Watchmen

Can you skip Watchmen?

Yes, on a first watch. It is self-contained, and nothing in the main DC story depends on it. Come back to it later if you want more. Show only the DC essentials.

DC guides

• DC movies in orderDC has never had one timeline. Here is every continuity, kept separate, each in the order that actually works.
• New DCU orderJames Gunn's reboot, in order. Short, current, and the only DC continuity that is still being built.
• Every Batman actorSix actors since 1989, across five continuities that mostly have nothing to do with one another, and one actor who plays the part in two of them, thirty-four years apart.
• Every Joker actorFour film Jokers who get a name, a fifth who does not, and no two of them in the same story.
• DC essentialsMost of DC is not a series at all, which means most of it can be skipped without any consequence.

Where it sits in the DC order

Release order

#14 of 52

Chronological order

#14 of 52

Released

6 March 2009

In-universe era

Standalone Adaptations

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