All five Hunger Games films, including The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, are now streaming on Netflix as of July 14, marking the first time the entire saga is available in one place. The timing sets up a short wait for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which arrives in theaters November 20 with Joseph Zada stepping into Woody Harrelson’s role as a young Haymitch Abernathy.
Panem just took over Netflix. Starting July 14, all five Hunger Games films, from the original tribute drawing to the rise of a young Coriolanus Snow in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, are streaming together on the platform for the first time ever. That’s roughly $3.3 billion worth of box office history now sitting in one place, ready for a marathon binge. This streaming reunion lands just over four months before Sunrise on the Reaping hits theaters on November 20, sending audiences back to District 12 for the 50th Hunger Games and a certain drunk mentor’s darkest chapter yet.
The countdown to Panem’s next chapter is on. On July 14, 2026, Netflix will add all five Hunger Games films to its US catalog, the first time the entire saga has streamed in one place. The timing lines up neatly with Lionsgate’s prequel, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which opens in theaters this fall.
Five films, one platform, $3.3 billion in box office
The Netflix batch runs from the 2012 original through The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, a franchise that has grossed roughly $3.3 billion worldwide. Jennifer Lawrence anchors the original quartet as Katniss Everdeen, alongside Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Lenny Kravitz and the late Donald Sutherland as President Snow. For anyone planning a full rewatch before November, the schedule leaves just over four months.
Haymitch’s story hits theaters November 20
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping arrives in US theaters on November 20, 2026. Adapted from Suzanne Collins’ novel, the film rewinds 24 years before the first movie to follow a teenage Haymitch Abernathy, thrown into the 50th Hunger Games, the brutal Second Quarter Quell. Francis Lawrence, who has directed every installment since Catching Fire, returns behind the camera.
Joseph Zada takes over from Woody Harrelson
Joseph Zada plays the young Haymitch, a role Woody Harrelson made his own across the original films. Lawrence knows the comparison is unavoidable, calling Harrelson’s take “a very iconic portrayal of a character.” Producer Nina Jacobson put her finger on what Zada has to capture: “Woody Harrelson as Haymitch has a mischief to him,” she said. Lionsgate recently gave audiences a first look at the handoff with a “Meet Haymitch” featurette introducing Zada’s scrappy, defiant tribute.
New faces in the Quarter Quell arena
Haymitch won’t face the arena alone. McKenna Grace plays Maysilee Donner, a fellow District 12 tribute competing beside him in games that doubled the usual number of contestants. Their story fills in the backstory of the sardonic mentor fans met through Katniss, and explains some of the scars he carried into her games. Book readers already know how the Second Quarter Quell ends; everyone else gets their answer when the film opens on November 20.