Jurassic Park Movies in Order: Release and Chronological

The Jurassic Park movies in order of release run from 1993 to 2025 and cover seven films from five directors. Here is the full run, with the director and runtime of each:

1. Jurassic Park (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg, 127 minutes
2. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), directed by Steven Spielberg, 129 minutes
3. Jurassic Park III (2001), directed by Joe Johnston, 92 minutes
4. Jurassic World (2015), directed by Colin Trevorrow, 124 minutes
5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), directed by J. A. Bayona, 129 minutes
6. Jurassic World Dominion (2022), directed by Colin Trevorrow, 147 minutes
7. Jurassic World Rebirth (2025), directed by Gareth Edwards, 134 minutes

The three films titled Jurassic Park come first. Jurassic Park (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg, opened in the US on June 11, 1993 and follows Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and Ian Malcolm on a tour of John Hammond's island park, where the dinosaurs are living animals made from recovered ancient DNA. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) sends Malcolm, played again by Jeff Goldblum, to Isla Sorna, the second island where the animals were bred. Jurassic Park III (2001) brings Sam Neill back as Grant under director Joe Johnston, and at 92 minutes it is the shortest film in the series.

The four films titled Jurassic World follow. Jurassic World (2015), directed by Colin Trevorrow, opens a busy theme park on Isla Nublar 22 years after the original disaster and introduces Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard). Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), directed by J. A. Bayona, deals with a volcano that threatens the island's dinosaurs and a search for Blue, the last raptor. Jurassic World Dominion (2022) is the longest film at 147 minutes and puts Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum alongside Pratt and Howard. Jurassic World Rebirth (2025), directed by Gareth Edwards, turns to a new cast led by Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett, with Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey, and a score by Alexandre Desplat.

If you plan a marathon, the seven films add up to 882 minutes, so a long weekend is realistic. The run is also still open, because the next Jurassic World movie is in development with no confirmed release date. For the wider picture, the Jurassic Park movies guide covers every film in the franchise in one place.

In my opinion, the best place to start is Jurassic Park (1993), and then to keep going in release order. The practical reason is that the later films lean on what came before: Fallen Kingdom and Dominion both build on Blue and Maisie Lockwood, and Dominion puts Grant, Sattler and Malcolm alongside Owen and Claire, which in my opinion lands harder if you have met both groups first. Starting at the beginning also costs you very little, since the first film is 127 minutes and the whole run fits in a long weekend.

What if you are short on time? Perhaps the leanest sampler is Jurassic Park (1993), Jurassic World (2015) and Jurassic World Rebirth (2025), because each opens a fresh chapter with a different cast. That being said, you would miss Blue's arc and the Dominion reunion, so I would only suggest it as a taster before committing to the full list.

Which film is the scariest? It is a matter of taste, and in my opinion the answer is Jurassic Park (1993). Spielberg's film mixed Stan Winston's practical creatures with ILM's digital dinosaurs, and a creature you can see on set in the same frame as the actors tends to frighten more than a pure effect. Jurassic Park III is a close second for pace, since it runs only 92 minutes and features a Spinosaurus animatronic built for the shoot. Jurassic World's Indominus rex takes a different route, designed by Trevorrow with Jack Horner as a blend of species, so its scare comes from invention rather than realism. If you want all seven ranked against each other, Jurassic Park movies ranked has the verdict.

Whichever route you take, check where to watch Jurassic Park before you plan the weekend, since US, UK and Australian streaming deals move around.