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The The Thing movies in order

There are 2 The Thing films, about 3.5 hours in total. The first was released in 1982, the latest in 2011. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.

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‘The Thing’ is an American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter. It is a remake of the 1951 movie ‘The Thing from Another World’, in turn based on the 1938 John W. Campbell novella ‘Who Goes There?’ A "remake with a twist" to the 1982 film with the same name was released in 2011.

  1. 1

    The Thing (1982)

    25 Jun 1982 · 109 min

    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

  2. 2

    The Thing (2011)

    12 Oct 2011 · 103 min

    When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit h

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

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