VenomComplete Watch Order Guide
A frustrated journalist named Eddie Brock and a carnivorous black symbiote unite to become the monstrous antihero Venom and battle both good and evil alike. Based on the Marvel Comics character.
Venom Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Venom movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 3 released films shown below.
All 3 films in release order — the recommended way to experience the full series.
Watch Venom in Order
Watch the Venom movies in release order, starting with Venom (2018) and continuing through Venom: The Last Dance (2024). The series spans 3 films, released between 2018 and 2024. Audiences rate the franchise 6.7/10 on average.
What order should you watch Venom?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Venom. 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.
Venom 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 Venom franchise
A frustrated journalist named Eddie Brock and a carnivorous black symbiote unite to become the monstrous antihero Venom and battle both good and evil alike. Based on the Marvel Comics character.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Venom by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 3
- Films released
- 6
- Years running
- 6.7/10
- Average audience rating
- 6.8/10
- Highest rated
- 6.7/10
- Lowest rated
- 3 years
- Longest gap between films
Venom has 3 released films, the first in 2018 and the most recent in 2024.
The series has been running for 6 years, from 2018 to 2024.
Across its 3 rated films, Venom averages 6.7/10 on TMDB, from 33,479 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Venom (2018) at 6.8/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is Venom: The Last Dance (2024) at 6.7/10 on TMDB.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 3 years, between Venom (2018) and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Venom, covering all 3 released films. Last recalculated September 2026.
Venom Fun Facts & Trivia
The Venom franchise spans 6 years, from 2018 to 2024.
The highest-rated entry is Venom with a 6.8/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 6.7/10 rating from audiences.
Venom films have collected over 33k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Venom: The Last Dance (2024), continues a franchise that began 6 years earlier.
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