SawComplete Watch Order Guide
A mysterious murderer gives his victims macabre riddles they must solve to earn their freedom.
Saw Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Saw movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 10 released films shown below.
7 films released between 2004 and 2010.
4 films released between 2017 and NaN.
Watch Saw in Order
Watch the Saw movies in release order, starting with Saw (2004) and continuing through Saw X (2023). The series spans 10 films, released between 2004 and 2023. Audiences rate the franchise 6.4/10 on average.
What order should you watch Saw?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Saw. 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.
Saw 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 Saw franchise
A mysterious murderer gives his victims macabre riddles they must solve to earn their freedom.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Saw by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 10
- Films released
- 19
- Years running
- 6.4/10
- Average audience rating
- 7.4/10
- Highest rated
- 5.9/10
- Lowest rated
- Flat
- Rating trajectory
- 7 years
- Longest gap between films
Saw has 10 released films, the first in 2004 and the most recent in 2023.
The series has been running for 19 years, from 2004 to 2023.
Across its 10 rated films, Saw averages 6.4/10 on TMDB, from 46,246 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Saw (2004) at 7.4/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) at 5.9/10 on TMDB.
Its first 5 films average 6.6/10 on TMDB and its most recent 5 average 6.3/10, so audience ratings have held flat across the series.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 7 years, between Saw 3D (2010) and Jigsaw (2017).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Saw, covering all 10 released films. Last recalculated November 2026.
Saw Fun Facts & Trivia
The Saw franchise spans 19 years, from 2004 to 2023.
The highest-rated entry is Saw with a 7.4/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 6.4/10 rating from audiences.
Saw films have collected over 46k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Saw X (2023), continues a franchise that began 19 years earlier.
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