How to Watch All the Resident Evil Movies In Order

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The Resident Evil movie franchise offers a unique and thrilling experience, especially for fans of horror and action. Inspired by Capcom’s iconic video game series, the franchise includes the Milla Jovovich-led films, animated movies, and a recent reboot that delves deeper into the original storyline. Watching them in order can enhance the understanding of character developments, plot twists, and the overall Resident Evil lore.

Check out our guide below on where to watch all the Resident Evil movies streaming online in India.

How to watch the Resident Evil movies in chronological order

To follow the timeline as it unfolds within the Resident Evil universe, you have three franchises to explore.

The Original Live-Action Movies

Live-Action Reboot

Animated Movies

Resident Evil (2002) is the first live-action film starring Milla Jovovich as Alice, an original character created for the series, introducing viewers to the Umbrella Corporation’s T-virus outbreak. Though not directly adapted from the games, this movie sets the tone for the franchise's action-horror style.

In Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Alice teams up with Jill Valentine (a fan-favorite character from the games), continuing the battle against the Umbrella Corporation, zombies, and bio-weapons, including the Nemesis creature.

By Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), the T-virus has now turned the world into a desert wasteland. Alice and survivors fight to locate a cure, as her powers continue to evolve.

In Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), Alice confronts the head of the Umbrella Corporation, Albert Wesker, while discovering survivors in Los Angeles in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) sees Alice captured and experimented on by Umbrella, leading her to confront past allies and enemies in a simulation environment.

As the title suggests, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) is the last Jovovich film.  Alice returns to Raccoon City, where she faces Umbrella’s ultimate plan and uncovers the truth behind her past.

The live-action reboot Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) closely follows the events of the first two games, reintroducing beloved characters like Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Leon S. Kennedy, and Claire Redfield, and gives a more game-accurate portrayal of the T-virus outbreak.

The franchise has also included four animated movies that are more faithful to the video games than the live-action movies.  It starts with Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) which is set between Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5, this animated movie focuses on characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield as they face another zombie outbreak tied to a bioterrorism plot. 

This is followed by Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) which is set before Resident Evil 6. It follows Leon in Eastern Europe as he combats bio-organic weapons amidst a civil war. Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017) takes place after Resident Evil 6 and showcases Leon, Chris Redfield, and Rebecca Chambers as they face a bioterrorist threat to New York City.

How to watch the Resident Evil movies in release order

If you prefer to experience the franchise as it was released, follow the sequence in our list below. Our guide also provides you with all the offers to stream, buy or rent these movies on OTT platforms in India.

Netflix
Amazon Prime Video
Apple TV Plus
Apple TV
Crunchyroll
Hotstar
Jio Cinema
Zee5
Google Play Movies
MUBI
Sony Liv
YouTube
GuideDoc
Netflix Kids
Tubi TV
Sun Nxt
Hoichoi
Alt Balaji
Hungama Play
Curiosity Stream
EPIC ON
ShemarooMe
DOCSVILLE
Tata Play
Discovery+
ManoramaMax
MX Player
Spamflix
aha
Plex
WOW Presents Plus
Magellan TV
BroadwayHD
Filmzie
Lionsgate Play
MovieSaints
Dekkoo
True Story
DocAlliance Films
VI movies and tv
Eventive
ShortsTV Amazon Channel
Amazon Video
Cultpix
FilmBox+
Takflix
Amazon miniTV
AD tv
Shahid VIP
Bookmyshow
Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel
Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel
Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
MGM Amazon Channel
Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Hoichoi Amazon Channel
ManoramaMAX Amazon Channel
Chaupal Amazon Channel
BBC Kids Amazon Channel
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  1. Resident Evil

    Resident Evil

    2002

    #1

    When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

  2. Resident Evil: Apocalypse

    #2

    As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.

  3. Resident Evil: Extinction

    #3

    Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.

  4. Resident Evil: Degeneration

    #4

    Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield must battle a rogue warrior seeking revenge after unleashing the deadly G-Virus, whilst a mutated monster goes on a rampage.

  5. Resident Evil: Afterlife

    #5

    In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.

  6. Resident Evil: Damnation

    #6

    U.S. federal agent Leon S. Kennedy sneaks into the "East Slavic Republic" to verify rumors that Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) are being used in the country's civil war, which the U.S. and Russia are making preparations to jointly intervene in. Right after his infiltration, the U.S. government orders him to leave immediately. Determined to uncover the truth, Leon ignores the order and enters the battlefield to end the chain of tragedies caused by the BOWs.

  7. Resident Evil: Retribution

    #7

    The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

  8. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

    #8

    Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.

  9. Resident Evil: Vendetta

    #9

    BSAA Chris Redfield enlists the help of government agent Leon S. Kennedy and Professor Rebecca Chambers from Alexander Institute of Biotechnology to stop a death merchant with a vengeance from spreading a deadly virus in New York.

  10. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

    #10

    Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.

  11. Resident Evil: Death Island

    #11

    In San Francisco, Jill Valentine is dealing with a zombie outbreak and a new T-Virus, Leon Kennedy is on the trail of a kidnapped DARPA scientist, and Claire Redfield is investigating a monstrous fish that is killing whales in the bay. Joined by Chris Redfield and Rebecca Chambers, they discover the trail of clues from their separate cases all converge on the same location, Alcatraz Island, where a new evil has taken residence and awaits their arrival.