The Expendables: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 7 h 15 min. An ensemble action film series about a group of elite mercenaries. This series pays tribute to the blockbuster action films of the 1980s and early 1990s, starring an array of action veterans from those decades.

1. 
   Movie 1

   The Expendables (2010)

   1 h 43 min · ★ 6.3

   Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper…

2. 
   Movie 2

   The Expendables 2 (2012)

   1 h 43 min · ★ 6.4

   Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

3. 
   Movie 3

   The Expendables 3 (2014)

   2 h 6 min · ★ 6.2

   Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney…

4. 
   Movie 4

   Expend4bles (2023)

   1 h 43 min · ★ 6.0

   Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team…