All 5 Hunger Games movies are now streaming on the BBC ahead of Sunrise on the Reaping release

One of the most popular YA movie franchises of the last two decades, The Hunger Games is now available to stream ahead of Sunrise on the Reaping hitting cinemas later this month.

Fans can watch all five films in the series on BBC iPlayer, with the latest film, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, joining the group after airing on BBC One on Thursday (12 November).

The prequel's addition to iPlayer's catalogue takes place just a week before the sixth film in The Hunger Games franchise, Sunrise on the Reaping, releases in UK cinemas on 20 November.

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Starring Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes was released in cinemas in 2023. The movie takes place before the events of the original Hunger Games and therefore Jennifer Lawrence's character Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist in the other films, does not feature.

The film is led by Blyth as Coriolanus "Coryo" Snow, the young mentor who later becomes President Snow. Blyth stars alongside Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12, who is mentored by Snow.

The BBC’s synopsis reads: “Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow remains the last hope for his fading lineage.

“With the tenth annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow becomes alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird from District 12.

“Putting together their instincts for showmanship and political savvy, they race against time to ultimately reveal who is a songbird and who is a snake.”

The first Hunger Games movie hit cinemas in 2012, before The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was released the following year.

The first two films were followed by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 in 2014, before Part 2 graced the big screen in 2015.

Eight years later, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes came out to mixed-to-positive reviews. It currently has a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is the lowest-rated film in the series so far.

Time Out's review read: “The action scenes remain well-shot and tightly edited, and even without the provocative political energy of the Katniss years, the cultural parallels between Panem’s world and ours retain their unsettling power.”

Meanwhile, wrote: “Combined with outstanding lead performances and a host of sumptuous visuals, it’s an overall entertaining and worthwhile entry in the massive Hunger Games franchise.”

The Hunger Games movie franchise is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is released in cinemas on 20 November.

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