All South Park movies in order: A complete guide

The South Park franchise, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, blew the roof off adult animation when they released this thing back in 1997. It is popular for its dark humor, savage satire, and biting commentary on politics, pop culture, and whatever goofy thing happened that week. What started as a controversial cartoon exploded into a whole empire– 25+ seasons, TV specials, and movies that elevate the insanity up another level.

But South Park is not just about fart jokes and shock value. The show is sharp when it comes to nailing current events—sometimes episodes drop days after something big happens. If you want to make sense of all the South Park movies and where they fit—like how they connect to the show and specials—you start seeing this oddly brilliant evolution.

Moreover, South Park didn’t just fall out of the sky; it actually started with this little cartoon called The Spirit of Christmas back in the early ’90s. That thing got passed around, and suddenly, there’s a TV show on Comedy Central in 1997. You’ve got the usual suspects: Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and poor Kenny, who dies more times than we can count. Their insane adventures are just a hilarious roast of whatever’s going on in the world—politics, celebrities, and more, nothing is off-limits.

The animation looks like it was thrown together by someone half-asleep with construction paper, but that vibe is perfect. South Park’s movies (both the big-screen and the specials) just take that same unfiltered chaos, diving deeper into whatever mess the world’s serving up that week.

The movies can be broadly categorized into:

First off, you’ve got the big theatrical releases, which is just one.

Then there are the TV movies and specials—basically, longer episodes that they toss onto TV or streaming.

And lately, we’re drowning in “specials” that pop up on streaming services, usually about whatever’s blowing up in the news (like COVID-19).

Comprehensive list of South Park movies in release order

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

This movie is pure mayhem. Trey Parker is at the helm, and you’ve got Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny diving into a storm of censorship and an all-out U.S.-Canada war. It all kicks off when the boys sneak into a bonkers Canadian flick called Asses of Fire—Terrance and Phillip just farting up a storm. The kids walk out cussing, which sends their parents (especially Kyle’s mom, Sheila) into a total meltdown.

Next thing you know, Sheila’s leading this angry mob of moms called M.A.C. (Mothers Against Canada), blaming the movie for turning their kids into tiny monsters, and somehow, that snowballs into a war declaration.

Meanwhile, Cartman bets Kenny he can’t light a fart on fire. It goes about as well as you’d expect—Kenny gets roasted, dies, and after a failed heart transplant involving a potato, he’s in Hell. And Satan is dating Saddam Hussein. There’s a prophecy about Hell taking over Earth if Terrance and Phillip die. So, the boys team up with this French kid called “the Mole” to bust the duo out. Cartman’s mom installs a V-chip in him that zaps him every time he swears.

Fast forward to the war bursting into chaos, Cartman’s chip just losing its mind, and Kenny’s ghost swooping in to help. In the end, Cartman’s nuclear-level cursing saves the world, Satan finally ditches Saddam, and Kenny undoes the carnage. The war is over, Terrance and Phillip survive, and Kenny floats off, angel wings and all.

South Park: Post COVID

So this one dropped on Paramount+ in late 2021 and jumps a whopping forty years into the future. Stan is not even in South Park anymore—he’s running some whiskey website and living with an Alexa. Kyle rings him up with the worst news: Kenny is dead.

But Kenny grew up to be a scientist trying to crack the origins of COVID, and apparently, he left behind a secret cure—only the OG crew can piece it together. Stan seriously doesn’t want to go home, but he does for Kenny’s funeral.

We get the full “where are they now?” rundown. Cartman is a rabbi now, has a family, and it’s driving Kyle nuts. There’s a brand new COVID variant, so another lockdown, and the world is swan-diving into the dumpster again. Stan’s family is a wreck because, well, he accidentally torched his dad’s weed farm and killed his sister.

The old gang—Token, Tweek, Craig, Wendy, Jimmy, Clyde—scramble to dig up Kenny’s research. There’s a secret lab, actual time travel, and Clyde being a stubborn anti-vaxxer that messes up everything. It’s classic South Park: off-the-wall, offensive, and touching.

South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID

They even did a sequel. It came out in December 2021, and the chaos level is elevated even higher. It’s 2061, and everyone is still stuck in lockdown because of yet another COVID variant. Stan, Kyle, and Cartman are total wrecks, just bitter adults trying to fix everything that led to Kenny’s death and this never-ending pandemic. Stan is still haunted by burning Tegridy Farms and accidentally killing his sister. Randy is still obsessed with weed.

Apparently, Kenny was trying to invent time travel to fix everything before he kicked the bucket. Meanwhile, Butters is locked up as “Victor Chaos,” losing his mind over NFTs.

The crew tries to follow Kenny’s plan, but it’s a train wreck. Clyde refuses to get vaccinated again, everyone’s arguing, and old issues bubble up. They come sooo close to fixing things, but this is South Park: there’s no neat ending, just a pile of hilarious chaos. Still, you see some real character growth buried under all the insanity.

South Park: The Streaming Wars (Part 1)

South Park: The Streaming Wars (Image via Paramount Plus)

South Park is up to its eyeballs in drought, all thanks to that freaky ManBearPig running amok. Water is the new Bitcoin, and people are losing their minds over it. Cartman, being his usual scheming self, decides the best use of their cash is... funding his mom’s b**b job. He thinks this’ll somehow snag him a millionaire. But Mrs. Cartman is not having it, so there’s a courtroom drama. Stan, Kyle, Butters, and Tolkien get dragged in to spill about how Cartman jacked their money.

Meanwhile, Randy goes full “nuclear Karen”—not even exaggerating here—and winds up getting darted and tossed in the hospital. And Tolkien is on a mission, searching for his dad, who has probably ended up as ManBearPig’s afternoon snack.

And then there’s Pi Pi. The dude is pitching some foul scheme to power the city with pee and build a waterpark out of it. Everything spirals when ManBearPig smashes the desalination plant, so now the whole town is up a creek with no paddle... or water.

South Park: The Streaming Wars (Part 2)

The drought just keeps getting worse, and Cartman is suing his own mom for implant money. Literally everyone gets dragged into court, but the judge tosses the case out. Randy is still losing it at the hospital, going full “Karen mode”. Meanwhile, Tolkien stumbles on some wild dirt about his dad, Steve, and it’s the kind of family secret you wish you could unhear.

So, Cartman ropes Butters and Tolkien into breaking into Pi Pi’s waterpark. Turns out, Pi Pi is up to some shady business, and along the way, they bump into Chuck Chuck, which is as weird as it sounds. Then ManBearPig shows up and decides to channel his inner climate disaster, absolutely wrecking Pi Pi’s master plan and saving everyone.

In the end, Randy is rallying every woman with saline implants to juice up the desalination plant (don’t ask), ManBearPig brings the water back, and Colorado is safe for now, while Pi Pi meets an explosive end.

South Park: Joining the Panderverse

Cartman is having these straight-up terrifying nightmares where he and the boys get swapped out with a squad of super diverse women. It’s his personal hell—everything he thinks he knows about the universe is gone.

So, in this Universe 216-B, Cartman runs into female Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Butters. And these gals are not messing around. They’re constantly calling out the patriarchy and representing diversity gone overboard.

Meanwhile, Randy is over here losing his mind about AI stealing everyone’s jobs. Handymen are getting filthy rich, and the guy just wants his oven door fixed, for crying out loud.

In the end, Cartman manages to wrangle this thing called the “Panderstone” and flips everything back to normal. Everyone gets shoved back to their universe, and Disney execs get a not-so-subtle lesson: pushing “wokeness” into movies just to tick boxes is a one-way ticket to disaster.

South Park (Not Suitable for Children)

This one goes straight for the jugular when it comes to influencers and overhyped drinks everyone’s suddenly obsessed with. So, there’s this so-called “hydration” drink, Cred, and it turns into some insane status symbol at South Park Elementary. Of course, Clyde and his little squad are at the center of it, acting like they’re hot stuff just for sipping on the latest trend.

Clyde is not actually part of the cool crowd, but he fakes it by refilling an empty Cred bottle with apple juice. He gets totally called out and booted from the clique.

Then you’ve got Cartman, Tweek, and Butters roping Clyde into their underground Cred crew. They even road trip to Colorado chasing this exclusive “Super Cred.” Things go completely off the rails, and in the end, the kids get smacked in the face with how ridiculous and toxic influencer hype really is.

South Park: The End of Obesity

Cartman goes to the doctor, and he is told that his weight is actually deadly. But those fancy semaglutide shots are not affordable. Instead, the doc prescribes him Lizzo, literally. Actually, her music and body positivity.

Kyle, Stan, Kenny, and Butters, Cartman’s loyal crew, decide to make a homemade semaglutide. They get tangled up in the absolute rabbit hole that is American healthcare.

Meanwhile, Randy Marsh and the other moms partying on weight‑loss drugs trigger a pharmacy‑raiding spree. The sugar mascots, like actual cereal icons, aren’t having it, though. They torch the Indian factory making the drug.

After a chaotic chase, they discover that the dreaded insurance company was slinging the meds all along. Meanwhile, Randy has a moment, finally admits he loves Sharon just the way she is, and they ditch the skinny craze for MDMA-fueled romance.

Kyle wraps it up with a killer speech at school about fat-shaming, Cartman roasts everyone, and for his next trick, he is flying to Pakistan, presumably just to insult a whole new audience.