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How to Train Your Dragon movie watch order

DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon theatrical shelf—from Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders’s 2010 Viking–dragon friendship epic through The Hidden World’s farewell. Release lists all four US premieres, including the 2025 live-action remake. Story is the three-film animated saga only (2010 → 2014 → 2019). DreamWorks neighbors: Shrek and Despicable Me.

Updated August 2026

Release order

When each How to Train Your Dragon theatrical film opened in the US—from How to Train Your Dragon (March 26, 2010) through the How to Train Your Dragon live-action remake (June 13, 2025). Best first path: watch the three animated films in premiere order, then treat the 2025 remake as an optional reinterpretation on Release.

  • First watch → three animated films in premiere order
  • Story tab → same three films; no live-action row
  • 2025 live-action → optional after animated trilogy on Release
  • DreamWorks shelf → pair with Shrek or Despicable Me
Story order tips

Animated Berk saga—three DreamWorks films in in-fiction order: How to Train Your Dragon (2010) → How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) → The Hidden World (2019). Hiccup and Toothless grow from outcast to chief; the 2025 live-action film is a separate lane on Release only.

  • 2010 → How to Train Your Dragon (Hiccup meets Toothless)
  • 2014 → How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Valka, Drago, Bewilderbeast)
  • 2019 → The Hidden World (Hidden World farewell, chief era)
  • TV series → optional between films; FAQ only

Timeline

When each season premiered in the US. Expand a row for dates and where it fits in your watch order.

Release order

  1. How to Train Your Dragon

    How to Train Your Dragon

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    DeBlois and Sanders's 2010 adventure bonds Jay Baruchel's Hiccup with Toothless on Berk—training dragon instead of killing upends Viking tradition and launched DreamWorks's emotional fantasy trilogy. First on Release and Story; required before sequels and optional 2025 live-action on Release.

    Overview
    Boy-and-dragon friendship that reframed DreamWorks fantasy against Disney fairy tales—flight sequences and Viking worldbuilding the sequels scale up.
    Related games
    Franchise origin. Story continues into How to Train Your Dragon 2. Neighbors: Shrek and Toy Story.
    Where it fits
    Start here on both tabs. Required before HTTYD 2 and The Hidden World; live-action remake is parallel lane on Release only.
    Premiere dates
    US theatrical release March 26, 2010 (DreamWorks Animation).
  2. How to Train Your Dragon 2

    How to Train Your Dragon 2

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    DeBlois's 2014 sequel expands the map—Hiccup discovers mother Valka, Djimon Hounsou's Drago commands a Bewilderbeast army, and Stoick's death forces Hiccup toward chieftain responsibility. Second on both tabs; darker aerial scale required before The Hidden World farewell.

    Overview
    Darker sequel that deepened franchise mythology—Valka reveal and Bewilderbeast war raise stakes beyond Berk training montages.
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    Sets up chief-era stakes for The Hidden World. Drago thread does not continue in live-action 2025 row.
    Where it fits
    Watch after How to Train Your Dragon (2010) on both tabs. Required before trilogy finale on Story.
    Premiere dates
    US theatrical release June 13, 2014 (DreamWorks Animation).
  3. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

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    DeBlois's 2019 trilogy cap sends dragons to the Hidden World—Grimmel hunts Toothless, Hiccup marries Astrid, and Berk becomes a dragon-free utopia in a bittersweet farewell that closed animated theatrical canon. Third on Release; Story endpoint before optional live-action reinterpretation on Release.

    Overview
    Definitive animated farewell—Hiccup and Toothless separation that no in-fiction Story sequel continues among released films.
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    Story endpoint for animated trilogy. Live-action remake follows on Release only—not animated sequel continuity.
    Where it fits
    Watch after HTTYD 2 on Story. Animated canon ends here; 2025 live-action is optional parallel on Release.
    Premiere dates
    US theatrical release February 22, 2019 (DreamWorks Animation).
  4. How to Train Your Dragon

    How to Train Your Dragon

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    Dean DeBlois's 2025 live-action reinterpretation retells the 2010 Berk story with Mason Thames and a photoreal Toothless—same opening arc, different medium, separate from animated HTTYD 2 and Hidden World sequel continuity. Fourth on Release only; optional after animated trilogy per FAQ.

    Overview
    Live-action remake lane distinct from animated sequels—photoreal dragons, same first-film plot, no continuation of Hidden World ending.
    Related games
    Release-only row. Animated Story endpoint remains The Hidden World (2019); do not watch this between animated sequels on Story.
    Where it fits
    Optional after animated trilogy on Release. Treat as parallel retelling—not animated sequel or Story row.
    Premiere dates
    US theatrical release June 13, 2025 (DreamWorks Pictures / Universal).

FAQ

Release vs animated Story order, 2025 live-action placement, DreamWorks Dragons TV optional, books vs films, and live-action vs animated canon.

Watch order

For the animated saga, Release and Story match for the first three films (2010 → 2014 → 2019). Release alone lists the 2025 live-action remake fourth—it retells the first story and does not continue The Hidden World on Story.

TV, books & remake

Release tab only, after the animated trilogy. Dean DeBlois’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is a reinterpretation of the 2010 film—not HTTYD 2 or The Hidden World in live-action. Watch animated Story first; add the remake if you want the photoreal version.

DreamWorks Dragons (Riders of Berk, Defenders of Berk, Race to the Edge) are optional—not rows on Release or Story. Fans often slot them between the 2010 film and the 2014 sequel for extra Berk adventures; continuity is looser than the theatrical trilogy.

What's included

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Other release-order and story-order guides on this site.