How to watch the Death Wish films in order
There are 5 Death Wish films, about 7.8 hours in total. The first was released in 1974, the latest in 1994. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
Five films about Paul Kersey, an architect with no luck whatsoever. First His wife is murdered when their apartment is broken into, 8 years later his mentally ill daughter is raped and murdered. After all this Kersey is never the same and ends up taking on the drug lords and various criminals of the world.
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Death Wish (1974)
24 Jul 1974 · 93 min
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
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Death Wish II (1982)
20 Feb 1982 · 92 min
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
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Death Wish 3 (1985)
1 Nov 1985 · 90 min
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
11 Jun 1987 · 99 min
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
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Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
14 Jan 1994 · 95 min
Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.