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Blade Runner Watch Order

Two films, three bridging shorts, and eighty years between them.

Every Blade Runner title in one switchable list: the 1982 film, 2049, the three bridging shorts, Black Lotus and the 2099 series.

How many Blade Runner movies are there?

There are 2 films, plus 4 series and specials out so far, and 1 more announced.

Where each title sits in the story

Chronological order, grouped by decade. The number on each is its release position. Where those jump around, release order and story order disagree.

  1. Los Angeles, 2019

    1 title

    1. Blade Runner, released 1 of 7

  2. The Blackout

    4 titles

    1. Blade Runner: Black Out 2022, released 5 of 7
    2. Blade Runner: Black Lotus, released 6 of 7
    3. 2036: Nexus Dawn, released 3 of 7
    4. 2048: Nowhere to Run, released 4 of 7

  3. 2049

    1 title

    1. Blade Runner 2049, released 2 of 7

  4. 2099

    1 title

    1. Blade Runner 2099, released 7 of 7soon

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7 titles across 3 formats5h 8m · 5 of 7 timed
01

The Films

1982 – 2017 · Blade Runner · Two features, thirty-five years apart.

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Blade Runner

25 Jun 1982

Los Angeles, 2019. A burnt-out cop hunts four replicants. Watch the Final Cut if you have the choice.

EssentialMovie
02

Blade Runner 2049

6 Oct 2017

Thirty years on. A sequel that has no business being as good as it is.

EssentialMovie
02

The Shorts

2017 · Bridging · Made to fill the gap between them.

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03

2036: Nexus Dawn

30 Aug 2017

A short in which Niander Wallace argues for the ban on replicants to be lifted.

Special
04

2048: Nowhere to Run

15 Sept 2017

A short introducing Sapper Morton, one year before 2049 opens on him.

Special
05

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

26 Sept 2017

An anime short by Shinichirō Watanabe on the blackout that erased the world's records.

Special
03

Television

2021 – 2026 · Expanded · Animated, and now live-action.

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus

13 Nov 2021

An animated series set in 2032, between the blackout and the recovery.

Series
07

Blade Runner 2099

25 Nov 2026

A live-action series set fifty years after 2049, with all eight episodes released at once.

Coming Nov 2026Series

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