ShrekComplete Watch Order Guide
The fairytale story of a large, strong, solitude-loving, intimidating ogre named Shrek, and his friends.
Shrek Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Shrek movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 4 released films, plus 1 still to come, shown below.
4 films released between 2001 and 2010.
1 film released between 2027 and 2027.
Shrek 5
In theaters Jun 30, 2027
Watch Shrek in Order
Watch the Shrek movies in release order, starting with Shrek (2001) and continuing through Shrek Forever After (2010). The series spans 4 films, released between 2001 and 2010. Audiences rate the franchise 7/10 on average.
What order should you watch Shrek?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Shrek. 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.
Shrek 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 Shrek franchise
The fairytale story of a large, strong, solitude-loving, intimidating ogre named Shrek, and his friends.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Shrek by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 4
- Films released
- 9
- Years running
- 7.0/10
- Average audience rating
- 7.8/10
- Highest rated
- 6.3/10
- Lowest rated
- 3 years
- Longest gap between films
Shrek has 4 released films, the first in 2001 and the most recent in 2010.
The series has been running for 9 years, from 2001 to 2010.
Across its 4 rated films, Shrek averages 7.0/10 on TMDB, from 51,124 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Shrek (2001) at 7.8/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is Shrek the Third (2007) at 6.3/10 on TMDB.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 3 years, between Shrek (2001) and Shrek 2 (2004).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Shrek, covering all 4 released films. Last recalculated September 2026.
Shrek Fun Facts & Trivia
The Shrek franchise spans 9 years, from 2001 to 2010.
The highest-rated entry is Shrek with a 7.8/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 7.0/10 rating from audiences.
Shrek films have collected over 51k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Shrek Forever After (2010), continues a franchise that began 9 years earlier.
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