Child's PlayComplete Watch Order Guide
A horror film series franchise featuring Chucky, a killer Good Guys doll with the soul of a notorious serial killer.
Child's Play Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Child's Play movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 7 movies shown below.
3 films released between 1988 and 1991.
1 film released between 1998 and 1998.
1 film released between 2004 and 2004.
2 films released between 2013 and 2017.
Watch Child's Play in Order
Watch the Child's Play movies in release order, starting with Child's Play (1988) and continuing through Cult of Chucky (2017). The series spans 7 films, released between 1988 and 2017. Audiences rate the franchise 6.1/10 on average.
What order should you watch Child's Play?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Child's Play. This is how the story was crafted and revealed to audiences — earlier films seed details, callbacks, and twists that pay off in later entries. Watching in release order preserves those reveals and matches the pacing the filmmakers intended.
Child's Play largely tracks its own in-universe chronology, so release order and chronological order overlap closely. You can use either without losing much, though release order is still the safest first watch.
About the Child's Play franchise
A horror film series franchise featuring Chucky, a killer Good Guys doll with the soul of a notorious serial killer.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Child's Play Fun Facts & Trivia
The Child's Play franchise spans 29 years, from 1988 to 2017.
The highest-rated entry is Child's Play with a 6.8/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 6.1/10 rating from audiences.
Child's Play films have collected over 14k audience ratings combined.
Watching all 7 Child's Play films back-to-back takes well over a full day's viewing commitment.
The most recent entry, Cult of Chucky (2017), continues a franchise that began 29 years earlier.
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