What makes the DC Animated Universe question a bit complicated is that there are actually three universes. There’s the overall DC Universe Original Movie brand, which has released every single straight-to-video animated movie based on DC characters since 2007.
Then from 2013 to 2020, we got a proper in-continuity universe, which did not include every new release but still built up from one movie to the next, with crossovers and tie-ins that built into a huge crisis event.
Let’s focus on that one first. Known as the DC Animated Movie Universe, this continuity began with 2013’s “Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox” and was loosely based on the New 52 timeline of the comics. The movies in this universe follow a continuity, so it is better to watch them in the order of release, as you’d see characters evolve and change, like Batman’s son, Damian Wayne, who becomes the new Robin and part of the Teen Titans. The order is:
- “Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox”
- “Justice League: War”
- “Son of Batman”
- “Justice League: Throne of Atlantis”
- “Batman vs. Robin”
- “Batman: Bad Blood”
- “Justice League vs. Teen Titans”
- “Justice League Dark”
- “Teen Titans: The Judas Contract”
- “Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay”
- “The Death of Superman”
- “Constantine: City of Demons”
- “Reign of the Supermen”
- “Batman: Hush”
- “Wonder Woman: Bloodlines”
- “Justice League Dark: Apokolips War”
After that last movie, make sure to check out the short film “Constantine: The House of Mystery” which takes place after “Apokolips War” and leads into what comes next.