A Nightmare on Elm Street: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 10 h 57 min. A slasher film series revolving around people who are stalked and killed in their dreams by Freddy Krueger.

Movie 1
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

1 h 31 min · ★ 7.4

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive…
Movie 2
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

1 h 27 min · ★ 5.8

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
Movie 3
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

1 h 36 min · ★ 6.7

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
Movie 4
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

1 h 33 min · ★ 5.9

Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
Movie 5
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

1 h 29 min · ★ 5.4

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.
Movie 6
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

1 h 29 min · ★ 5.3

Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient…
Movie 7
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

1 h 52 min · ★ 6.5

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?