Every Terminator Movie in Order (and Where to Stream Them)

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

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• Prime Video
• YouTube TV
• Fubo

Director

James Cameron

Starring

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

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• Prime Video
• Paramount+
• YouTube TV
• Fubo

Director

James Cameron

Starring

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong

It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.

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• YouTube TV

Director

Jonathan Mostow

Starring

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.

Director

McG

Starring

Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

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• Paramount+
• Starz

Director

Alan Taylor

Starring

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

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• Paramount+
• Fubo

Director

Tim Miller

Starring

Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis