How Many Shrek Movies Are There?

There are six Shrek movies released in theaters, made up of four main films and two Puss in Boots spin offs. Shrek 5, confirmed for June 30, 2027, will be the seventh. Here they are in release order, with the official US rating, the runtime and the director of each, so a parent choosing tonight's film can see the essentials at a glance.

The four main films come from DreamWorks Animation and ran from 2001 to 2010, while the two spin offs follow the character Puss in Boots, the swashbuckling cat voiced by Antonio Banderas. If you want story order instead of release order, the shrek movies in order guide sets out both, because the Puss in Boots (2011) film takes place before the original Shrek. For the full shrek movies overview, the hub links every page on the series.

The four main films are Shrek (2001), Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007) and Shrek Forever After (2010), and the two spin offs are Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). In the main saga, each film follows Shrek (Mike Myers), Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz).

Shrek (2001), directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, starts with a grumpy ogre whose swamp is overrun by fairy tale creatures banished by Lord Farquaad. Chris Farley had recorded most of the dialogue before his death, and the producers restarted with Mike Myers, who brought a Scottish accent to the role, as CBS News reported. The film is rated PG in the US and U in the UK.

Shrek 2 (2004), directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon, sends the newlyweds to the kingdom of Far Far Away to meet Fiona's parents, King Harold and Queen Lillian. Fairy Godmother and her son Prince Charming complicate the visit, and Puss in Boots joins the main saga here. The film screened in competition at Cannes on May 15, 2004, according to Euronews.

Shrek the Third (2007), directed by Chris Miller with Raman Hui alongside him, begins when King Harold dies and the throne needs an heir. Shrek would rather go home to his swamp, so he travels with Donkey and Puss in Boots to find Fiona's cousin Artie, voiced by Justin Timberlake. Screen Daily reported a domestic opening of about $122 million from 4,122 theaters, an opening weekend record for an animated film at that time.

Yes, Shrek 4 is Shrek Forever After (2010), directed by Mike Mitchell, and it is the fourth and last main film released so far. It opened the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2010, the first Shrek film shown in 3D, before reaching theaters on May 21, 2010, as TheWrap reported.

The story picks up with Shrek as a settled family man with Fiona and their three ogre babies, missing the days when people feared him. After losing his temper at his children's birthday party, he meets Rumpelstiltskin (voiced by Walt Dohrn), who offers one day as a real, frightening ogre in exchange for a day from Shrek's past. The film runs 93 minutes and carries a PG rating. It earned about $753 million worldwide on a $165 million budget, according to Box Office Mojo. Opinions on its quality differ from fan to fan, and the shrek movies ranked page explains where we place it and why.

The two Puss in Boots films are spin offs built around the character Puss in Boots, the outlaw cat first seen in Shrek 2, and they are counted separately from the main saga. Puss in Boots (2011), directed by Chris Miller, follows a wanted cat who hears that Jack and Jill own magic beans that grow a beanstalk to a giant's castle. He teams up with Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek Pinault) and his old friend Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis). Guillermo del Toro served as executive producer and also voiced Moustache Man and Comandante, according to Syfy.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), directed by Joel Crawford, arrived 11 years later. Puss learns that he has one of his nine lives left and sets out to find a wishing star, with the Wolf, voiced by Wagner Moura, on his trail. Harvey Guillén voices Perrito and Florence Pugh voices Goldilocks. At 103 minutes it is the longest Shrek film, and it is the only one TMDB lists as PG in the UK as well as the US and Australia. TheWrap's behind the scenes coverage describes a painterly fairy tale look that sets it apart from the earlier films.

Shrek 2 is the biggest earner of the six Shrek films, at about $933 million worldwide on a $150 million budget, according to Box Office Mojo. Shrek the Third followed with about $808 million on $160 million, Shrek Forever After with about $753 million on $165 million, and Puss in Boots with about $555 million on $130 million. The original Shrek made about $490 million on a $60 million budget (The Numbers lists a lower budget figure, so the sources differ), and The Last Wish made about $480 million on $110 million. The shrek box office page breaks out domestic and international grosses.

Yes, a fifth Shrek movie is in production, and Shrek 5 has a confirmed US release date of June 30, 2027, from Universal and DreamWorks Animation. Variety reported on August 11, 2025 that the film was delayed from December 23, 2026. That date had itself replaced an earlier one in July 2026, so the date has moved twice. No UK or Australian release date has been reported yet.

Variety Australia reported that Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz are returning, with Zendaya cast as Felicia (reported February 28, 2025). Marcello Hernández as Fergus and Skyler Gisondo as Farkle followed on November 28, 2025, and Conrad Vernon and Walt Dohrn are reported to return as Gingy and Rumpelstiltskin. The reported directors are Walt Dohrn, Conrad Vernon and Brad Ableson, with Gina Shay and Chris Meledandri as producers. The shrek 5 page tracks the status, and the shrek 5 trailer page collects official footage.

If you are starting from scratch, begin with Shrek (2001) and follow the shrek movies in order guide. To find a film on a streaming service in your country, see where to watch shrek.