Fast and Furious Movies in Order [Release & Chronological Order 2023]

How can you enjoy Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Paul Walker in action to the best of your ability? It’s simple, by watching the Fast And Furious movies. The timeline for the Fast And Furious movies is clearly explained below.

Nine films, numerous spin-offs, and more than 20 years have passed since the first Fast & Furious movie.

The Fast and the Furious, a very low-stakes street racing and gangster thriller, launched the high-octane film series in 2001. It centered on the tense friendship of Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and undercover detective Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker).

However, the series has only grown in scope, absurdity, and ambition since then, and it can be challenging to follow the convoluted story the twelve films have knitted together.

Fast & Furious 9 was released in 2021, and the series continued to delve more into the history of the main Toretto family.

The presently in-development Fast & Furious 10 is scheduled to release in 2023.

The Toretto family will spread further in the future installment thanks to the addition of Rita Moreno, a legendary actress who will play the grandmother of Vin Diesel’s character.

So, before Fast X, this article will tell you how and in what order to see all of these movies.

Why should you watch the Fast And Furious movies in this order?

Although most of the Fast movies are sequels to one another, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift stands out as an exception.

Tokyo Drift, despite it being the third Fast movie to hit theaters, really takes place in between Fast & Furious 6 and Furious 7.

Moving away from the plot of Brian and Dom, the movie centers on a brand-new cast of people, including Sean Boswell (Lucas Black), a student who is compelled to relocate to Japan in order to avoid going to jail.

Han Lue, a beloved character who seemed to be murdered in a pursuit towards the end of the movie, makes his first appearance in Tokyo Drift.

Fortunately, Universal determined that Han would be brought back because he was so well-liked and devised a creative solution by setting all upcoming Fast movies before Toyko Drift.

As a result, Han might make a triumphant comeback in the upcoming Fast & Furious movies.

After Han made an appearance in the following two films, the narrative became more obvious. At the conclusion of “Fast & Furious 6,” Han informs the crew that he’s headed to Tokyo, a city he had originally intended to visit with Gisele (Gal Gadot) prior to her being murdered.

The third installment of the “Fast and Furious” series, “Tokyo Drift,” is set years after the sixth film in the series. After “Fast & Furious 6,” it was revealed in the credits scene that Deckard Shaw had traveled to Tokyo to look for Han after Han had put his younger brother in a coma. Shaw was operating the Mercedes’ steering wheel.

In “Furious 7,” the final scene of “Tokyo Drift,” Dom travels to Tokyo. We witness Dom get the jewelry from Sean that he handed to Letty (Lucas Black).

Timeline for the Fast and furious movies

The Fast and Furious series also includes a number of high-speed prequels, sequels, and midquels, which further complicates matters.

The majority of these films, which shed light on hitherto unexplored portions of the high-speed saga’s narrative, were produced for the DVD releases of the original movies.

The short video Turbo-Charged Prelude, which was first made available on the DVD of 2 Fast 2 Furious, demonstrates precisely how Brian changed from being an LAPD officer to a criminal.

The explanation is straightforward: after helping Dom Toretto elude the cops, Brian finds himself on the wanted list.

The following short film, Los Bandoleros, centers on Dom and was made available to fans as a DVD special feature.

It does, however, introduce viewers to Han (Sung Kang), Rico (Don Omar), and Tego (Tego Calderon). No, it does not explain how Brian became a full-fledged FBI agent in the next movie.

The Fast and Furious timeline includes all of these short films and looks like this:

1. The Fast and the Furious
2. Turbo-Charged Prelude
3. 2 Fast 2 Furious
4. Los Bandoleros
5. Fast & Furious
6. Fast Five
7. Fast & Furious 6
8. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
9. Furious 7
10. The Fate of the Furious
11. Hobbs & Shaw
12. F9

Fast and Furious Movies in Chronological Order:

1. The Fast and the Furious (2001)

1. IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
2. Runtime: 1h 46m
3. Director: Rob Cohen

Vin Diesel’s character, Dominic Toretto, loves the rush of street racing, and his followers worship him like a hero. After a brutal run-in with the brutal Johnny Tran, Dom makes the decision to mentor Brian (Paul Walker), a newbie to street racing. Mia, Dom’s sister, also finds something appealing about Brian.

The problem is that neither of them is aware that he is an undercover police officer, and Dominic and his adversary Johnny Tran are both being investigated for big-rig hijacking and dirty money.

2. Turbo-Charged prelude for 2 fast 2 furious (2003) [Short Spin-Off Movies]

1. IMDb Rating: 6/10
2. Runtime: 6m
3. Director: Philip G. Atwell

In the 2003 short film Turbo-Charged Prelude, directed by Philip Atwell, Paul Walker reprises his role as Brian O’Conner in a few scenes that connect The Fast and The Furious with its sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious.

3. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

1. IMDb Rating: 5.9/10
2. Runtime: 1h 47m
3. Director: John Singleton

In this follow-up, Paul Walker’s former detective Brian O’Conner moves from Los Angeles to Miami in order to start again.

After getting engaged in the street racing circuit in his new city and making friends with Tej and Suki, Brian’s competitive nature is put on hold when he is captured by federal investigators and forced to make a deal with the FBI.

Brian starts a risky mission to take down a dangerous drug lord while teaming up with a brand-new partner Roman Pearce (Tyrese).

4. Los Bandoleros (2009) [Short Spin-Off Movie]

1. IMDb Rating: 5.7/10
2. Runtime: 20m
3. Director: Vin Diesel

This brief narrative sets up the heist in the fourth Fast and Furious movie’s opening, in which they rob a fuel tanker truck in the Dominican Republic.

Former prisoner and fugitive hijacker Dom is planning a fresh hijacking with his new allies Tego and Leo after hiding out in Mexico. Dom requests Han’s assistance. Leo must next be freed from jail so that he can join their gang.

5. Fast & Furious (2009)

1. IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
2. Runtime: 1h 47m
3. Director: Justin Lin

When a beloved one is ruthlessly killed, Dominic Toretto is compelled to come out of hiding.

When he travels to Los Angeles to find the offender, he runs up FBI agent Brian O’Connor, whose undercover espionage against Toretto’s gang resulted in the motorized criminal’s banishment across the border.

As they look into the murder, the two men briefly put their differences aside.

6. Fast Five (2011)

1. IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
2. Runtime: 2h 10m
3. Directed by: Justin Lin

Since breaking her brother Dom (Vin Diesel) out of detention, ex-cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) and Mia Torretto (Jordana Brewster) have been hopping borders to avoid capture. Before they can finally achieve their freedom, they must perform one last task in Rio de Janeiro.

Before the federal officer (Dwayne Johnson) following their trail finds them, Brian and Dom put together their elite squad of car racers because they know they must face the dishonest billionaire who wants them dead.

7. Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

1. IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
2. Runtime: 2h 10m
3. Directed by: Justin Lin

The Rio robbery that made Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian (Paul Walker) and their team extremely wealthy caused them to disperse over the world, but they are still forced to live as fugitives and are unable to go back to their families.

Agent Hobbs has been pursuing a group of violent mercenaries whose second-in-command is a person Dom is familiar with.

Hobbs requests assistance from Dom and his team in exchange for everyone’s complete pardons because he is unable to eliminate them on his own.

8. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

1. IMDb Rating: 6/10
2. Runtime: 1h 44m
3. Directed by: Justin Lin

Although Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) constantly feels like an outcast, he finds his identity in street racing successes. He relocates to Japan to stay with his father because his pastime makes the authorities dislike him.

Once there, feeling even more out of place, he discovers a thrilling but risky new way to play the game. When Sean challenges the local champion and develops feelings for the man’s girlfriend, the stakes are quite high.

9. Furious 7 (2015)

1. IMDb Rating: 7/10
2. Runtime: 2h 17m
3. Directed by: James Wan

Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker), and the rest of the team have split up to resume more normal lives after taking down the worldwide terrorist Owen Shaw. However, Owen’s older brother, Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), is eager to exact retribution.

In return for helping to free an abducted computer hacker who has created a potent monitoring program, a cunning government agent promises to assist Dom and the crew take care of Shaw.

10. The Fate of the Furious (2017)

1. IMDb Rating: 7/10
2. Runtime: 2h 30m
3. Directed by: F. Gary Gray

The world-traveling team has established a semblance of a normal existence now that Dom and Letty are married, Brian and Mia are retired, and the remainder of the group has been cleared of all charges.

They soon encounter an unforeseen obstacle when Dom is forced to turn on them all by a mysterious woman known only as Cipher.

They must now work together to rescue the man who gave them a home and stop Cipher from causing mayhem.

11. Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

1. IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
2. Runtime: 2h 18m
3. Directed by: David Leitch

Brixton Lorr is a cybernetically modified soldier with superhuman strength, a sharp mind, and a deadly infection that has the potential to wipe out half of humanity.

Huge lawman Luke Hobbs & outlaw assassin Deckard Shaw must now put their past conflicts aside and cooperate to stop the seemingly unstoppable Lorr from wiping out humanity.

12. F9 (2021)

1. IMDb Rating: 5.2/10
2. Runtime: 2h 23m
3. Directed by: Justin Lin

Dom Toretto is off the grid living a calm life with his wife Letty and his kid, but they are aware that danger is always just around the corner. This time, that danger compels Dom to face his past transgressions in order to protect those he cares about the most.

It doesn’t take long for his squad to band together to foil the most accomplished assassin and high-performance racer they’ve ever seen — Dom’s abandoned brother — from carrying out a catastrophic plan.

Fast and Furious Movies in Order or release

This list is in the order in which they were released!

1. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
2. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
3. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
4. Fast & Furious (2009)
5. Fast Five (2011)
6. Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
7. Furious 7 (2015)
8. The Fate of the Furious (2017)
9. Hobbs and Shaw (2019)
10. F9 (2021)
11. Fast X (coming May 19, 2023)
12. Untitled movie (coming in 2024)

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Conclusion

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