Jurassic ParkComplete Watch Order Guide
The Jurassic Park franchise spans two distinct trilogies set in the same shared universe — Steven Spielberg's original trilogy (1993–2001) and the Jurassic World reboot trilogy (2015–2022). Despite the 14-year gap, all six films are part of one continuous story that concludes in Dominion.
Jurassic Park Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Jurassic Park movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 7 movies shown below.
Steven Spielberg directed the first two entries; Joe Johnston took over for the third. The original Jurassic Park (1993) is still considered one of the greatest blockbusters ever made and essentially invented the CGI-effects era of Hollywood. The sequels are lighter but necessary context for what the Jurassic World trilogy references.
Set 22 years after the events of Jurassic Park, the Jurassic World trilogy reunites legacy characters (Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, Ian Malcolm) with a new generation. Dominion culminates the dinosaur-escape-to-the-world arc across all six films and serves as a franchise finale.
Additional Films
Where to Slot in the TV Shows
These series expand the Jurassic Park universe — here's exactly where they fit in the timeline.
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (animated)
📍 Watch after: Jurassic World
Runs concurrently with events in the first Jurassic World film, following six teens trapped on the island. Season 5 takes place before Fallen Kingdom. It's a surprisingly engaging series that fills in the timeline gap between JW and JW2.
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (animated)
📍 Watch after: Jurassic World: Dominion
Picks up after Dominion with the Camp Cretaceous cast as young adults navigating a world where dinosaurs have spread globally.
Watch Jurassic Park in Order
Watch the Jurassic Park movies in release order, starting with Jurassic Park (1993) and continuing through Jurassic World Rebirth (2025). The series spans 7 films, released between 1993 and 2025. Audiences rate the franchise 6.7/10 on average.
What order should you watch Jurassic Park?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Jurassic Park. 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.
Jurassic Park 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 Jurassic Park franchise
An American science fiction adventure film series based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. The films center on the fictional Isla Nublar near Costa Rica in the Central American Pacific Coast, where a billionaire philanthropist and a small team of genetic scientists have created an amusement park of cloned dinosaurs.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Jurassic Park Fun Facts & Trivia
Jurassic Park (1993) won three Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Sound Editing — the CGI dinosaurs were groundbreaking.
Steven Spielberg was working on Schindler's List and Jurassic Park simultaneously in 1993, editing them in alternating weeks.
Jeff Goldblum's shirtless chest wound scene in the original was improvised — the costume department had the shirt ready but Goldblum thought "the chaos mathematician would want to be free."
The T-Rex paddock in the original Jurassic Park flooded on shoot day — a prop T-Rex broke loose in the water, terrifying the crew.
Chris Pratt gained 25 pounds of muscle for the Jurassic World role over a six-month period.
All six main films grossed a combined $6 billion globally, making Jurassic Park one of Hollywood's most reliable franchises.
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