
The Hunger Games
A dystopian saga following Katniss Everdeen as she fights for survival and freedom in Panem.
The Terminator
A sci-fi franchise about humanity's war against artificial intelligence and time-traveling cyborgs sent to alter the past.
