Madagascar: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 4 h 28 min. Madagascar is an animated film series produced by DreamWorks Animation. Voices of Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock and David Schwimmer are featured in the films. The plot follows the adventures of story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa.

1. 
   Movie 1

   Madagascar (2005)

   1 h 26 min · ★ 6.9

   Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.

2. 
   Movie 2

   Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

   1 h 29 min · ★ 6.5

   Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African…

3. 
   Movie 3

   Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

   1 h 33 min · ★ 6.6

   Animal pals Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria are still trying to make it back to New York's Central Park Zoo. They are forced to take a detour to Europe to find the penguins and chimps who broke the bank at a Monte Carlo…