The Purge: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 8 h 17 min. The Purge Collection unfolds in a dystopian America where all crime is legal for one night each year. Blending horror, action, and social commentary, it explores themes of survival, morality, and systemic control through intense, suspenseful storytelling and a chilling vision of sanctioned chaos.

1. 
   Movie 1

   The Purge (2013)

   1 h 25 min · ★ 6.2

   Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a…

2. 
   Movie 2

   The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

   1 h 43 min · ★ 6.6

   One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans a…

3. 
   Movie 3

   The Purge: Election Year (2016)

   1 h 49 min · ★ 6.4

   Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow…

4. 
   Movie 4

   The First Purge (2018)

   1 h 37 min · ★ 6.0

   To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of…

5. 
   Movie 5

   The Forever Purge (2021)

   1 h 43 min · ★ 6.9

   All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their…