How to WatchThe Hunger GamesMovies in Chronological Order

Mar. 15, 2025

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The original franchise was a box office hit, spurring four films throughout the 2010s. Since then, Collins has continued the story with her2020 prequel bookThe Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which was laterturned into the 2023 filmstarringTom BlythandRachel Zegler.

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In hopes of winning a Plinth Prize scholarship to attend university and repair his family’s good name, Coriolanus works hard to ensure that his mentee, a young tribute from District 12 named Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler), wins the games. Along the way, the two form a deep connection that forever changes them.

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Katniss, along with 23 other tributes, is then thrown into a televised arena where she is forced to fight until the death. However, when a new rule is introduced allowing two tributes from the same district to be named co-victors, she and her fellow District 12 tribute, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), work together to make it back home alive.

As a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest cannot overcome the Capitol, Snow announces the tributes will be pulled from the remaining pool of victors, eventually resulting in Katniss and Peeta heading into the arena together again.

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Along the way, Katniss finds herself back in the Capitol with the ultimate mission of assassinating President Snow. Katniss and her entire group are put to the ultimate test as the Capitol is turned into an arena with deadly explosives and traps throughout the city, leading to many casualties along the way.

source: people.com