How to Watch The LEGO Movies In Order: A Complete Streaming Guide
From Star Wars to Marvel and DC, LEGO toy sets have collaborated with all major pop culture trendsetters; the animated LEGO movies blend the best of these worlds, ranging from the stellar multi-franchise fanfare of 2014’s The LEGO Movie to standalone character movies like The LEGO Batman Movie. Even LEGO’s own exclusive line of Ninja-related toys (Ninjago) has got the big screen treatment.
How to watch the LEGO movie franchise in chronological order
The LEGO movie franchise includes two directly-connected movies and two spin-offs. This is the chronological order to watch them.
Standalone: The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
The LEGO movie franchise began with 2014’s The LEGO Movie, an adventure comedy starring Chris Pratt as Emmet, an ordinary construction worker who becomes the unexpected saviour of LEGO City. His dimension-hopping adventures make him cross paths with a “Master Builder” called Lucy (Elizabeth Banks) and the masked superhero Batman (Will Arnett).
The 2014 blockbuster was followed by a direct spinoff aptly titled The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. The sequel had Emmett and his friends fighting off an army of space invaders. Interestingly, these villains from outer space are toys from the LEGO’s Duplo toy line for toddlers.
Two spin-offs were also released in between these two movies. The first was The LEGO Batman Movie focusing on the titular DC hero. Chronologically, the movie is set a few years before The LEGO Movie, and covers Batman’s crime fighting adventures in a LEGO version of Gotham City.
Another spinoff was The LEGO Ninjago movie, which was directly inspired by the Ninja-themed line of LEGO toys. Dave Franco led the voice cast as the son of an evil mastermind who must fight against his dad’s villainous forces. Martial arts legend Jackie Chan also starred as a kung fu master.
Even though the LEGO Ninjago toys already spawned a famous TV series of the same name, The LEGO Ninjago Movie is unconnected to the show and was revealed to be connected to the LEGO Movie franchise instead. However, its connection to The LEGO Movie timeline is unspecified and it can be watched as a standalone installment.
Does the LEGO Movie franchise include any TV shows?
While there have been several LEGO TV shows in the past, there has been only one that is directly related to the movie franchise. This is the three-season-long kids’ cartoon Unikitty, featuring the friendly unicorn-cat hybrid from The LEGO Movie. While Alison Brie voiced Princess Unikitty in the original movies, Tara Strong voices the character in this Cartoon Network original.
If you are a fan of the LEGO movies, our streaming guide will show you how and where to stream all the LEGO movies in order using services like Netflix and Prime Video.
