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The Resident Evil video game franchise is a beloved one, having embedded itself inside gaming culture’s DNA over the past three decades with eight main, numbered titles and a huge variety of spin-off games, some of which are just as good, if not better, than the mainline series. But Resident Evil is also a movie franchise, having spawned 11 feature-length movies and two TV series, starting with Paul WS Anderson’s live-action Resident Evil in 2002. Given so many titles, it might be hard to figure out how to watch the Resident Evil movies in order, especially since there’s more than one line of continuity.
While the video games mostly all take place on one incredibly complicated timeline, the movies operate a bit differently. The live-action films and TV show are doing their own things entirely, while the CGI animated films and series are technically a part of the game continuity. However, those animated films and the games don’t really reference each other, so it’s not as though they all combine to form one grand narrative. It’s better to think of the animated movies as a series of side stories.
Below we’ll break down the complex movie portion of the Resident Evil franchise–including the correct order to watch, and where you can stream them. Let’s dive in.
