GALILEO: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 12 h 5 min.

1. 
   Movie 1

   Suspect X (2008)

   2 h 8 min · ★ 7.6

   A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she…

2. 
   Movie 2

   Galileo Zero (2008)

   1 h 42 min · ★ 8.0

   The special is set 3 years prior to the drama series, with the story being related to a murder case that was partly referenced in the original show. Detective Kusanagi is looking to solve a murder mystery, and he gets…

3. 
   Movie 3

   Galileo XX (2013)

   2 h 10 min · ★ 7.1

   A spin-off from popular Japanese TV series "Galileo". Episode XX tells the story of female detective Utsumi Kaoru's final case before she went to Oklahoma for further training.

4. 
   Movie 4

   Midsummer's Equation (2013)

   2 h 9 min · ★ 7.0

   Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside…

5. 
   Movie 5

   Silent Parade (2022)

   2 h 10 min · ★ 7.0

   Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A…

6. 
   Movie 6

   Galileo: Forbidden Sorcery (2022)

   1 h 46 min · ★ 7.6

   Four years before Silent Parade (2022), Yukawa and Kusanagi investigate the murder of a writer after a video found in his possession piques Yukawa's interest.