The Crow is one of the coolest movie franchises out there, but since each movie has different reboots and niche aspects, figuring out which order to watch each movie can be confusing. This page details how to watch the series in order, how series continuity works, and whether the TV series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven is canon.
Here's the complete list of The Crow movies in order of release, and which streaming services they can be watched on. The short-lived The Crow: Stairway to Heaven TV series is also included in this list in case you want to watch all the official episodes. The items are arranged in the order in which they appear.
Don’t have a specific streaming service? These movies can usually be rented or purchased from Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, or the Google Play store.
Movie | Year | Where to watch |
crow | 1994 | • Amazon • MGM+ • Paramount+ |
Crow: City of Angels | 1996 | pluto tv |
Crow: Stairway to Heaven | 1998-1999 | Roku Channel |
crow:redemption | 2000 | • Freevee • Peacock • PlutoTV • Roku Channel • Tubi |
Crow: Evil Prayer | 2005 | pluto tv |
crow | 2024 | Currently unavailable |
Planning a marathon party? After watching the four classics " The Crow " The movie will take 6 hours and 27 minutes to play continuously. The TV series "The Crow: Stairway to Heaven " has a total of 22 episodes, with a total season length of about 15 hours.
The Crow has three separate continuities: the four original films (1994-2005), the TV series (1998-1999), and a 2024 reboot.
If this sounds confusing, think of it as the various movie versions of Batman. Ben Affleck, Christian Bale and Michael Keaton have all played Batman, as have Brandon Lee (1994), Mark DeCascos ( Stairway to Heaven ) and Bill Karsgård (2024) all plays the same as Eric Draven. In addition to shared characters, the individual stories also have different continuities.
The main continuity that most fans mention when talking about the series is the one explored in the four original films: The Crow , City of Angels , Redemption, and Evil Prayer . Each film has a different character playing the antihero role, but there's also some connective tissue, like the character Sarah who appeared in the first two films.
The Crow (2024), starring Bill Skarsgård, is a complete reboot of the series and takes place in its own continuity. You don't need to watch the original "The Crow" to understand the new version of "The Crow."
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven is a live-action television series that aired for one season from 1998 to 1999. The Stairway to Heaven TV series exists in its own continuity, completely independent of all the movies.
It is primarily an alternate version of the same comic book storyline that inspired the first film, and features several of the same plot elements and characters, but with different actors in the roles.
You don’t need to watch The Crow: Stairway to Heaven to understand any of the movies, and you don’t need to watch any of the movies to understand the TV series. TV series "The Crow : Stairway to Heaven" . The Crow: Stairway to Heaven is completely standalone.