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Terminator

James Cameron's original two films are the one continuity everyone agrees on. After that, the series forks: Rise of the Machines/Salvation, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Genisys, and Dark Fate all continue directly from Terminator 2 but ignore each other — plus a standalone anime, Terminator Zero, running on its own separate branch entirely.

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    The Terminator

    Movie·1984·1h 48m

    Introduces Skynet, Sarah Connor, Kyle Reese, and the future war — the one film every branch of this franchise agrees on.

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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    Movie·1991·2h 17m

    Widely regarded as one of the greatest action films ever made — and the point where the timeline forks into several incompatible continuities. Everything after this splits into its own branch.

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    Terminator: Dark Fate

    Movie·2019·2h 8m

    Branch: Dark Fate. The James Cameron-backed direct sequel to T2 — ignores Terminator 3, Salvation, and Genisys entirely, and is generally treated as the 'official' continuation.