Does the order of the Saw movies matter?
Hello, Saw fan. The Google algorithm says you want to play a game. You must watch all 10 Saw movies before Saw XI comes out on Friday, September 27, 2024. If you’ve already seen some or all of the Jigsaw-ga, you can watch the Saw movies in chronological order (so life doesn’t get dull and you wind up in a trap).
The key to watching the Saw movies in order lies below in our automatically updating JustWatch links. These will tell you which streaming services and video-on-demand services have the films available to stream, rent, or buy.
Fail to complete the task in time and— Well, our compliance department (lawyers) won’t let us kill or maim you. But it’s still game over, as you must walk the Earth forever with the stench of failure trailing behind you.
Pro tip: Watching every Saw movie in order will take 16 hours and 18 minutes. That should give you plenty of time to saw off your foot.
What are the Saw movies?
In Saw (2004), Leigh Whannell and James Wan introduced the world to John “Jigsaw” Kramer. A complicated man, Kramer has a big brain, unlimited resources, terminal cancer, and a lust for life. Before dying, he wants to teach others to love life or correct behavior by escaping Kramer’s killer contraptions. That rarely happens, though, ‘cause Saw’s sloppy, gut-wrenching kills are the main attraction.
Critics tend to hate the now 10-film series (average Rotten Tomatoes score: 31%), with most dismissing the films as torture porn. Fans disagree (average RT audience score: 67%), which is why the ostensibly finished series continued with Saw XI in 2024 and, in September 2025, Saw XI.
The iconic hacksaw scene from Saw. (Video screenshot from Max)
How to watch the Saw movies in release or chronological order
There are two ways to approach watching the Saw movies in order: by release date or chronologically according to the events in the films.
Choose a list from below and use the linked titles to navigate to whichever film is next in your marathon. Each film has automatically updating links from JustWatch.com. They’ll show you where to stream, rent, or buy the Saw movies via on-demand streaming TV services or video-on-demand (VOD) retailers like Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+.
List of Saw movies in release order
- Saw V (2008)
- Saw VI (2009)
- Saw: The Final Chapter (2010)
- Jigsaw (2017)
- Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
- Saw X (2023)
- Saw XI (Sept. 26, 2025)
Pro tip: Are you a completist? Include the proof-of-concept short film Saw 0.5 (2003) when you watch all the Saw movies in order. Note: The short isn’t canon, so you can skip it.
How to watch the Saw movies in chronological order
Okay, let’s watch the Saw movies in chronological order. But how do you do that with 10 non-linear, flashback-loaded films? It’s not as hard as it sounds—but you’ll have to make a choice.
Since Jigsaw (2017) is part prequel, part sequel, you have options. Watch it first, and you’ll see Saw’s beginning and ending before the meat of the series. Or watch it in order (after Saw: The Final Chapter), and the prequel parts remain flashbacks.
Pro tip: Chronological order is best for making a series re-watch interesting. If you’ve never seen the Saw movies, watch them in release order first.
List of Saw movies in chronological order
Where to watch Saw (2004)
You’ll never forget where you were the first time you heard John Kramer—Jigsaw—say, “I want to play a game”—to two guys trapped in a disgusting bathroom with a gory corpse and two hacksaws. And then there were all the other traps . . . and that freaky tricyclist, Billy the Puppet.
Where to watch Saw II (2005)
Jigsaw still wants to play a game. Here we learn why—and that Jigsaw planned for everything, including his own death, in order to ensure his (but revolutionary!) life-coaching method outlives him.
Where to watch Saw III (2006)
Is Jigsaw’s time up? Will his successor successfully continue his work? We learn the answers as a grieving man endures a series of tests.
Where to watch Saw IV (2007)
The Saw series’ fractured, mystery-laden timeline takes a new, contemporaneous twist: completing the story told in the previous film and revealing a new Jigsaw accomplice.
Where to watch Saw V (2008)
In which we learn how the new accomplice was recruited and watch them cover their tracks as the games continue.
Where to watch Saw VI (2009)
Another accomplice is recruited. The current one continues the games and we learn about a conflict between this accomplice and the original one, leading to a new contemporaneous battle of the junior-Jigsaws.
Where to watch Saw: The Final Chapter (2010)
The battle between two of the three Jigsaw accompli-prentices escalates and there’s even an impostor victim thrown into the mix. But—gasp!—is it really over?
Pro tip: Saw 3D is the original title of Saw: The Final Chapter.
Where to watch Jigsaw (2017)
Nope—not over. Like a classic rock band’s “final tour,” Saw: The Final Chapter was a lie. It sounds like prophecy: Seven years after the seventh Saw movie, Jigsaw shall return in an eighth film via more timeline tweaks and plot twists. And it’s still not over yet.
Where to watch Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
In the ninth Saw movie, we go from sounding like prophecy to quoting scripture with a Jigsaw copycat killer tormenting a new detective played by . . . Chris Rock?
Where to watch Saw X
In the 10th and best Saw movie, we warp almost all the way backward to just after the first film (with even earlier flashbacks) and just before Saw II, learning more about John “Jigsaw” Kramer’s origin and character.
Where to watch Saw XI (coming September 26, 2025)
Everything we know about Saw XI (so far).
As of this writing, the Saw XI release date is Sept. 26, 2025, and we have no plot details yet other than that it could be a direct sequel to Saw X (we had an inkling about that from Saw X, didn’t we?). We’ve included JustWatch links below so that the how-to-watch information will appear right away as soon as Saw XI hits theaters, video-on-demand outlets, and streaming services.
How to rent or buy the Saw movies digitally
If any of the Saw movies aren’t on your streaming services, you can still rent or buy the Saw movies from video-on-demand (VOD) retailers using the JustWatch links above.
Rental pricing for the first nine Saw movies is $3.99–$4.99, while purchase prices are $5.99–$17.99, depending on your resolution preferences. If Saw X comes to early-access streaming, expect to pay $19.99 to rent it and $24.99 to buy it.
How to watch the Saw movies in order FAQs
Does the order of Saw movies matter?
Yes and no. All the Saw movies are non-linear, with tons of flashbacks. What’s more, 2023’s the events of Saw X (and Saw XI, when it comes out) happen between the first and second films. So if you want to watch the Saw movies in chronological order, you can—but the timeline will never be purely linear.
