By release date: Despicable Me on 9 July 2010, Despicable Me 2 on 3 July 2013, Minions on 10 July 2015, Despicable Me 3 on 30 June 2017, Minions: The Rise of Gru on 1 July 2022, Despicable Me 4 on 3 July 2024, and Minions & Monsters on 1 July 2026. If you follow the story instead, start with Minions & Monsters (1927), then Minions (1968), then The Rise of Gru (1976), then the four Despicable Me films. Shorts are not in this list.