Scream: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 13 h 30 min. An American slasher series set largely around the fictional small town of Woodsboro, California, in which various groups of teens become the target of a masked killer, soon to be known nationwide as “Ghostface".

1. 
   Movie 1

   Scream (1996)

   1 h 52 min · ★ 7.4

   A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

2. 
   Movie 2

   Scream 2 (1997)

   2 h · ★ 6.5

   Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.

3. 
   Movie 3

   Scream 3 (2000)

   1 h 56 min · ★ 6.0

   As bodies begin dropping around the Hollywood set of STAB 3, the third film based on the gruesome Woodsboro killings, Sidney and other survivors are once again terrorized by another Ghostface killer.

4. 
   Movie 4

   Scream 4 (2011)

   1 h 51 min · ★ 6.5

   Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.

5. 
   Movie 5

   Scream (2022)

   1 h 54 min · ★ 6.7

   Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly…

6. 
   Movie 6

   Scream VI (2023)

   2 h 3 min · ★ 6.9

   Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.

7. 
   Movie 7

   Scream 7 (2026)

   1 h 54 min · ★ 6.2

   When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must…