All Resident Evil Movies Ranked

Critics Consensus: Packing unforgettable scares into a sleek runtime while Austin Abrams’ crack comedic timing provides crucial levity, Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil is a propulsive tribute to the pleasure and terror of playing a truly spooky video game.

Synopsis: From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise. In an… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Johnno Wilson

Directed By: Zach Cregger, Oliver Berben, Victor Hadida, Richard S. Wright

Synopsis: Leon S. Kennedy (Matthew Mercer) sneaks into a former Soviet state to investigate rumors that bio-organic weapons are being used in their civil war. He… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Matthew Mercer, Courtenay Taylor, Carolyn Lawrence, Salli Saffioti

Directed By: Makoto Kamiya, Ivan C., Masao Takiyama, Haruhiro Tsujimoto

Synopsis: A t-virus outbreak in San Francisco leads to Alcatraz Island, where a new evil has taken residence.

Starring: Matthew Mercer, Stephanie Panisello, Kevin Dorman, Nicole Tompkins

Directed By: Eiichiro Hasumi

Synopsis: Two soldiers (Alyson Court, Paul Mercier) battle a mutated monster while trying to eradicate a deadly virus.

Starring: Alyson Court, Paul Mercier, Laura Bailey, Roger Craig Smith

Directed By: Makoto Kamiya

Synopsis: Soldiers battle hordes of zombies while trying to prevent a madman from unleashing a deadly virus in New York.

Starring: Matthew Mercer, Kevin Dorman, Erin Cahill, John DeMita

Directed By: Takanori Tsujimoto, Takashi Shimizu

Critics Consensus: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter may prove mind-numbingly chaotic for the unconverted, but for fans of the venerable franchise, it offers a fittingly kinetic conclusion to its violent post-apocalyptic saga.

Synopsis: The T-virus unleashed by the evil Umbrella Corp. has spread to every corner of the globe, infesting the planet with zombies, demons and monsters. Alice… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts

Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson, Martin Moszkowicz, Victor Hadida

Critics Consensus: Like other video game adaptations, Resident Evil is loud, violent, formulaic, and cheesy.

Synopsis: Based on the popular video game, Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez star as the leaders of a commando team who must break into “the hive,”… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, Ryan McCluskey

Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson, Robert Kulzer, Victor Hadida, Daniel Kletzky

Critics Consensus: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is an affectionately faithful adaptation that further proves its source material is ill-suited to the big screen.

Synopsis: Returning to the origins of the massively popular RESIDENT EVIL franchise, fan and filmmaker Johannes Roberts brings the games to life for a whole new… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper

Directed By: Johannes Roberts, Martin Moszkowicz, Victor Hadida, Jeremy Bolt

Critics Consensus: Resident Evil: Retribution offers everything one might reasonably expect from the fifth installment in a heavily action-dependent franchise — which means very little beyond stylishly hollow CGI-enhanced set pieces.

Synopsis: As Umbrella Corp.’s deadly T-virus continues to turn the world’s population into legions of flesh-eating zombies, Alice, the human race’s last hope, awakes deep within… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Kevin Durand, Sienna Guillory

Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson, Martin Moszkowicz

Critics Consensus: Resident Evil: Extinction is more of the same; its few impressive action sequences unable to compensate for the pedestrian plot.

Synopsis: Captured by the Umbrella Corp., Alice (Milla Jovovich) receives genetic alterations that leave her with superhuman abilities. Hiding out in the Nevada desert, she joins… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen

Directed By: Russell Mulcahy, Martin Moszkowicz, Kelly Van Horn, Victor Hadida

Critics Consensus: As dim-witted and lifeless as its undead antagonists, Resident Evil: Afterlife is a wholly unnecessary addition to the franchise.

Synopsis: In a world overrun with the walking dead, Alice (Milla Jovovich) continues her battle against Umbrella Corp., rounding up survivors along the way. Joined by… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts

Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson, Martin Moszkowicz, Victor Hadida

Critics Consensus: Resident Evil: Apocalypse has lots of action, but not much in terms of plot or creativity.

Synopsis: A deadly virus from a secret Umbrella Corporation laboratory underneath Raccoon City is exposed to the world. Umbrella seals off the city to contain the… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Kretschmann

Directed By: Alexander Witt, Bernd Eichinger, Samuel Hadida