Watch The Flintstones (1960 to 1966) first; the spin-offs and TV films follow the family as Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm grow up, through their wedding in I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993). The Flintstone Kids is a prequel, and the live-action The Flintstones (1994) and its prequel Viva Rock Vegas (2000) stand on their own.
- Titles
- 13
- Films
- 9
- Series
- 4
- Watch time
- 133 hours
- Box office
- $401 million
- Avg IMDb
- 6.1
Flintstones movies in release order
Here is every Flintstones title in the order it came out, 1960 to 2015: 9 films and 4 series. Optional entries are marked; you can skip them on a first watch.
| # | Title | Year | Type | Runtime | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Flintstones | 1960 | Series | 69h 10m | 7.5 |
| 2 | The Man Called Flintstone | 1966 | Film | 1h 29m | 6.5 |
| 3 | The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show | 1971 | Series | 8h 44m | 5.6 |
| 4 | The Flintstone Kids | 1986 | Series | 38h | 5.8 |
| 5 | The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones | 1987 | Film | 1h 32m | 6.5 |
| 6 | I Yabba-Dabba Do! | 1993 | Film | 1h 32m | 6.3 |
| 7 | Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby | 1993 | Film | 1h 36m | 6.4 |
| 8 | The Flintstones | 1994 | Film | 1h 31m | 5.1 |
| 9 | A Flintstones Christmas Carol | 1994 | Film | 1h 10m | 6.8 |
| 10 | Cave Kids optional | 1996 | Series | 4h | 7.3 |
| 11 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | 2000 | Film | 1h 31m | 3.8 |
| 12 | The Flintstones: On the Rocks | 2001 | Film | 1h 25m | 6.6 |
| 13 | The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown! optional | 2015 | Film | 52m | 5.4 |
Flintstones timeline: movies in chronological order
The same titles in story order, by when they take place, with the year or era each one is set in.
| # | Title | Set in | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Flintstone Kids | Fred and friends as kids | 1986 |
| 2 | Cave Kids | Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as toddlers | 1996 |
| 3 | The Flintstones | Bedrock | 1960 |
| 4 | The Man Called Flintstone | A spy caper | 1966 |
| 5 | The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show | Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as teens | 1971 |
| 6 | The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones | Time travel | 1987 |
| 7 | I Yabba-Dabba Do! | Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's wedding | 1993 |
| 8 | Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby | Pebbles has twins | 1993 |
| 9 | A Flintstones Christmas Carol | Fred plays Scrooge | 1994 |
| 10 | The Flintstones: On the Rocks | Fred and Wilma's anniversary | 2001 |
| 11 | The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown! | Stone Age wrestling | 2015 |
| 12 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | How Fred met Wilma | 2000 |
| 13 | The Flintstones | Bedrock, live action | 1994 |
Release or chronological: which order is best?
Release order and story order disagree on 12 titles here. In release order you start with The Flintstones (1960); in story order you start with The Flintstone Kids, set in Fred and friends as kids, which came out 26 years later.
First time through, watch in release order. That is how the twists, returning characters and callbacks were built to land, and later entries assume you have seen the earlier ones. On a rewatch, try story order. It turns The Flintstones into one continuous story and makes the prequels play as setup instead of backstory.
The Flintstones also runs a separate continuity: The live-action films. It has its own line on the timeline, so you can watch it on its own without breaking the main story.
Where to start
Start with The Flintstones and go in release order, skipping the 2 optional titles on the first pass.
The essentials are 11 titles and about 128 hours, 4% less than the full run.
The three highest rated: The Flintstones (7.5), Cave Kids (7.3), and A Flintstones Christmas Carol (6.8).
Every Flintstones movie, explained
One entry per title in release order: what it is about, why it matters to the bigger story, who is in it and how it did.
No. 01 · 1960 · Series · 69h 10m · 3rd in story order
The Flintstones
The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Why it matters: The first prime-time animated sitcom: Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty in Bedrock.
- Starring
- Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, and Jean Vander Pyl
- Creator
- William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Scores
- IMDb 7.5
- Episodes
- 166 across 6 seasons
No. 02 · 1966 · Film · 1h 29m · 4th in story order
The Man Called Flintstone
In this feature-length film based on the "Flintstones" TV show, secret agent Rock Slag is injured during a chase in Bedrock. Slag's chief decides to replace the injured Slag with Fred Flintstone, who just happens to look like him. The trip takes Fred to Paris and Rome, which is good for Wilma, Barney, and Betty, but can Fred foil the mysterious Green Goose's evil plan for a destructive missile without letting his wife and friends in on his secret?
Why it matters: Fred is mistaken for a secret agent in a spy-movie spoof.
- Starring
- Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, and Jean Vander Pyl
- Director
- William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Scores
- IMDb 6.5
No. 03 · 1971 · Series · 8h 44m · 5th in story order
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series spin-off of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which ran for 16 half-hour episodes from September 11, 1971, to September 2, 1972, and four 8-minute episodes from September 9, 1972, to September 1, 1973, on CBS.
Why it matters: Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as teenagers.
- Starring
- Sally Struthers, Jay North, and Mitzi McCall
- Creator
- William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Scores
- IMDb 5.6
- Episodes
- 20 across 2 seasons
No. 04 · 1986 · Series · 38h · 1st in story order
The Flintstone Kids
Join Fred, Wilma, Dino, Barney and Betty in their formative years when they were precocious prehistoric preteens. Whether they’re riding to school on a brontosaurus’ back, skating down the street on wriggling dino boards or just rockin’ out, these kids are growing up the Bedrock way.
Why it matters: Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty as kids.
- Starring
- Scott Menville, Hamilton Camp, and Julie McWhirter
- Creator
- William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Scores
- IMDb 5.8
- Episodes
- 76 across 2 seasons
No. 05 · 1987 · Film · 1h 32m · 6th in story order
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
Elroy Jetson invents a time machine that takes him back to prehistoric times, where he meets the Flintstone family.
Why it matters: A time machine sends the Jetsons to Bedrock and the Flintstones to the future.
- Starring
- Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, and Don Messick
- Director
- Ray Patterson and Don Lusk
- Scores
- IMDb 6.5
No. 06 · 1993 · Film · 1h 32m · 7th in story order
I Yabba-Dabba Do!
A grown-up Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm decide to get married.
Why it matters: Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm get married.
- Starring
- Frank Welker, Henry Corden, and B.J. Ward
- Director
- William Hanna
- Scores
- IMDb 6.3
No. 07 · 1993 · Film · 1h 36m · 8th in story order
Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby
Newlyweds Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm Bamm Rubble are expecting a newborn, so Fred and Wilma head for Hollyrock to help them cope.
Why it matters: Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm have twins in Hollyrock.
- Starring
- Henry Corden, Jean Vander Pyl, and Frank Welker
- Director
- William Hanna
- Scores
- IMDb 6.4
No. 08 · 1994 · Film · 1h 31m · 13th in story order
The Flintstones
Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.
Why it matters: John Goodman as Fred, promoted at the quarry and framed for embezzlement.
- Starring
- John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, and Rick Moranis
- Director
- Brian Levant
- Box office
- $342 million on a $46 million budget
- Scores
- IMDb 5.1 · Rotten Tomatoes 23%
No. 09 · 1994 · Film · 1h 10m
A Flintstones Christmas Carol
Fred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the classic Christmas story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life.
Why it matters: Fred plays Scrooge in Bedrock's Christmas play.
- Starring
- Henry Corden, Jean Vander Pyl, and Frank Welker
- Director
- Joanna Romersa
- Scores
- IMDb 6.8
No. 10 · 1996 · Series · 4h · 2nd in story order · optional
Cave Kids
Cave Kids is a 30-minute short-lived animated series and spin-off of The Flintstones starring Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network and aired in 1996. The series followed the adventures of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as pre-schoolers with Dino, the Flintstones' family dog as their babysitter. Unlike the original Flintstones series and its several spin-off productions featuring the kids and their famous parents, this show focused more on educational values and lessons for children. An earlier Cave Kids effort was published by Golden Press, both as a Little Golden Book in 1963, and also as a Gold Key Comics series spanning 16 issues from 1963 through 1967.
Why it matters: Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as toddlers; a short-lived preschool show.
- Starring
- Frank Welker, Christine Cavanaugh, and Aria Noelle Curzon
- Scores
- IMDb 7.3
- Episodes
- 8
No. 11 · 2000 · Film · 1h 31m · 12th in story order
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
The Flintstones are at it again. The Flintstones and the Rubbles head for Rock Vegas with Fred hoping to court the lovely Wilma. Nothing will stand in the way of love, except for the conniving Chip Rockefeller who is the playboy born in Baysville but who has made it in the cutthroat town of Rock Vegas. Will Fred win Wilma's love?
Why it matters: The live-action prequel: how Fred met Wilma.
- Starring
- Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, and Kristen Johnston
- Director
- Brian Levant
- Box office
- $59 million on a $83 million budget
- Scores
- IMDb 3.8 · Rotten Tomatoes 25%
No. 12 · 2001 · Film · 1h 25m · 10th in story order
The Flintstones: On the Rocks
With their marriage on the rocks, Fred and Wilma take a holiday together to rekindle the fire in their relationship.
Why it matters: Fred and Wilma's anniversary trip goes wrong.
- Starring
- Jeff Bergman, Tress MacNeille, and Kevin Michael Richardson
- Director
- Chris Savino and David P. Smith
- Scores
- IMDb 6.6
No. 13 · 2015 · Film · 52m · 11th in story order · optional
The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown!
The WWE comes to town in the new animated film teaming the Flintstones with Bedrock-ready versions of John Cena, Daniel Bryan and more.
Why it matters: A wrestling crossover with WWE stars as cave people.
- Starring
- Jeff Bergman, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Tress MacNeille
- Director
- Tony Cervone and Spike Brandt
- Scores
- IMDb 5.4
Flintstones box office and budgets
The 2 Flintstones films with reported numbers have grossed $401 million worldwide on about $129 million in combined budgets, roughly 3.1 times what they cost. The biggest is The Flintstones at $342 million, 85% of the franchise's total on its own, followed by The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas ($59 million).
The best and worst rated Flintstones movies
Across 13 rated titles, The Flintstones averages 6.1 on IMDb. The top of the list is The Flintstones at 7.5, then Cave Kids (7.3) and A Flintstones Christmas Carol (6.8). At the bottom: The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (3.8) and The Flintstones (5.1). Money and quality don't line up perfectly: the highest grosser, The Flintstones, is only the 12th best rated.
- The Flintstones7.5
- Cave Kids7.3
- A Flintstones Christmas Carol6.8
- The Flintstones: On the Rocks6.6
- The Man Called Flintstone6.5
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones6.5
- Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby6.4
- I Yabba-Dabba Do!6.3
- The Flintstone Kids5.8
- The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show5.6
Who appears in the most Flintstones movies
John Stephenson leads with 8 appearances as B.J. and Guy #1, ahead of Jean Vander Pyl (7) and Don Messick (6). Counted from each title's top-billed cast.
| Actor | Role | Titles | First and latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Stephenson | B.J. / Guy #1 | 8 | The Flintstones (1960) to The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001) |
| Jean Vander Pyl | Wilma Flintstone / Rosie | 7 | The Flintstones (1960) to A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994) |
| Don Messick | Mr. Brickley / Ali | 6 | The Flintstones (1960) to A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994) |
| Henry Corden | Zack / First Villain | 6 | The Flintstones (1960) to A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994) |
| Frank Welker | Nate Slate / Stalagbite | 6 | The Flintstone Kids (1986) to The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001) |
| Mel Blanc | Barney Rubble / Dino | 5 | The Flintstones (1960) to The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987) |
| B.J. Ward | Betty McBricker / Betty | 4 | The Flintstone Kids (1986) to A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994) |
| Alan Reed | Fred Flintstone | 3 | The Flintstones (1960) to The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971) |
| Harvey Korman | Chief Mountmore / Additional Voices | 3 | The Man Called Flintstone (1966) to The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) |
| Russi Taylor | Baby Pebbles / Pebbles Flintstone | 3 | Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993) to The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown! (2015) |
| Gerry Johnson | Thelma / Betty Rubble | 2 | The Flintstones (1960) to The Man Called Flintstone (1966) |
| Daws Butler | Mr. Mortar / Elroy Jetson | 2 | The Flintstones (1960) to The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987) |
Flintstones directors and creators
10 filmmakers have directed or created The Flintstones; William Hanna has the most, with 6.
- William HannaThe Flintstones (1960), The Man Called Flintstone (1966), The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971), The Flintstone Kids (1986), I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993), and Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993)
- Joseph BarberaThe Flintstones (1960), The Man Called Flintstone (1966), The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971), and The Flintstone Kids (1986)
- Brian LevantThe Flintstones (1994) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
- Ray PattersonThe Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)
- Don LuskThe Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)
- Joanna RomersaA Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
- Chris SavinoThe Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001)
- David P. SmithThe Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001)
- Tony CervoneThe Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown! (2015)
- Spike BrandtThe Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown! (2015)
How long it takes to watch every Flintstones movie
All 13 titles add up to 133 hours: 13 hours of film and 120 hours of series, counting every episode. That is about 67 two-hour evenings, or 14 days of ten-hour binges. The essentials cut it to 128 hours. The longest film is Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby at 1h 36m.
The 4 best rated films: A Flintstones Christmas Carol, The Flintstones: On the Rocks, The Man Called Flintstone, and The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones.
Everything takes about 4 months; the essentials about 4 months.
Track what you've watched on the timeline and it counts the hours left.
Which Flintstones movies can you skip?
2 titles can go without losing the main story. They are side stories, spin-offs or entries the later films ignore. Dropping them saves 5 hours.
- Cave Kids1996 · Series · 4h · optionalPebbles and Bamm-Bamm as toddlers; a short-lived preschool show.
- The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown!2015 · Film · 52m · optionalA wrestling crossover with WWE stars as cave people.
Common questions
What order should I watch the Flintstones movies in?
Watch The Flintstones (1960 to 1966) first; the spin-offs and TV films follow the family as Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm grow up, through their wedding in I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993). The Flintstone Kids is a prequel, and the live-action The Flintstones (1994) and its prequel Viva Rock Vegas (2000) stand on their own.
How many Flintstones movies and shows are there?
There are 13 titles in the The Flintstones franchise: 9 films and 4 series, released from 1960 to 2015.
How long does it take to watch all the Flintstones movies?
About 133 hours for all 13 titles, counting every episode. The essentials only (11 titles) take about 128 hours.
What is the first Flintstones title in chronological order?
The Flintstone Kids, set in Fred and friends as kids. In release order the first is The Flintstones (1960).
Which Flintstones titles can I skip?
Cave Kids and The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown!. They are spin-offs, side stories or non-canon entries; the main story holds without them.
What is the best Flintstones movie?
By IMDb score, The Flintstones (1960) at 7.5, followed by Cave Kids at 7.3.
What is the highest-grossing Flintstones movie?
The Flintstones (1994), with $342 million worldwide. The Flintstones films have made $401 million in total.
Who has appeared in the most Flintstones movies?
John Stephenson, in 8 of them as B.J..
What is the longest Flintstones movie?
Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby, at 1h 36m.
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