Friday the 13th: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 16 h 49 min. An American slasher series set largely around the fictional town of Crystal Lake, New Jersey, which tells the story of serial murderer Jason Voorhees, and others who would kill on his behalf and in his name.

1. 
   Movie 1

   Friday the 13th (1980)

   1 h 35 min · ★ 6.4

   Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

2. 
   Movie 2

   Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

   1 h 26 min · ★ 6.2

   Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.

3. 
   Movie 3

   Friday the 13th Part III (1982)

   1 h 35 min · ★ 5.9

   An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naïve friends. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason, who stalks them at…

4. 
   Movie 4

   Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

   1 h 31 min · ★ 6.1

   After his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis family and a group of hitherto carefree teenagers.

5. 
   Movie 5

   Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

   1 h 32 min · ★ 5.3

   Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start…

6. 
   Movie 6

   Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)

   1 h 26 min · ★ 6.3

   Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.

7. 
   Movie 7

   Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood (1988)

   1 h 28 min · ★ 5.5

   Tina Shepard, a telekinetic teenage girl, accidentally unchains Jason from his watery grave, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.

8. 
   Movie 8

   Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

   1 h 40 min · ★ 4.9

   Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.

9. 
   Movie 9

   Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

   1 h 28 min · ★ 4.6

   Jason Voorhees is tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, reborn with the bone-chilling ability to assume the identity of anyone he touches.

10. 
    Movie 10

    Jason X (2001)

    1 h 31 min · ★ 4.9

    In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once fled,…

11. 
    Movie 11

    Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

    1 h 37 min · ★ 6.1

    Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.