MinionsComplete Watch Order Guide
Minions Collection is a comedic animated series spun off from Despicable Me, focusing on the mischievous yellow creatures and their chaotic adventures. With fast-paced humor, colorful visuals, and quirky characters, the films explore themes of loyalty, ambition, and absurdity, delivering lighthearted entertainment for audiences of all ages.
Minions Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Minions movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 3 released films shown below.
1 film released between 2015 and 2015.
2 films released between 2022 and 2026.
Watch Minions in Order
Watch the Minions movies in release order, starting with Minions (2015) and continuing through Minions & Monsters (2026). The series spans 3 films, released between 2015 and 2026. Audiences rate the franchise 7.1/10 on average.
What order should you watch Minions?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Minions. 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.
Minions 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 Minions franchise
Minions Collection is a comedic animated series spun off from Despicable Me, focusing on the mischievous yellow creatures and their chaotic adventures. With fast-paced humor, colorful visuals, and quirky characters, the films explore themes of loyalty, ambition, and absurdity, delivering lighthearted entertainment for audiences of all ages.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Minions by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 3
- Films released
- 11
- Years running
- 7.1/10
- Average audience rating
- 7.6/10
- Highest rated
- 6.4/10
- Lowest rated
- 7 years
- Longest gap between films
Minions has 3 released films, the first in 2015 and the most recent in 2026.
The series has been running for 11 years, from 2015 to 2026.
Across its 3 rated films, Minions averages 7.1/10 on TMDB, from 16,536 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Minions & Monsters (2026) at 7.6/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is Minions (2015) at 6.4/10 on TMDB.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 7 years, between Minions (2015) and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Minions, covering all 3 released films. Last recalculated September 2026.
Minions Fun Facts & Trivia
The Minions franchise spans 11 years, from 2015 to 2026.
The highest-rated entry is Minions & Monsters with a 7.6/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 7.1/10 rating from audiences.
Minions films have collected over 17k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Minions & Monsters (2026), continues a franchise that began 11 years earlier.
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