The Purge Release and Timeline Watching Order

This watching order is designed to give an outline of The Purge franchise. It shows how to watch The Purge movies in order. This includes The Purge in release order and The Purge in timeline order. It also looks at any connections between the different releases.

The Purge Release Order Watching Order

The Purge franchise starts with The Purge. Fans don’t need to watch anything else before watching the first film.

The entire series starts with a trilogy of connected films. First is The Purge, then The Purge: Anarchy takes place, and, finally, The Purge: Election Year. These films all feature different plotlines and characters but center around similar themes and ongoing plot threads.

After this trilogy, The First Purge was released. This is a prequel that looks back at the origins of The Purge. Around the same time, The Purge television series was released. This series looks at individual Purges that have taken place.

Next, The Forever Purge continued the story of the saga. It picks up on plot points that were introduced at the end of The Purge: Election Year and generally continues the storyline.

The Purge Timeline Order Watching Order

Viewers looking for an alternate way to watch the Purge franchise can watch the series in timeline or chronological order. This order moves the prequel film forward in order to present the events of the film's world in the order in which they happen.

Watching the series in this way starts with The First Purge. Then, years after The First Purge, the events of The Purge and The Purge: Anarchy take place. At this point, the events of The Purge television series occur. Next, The Purge: Election Year takes place. This is followed somewhat closely by the events of The Forever Purge.

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