Fast and Furious movies in order of how to watch them

The Fast and Furious franchise has been around for over 20 years now, and it’s had a long and winding path to the international box office juggernaut we know it as today.

But perhaps the only thing more confusing than how Dom, Letty, Brian, and the rest of the crew turned from street racers, small-time crooks, and cops into global superspies is what order you’re actually supposed to watch these movies in. Following the release Fast XThe series has 10 mainline episodes, 2 with the exact same name, several others with names that are completely different, as well as a spinoff film.

Don’t worry though, we’re here to help guide you through the franchise a quarter mile at a time, and if you’re a Fast franchise veteran who already knows the timeline backwards and forwards, we’ve even got another suggestion for how to mix up your rewatch ahead of the franchise’s penultimate (probably?) entry:

Fast and Furious Movies on Streaming

Before we dive into the potential watch orders, it’s important to know where they are all streaming.

DirecTV offers the first eight movies in the series to its subscribers. Furious 7, as well as the first five movies, are all available on TNT. Furious 7 The following are some examples of how to get started: F9 Peacock is streaming, and F9 It is also available to stream on HBO Max. This spin-off is also available on HBO Max. Hobbs & Shaw is only available through VOD vendors like Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu — and the rest of the movies are available on those platforms as well.

Fast and Furious films in order of release

The order of their original release is by far the easiest way to view these films. This is, on the one hand a logical narrative progression and gives a good idea of how the series has evolved over time. As an added bonus, it’s also very fun to watch these things get more and more ridiculous at every turn — and watching the crew go from boosting A/V equipment to stealing nuclear subs still hits just as hilariously and weirdly watching them like this as it did seeing them years apart in theaters.

• The Fast and the Furious
• Fast and Furious 2
• Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift
• Fast & Furious
• Fast Five
• Fast & Furious 6
• Furious 7
• Fate of the Furious
• Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
• F9
• Fast X

Fast and Furious in chronological Order

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This one is a little bit flimsy, considering all the retcons, flashbacks, and CGI scene-additions over the years, but we’re doing the best we can. Apart from Dom and Jacob’s flashback from F9, This order has only one major modification: the size of the pieces. The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift into the middle of the sixth and seventh entries, because that’s technically when it happens in the canon. This is similar to the release order but makes a bit more sense.

• F9The Dom and Jacob racetrack Flashback
• The Fast And The Furious
• Fast and Furious 2
• Fast & Furious
• Fast Five
• Fast & Furious 6
• The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift
• Furious 7
• Fate of the Furious
• Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
• F9 You can watch the rest of this movie
• Fast X

Watching Fast and Furious movies in “flashback order”

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Now we’re really mixing things up. This order attempts to make sense out of the slipshod continuity (complimentary) that has held this franchise together, and given Justin Lin and Vin Diesel license for increasingly absurd stunts — especially in the last decade.

To start with, we’re going to have to justify the fact that this crew is known for their daring espionage and heisting exploits, so we’re kicking off with Fast and FuriousThe following are some examples of how to get started: Fast Five. Next, it’s time to get a little backstory on how this crew came together. Finally, we kick things off into high gear with some of the crew’s highest-profile jobs, as well as a story arc about Han and Shaw, which will continue to be a plot thread up until Fast X where it’s been teased the two might meet.

The new order is a bit of a shock to veteran Fast fans, but it also gives the show a different shape. It does, however, keep enough structure that it doesn’t feel random.

• Fast & Furious
• Fast Five
• The Fast And The Furious
• Fast and Furious 2
• Fast & Furious 6
• The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift
• Furious 7
• The Fate of the Furious
• Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
• F9
• Fast X