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Ghostbusters Watch Order

Four films in one continuity, and one reboot in its own.

Every Ghostbusters film in order (the 1984 original, Ghostbusters II, Afterlife and Frozen Empire) plus where the 2016 reboot fits, which is nowhere.

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There are 5 films out so far. Nothing further is currently announced.

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5 titles across 2 continuitys9h 29m
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The Original Continuity

1984 – 2024 · 1984 – · The 1984 film and everything that follows it.

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Ghostbusters

8 Jun 1984

Three academics start a pest-control business for ghosts. Still close to a perfect comedy.

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Ghostbusters II

16 Jun 1989

Five years on, a river of slime under Manhattan. Lesser, but not the disaster its reputation suggests.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife

19 Nov 2021

Egon Spengler's grandchildren inherit a farmhouse in Oklahoma. Picks up the original continuity directly.

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

22 Mar 2024

The Spengler family moves back to the New York firehouse.

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The 2016 Reboot

2016 · Separate · Its own continuity, and a dead end.

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Ghostbusters (2016)

15 Jul 2016

A full reboot with a new cast and new characters. No other film acknowledges it.

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