Dragonheart Movies in Order & How Many Are There
Dragonheart, or DragonHeart, the franchise started in 1996, with the first movie of the same name. It had moderate box office success and strong home media sales spawned the franchise, consisting of multiple sequels and prequels, and various merchandise, including toys, trading cards, and books. In this article, we will let you know exactly how many movies are there and what is the best way to watch Dragonheart movies in order.
We will be letting you know exactly how many Dragonheart movies are there, what is the best order to watch them, what are they about, how are they connected to each other, do you even need to watch them in order, and whether will there be more Dragonheart movies in the future.
How many Dragonheart movies are there?
There are currently five Dragonheart movies. Let’s see what they look like in order by the release date.
- Dragonheart (1996)
- Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
- Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse (2015)
- Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)
- Dragonheart: Vengeance (2020)
Let’s now see what is the best way to watch Dragonheart movies in order, what are they about and how they connect to each other.
Dragonheart movies in order
The best way to watch Dragonheart movies is in chronological order. This is the way we will be sorting them out here and we will let you know how are they connected, so check it out below.
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse (2015)
When young squire Gareth goes in search of a fallen comet, he believes it contains gold with which he can buy himself a knighthood. Instead of finding a comet, Gareth finds a dragon named Drago that has fallen to earth and is being hunted by an evil wizard.
After Drago saves Gareth’s life, the two become strongly bonded and must work together to defeat the wizard and stop his reign of terror.
Dragonheart 3 is the first prequel to the 1996 film and chronologically the first in the series.
Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)
Drago, a dragon who shares his heart with the king of Brittania, must find a new heir to the throne when the king dies. But the potential heirs, twin grandsons, Edric and Meghan use their inherited dragon to fight each other for the throne. However, the Viking steals Heartfire, and challenges the twins’ right to the throne…
Dragonheart 4 is the sequel to the Battle for the Heartfire and chronologically the second movie in the series.
Dragonheart: Vengeance (2020)
Lukas, a young farmer whose family was killed by savage robbers in the countryside, embarks on an epic quest for revenge, forming an unexpected friendship with a dragon and a mercenary…
Including flashbacks, this film’s events begin between Dragonheart 3 and 4 and end after the latter.
Dragonheart (1996)
In the summer of the Lord in 984, the young prince Einon (L. Oakes) witnesses the death of his father in a battle against rebellious peasants. The badly wounded Einon himself is saved by his mentor, the knight Bowen (D. Quaid), who teaches him honor, swordsmanship and knightly behavior from an early age.
Bowen and Einon’s mother, Queen Aislinn (J. Christie), take the mortally wounded prince to the cave where the dragon Draco (voice: Sean Connery) lives to revive him with his breath. Einon survives, but twelve years later, as the new king (D. Thewlis), he turns into a cruel tyrant. Considering the dragon to blame for such a turn, Bowen abandons his protégé and devotes himself to the extermination of dragons.
But he meets Draco again, the last of these mythical creatures, and realizing his mistake, teams up with him to save the kingdom from the ruler’s tyrannical rule.
Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
In the Middle Ages lives Geoffrey (C. Masterson), a young groom who works for a monastery and whose biggest dream in life is to become a knight. Little does he know that the well-kept secret he will accidentally discover one day in the underground chambers of the monastery will change his life forever. Namely, one of the monastery’s brothers, Peter, feeds and looks after a young dragon, perhaps the last one in the world.
The dragon’s name is Drake (voiced by Robby Benson). After the death of his brother Peter, Geoffrey decides to bring Drake out into the light of day and enable him to live a more normal and natural life. But what Geoffrey doesn’t know is the danger that such an undertaking entails. Namely, the ancient prophecy prescribed that the dragon’s heart can become evil on the night of the comet, which is four days away.
Therefore, a wandering sage Kwan (Henry O) and a girl disguised as a young man Lian (R. Figueroa) arrive from China to try to prevent such a prophecy and kill the dragon. Meanwhile, the king’s advisor Lord Osric of Crossley (H. Van Gorkum) has plans of his own…
A New Beginning is a sequel to Dragonheart, the first direct-to-video film in the series, the movie with the shortest runtime and the only one rated PG.
Do you need to watch Dragonheart movies in order?
You should watch Dragonheart movies in order. You can watch it by the release date, or by chronological order as we suggest above. It is up to you.
Will there be more Dragonheart movies in the future?
There have been some talks about the next Dragonheart movie, but there is still nothing officially announced. Dragonheart: Vengeance star Arturo Muselli stated at the 2019 Giffoni Film Festival that a sixth Dragonheart movie was in pre-production and teased that another famous actor would be behind the voice of its dragon. We will have to wait and see.
