How to Watch the Ring Movies in Order

Want to watch the Ring movies in order? The franchise spans 9 films released from 1998 to 2022. The simplest approach is release order, which is how the story was meant to unfold for audiences. Here is the complete Ring watch order, with links to our full guides for each film.

1. Ring (1998)

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

2. The Spiral (1998)

A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend's wife and son, which is haunted by

3. Ring 2 (1999)

While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one we

4. Ring 0 (2000)

Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.

5. Sadako 3D (2012)

Akane is a high school teacher who hears a rumor from her students that there is actual footage on the Internet of someone's suicide. The footage is said to drive anyone who sees it to also commit sui

6. Sadako 3D 2 (2013)

Five years have passed since the events of Sadako 3D. Akane is pregnant with a child with her boyfriend Takenori. However, Akane dies after giving birth to her daughter. When Takenori's sister Fuko ta

7. Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)

A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamura and Kayako Saeki.

8. Sadako (2019)

A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed to be Sadako reincarnated.

9. Sadako DX (2022)

Ayaka Ichijo is a graduate student with an IQ of 200 who tries to investigate the strange deaths happening nationwide after people supposedly watched a cursed video and her younger sister also did the

Watch order at a glance

1. Ring (1998)
2. The Spiral (1998)
3. Ring 2 (1999)
4. Ring 0 (2000)
5. Sadako 3D (2012)
6. Sadako 3D 2 (2013)
7. Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
8. Sadako (2019)
9. Sadako DX (2022)

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