7 titles · 6 films · 1 series & specials

Karate Kid Watch Order

Forty years, two continuities, and a 2025 film that welds them together.

The complete Karate Kid and Cobra Kai watch order — the original four films, the 2010 remake, all six seasons of Cobra Kai, and Karate Kid: Legends.

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7 titles across 3 eras

The Original Films

1984 – 1994 · Miyagi · Four films between 1984 and 1994.

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22 Jun 1984

A bullied teenager and a handyman who turns out to be a karate master. Wax on.

20 Jun 1986

Picks up moments after the first film, then moves to Okinawa and Miyagi's past.

30 Jun 1989

Weaker, but Cobra Kai mines it heavily — Terry Silver comes from here.

9 Sept 1994

Miyagi trains a new student, played by a young Hilary Swank. Largely forgotten, and referenced later.

2010 · Separate · Its own continuity, until 2025.

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11 Jun 2010

Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith in Beijing. A separate continuity until Legends connects it.

2018 – 2025 · Miyagi · Thirty-four years later, and excellent.

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2 May 2018

Six seasons picking up thirty-four years after the 1984 tournament, told largely from Johnny Lawrence's side.

30 May 2025

Set three years after Cobra Kai ends, and the film that finally puts Mr. Han and Daniel LaRusso in the same story.