How to Train Your Dragon Movies in Order & How Many Are There

How to Train Your Dragon franchise has spawned multiple movies, TV shows, and a few anime specials. With so much content, it is not always so clear how to watch them in order. This is where our article will come in handy, as we are bringing you How to Train Your Dragon movies in order, as well as shows and specials.

How to Train Your Dragon is an American media franchise from DreamWorks Animation and loosely based on the eponymous series of children’s books by British author Cressida Cowell.

The franchise primarily follows the adventures of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (voiced by Jay Baruchel), son of Stoick the Vast, leader of the Viking island of Berk. Although initially dismissed as a clumsy and underweight misfit, he soon becomes renowned as a courageous expert in dragons, alongside Toothless, a member of the rare Night Fury breed as his flying mount and his closest companion.

Together with his friends, he manages the village’s allied dragon population in defense of his home as leader of a flying corps of dragon riders. Upon becoming leaders of their kind, Hiccup and Toothless are forced to make choices that will truly ensure peace between people and dragons.

Let us now check how many How to Train Your Dragon movies, shows and specials are there.

How many How to Train Your Dragon movies are there?

How to Train Your Dragon franchise consists of three feature films: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). The franchise also contains five short films: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010), Book of Dragons (2010), Gift of the Night Fury (2011), Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014) and How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019).

A television series following the events of the first film, DreamWorks Dragons, began airing on Cartoon Network in September 2012. The first and second seasons were titled Dragons: Riders of Berk and Dragons: Defenders of Berk respectively. After the two seasons on Cartoon Network, the series was given the new title Dragons: Race to the Edge. A second series, titled Dragons: Rescue Riders, began airing on Netflix in 2019 and features a completely different cast and locale than the original series of films and TV shows, but is set in the same universe. A third series, Dragons: The Nine Realms, began streaming on Hulu and Peacock in December 2021, with Rescue Riders transferring to Peacock beginning with the third season under the Heroes of the Sky subtitle.

How to Train Your Dragon movies in order

• How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

How to Train Your Dragon shows in order

• DreamWorks Dragons (2012 – 2018)
• DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders (2019 – 2020)
• Dragons: The Nine Realms (2021-)

How to Train Your Dragon specials in order

• Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010)
• Book of Dragons (2011)
• Gift of the Night Fury (2011)
• Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)
• How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
• Snoggletog Log (2019)

Let us now check the best way to watch all of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise in order.

How to Train Your Dragon watch order

We will now let you know what is the best way to watch all How to Train Your Dragon movies, shows and specials in order.

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

This adventure comedy set in the world of strong Vikings and wild dragons brings you the story of Hiccup, a teenage Viking who does not fit in very well with the ancient traditions and customs of his tribe of heroic dragon slayers.

The story is based on Cressida Cowell’s book about the teenage Viking Hiccup (JAY BARUCHEL) who lives on the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. This teenager’s advanced views and quirky sense of humor don’t sit well with the tribe’s leader… who also happens to be Hiccup’s father, Stoick the Vast (GERARD BUTLER).

When Hiccup is put into dragon-fighting training with fellow Viking teenagers Astrid (AMERICA FERRERA), Snotlout (JONAH HILL), Fishlegs (CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE), and twins Ruffnut (KRISTEN WIIG) and Tuffnut (TJ. MILLER), he decides to show to everyone that he can become a real fighter. But when he meets and befriends a wounded dragon, his world is turned upside down, and his desire to prove himself to the tribe will turn into an opportunity to change the future of all the people around him.

Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010)

When Gobber’s house burns down, the old Viking is convinced that his nemesis, the legendary Boneknapper Dragon, is responsible. Bent on revenge, Gobber resolves to hunt it down once and for all, despite the fact that no one believes the dragon exists.

Regardless, Hiccup and the gang decide to accompany him for his own good. On the sea voyage, Gobber tells the story of his rivalry with the beast, which gets sillier with each episode. When the gang find themselves shipwrecked on the suspected island of the beast, they are about to learn the truth about the dragon.

Gift of the Night Fury (2011)

The Viking town of Berk, now enjoying its new alliance with the dragons, is preparing for its annual winter holiday of Snoggletog. However, that spirit is threatened when all the dragons, except Toothless who needs Hiccup to help him, suddenly fly away for some reason.

While Astrid ineffectually tries to salvage the occasion, Hiccup decides to build Toothless a new prosthetic to allow him to fly independently, only to have the dragon take off as well. However, as the holiday approaches, Hiccup finds himself swept up to learn the dragons’ secret the hard way and to find a solution to bring them home early.

DreamWorks Dragons (2012 – 2018)

After Hiccup and his Night Fury companion, Toothless, saved the people of Berk by defeating the Red Death, they inspired the Vikings of Berk to make peace with the dragons. However, Hiccup learns that the co-habitation is far from harmonious with Viking ignorance and the Dragons’ instincts threatening to destroy the alliance.

To solve the problem, Hiccup’s father, Stoick the Vast, organizes the Berk Dragon Academy where his son and friends can learn all about Dragons. Even as grumpy doubters like Mildew and villains like Alvin the Treacherous oppose them, the Viking teens of Berk and their dragons dedicate themselves to achieving a vital understanding.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

The exciting second chapter of the epic trilogy returns us to the fantastic world of the heroic Viking Stuck and his brave dragon Toothless. The inseparable duo must save the future of humans and dragons from the power hungry Drago.

The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds.

When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.

Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)

Based on the How to Train Your Dragon film series, the short features the voices of Jay Baruchel and America Ferrera along with the cast from the television series.

The short film takes place three years before the events of the sequel, in between the events of Defenders of Berk and Race to the Edge. In the short, a hunt for a lost sheep turns into a competition between Hiccup and his friends for the first title of Dragon Racing Champion of Berk.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

The new chieftain and ruler of Berk created a magnificent and chaotic utopia. The village where our heroes live will face the darkest threat yet, and they will have to leave it and embark on a journey through a hidden world that they thought existed only in myths.

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)

It’s the festival of Snoggletog on New Berk, but Hiccup isn’t feeling the holiday spirit. First, he misses his friend Toothless; second, he has just found out that his daughter Zephyr and his son Nuffink have found Stoick’s old journals (written before Vikings and dragons became friends) and now believe that all dragons are dangerous and should be destroyed.

To help him possibly change their minds, Astrid suggests reviving the old traditions of Snoggletog, including a play in which Stoick the Vast’s memory will be honored and (perhaps) the children’s minds changed.

Meanwhile on the Hidden World island, Toothless, through the use of sand drawings, tells his three Night Light children about his best friend Hiccup, inspiring them to make a secret flight to New Berk to see for themselves.

Snoggletog Log (2019)

Come settle by the warmth of a roaring fire in Hiccup & Astrid’s home. You never know who is going to stop by for a sip of Yak Nog!

DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders (2019 – 2020)

The series follows Dak and Leyla, human twins raised by dragons who have developed, as a result, a unique ability to directly communicate with them, helping and rescuing dragons and the people of the town Huttsgalor.

Dragons: The Nine Realms (2021-)

The series is set in the modern world 1,300 years after the events of The Hidden World. It follows a group of misfit kids, brought by their parents to a huge fissure caused by a comet, who uncover the truth about dragons and where they’ve been hiding.