Alex Cross Movies in Order: The Complete Watch Order

Alex Cross Movies in Order

Alex Cross movies are focused on the fictional character Alex Cross, who originally appeared in a series of more than 30 novels of the same name by James Patterson. Still, not so many movies were made and in this article we will show you the best way to watch all Alex Cross movies in order.

Not only that, but we will let you know how many Alex Cross movies are there, do you need to watch them in order and can we expect to see more Alex Cross movies in the future. Let’s check it out.

How Many Alex Cross Movies Are There?

There are currently three Alex Cross movies. In the first two movies, Morgan Freeman portrayed Alex Cross, while in the third one, Tyler Perry stepped in. Here are all the Alex Cross movies below with their release date:

  • Kiss the Girls (1997)
  • Along Came a Spider (2001)
  • Alex Cross (2012)

Let us now check the best way to watch these three Alex Cross movies.

Alex Cross Movies in Order

There are two ways to watch Alex Cross movies, but we will show you here the chronological way of watching the series. You could also watch it by release date, but if you want it to be more fun, you will be watching it the way shown below.

Alex Cross (2012)

Alex Cross (2012)

The film tells the story of police psychologist Alex Cross who investigates the gruesome murders of serial killer Michael Sullivan. However, the conflict becomes personal and Alex Cross is pushed to the edge of his own moral and psychological boundaries. With unstoppable action and unpredictable twists, this action thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Alex Cross with Tyler Perry was considered as a reboot of the series. But, at the same time, it is a prequel to the first two movies with Morgan Freeman, so we have put it first to watch in the series.

Kiss the Girls (1997)

Kiss the Girls (1997)

Washington detective and forensic psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) is leaving for Durham, North Carolina when he receives word of his niece’s disappearance. She learns from local police and colleague Nick Ruskin (Cary Elwes) that the student is just the latest in a series of young women who have gone missing. One of them is found dead and it becomes clear that the criminal responsible for the kidnappings is also the killer.

Cross will be most helped in the investigation by the only woman who managed to escape Casanova, as the masked man introduced himself to her. An experienced detective realizes that Casanova is not primarily a murderer, but deaths are only the result of refusing to follow his rules.

Along Came a Spider (2001)

After two years of quiet work at the school, the teacher kidnaps the senator’s daughter and very quickly contacts the criminal psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) to, it seems, play cat and mouse. Morgan Freeman as an experienced police psychologist will find himself in a game of outwitting a cunning kidnapper in a tense “Spider Conspiracy”.

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Cross is convinced that he was contacted only to provide the kidnapper with some media fame and confirms his suspicions when he finds a book about the famous case “Lindbergh” in the kidnapper’s hideout. One of the agents in charge of babysitting the girl offers her help to an experienced Cross, who doesn’t know who to trust, if she wants the kidnapped to survive.

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