SniperComplete Watch Order Guide
A series of action and war films that feature the United States Armed Forces. The series portrays MGySgt. Thomas Beckett and GySgt. Brandon Beckett in their service to the United States Marine Corps as Force Reconnaissance Scout Snipers.
Sniper Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Sniper movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 12 released films shown below.
1 film released between 1993 and 1993.
2 films released between 2002 and 2004.
Watch Sniper in Order
Watch the Sniper movies in release order, starting with Sniper (1993) and continuing through Sniper: No Nation (2026). The series spans 12 films, released between 1993 and 2026. Audiences rate the franchise 6.2/10 on average.
What order should you watch Sniper?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Sniper. 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.
Sniper 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 Sniper franchise
A series of action and war films that feature the United States Armed Forces. The series portrays MGySgt. Thomas Beckett and GySgt. Brandon Beckett in their service to the United States Marine Corps as Force Reconnaissance Scout Snipers.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Sniper by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 12
- Films released
- 33
- Years running
- 6.2/10
- Average audience rating
- 6.8/10
- Highest rated
- 5.5/10
- Lowest rated
- 10 years
- Longest gap between films
Sniper has 12 released films, the first in 1993 and the most recent in 2026.
The series has been running for 33 years, from 1993 to 2026.
Across its 12 rated films, Sniper averages 6.2/10 on TMDB, from 2,939 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Sniper: The Last Stand (2025) at 6.8/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is Sniper 3 (2004) at 5.5/10 on TMDB.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 10 years, between Sniper (1993) and Sniper 2 (2002).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Sniper, covering all 12 released films. Last recalculated September 2026.
Sniper Fun Facts & Trivia
The Sniper franchise spans 33 years, from 1993 to 2026.
The highest-rated entry is Sniper: The Last Stand with a 6.8/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 6.2/10 rating from audiences.
Sniper films have collected over 3k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Sniper: No Nation (2026), continues a franchise that began 33 years earlier.
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