Meatballs watch order

There are 4 Meatballs films, about 6 hours in total. The first was released in 1979, the latest in 1992. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.

Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for Bill Murray's first film appearance in a starring role and for launching the directing career of Reitman. It was followed by several sequels, of which only Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) had any connection to the original.

1. 1

   Meatballs (1979)

   28 Jun 1979 · 92 min

   Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has trouble fitting in. As Tripper inspires his young charges to defeat rival Camp Mohawk in the annual Olympiad competition, Rudy plays matchmaker between Tripper and Roxanne, a female cou

2. 2

   Meatballs: Part II (1984)

   27 Jul 1984 · 87 min

   Camp Sasquatch will be bought out and closed unless owner Coach Giddy wins the boxing competition scheduled for the end of the summer. Tough city punk Flash, who's performing his community service time at the camp, is the coach's best hope. Flash reluctantly offers to help and so must use his raw sparring talents to get a motley group of adolescent misfits into fighting shape, while also trying to

3. 3

   Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986)

   27 Oct 1986 · 96 min

   The ghost of a dead porn star comes to Earth to help a nerd with his sex life.

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   Meatballs 4: To the Rescue (1992)

   6 Mar 1992 · 84 min

   Ricky is the hottest water-ski instructor around and has just been rehired by his former employer/camp to whip up attendance. Unfortunately, the camp is in serious financial trouble. The owner of a rival, more popular camp wants to buy them out. Therefore they will have to engage in a mean, winner-takes-all competition that will settle the score once and for all.

Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.