Don't hold your breath for many DCEU tie-ins, however, as the Patty Jenkins-directed sequel mostly stands on its own.ĭirector Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is the film that started it all, and largely takes place in present day (circa 2013) – although the film opens with a prologue that shows the destruction of Kal-El’s home planet Krypton, and we subsequently see scenes of Clark Kent as a child and teenager growing up in Kansas before we get to “present day” where he’s somewhere in his twenties – so about 20 years after the destruction of Krypton.
The movie is bookended by “present day” scenes that take place sometime after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.Īside from a prologue set during Diana Prince's childhood, the sequel Wonder Woman 1984 takes place largely in the year 1984.
Diana Prince ( Gal Gadot) follows Steve to London, where she makes her mark on history by fighting alongside the Allied forces in World War I. The bulk of the story takes place in 1918, when US pilot Captain Steve Trevor ( Chris Pine) accidentally stumbles upon Themyscira while fighting in World War I. The film flashes way back to show the creation of the Amazon women warriors by Zeus, who all live on the secret island of Themyscira. The events of Wonder Woman pre-date the events of all the other DC movies by a wide margin. Here are the DC movies in order.ĭC Movies in Chronological Order of Events So with that out of the way, let’s get to it. So that means Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy and Tim Burton's Batman and the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern are not on this list, because the universe of those movies don't cross over with the universe of these Snyder-led movies. For the purposes of this list, we’re only including movies that are part of the “DC Extended Universe” – meaning only films that were made to be expressly connected by events and characters.
Below we’ve put together a list of how to watch all the DC movies in chronological order, followed by how to watch them in order of release.
So if you’re wondering how to watch the DC movies in order, we have you covered. Events from one movie are referenced and built upon in others, creating some exciting crossovers and cameos. Still, especially for a stretch of five movies or so, there is a chronological order to the DC movies. The idea was to build towards a two-part Justice League event, all spearheaded by Snyder, but due to a variety of factors this exact vision didn’t come to fruition.
The first to hit theaters, of course, was Man of Steel – the Christopher Nolan-produced, Zack Snyder-directed gritty reboot of Superman that was intended to kick off an interconnected series of films. The DC Extended Universe of movies got off to a bit of a rougher start than the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the fact remains there is a timeline of events that occur throughout a series of DC Comics movies released over the past seven years.