Ernest: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 13 h 31 min. A series of films charting the many adventures of good-natured but dim-witted Ernest P. Worrell.

1. 
   Movie 1

   Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)

   1 h 32 min · ★ 5.3

   Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from…

2. 
   Movie 2

   Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

   1 h 31 min · ★ 5.4

   When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P.…

3. 
   Movie 3

   Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

   1 h 21 min · ★ 5.1

   Bumbling bank janitor Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, and soon finds himself in trouble when he is covertly switched with a look-a-like crime boss. Ernest must escape from jail to expose the mix-up.

4. 
   Movie 4

   Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)

   1 h 31 min · ★ 5.4

   Well-intentioned, eternally bumbling Ernest P. Worrell accidentally releases an evil demon from its sacred tomb. As the demon flexes its power and goes on a ruinous rampage, good-guy Ernest tries to step in to save the…

5. 
   Movie 5

   Ernest Rides Again (1993)

   1 h 39 min · ★ 4.4

   Buffoonish Ernest and his dimwitted pal Abner unearth a huge cannon reputed to contain the crown jewels of England.

6. 
   Movie 6

   Ernest Goes to School (1994)

   1 h 29 min · ★ 4.1

   Jim Varney's recurring dim-bulb character Ernest P. Worrell returns in this film as a school janitor seeking to obtain a high school diploma.

7. 
   Movie 7

   Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)

   1 h 33 min · ★ 4.4

   Ernest P. Worrell becomes a basketball star after an angel bearing an uncanny resemblance to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gives him a pair of magic sneakers.

8. 
   Movie 8

   Ernest Goes to Africa (1997)

   1 h 30 min · ★ 4.2

   The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest…

9. 
   Movie 9

   Ernest in the Army (1998)

   1 h 25 min · ★ 3.9

   Ernest P. Worrell is now in the military as a soldier. Once he begins, him and his team investigates a dictator who was responsible for the wars in the nearly village. Suddenly, Ernest finds a lost boy and has to keep…