How to watch all the Lilo & Stitch movies in order on Disney Plus

Get the Full StoryDust off your surfboards, Elvis cosplay, and drag outfits if you re Pleakley, that is , because Disney is taking us back to Hawaii! 2025 delivers not just March s Snow White remake, but also a live-action redo of Lilo & Stitch, which follows its forebear into theaters this spring. Lilo & Stitch is one of the most influential Disney movie franchises of the 2000s, with its first feature often considered an all-time favorite for children. Set on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the franchise introduced one of the most iconic and adorable characters in Disney s canon namely Stitch, the mischievous blue alien that lands on Earth and is taken in by eccentric local girl Lilo. With Stitch masquerading as Lilo s extremely weird dog, the two get up to all kinds of hijinks while trying to avoid Stitch s capture by the Galactic Federation. The first movie was so successful that, over the years, Disney went on to produce three more animated Lilo & Stitch movies, as well as a trio of animated series. While the shows can be watched on their own, the movies follow a timeline, and, unfortunately, their release order doesn t quite match up with the franchise s chronology. Before you dive into the animated universe ahead of the live-action, here s the best way to enjoy the various movies on your walk down memory lane. All the Lilo & Stitch movies, listed in chronological order Lilo & Stitch 2002 Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch 2005 Stitch: The Movie 2003 Leroy and Stitch 2006 As you can see, the best way to revisit the Lilo & Stitch films is to switch the second and third movies around in your watch order. Stitch: The Movie was actually the first sequel released and was essentially a pilot for the spin-off Disney Channel animated series in which Lilo and Stitch rescue the alien s fellow genetic experiments, or cousins, that have crash-landed in Hawaii. The third, confusingly titled Lilo & Stitch 2, is a much more standalone story that is set before the events of Stitch: The Movie and the TV show. The reason why Stitch Has a Glitch is so standalone is because it was released as a straight-to-DVD film whereas the others were Disney Channel originals. As such, the final film, Leroy & Stitch, again ignores it and instead concludes the narrative that began in Stitch: The Movie and continued in the TV series. Stitch later returned, however, in the 2008 anime Stitch! and the 2017 donghau Chinese animated series Stitch & Ai. These latter two shows are harder to access, though, as they are not readily available on Disney Plus like the American-made entries in the franchise. The 2025 live-action adaptation is unfortunately being hit by controversy from a few different quarters so pretty much par for the course for Disney s remakes , which is a shame as the Lilo & Stitch animated universe is immensely beloved by any Mouse House-loving kid of the early aughts. Still, rewatching all the original movies should help you block out all the bad news and prepare you for Stitch s return. Ohana means family, and in this case family means no Lilo & Stitch film gets left behind.

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