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How to watch The Hunger Games movies in order
When does The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes take place?
We're heading back to Panem in new prequel movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which is out now in cinemas.
The new movie focuses on a younger Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) as he becomes a mentor in the 10th Hunger Games to Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from District 12.
But when exactly is the new movie set in the overall Hunger Games timeline? If you're wanting to watch the series in order, we've got all the information you need to watch all five movies in release and chronological order.
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How to watch The Hunger Games movies in chronological order
Before the release of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the chronological order of The Hunger Games series was exactly the same as the release order.
However, the new movie takes us back into Panem's past which shakes up the timeline.
The prequel is set 64 years before the first movie and centres on an 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow. While there are nods to events to come, the movie stays in this timeline with no jumps to the future.
So if you want to watch The Hunger Games movies in chronological order, here's the order to watch them in:
1. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2. The Hunger Games
3. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
5. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
How to watch The Hunger Games movies in release order
If you're more into watching The Hunger Games series in release order, it's a straightforward affair.
With the release of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, there have now been five Hunger Games movies released to date, and here's the order they were released in cinemas:
1. The Hunger Games (2012)
2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
4. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
5. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
How to watch The Hunger Games movies online
If the release of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes has got you in the mood for a Hunger Games rewatch, you might be wondering where the four movies are streaming online.
In the UK, they've been taken off Netflix unfortunately, but that doesn't mean you can't watch them right now. Here are all the details you need if you want to watch all four Hunger Games movies online.
The Hunger Games
Stream: Sky Cinema | NOW | Lionsgate+
Buy or rent: Prime Video | iTunes | Microsoft Store
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Stream: Sky Cinema | NOW | Lionsgate+
Buy or rent: Prime Video | iTunes | Microsoft Store
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Stream: Sky Cinema | NOW | Lionsgate+
Buy or rent: Prime Video | iTunes | Microsoft Store
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Stream: Sky Cinema | NOW | Lionsgate+
Buy or rent: Prime Video | iTunes | Microsoft Store
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is out now exclusively in cinemas, so it isn't available to watch online yet. Lionsgate has yet to confirm a digital release date for the new movie.
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