The Scream movies in order
There are 7 Scream films, about 13.5 hours in total. The first was released in 1996, the latest in 2026. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
An American slasher series set largely around the fictional small town of Woodsboro, California, in which various groups of teens become the target of a masked killer, soon to be known nationwide as “Ghostface".
- 1
Scream (1996)
20 Dec 1996 · 112 min
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
- 2
Scream 2 (1997)
12 Dec 1997 · 120 min
Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
- 3
Scream 3 (2000)
4 Feb 2000 · 116 min
As bodies begin dropping around the Hollywood set of STAB 3, the third film based on the gruesome Woodsboro killings, Sidney and other survivors are once again terrorized by another Ghostface killer.
- 4
Scream 4 (2011)
13 Apr 2011 · 111 min
Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.
- 5
Scream (2022)
12 Jan 2022 · 114 min
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.
- 6
Scream VI (2023)
8 Mar 2023 · 123 min
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
- 7
Scream 7 (2026)
25 Feb 2026 · 114 min
When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.