I decided to post the timeline for the anime including the movies, the OVA's, and, I believe, one of the games. If anyone disagrees, please reply here and let me know. If there already is an official timeline, then reply here also. Because this is leafninja.com's message boards, then I'll use www.Leafninja.com's episode guide's saga names for the sake of no confusion and easy understanding. The sagas with stars to the left of them (*) means the order of the specific sagas next to each other with a star may vary. The sagas with dashes to the left of them (-) means the specific saga comes directly after the previous saga with a star (*) to the left of it (this is used for sagas that are in no particular order except for certain ones in that batch).



Orange: OAV Special

Red: Movie

Blue: Filler [Mostly]

Green: Video Game

Purple: Flashback Filler (Usually takes up most or all of an episode)



[Before Naruto]

* Movie 7: "Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower" (The events in the past from time-traveling)

* OAV Special 11 or 12 (both were released simultaneously): "Ninja Escapades" - "The Far Reaches of Hope" (excluding the flashforward to The Fourth Shinobi World War)

Episode 339-340 (Naruto Shippūden 119-120): Kakashi Gaiden Special

Episode 508 (Naruto Shippūden 288): Danger: Jinpachi and Kushimaru! (The flashback with Kakashi, Guy, and Rin as a team)

OAV Special 11 or 12 (both were released simultaneously): "Ninja Escapades" - "The Two Uchiha"

OAV Special 11 or 12 (both were released simultaneously): "Ninja Escapades" - "The Creation of the Akatsuki" (Contradicts Naruto Shippūden 457 as to who retrieves Hidan, but otherwise canon)

Naruto

Episode 396 (Naruto Shippūden 176): Rookie Instructor Iruka

Episode 397 (Naruto Shippūden 177): Iruka's Ordeal

Episode 398 (Naruto Shippūden 178): Iruka's Decision

Episode 1-2: Series Introduction

Episode 399 (Naruto Shippūden 179): Kakashi Hatake, The Jonin in Charge

Episode 3-5: Series Introduction (Continued)

Episode 401 (Naruto Shippūden 181): Naruto's School of Revenge (Can also take place right before Chuunin Exam Test One)

Episode 6-19: Wave Country Mission

Episode 400 (Naruto Shippūden 180): Inari's Courage Put to the Test

OAV Special 6: "Naruto: The Crossroads" (Before the credits only)

* OAV Special 1: Find the Four-Leaf Red Clover! (Can also take place right before Wave Country Mission)

* Episode 411 (Naruto Shippūden 191): Kakashi Love Song (Can also take place right before Wave Country Mission)

* Episode 413 (Naruto Shippūden 193): The Man Who Died Twice (Can also take place right before Wave Country Mission)

* Episode 414 (Naruto Shippūden 194): The Worst Three-Legged Race (Can also take place right before Wave Country Mission)

Episode 20-25: Chuunin Exam Test One

Episode 26-37: Chuunin Exam Test Two

Episode 38-51: Chuunin Exam Test Three Preliminaries

Episode 415 (Naruto Shippūden 195): Team 10's Teamwork (Takes place at some point during Chuunin Exam Test Three Training)

Episode 52-58: Chuunin Exam Test Three Training

Episode 390-391 (Naruto Shippūden 170-171): Yondaime Hokage's Legacy Special

Episode 59-67: Chuunin Exam Test Three

Episode 412 (Naruto Shippūden 192): Neji Chronicles

Episode 68-80: Konoha Invasion

Episode 410 (Naruto Shippūden 190): Naruto and the Old Soldier

Episode 81-85: Akatsuki Introduction

Episode 86-96: Search for Tsunade

Episode 97-100: Tsunade Returns

Episode 403 (Naruto Shippūden 183): Naruto: Breakout (May also be after The Tea Country)

Episode 416 (Naruto Shippūden 196): Drive Towards Darkness

* OAV Special 2: "Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!"

* Movie 1 : "Naruto The Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow"

* Video Game: "Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles" (Japanese Version)

* Episode 402 (Naruto Shippūden 182): Gaara's Bond

* Episode 404 (Naruto Shippūden 184): Deploy! Team Tenten (Takes place between Tsunade Returns and Four Heavenly Directions except between The Tea Country and Valley of the End)

* Episode 406 (Naruto Shippūden 186): Ah, the Medicine of Youth

* Episode 409 (Naruto Shippūden 189): Sasuke's Paw Encyclopedia

Episode 101: Gotta See! Gotta Know! Kakashi-Sensei's True Face!

Episode 689 (Naruto Shippūden 469): A Special Mission (This episode adapts a canon bonus manga that also contains some filler content that contradicts its timeline placement such as Rock Lee being healed while Sasuke is still in the village. Ignoring the filler parts, the story has to take place after Episode 101 but before "The Tea Country" arc where Sasuke is once again hospitalized and turns antagonistic towards Naruto.)

Episode 102-106: The Tea Country

Episode 526 (Naruto Shippūden 306): The Heart's Eye

Episode 107-128: Sound Five

Episode 129-135: Valley of the End

Episode 136-141: Rice Country (Fuuma Clan)

Episode 405 (Naruto Shippūden 185): Animal District (Takes place between Rice Country (Fuuma Clan) and Four Heavenly Directions)

* Episode 142-147: Touji Mizuki Returns

* Movie 2: "Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel"

Episode 529 (Naruto Shippūden 309): An A-Rank Mission: The Contest (Takes place between Tsunade Returns and Four Heavenly Directions except between The Tea Country and Valley of the End. Must come right before Episode 530 (Naruto Shippūden 310))

Episode 530 (Naruto Shippūden 310): The Fallen Castle (Takes place between Tsunade Returns and Four Heavenly Directions except between The Tea Country and Valley of the End. Must come right after Episode 529 (Naruto Shippūden 309))

Episode 148-151: Find the Bikouchuu

Episode 152-157: Kurosuki Raiga and Ranmaru

Episode 158-161: Stone Country and Individual Stories

Episode 162-167: Mystery in the Bird Country

Episode 168: Individual Story

Episode 169-173: Sea Country

Episode 174-177: Individual Stories and Imposter Mini-arc

Video Game: "Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress"

Episode 178-183: Hidden Star Village

Episode 184-186: Individual Stories

Episode 187-191: Vegetable Country

* Episode 192-196: Individual Stories and Gai Revenge Mini-arc

* Movie 3: "Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom"

Episode 197-201: Gennou the Trap Maker

Video Game: "Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2"

Episode 202: Individual Story

Episode 203-207: Yakumo's Genjutsu

Episode 208: Individual Story

* Episode 209-212: Shinobazu

* Video Game: "Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2"

Episode 213-215: Menma

Episode 216-220: Four Heavenly Directions

Episode 407 (Naruto Shippūden 187): Gutsy Master and Student: The Training

Episode 408 (Naruto Shippūden 188): Record of the Gutsy Ninja Master and Student

Naruto Shippūden

* Episode 614-633 (394-413): In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths--- (Aside from Sakura recalling retaking the Chuunin Exam, the flashback arc itself takes place here)

* Video Game: "Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4" - Chapter 1: "Clash with the Black Shadow! The Bond between Parent and Child!"

Episode 221-252 (1-32): Retrieve Gaara From Akatsuki

Movie 4: "Naruto: Shippūden the Movie"

Episode 253-273 (33-53): Duplicity in the Grass Country

Episode 274-276 (54-56): Elemental Training Begins

Episode 277-291 (57-71): The Twelve Elite Guardians Return

Episode 292-293 (72-73): Elemental Training Continues

Episode 596-597 (376-377): Mecha-Naruto

Episode 294-308 (74-88): Elemental Training Continues (Continued)

Episode 309-332 (89-112): Find Sanbi

Movie 5: "Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds"

Episode 333-338 (113-118): Building Team Hebi

---Episode 339-340 (119-120): Kakashi Gaiden Special--- (Moved to another point in the timeline)

* Video Game: "Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3" - ""Leaf" Anbu Attacks" Act 1-4 and "Double Encounter" Act 1-2

* Video Game: "Naruto Shippūden: Dragon Blade Chronicles"

* Movie 6: "Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire"

Episode 341-346 (121-126): Searching for Itachi

Episode 347-353 (127-133): Jiraiya's Prophecy

OAV Special 10 : "Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations" Anime Cutscenes- "Tale of Itachi" (Only the first of the two cutscenes)

Episode 354-361 (134-141): Facing Itachi

OAV Special 6: "Naruto: The Crossroads" (After the credits only)

Episode 362-363 (142-143): Capturing Hachibi

Episode 364-371 (144-151): Rokubi and the Kinjutsu

Episode 372-373 (152-156): Sennin Training and Konoha's Destruction

Movie 7: "Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower"

Episode 374-389 (157-169): Sennin Training and Konoha's Destruction (Continued)

--- Episode 390-391 (170-171): Yondaime Hokage's Legacy Special--- (Moved to another point in the timeline)

Episode 392-395 (172-175): Konoha's Destruction (Continued)

Episode 396-416 (176-196): Konoha's History

Episode 417-439 (197-219): The Five Kage Summit Arc

* OAV Special 9: A Chūnin Exam of Flames! Naruto vs. Konohamaru!!

* Episode 510-515- (290-295): Power

Episode 440-442 (220-222): Preparing for War

Episode 443-462 (223-242): Sea Journey to the Lightning Country

Episode 463-476 (243-256): The Island Turtle

Episode 476 (256): The Fourth Shinobi World War - Day One

--- Episode 477-480 (257-260): Ten-Year Anniversary of Naruto Airing--- (Retells Naruto part one with some new scenes)

Episode 477-490 (257-270): The Fourth Shinobi World War - Day One (Continued)

--- Episode 491 (271): Road to Sakura--- (Non cannon Movie 8 tie-in)

Episode 491-496 (271-276): The Fourth Shinobi World War - Day One (Continued)

Episode 497-503 (277-283): The Fourth Shinobi World War - Night One

Episode 504-509 (284-289): The Fourth Shinobi World War - Day Two

--- Episode 510-515- (290-295): Power--- (Moved to another point in the timeline)

Episode 516-530 (296-310): The Fourth Shinobi World War - Day Two (Continued)

--- Episode 531 (311): Prologue of Road to Ninja--- (Non cannon Movie 8 prologue)

Episode 531-560 (311-340): The Fourth Shinobi World War - Day Two (Continued)

Episode 561-568 (341-348): The Ten-Tails' Revival

Episode 569-581 (349-361): Kakashi's Anbu Arc: The Shinobi That Lives in the Darkness (Explores Kakashi's history with the ANBU)

Episode 582-595 (362-375): The Ten-Tails' Revival (Continued)

--- Episode 596-597 (376-377): Mecha-Naruto--- (Moved to another point in the timeline)

Episode 598-608 (378-388): Obito as the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki

Episode 609-610 (389-390): Hinata and Hanabi (Explores Hinata's history with her sister, Hanabi)

Episode 611-613 (391-393): Madara as the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki

--- Episode 614-633 (394-413): In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths--- (Only Sakura recalling retaking the Chuunin Exam happens here. The flashback itself is moved to another point in the timeline)

Episode 634-641 (414-421): Madara as the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki (Continued)

Episode 642-643 (422-423): Konohamaru's Training (Explores Konohamaru's history with learning from Naruto's teachings)

Episode 644-645 (424-425): Madara as the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki (Continued)

Episode 646-651 (426-431): The Infinite Tsukuyomi Activates (The events outside of the dream states are mostly canon, and the dream states themselves are mostly filler)

Episode 652-670 (432-450): Jiraiya Shinobi Handbook: The Tale of Naruto the Hero (A larger arc focusing on Tsunade's dream state)

Episode 671-678 (451-458): Itachi Shinden Book: Light and Darkness (Explores Itachi's history that he passed onto Sasuke before departing. This arc ends in the same episode that the next arc begins)

Episode 678-688 (458-468): Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Returns (This arc starts in the same episode that the previous arc ends)

--- Episode 689 (469): A Special Mission--- (This episode adapts a canon bonus manga with some filler content that contradicts its timeline placement. Moved to another point in the timeline)

Episode 690-694 (470-474): Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Returns (Continued)

Episode 695-699 (475-479): Return to Valley of the End

Episode 700-703 (480-483): Childhood

Movie 10: "The Last: Naruto the Movie"

Episode 704-708 (484-488): Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise

Episode 709-713 (489-493): Shikamaru Hiden: A Cloud Drifting in Silent Darkness

Episode 714-520 (494-500): Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Movie 10: "The Last: Naruto the Movie" (The bonus scene after the credits only)

OAV Special 13: The Day Naruto Became Hokage

Episode 1-16: The Mysterious Ghost Incidents

Episode 17-24: Shin Uchiha's Ambitions

Episode 25-32: School Trip to the Hidden Mist Village

Episode 33-38: Academy Graduation

Episode 39-41: The First Genin Missions

Episode 42-47: The Byakuya Gang

Episode 48-55: More Genin Missions and Preparing for the Chuunin Exam

Episode 56-66: The Chuunin Exam and the Ōtsutsuki Invasion

OAV Special 14: "Boruto OAV 1" (Has to take place after Boruto learns the Rasengan and knows that his version travels in the air)

Episode 67-69: Soap Opera Bodyguard Mission

Episode 70: Individual Story

Episode 71-?: Mitsuki's Will (Placeholder title)





Videos That Don't Fit

OAV Special 3: Clash at Last! Jounin VS Genin!! No Discrimination, Great Melee Grand Exhibition Opening!! (Rock Lee is healthy while Sasuke is still in the Hidden Leaf and Sakura has short hair)

OAV Special 4: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival! (Rock Lee is healthy while Sasuke is still in the Hidden Leaf and Sakura has short hair)

OAV Special 5: "Shippū! Konoha High School!" (This is a different version of the series where everyone is in modern day society)

OAV Special 7: "Naruto Shippūden: Naruto, The Genie, and The Three Wishes!!" (Rock Lee is healthy while Sasuke is still in the Hidden Leaf and Sakura has short hair)

OAV Special 8: "Naruto x UT" (This is just a random fight between Naruto and Sasuke with no placement in the timeline)

OAV Special 10: "Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations" Anime Cutscenes - (Only the first of the two "Tale of Itachi" cutscenes can be considered canon. The first of the two "Tale of Madara Uchiha" cutscenes happens differently than from what is canon. The second of the two "Tale of Madara Uchiha" cutscenes might or might not be canon because Madara/Tobi and Kabuto could have had that conversation at some point.)

OAV Special 11 or 12 (both were released simultaneously): "Sunny Side Battle!" (Itachi cooks eggs for Sasuke, and then the whole thing seems to be a dream sequence that can probably be fit into the timeline if it is indeed a dream sequence)

Video Game: "Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2" - "Chapter 4: Orochimaru's Gedo Mark" (Originally after Tsunade Returns, the Third Hokage cannot be revived because his soul is in the Death God)

Video Game: "Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles" (English Version) (Originally after Chuunin Exam Test Three Training, Naruto knows the Rasengan, which is called Power Strike in this game)

Video Game: "Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3" - Ultimate Contest (Rock Lee is healthy while Sasuke is still in the Hidden Leaf and Sakura has short hair)

Movie 8: "Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison" (Ay has both of his arms, which he had up until he lost one during the Five Kage Summit, and Hidden Leaf has not yet been destroyed by Pain; however, Naruto has recalled his meeting with Minato, which happened after Pain destroyed Hidden Leaf, and he and Killer Bee know each other, which is not supposed to happen until after Naruto leaves Hidden Leaf to meet Killer Bee right before and during the war.)

Movie 9: "Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie" (The Hidden Leaf Village seems to be intact rather than destroyed or in the midst of being rebuilt as a result of Pain's attack, yet the Pain imposter is present when the Akatsuki seemingly returns and is mentioned to have already been dead with the rest of the group.. Naruto has already met Killer Bee and knows how to enter the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, which is supposed to have happened during the preparations of and into the beginning of the Fourth Shinobi World War. Tobi is still wearing his mask from before the Fourth Shinobi World War so he seemingly has yet to take the Rinnegan and kill Konan, yet the Konan imposter is present when the Akatsuki seemingly returns and is mentioned to have already been dead with the rest of the group.)

Episode 491 (Naruto Shippūden 271): Road to Sakura (Takes place during the events of Movie 8: "Naruto 6: Road to Ninja", which is non-cannon.)

Episode 531 (Naruto Shippūden 311): Prologue of Road to Ninja (Takes place before the events of Movie 8: "Naruto 6: Road to Ninja", which is non-cannon.)

Movie 11: "Boruto: Naruto the Movie" (This story was adapted into Boruto episodes.)