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This article explains how to watch the Fast and Furious films in order of release and chronologically. The original trilogy started in 2001, but took a story detour between the second and third Fast and Furious films.
How to Watch the 'Fast and Furious' movies in Order of Release
Follow the adventures of the Fast and Furious team in the order the movies were released in theaters.
The movies may not all be available on subscription services, but you can rent or buy them all through storefronts like Apple TV, Google Play, and YouTube.
Movie | Release Date | Where to Watch |
The Fast and the Furious | 2001 | Peaco*ck |
The Turbo Charged Prelude to 2 Fast 2 Furious | 2003 | YouTube |
2 Fast 2 Furious | 2003 | Peaco*ck |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | 2006 | Peaco*ck |
Los Bandoleros | 2009 | Vimeo |
Fast & Furious | 2009 | Peaco*ck |
Fast Five | 2011 | Peaco*ck |
Fast & Furious 6 | 2013 | Peaco*ck |
Furious 7 | 2015 | Max |
The Fate of the Furious | 2017 | Rent or buy |
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | 2019 | Rent or buy |
F9: The Fast Saga | 2021 | Freevee |
Fast X | 2023 | Amazon |
Dominic Toretto may live his life a quarter mile at a time, but you'll have to do some serious planning if you marathon the whole series. Their total runtime is 23 hours and 25 minutes, so you should probably split it up into at least a couple of days.
How to Watch the 'Fast and Furious' Films in Chronological Order
Binge watchers can catch up on the Fast and Furious franchise in chronological order. Two official short films, two spinoffs, and another little-known origin story of one of the characters decide how you should watch the films in the right order.
As the series has developed, the specific years in which each film takes place has had to shift to make things line up, but that restructuring doesn't affect the chronological order.
Movie | Timing | Where to Watch |
The Fast and the Furious | While it originally took place in 2001, the year of its release, that date has since been retconned to 2004. | Peaco*ck |
The Turbo Charged Prelude to 2 Fast 2 Furious | 2004, immediately after The Fast and the Furious. | YouTube |
2 Fast 2 Furious | Within five years of the original film. | Peaco*ck |
Los Bandoleros | 2009, just before Fast & Furious. | Vimeo |
Fast & Furious | 2009 | Peaco*ck |
Fast Five | 2011 | Peaco*ck |
Fast & Furious 6 | 2013 | Peaco*ck |
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | 2014 | Peaco*ck |
Furious 7 | 2014 (after Tokyo Drift). | Max |
The Fate of the Furious | 2017 | Rent or buy |
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Between 2017 and 2019. | Rent or buy |
F9: The Fast Saga | 2019 | Freevee |
Fast X | 2021 (10 years after Fast Five). | Amazon |
Is 'Better Luck Tomorrow' Connected to 'The Fast and the Furious'?
Justin Lin directed Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) before he helmed Tokyo Drift and other movies in the lineup, and it could be an interesting watch as Han Lue (Sung Kang) is part of the story. The movie is a crime drama but doesn't involve car pyrotechnics or international heists.
It isn't an official part of the Fast & Furious franchise, although Lin and many fans consider it Han's origin story. But it has a different distribution company (MTV Films/Paramount released this, while Universal puts out the Fast movies).
To include it chronologically, you'd put it directly after the first The Fast and the Furious.
Is the 'Fast and Furious' Series Ending?
The followup to Fast X, which is currently in development for a 2026 release, reportedly ends the mainline series. However, multiple spinoffs are also coming.
A Hobbs & Shaw followup has fallen through, but an alternate project, Hobbs & Reyes, will bring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Momoa together in a story that will bridge Fast X and its direct sequel.
The screenwriter of Fast X, Zach Dean, is also writing a standalone film in the Fast universe. A female-led spinoff is also coming from writers Lindsey Anderson Beer, Nicole Perlman, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.
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