How to Watch The Conjuring Movies in Order

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You'd deliberation it would beryllium capable for filmmaker James Wan to person 2 hugely palmy fearfulness franchises nether his loop with Saw and Insidious (both co-created with penning spouse Leigh Whannell). But past helium besides went and created The Conjuring, which, since its debut successful 2013, has produced 9 films successful full and grossed implicit $2 cardinal astatine the container office.

Starting arsenic a 1970s shade series, based connected the existent beingness investigations of joined paranormal snoops Lorraine and Ed Warren, The Conjuring Universe has sprawled into a franchise that not lone keeps way of the Warrens' demon-busting adventures, but besides delves further into the haunted backstories of these cases with prequel installments acceptable decades earlier the Warrens amusement up. Now that the 4th and last Conjuring movie has deed streaming, you mightiness privation to revisit the afloat timeline of The Conjuring-verse.

So are you looking to ticker these Conjuring films arsenic they were released - oregon bash you privation to sorb each the spookiness via chronological binge, kicking things disconnected successful 1950s Romania with The Nun? Whatever the case, you'll find some lists below.

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How Many The Conjuring Movies Are There?

There are 10 full movies acceptable wrong The Conjuring beingness — 4 Conjuring movies, 3 Annabelle movies, The Nun and The Nun 2, and The Curse of La Llorona. The 4th Conjuring movie, titled Last Rites, is present disposable successful theaters. If you're readying connected marathoning each of these movies, you tin presently watercourse astir of them connected HBO Max.

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The Conjuring Movies successful Chronological Order

1. The Nun (2018)

Prequel frightfest The Nun takes spot successful 1952 Romania, and stars Demián Bichir and Taissa Farmiga (sister of franchise prima Vera Farmiga) arsenic a Roman Catholic clergyman and a nun uncovering an unholy concealed involving Bonnie Aaron's evil Nun from The Conjuring 2.

Read our review of The Nun.

2. Annabelle: Creation (2017)

Taking spot aft The Nun, successful 1955 California, Annabelle Creation was the 4th installment successful the Conjuring Universe, but the 2nd chronologically, depicting the root of franchise breakout prima -- Annabelle, the creep haunted dolll. It's the communicative of a communicative of a doll-maker who opens his location to six orphans and a nun, lone to person an past evil released successful his ain house.

Read our review of Annabelle: Creation.

3. The Nun 2 (2023)

Although The Nun 2 takes spot aft the events of The Nun, it's really the 3rd movie successful the timeline. The events of The Nun 2 instrumentality spot successful 1956, taking spot 4 years aft Sister Irene's archetypal brushwood with Valak and 1 twelvemonth aft the events of Annabelle: Creation.

Read our review of The Nun 2.

4. Annabelle (2014)

The 2nd movie made successful the Conjuring Universe, adjacent earlier The Conjuring 2, was prequel Annabelle, taking spot successful 1967 successful Southern California, 12 years aft the authoritative root of the doll. Annabelle tells the communicative of a young doc and his woman who bring the doll into their location (to reside amongst different scary-looking dolls) lone to person it marque their beingness a surviving hell.

Read our review of Annabelle.

5. The Conjuring (2013)

The movie that started it all, The Conjuring, starred Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson arsenic real-life paranormal investigators/ghost hunters Lorraine and Ed Warren (whose exploits reportedly inspired The Amityville Horror), arsenic they assistance the besieged Perron household successful 1971, connected Rhode Island. Series creator James Wan directed this archetypal outing, marking the 3rd authoritative blockbuster fearfulness franchise he'd created.

Read our review of The Conjuring.

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6. Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

Next up is Annabelle Comes Home. Taking spot lone 1 twelvemonth aboriginal successful the story, successful 1972, the Warrens' young daughter, Judy (McKenna Grace), indispensable contend with Annabelle and different demons who flight the Warrens’ artifact country portion the mates is away. Conjuring Universe (and It: Chapter One and Two) writer Gary Dauberman makes his directorial debut here.

Read our review of Annabelle Comes Home.

7. The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

Based connected the Latin American folklore of La Llorona, this Conjuring Universe spinoff follows a parent successful 1973 Los Angeles who indispensable prevention her children from a malevolent tone trying to bargain them. Starring Linda Cardellini and Raymond Cruz, The Curse of La Llorona is the astir detached and removed communicative from the franchise's ongoing story, lone featuring Tony Amendola's Father Perez from Annabelle arsenic a connecting character.

Read our review of The Curse of La Llorona.

8. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Based connected the events of the Enfield Poltergeist successful England, The Conjuring 2 brings backmost Lorraine and Ed Warren, present notrious from the Amityville case, arsenic they assistance a household being haunted by a malevolent tone successful 1977. Whereas the archetypal Conjuring movie brought astir the Annabelle films, this 1 primitively introduced The Nun, who would spell connected to person her ain prequel. James Wan besides returned to direct.

Read our review of The Conjuring 2.

9. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

The existent eighth movie made successful the franchise is besides the adjacent movie you should ticker if you're doing a chronological binge. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do brings america into the '80s with a ghoulish communicative based connected the existent beingness proceedings of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, who claimed "demonic possession" aft murdering his landlord. Lorraine and Ed Warren are drawn into the lawsuit aft they'd seemingly exorcised a demon retired of a young boy's body... accidentally causing it to fly into Arne.

Read our review of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.

10. The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)

The last movie connected the The Conjuring timeline is present successful theaters and is disconnected to a tremendous commencement astatine the container office. The Conjuring: Last Rites is the 4th mainline movie successful the bid and is being billed arsenic the last movie successful the franchise. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga instrumentality arsenic Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators taking connected their astir unsafe lawsuit yet. Like different films successful the series, Last Rites is based connected the existent communicative of the Smurl hauntings, a bid of paranormal occurences astatine a Pennsylvania location successful the 70s and 80s.

Read our reappraisal of The Conjuring: Last Rites and cheque retired our The Conjuring: Last Rites ending and post-credits explained.

Future of The Conjuring Movies

The Conjuring: Last Rites has officially arrived connected integer and streaming. The movie had the 2nd biggest opening play for immoderate fearfulness movie astatine the planetary container office, down lone 2017's It, and already has a 4K steelbook release. Franchise seasoned Michael Chaves returns arsenic manager for the finale, and IGN precocious got the accidental to talk with him astir the extremity (and future) of The Conjuring franchise. We present cognize that includes a caller prequel astir the aboriginal investigative enactment of the Warrens.

In 2023, a TV bid acceptable successful The Conjuring beingness was greenlit for HBO Max, though small has been revealed astir who volition beryllium progressive oregon however the bid volition acceptable into the franchise's timeline. We bash cognize the bid is moving forward, arsenic it precocious brought connected supernatural writer Nancy Won arsenic showrunner. Otherwise, a sequel to The Curse of La Llorona has supposedly entered production, a motion of however the franchise volition turn from here.

Matt Fowler is simply a freelance amusement writer/critic, covering TV news, reviews, interviews and features connected IGN for 13+ years.

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Dec 29, 2025 6:13 pm

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