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I recently watched the _Death Note_ anime and I found there are two movies. Is
there an order I should watch them in?


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In what order should I watch the Death Note movies?


Yes there is,

First would be: [Death Note
(film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_%28film%29) which was latter
the same year (2006) followed up by a second movie: [Death Note 2: The Last
Name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_2:_The_Last_Name)

The second movie continues on where the first one left off. Which is

> When Misa receives a second Death Note from Rem, another Shinigami. As Light
> joins the task force after Shiori's funeral, Misa becomes the second Kira
> and forces a TV station into broadcasting her tapes.


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There are actually 3 movies, and all 3 were released in chronological order.

### [Death
Note](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6383)

This is the first movie in which Light finds the Death Note. However, it ends
before Light and Misa meet, and deviates slightly from the manga.

### [Death Note: The Last
Name](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6911)

This is when Misa and Light end up meeting and...

> L finds out Light is Kira by writing his own name in the Death Note, making
> him immune to Rem killing him. Thus, his death scene in front of Light was
> an act.

### [L: Change The
World](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8161)

This one is a spin-off set just before the end of the second movie...

> where we see L die in the last scene. The movie takes place during the time
> L had left before his life was to end because of him writing his name in the
> Death Note. This movie is also where we first see the live adaptation of
> Near when L takes a boy he meets to Wammy's House and names him Near.

* * *

As for the Anime Movies [Death Note Relight: Visions of a
God](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_Relight_1%3A_Visions_of_a_God)
and [Death Note Relight 2: L's
Successors](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Note_Relight_2:_L%27s_Successors),
these are in chronological order as

> the second movie is when Near and Mello appear; they only appear when L
> dies.

However, while they are feature-length, these are more of an abridged version
of the anime, much like the first 2 _Puella Magi Madoka Magica_ movies (though
the difference is that while the 2 Madoka movies cover 12 x ~25 minute
episodes, the 2 Death Note anime movies covers 37 x ~25 minute episodes).

But unlike the live-action movies, the anime movies can be considered a
continuation from the anime as Ryuk is actually telling another Shinigami
about his experience in the Human World when he was with Light,

> and there is a fan theory that says that the Shinigami is Light. However,
> the rules of the Death Note invalidate this theory.


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