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Street Fighter Movies in Order

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Every Street Fighter film in release order, across four unconnected screen continuities: the 1994 Van Damme movie, the 2009 Legend of Chun-Li, the Assassin's Fist and Resurrection line, and the animated films that adapt the games directly. The 2026 Paramount reboot starts over again.

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  1. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie 1994

    Released in Japan on August 6, 1994, four and a half months before the Van Damme film and unrelated to it. Gisaburo Sugii directs a straight adaptation of the Street Fighter II game for Group TAC, and it was a critical and commercial success, grossing roughly $29 million on a $6 million budget. The best entry point to the animated side. Not connected to the later Street Fighter II V television series.

  2. Street Fighter 1994

    The first live-action film, written and directed by Steven E. de Souza and released December 23, 1994, with Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile, Ming-Na Wen as Chun-Li and Kylie Minogue as Cammy. Panned at 11 percent on Rotten Tomatoes but a commercial hit at $99.4 million worldwide. Worth one watch for Raul Julia's M. Bison, his final theatrical film role; he died of a stroke two months before release and the film is dedicated to him. Connects to nothing else here.

  3. Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation 2000

    Known in Japan as Street Fighter Zero and directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi, this adapts Street Fighter Alpha 2 and follows Ryu's struggle with the Dark Hadou. Explicitly not a prequel or sequel to the 1994 anime. Dating is messy: Wikipedia gives a Japanese release of August 31, 2000 as a single 93-minute OVA, Anime News Network lists it as two 45-minute parts running April to June 2000, and some catalogues still file it under 1999. The Manga Entertainment English dub followed in 2001.

  4. Street Fighter Alpha: Generations 2005

    A 45-minute film from A.P.P.P., directed by Ikuo Kuwana and released October 25, 2005, in which Ryu confronts Akuma and the Satsui no Hadou. Despite the shared Alpha branding it is not a sequel: it is a separate adaptation of the same game, Street Fighter Alpha 2. Made for the English-language market, it did not get an official Japanese release until 2009, as a bonus feature on the Japanese disc of The Legend of Chun-Li. At 52 percent it is rotten on Rotten Tomatoes, and it is the easiest entry here to skip.

  5. Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind 2009

    A 65-minute Studio 4C anime directed by Jiro Kanai, published February 12, 2009 on a bonus disc bundled with the Collector's Edition of the Street Fighter IV game rather than given a cinema run. It is a prologue set before the game, with Crimson Viper hunting Ryu on Seth's orders. Prequel to the game, not to any film on this page.

  6. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li 2009

    Released February 27, 2009, directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak with Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li and Neal McDonough as M. Bison. Despite sharing the franchise name it is a non-canonical spin-off and theatrical tie-in to the Street Fighter IV game, set before the first game, with no link to the 1994 film. It was not screened for critics, sits at 3 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and 17 on Metacritic, and took $12.8 million against a $50 million budget.

  7. Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist 2014

    The best-regarded live-action version and the one to start with. Joey Ansah and Christian Howard's Capcom-licensed British series debuted May 23, 2014 as twelve 12-minute episodes on Machinima's YouTube channel, following Ryu and Ken's training under Gouken. Recut as six 22-minute TV episodes and as a feature, which IFC Films released on January 7, 2015; the movie edition runs 105 minutes for TV and 145 minutes on disc, which is why no single runtime is listed here. Grew out of the 2010 fan short Street Fighter: Legacy.

  8. Street Fighter: Resurrection 2016

    The only true sequel on this page. Four episodes of 8 to 9 minutes, directed by Joey Ansah and released weekly on Verizon's go90 app from March 15 to April 5, 2016, then posted to YouTube that December. Mike Moh and Christian Howard return as Ryu and Ken, set roughly ten years after Assassin's Fist and timed as a tie-in to Street Fighter V. A planned follow-up, Street Fighter: World Warrior, was scrapped.

  9. Street Fighter 2026

    Paramount releases Legendary's reboot in US theaters and IMAX on October 16, 2026. A clean restart with no ties to any earlier film: Kitao Sakurai directs an action comedy set in 1993 around the World Warrior tournament, with Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison and Jason Momoa as Blanka. Note the slip history: Sony had dated it March 20, 2026 before dropping it in March 2025. It wrapped filming in Australia on November 12, 2025.

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Why this order?

Watch them in the order they came out. That is the honest answer for Street Fighter, and it works precisely because almost nothing here connects to anything else. The reason this page exists is the question underneath it: at least four separate screen continuities wear this logo, no title tells you which is which, and the new Paramount and Legendary film arriving on October 16, 2026 is a fresh start rather than a sequel to any of them.

Live-action splits three ways, and none of the three acknowledges the others. Steven E. de Souza's "Street Fighter" (1994) is the Jean-Claude Van Damme version, with Raul Julia as M. Bison. "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" (2009) is not its sequel and not its remake; it is a non-canonical spin-off and theatrical tie-in to the game Street Fighter IV, telling a Chun-Li origin story set before the events of the first game. The third track is the British one, made by Joey Ansah and Christian Howard after their 2010 YouTube short "Street Fighter: Legacy" earned them Capcom's blessing at Comic-Con in 2012. "Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist" (2014) and "Street Fighter: Resurrection" (2016) are the only two entries on this page that share a continuity with each other, with Resurrection jumping about ten years ahead and doubling as a tie-in to Street Fighter V.

The animated films ignore the live-action versions completely and adapt the games instead. "Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie" opened in Japan on August 6, 1994, four and a half months before the Van Damme film, and it is by a wide margin the better of the two 1994 movies. "Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation" (2000) and "Street Fighter Alpha: Generations" (2005) are both standalone takes on Ryu and the Satsui no Hadou, explicitly not sequels to each other or to the 1994 anime. "Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind" (2009) is a 65-minute Studio 4C prologue to the game Street Fighter IV that shipped on a bonus disc with the collector's edition rather than in cinemas.

Now the part a plain list will not tell you: most of these are bad. The 1994 film holds an 11 percent critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, and The Legend of Chun-Li holds 3 percent, which put it 44th on Rotten Tomatoes' list of the worst-reviewed films of the 2000s; it grossed $12.8 million worldwide against a $50 million budget. Two hold up. Assassin's Fist is the officially licensed version fans generally rate the most faithful, and the 1994 anime was a real critical and commercial hit in Japan. Watch the Van Damme film anyway, once, entirely for Raul Julia, who plays Bison as though he were in a far better picture and who died two months before it opened. Generations is the one to skip.

About that October 16, 2026 date: treat it as firm, but this film has moved before. Sony had it booked for March 20, 2026 and dropped it from the schedule in March 2025 after Legendary's distribution deal with Sony expired in November 2024, and the directors changed too, with Danny and Michael Philippou exiting in June 2024 and Kitao Sakurai taking over in February 2025. Since then it has shot and wrapped in Australia between August and November 2025, moved to Paramount, and been trailered, which is what a date that holds looks like. It is set in 1993 around the World Warrior tournament, with Andrew Koji as Ryu, Noah Centineo as Ken Masters and Callina Liang as Chun-Li, and it needs none of the films above as homework. For the source material all of them draw on, our Street Fighter games guide untangles a timeline in which Alpha is a prequel and both IV and V are set before III. The loop even closes: the 1994 movie was turned back into a video game, the 1995 arcade fighter Street Fighter: The Movie, which was itself widely panned.

Timeline 1994-2026

Every entry by release year: rows that share a year are a cluster, and the long droughts are called out on the rail.

  1. 1994 II: The Animated MovieStreet Fighter
  2. 6-year gap
  3. 2000 Alpha: The Animation
  4. 5-year gap
  5. 2005 Alpha: Generations
  6. 4-year gap
  7. 2009 IV: The Ties That BindThe Legend of Chun-Li
  8. 5-year gap
  9. 2014 Assassin's Fist
  10. 2016 Resurrection
  11. 10-year gap
  12. 2026 Street Fighter

Where to play it today

  • Street Fighter (2026) opens in US theaters and IMAX on October 16, 2026
  • Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (movie edition) streams on Prime Video and has run free with ads on Tubi and Pluto TV
  • Street Fighter: Resurrection was posted to YouTube in December 2016
  • Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie has a restored 4K UHD Blu-ray release plus digital rental and purchase
  • The 1994 and 2009 live-action films are rent or buy on Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home
  • Streaming rights rotate by region; check JustWatch for what is live where you are

Availability changes often and varies by region - links search each platform for Street Fighter.

Frequently asked questions

What order should I watch the Street Fighter movies in?

Release order, because the films almost never connect and nothing can be spoiled by watching them out of sequence. That runs Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994), Street Fighter (1994), Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation (2000), Alpha: Generations (2005), Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind (2009), The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), Assassin's Fist (2014), Resurrection (2016), then the 2026 reboot.

Are the Street Fighter movies connected to each other?

Barely. Only Assassin's Fist (2014) and Resurrection (2016) share a continuity, and Resurrection is set about ten years later. The 1994 film, the 2009 Legend of Chun-Li and the 2026 reboot are each standalone, and the four animated films adapt the games rather than each other.

Which Street Fighter movie is actually good?

Two. Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014) is the Capcom-licensed series most fans rate the most faithful live-action version, and Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) was a critical and commercial success in Japan. The 1994 Van Damme film is bad but watchable for Raul Julia's M. Bison. The Legend of Chun-Li and Alpha: Generations are the two to skip.

When is the new Street Fighter movie out, and is the date confirmed?

October 16, 2026, in US theaters and IMAX, from Paramount and Legendary. Treat it as firm but not immovable: Sony had it dated March 20, 2026 and pulled it from the schedule in March 2025 after its deal with Legendary expired. The film has since wrapped filming, changed distributor and been trailered, which is the pattern of a date that sticks.

Do I need to watch the older Street Fighter films before the 2026 movie?

No. The 2026 film is a full reboot with no story ties to the 1994 movie, The Legend of Chun-Li or the Assassin's Fist series. It is set in 1993 around the World Warrior tournament and works cold. Playing Street Fighter II helps more than watching any earlier film.

Is Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist an official adaptation?

Yes. Joey Ansah and Christian Howard made the 2010 short Street Fighter: Legacy as a proof of concept, and Capcom granted them the rights at San Diego Comic-Con in 2012. The result is a licensed 12-episode web series, later recut into a feature that IFC Films released in January 2015.

Where do the animated Street Fighter films fit?

They sit apart from all live-action versions and follow the games instead. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie adapts Street Fighter II, both Alpha films draw on Street Fighter Alpha 2, and The Ties That Bind is a prologue to the Street Fighter IV game. None of them is a sequel to another.

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