How to Train Your Dragon Movies in Order: Release and Chronological
There are four How to Train Your Dragon movies, released in this order: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) and How to Train Your Dragon (2025). The live action How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027) is dated for June 11, 2027. The chronological order is the same as the release order, with Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury after How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming after How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019).
How to Train Your Dragon Movies in Order of Release
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)Directed by Dean DeBlois
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)Directed by Dean DeBlois
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)Directed by Dean DeBlois
How to Train Your Dragon Movies in Chronological Order
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010)Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)Directed by Dean DeBlois
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)Directed by Dean DeBlois
- How to Train Your Dragon (2025)Directed by Dean DeBlois
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011)Short film
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)Short film
About the Release Order
The How to Train Your Dragon films in order of release are How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) and How to Train Your Dragon (2025).
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010), directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, released March 26, 2010 in the US (98 minutes).
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), directed by Dean DeBlois, released June 13, 2014 in the US (102 minutes).
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019), directed by Dean DeBlois, released February 22, 2019 in the US (104 minutes).
- How to Train Your Dragon (2025), the live action film directed by Dean DeBlois, released June 13, 2025 in the US (125 minutes).
All four carry a PG rating in the US, the UK and Australia.
The first three are animated by DreamWorks Animation and follow Hiccup and his Night Fury, Toothless, from the island of Berk through to the search for the dragon haven in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is a live action retelling of the first story, with Mason Thames as Hiccup and Nico Parker as Astrid. Gerard Butler plays Stoick in How to Train Your Dragon (2025), having voiced him in the animated trilogy.
Two extras also have release dates. Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury, a 22 minute short, reached US home video on November 15, 2011 and had no US theatrical run. How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, also 22 minutes, aired on NBC in the US on December 3, 2019. Neither is a theatrical feature, so neither has a film page on Cinvibe, but both fit easily around the main list.
The next entry is the live action How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027), which Universal dated for June 11, 2027. Its cast, status and any date changes are tracked on the page for the live action How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027).
About the Chronological Order
The chronological order of the How to Train Your Dragon movies matches release order, with two extras slotted in by story: Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury after How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming after How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019).
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
- Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (short), set after How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
- How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (TV special), set ten years after How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
- How to Train Your Dragon (2025), placed last by release, although it retells the story of How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Note: the live action How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027) is dated to follow How to Train Your Dragon (2025).
Here is why the two extras land where they do. Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury takes place around Snoggletog, the Viking winter holiday, when the dragons of Berk leave the island and Hiccup builds Toothless an automatic tailfin so he can fly alone. That belongs after How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and well before How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), which opens five years after the Vikings of Berk made peace with dragons. How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming is set ten years after How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019), just before the epilogue of that final film, and it follows the villagers of New Berk as they prepare a holiday pageant to celebrate dragons.
How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is the one placement that needs a plain answer. We list it last because the list follows release order for the main films, but in story terms it replays the beginning of the saga rather than continuing it. The live action How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027) is dated to follow it, as the live action version of the second story.
The wider franchise also includes Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon, Book of Dragons, Dragons: Riders of Berk, Dragons: Defenders of Berk, Dragons: Race to the Edge and Dragons: Rescue Riders. They are not theatrical films, and the order above does not slot them in, so the list stays limited to the four released films and the two dated extras.
The How to Train Your Dragon series timeline covers the story in more detail.
Where to Start With the How to Train Your Dragon Films
Start with the animated How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and watch in release order; it is the best first entry for new viewers. The animated How to Train Your Dragon (2010) gives the clearest first look at the saga: a boy, an injured Night Fury and a father who does not understand either. Everything later, including Astrid's place in the group and Valka's return in How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), leans on that first friendship between Hiccup and Toothless.
What if you would rather begin with live action? That is a fair choice, and How to Train Your Dragon (2025) retells the same story with real faces, so nothing is lost at the start. It runs 125 minutes against 98 for How to Train Your Dragon (2010), which is a long sit for younger viewers, so for a mixed household we would put the shorter animated film first and save How to Train Your Dragon (2025) for a second feature a week later. All four released films carry a PG rating, so age suitability does not change the order.
For adults who grew up on the trilogy, the three animated films in a row work well, with How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming as a short coda after How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). Skipping How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) means missing Valka and Drago, who set up How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019).
Streaming changes often, so the guide to where to watch the How to Train Your Dragon films carries the latest checks for the US, the UK and Australia. For the full list of films and characters, head to the movies hub.
Facts
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010) was released in the US on March 26, 2010. The Numbers, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) was released in the US on June 13, 2014. Box Office Mojo, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) was released in the US on February 22, 2019 after being moved to a later February date. TheWrap, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon (2025) was released in the US on June 13, 2025. Box Office Mojo, checked 2026-11-02
- The live action How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027) is scheduled for a US theatrical release on June 11, 2027. Screen Daily, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010) runs 98 minutes. TMDB, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) runs 102 minutes. TMDB, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) runs 104 minutes. TMDB, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon (2025) runs 125 minutes. TMDB, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon (2025), directed by Dean DeBlois, stars Mason Thames as Hiccup, Nico Parker as Astrid and Gerard Butler as Stoick. TMDB, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming is set ten years after How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019), just before the epilogue of that film. DreamWorks, checked 2026-11-02
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) opens five years after the Vikings of Berk made peace with dragons. Screen Daily, with Wikipedia, checked 2026-11-02
FAQs
What order should I watch the How to Train Your Dragon movies in?
Watch in release order: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019), then How to Train Your Dragon (2025). The chronological order matches release order, with Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury after How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming after How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is listed last by release, although it retells the first story. The short Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury reached US home video in 2011, and the TV special How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming aired on NBC in 2019.
Where can I stream the How to Train Your Dragon movies?
As of November 2, 2026, it depends on the country. In the US, How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) stream on Paramount Plus, How to Train Your Dragon (2010) is also on Peacock, and How to Train Your Dragon (2025) streams on Netflix, while How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) is rent or buy only. In Australia, all four films stream on Netflix. In the UK, How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) are on Amazon Prime Video, How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is on Sky Go and Now TV Cinema, and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) is rent or buy.
How many How to Train Your Dragon movies are there?
There are four released How to Train Your Dragon films: three animated, How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019), and one live action, How to Train Your Dragon (2025). The live action How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027) is dated for June 11, 2027. Two extras, the short Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury and the TV special How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, are not counted as theatrical films.
Does How to Train Your Dragon have a 4th movie?
Yes. How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is the fourth film in release order and the first in live action. Directed by Dean DeBlois, it retells the original story, with Mason Thames as Hiccup and Nico Parker as Astrid. The live action How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027), dated for June 11, 2027, would be a fifth film in release order.
Do I need to watch the animated movies before the live action How to Train Your Dragon (2025)?
No. How to Train Your Dragon (2025) retells the story of How to Train Your Dragon (2010), so it works as a first entry. It runs 125 minutes against 98 for the animated original, and the animated film makes a good second feature afterward.
Do I need to watch the shorts and the TV special?
No. Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury and How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming are optional, and each runs 22 minutes. Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury fits after How to Train Your Dragon (2010), and How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming fits after How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019).
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