How to watch all the 'Fast & Furious' movies in order, including that bonkers spinoff (2024)

Real fans know that the only thing more important than speed machines is — all together now — family.

The Fast & Furious franchise kicked off in 2001 with an adrenaline-fueled story of drag racers and occasional criminals. The series is still going strong thanks to numerous sequels and a spinoff, wading into such over-the-top territory that the initial street racing conceit is now little more than window dressing.

There are 11 Fast & Furious films and a 12th in the works, which is expected to hit theaters in 2026. Though that might seem like eons from now, much of the franchise is streaming on Netflix and ready for a movie marathon.

Here’s how to watch all the Fast & Furious movies in order.

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The Fast and the Furious (2001)

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Undercover LAPD cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) is sent to infiltrate a group of underground street racers, led by Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel). The gang runs a lucrative side business hijacking trucks of electronic devices — in this case, combination DVD/VHS players. Ah, the early aughts! But things get complicated when Bryan falls for Dom’s sister, Mia (Jordana Brewster).

Rob Cohen’s film feels like a gritty indie compared to the rest of the Fast and Furious movies. It captivated audiences, grossing over $200 million worldwide, and led to a sequel that upped the ante in every way.

Where to watch The Fast and the Furious: Netflix

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2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

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John Singleton's sequel finds Brian moving to Miami and fully embracing his call to drag racing after going on the run. Apprehended by the FBI, Brian cuts a deal for his freedom predicated on him capturing a violent drug dealer (Cole Hauser). Diesel notably sits this installment out, making room for Brian’s new partner, Roman (Tyrese Gibson), and car guru Tej (Ludacris).

2 Fast 2 Furious is darker in tone than the original film. There are also invigorating set pieces that turn up the tension, such as a well-staged police chase and the climax in which Brian launches his car from a pier onto a boat.

Where to watch 2 Fast and 2 Furious: Netflix

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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

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The first installment directed by Justin Lin, Tokyo Drift departs from the first two films with a brand-new cast and a separate storyline. After a troubling incident at school, a teen (Lucas Black) with a penchant for street racing moves to Japan to live with his father. He bonds with like-minded adrenaline junkies Han (Sung Kang) and Twinkie (Bow Wow) but finds Tokyo’s drifts to be far more dangerous than anything on American streets.

Though Diesel makes a quick cameo at the end, this standalone sequel was long considered the black sheep of the Furious films. But after a shocking reveal in a Fast & Furious 6 mid-credit scene tied back to Tokyo Drift, the franchise finally figured out how this movie fits into its own mythology.

Where to watch The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift: Netflix

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Fast & Furious (2009)

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Walker and Diesel are back for the fourth Furious movie, which doesn’t fully execute the series’ rebirth but does (pardon the pun) begin racing towards it. After Dom’s beloved Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) is seemingly murdered, he comes out of hiding to seek revenge. Though far from pals after the fallout in the first film — which ruined Brian’s LAPD prospects and sent Dom on the run to Mexico — the two men team up to investigate.

Fast & Furious is notable for adding the character Gisele (Gal Gadot) and smaller players like Shea Whigham's officious Stasiak. After Tokyo Drift, Lin’s movie is a return to the franchise's roots rather than the radical reinvention of the formula that came next.

Where to watch Furious & Furious: Netflix

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Fast Five (2011)

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It took some time, but the Furious series finally succumbed to the chaos we know and love it for with this hell-for-leather fifth installment. Mia and Brian break Dom out of custody and head for safety in Brazil. Hot on their heels is hulking federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), who has a personal vendetta against Dom.

Fast Five is where the franchise started skirting the boundaries of reality. The street racing is all but sidelined for a rambunctious heist plot that culminates in a bank vault laying ruin to Rio de Janeiro, a sequence that numbers amongst the series’ most famous. (Who knows how many physicists lost sleep over that absurd stunt.)

Where to watch Fast Five: Netflix

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Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

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One of the franchise’s most over-the-top installments, Fast 6 finds the stars in full superhero mode — they weather the crushing weight of tanks, survive a fiery plane crash on the longest runway of all time, and perfect the art of airborne neck-snapping. You know, the works. After going to separate global corners following the events of Fast Five, Hobbs convinces the gang to come out of hiding and help him locate a vicious mercenary (Luke Evans).

Fast 6 begins the series' trend of recruiting past villains into the good guy fold. Hobbs is now an ally, but the transformation is complete with the mic-dropping end credits stinger. It not only (finally) ties the series to Tokyo Drift, but introduces the adrenaline shot that is Jason Statham into the franchise.

Where to watch Fast & Furious 6: Amazon Prime Video (to rent)

Furious 7 (2015)

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“We have officially entered the baroque stage of the Fast & Furious franchise,” Entertainment Weekly's critic declaredof Furious 7, which sees James Wan in the director's chair. The gang is after Shaw (Statham) for Han’s death while the villain seeks revenge on his comatose brother's (Evans) behalf. Though one of the franchise’s peak installments, the shadow of Walker's death before production ended hangs heavy here.

"The biggest surprise in the movie is how poignantly and tastefully it pays tribute to [Walker]," EW's critic wrote. "In the final scene, the actor looks directly into the camera and flashes his thousand-watt smile from behind the wheel. It’s a rare moment of subtlety in a franchise that otherwise has no use for it. And it’s as cathartic as any car flying through the air could ever be.”

Where to watch Furious 7: Tubi

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The Fate of the Furious (2017)

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With Brian and Mia having sailed off into the sunset, Dom and Letty decide it’s time to get married. But their honeymoon is cut short with the arrival of Cipher (Charlize Theron), a woman of ever-changing hairstyles who tells Dom that he must turn against his family to protect them. F. Gary Gray took the directorial reigns for this installment, which continues the story of the central gang while more or less pretending Brian and Mia never existed.

Computerized effects are deployed more here than on Lin’s watch, but this installment is “much funnier and lighter on its feet than previous outings,” EW’s critic found, adding that “a lot of that credit goes to Statham and Johnson, whose love-hate bromance feels like the real core of the movie.”

Where to watch The Fate of the Furious: Peacock

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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

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Statham and Johnson go head-to-head then join forces in this spinoff directed by David Leitch. With the help of Shaw’s sister (Vanessa Kirby), they must stop a cyborg super-soldier (Idris Elba) from unleashing a device that threatens to fell the world’s population.

EW's critic called the movie “a testosterone motherlode so relentlessly, ridiculously adrenalized, it doesn’t so much unfold as steadily defibrillate you,” but “if you don’t gasp for one trick involving a motorcycle, two Mack trucks, and a kind of physics-defying Tokyo drift, maybe you do need that defibrillator.”

Where to watch Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw: Peacock

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F9 (2021)

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Thought you'd seen the last of Justin Lin's direction? Think again. The ninth installment pits the crew against Dom’s long-lost evil brother Jakob (John Cena), a highly skilled assassin aiming to demolish Dom’s happy family (or crime syndicate, depending on which side you’re on).

Han returns from the dead while Tej and Roman go to space, but Hobbs and Shaw are absent, leaving a strange hole at the franchise's center. That said, Brewster’s Mia is back, getting in on the action at long last, and that’s worth something.

Where to watch F9: Peacock

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Fast X (2023)

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The most recent installment finds Dom and Co. facing Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa), the son of Fast Five’s big bad. Dante wants revenge for his father’s death, and he likes to look good doing it.

Fast X finds Louis Leterrier in the director’s seat after Lin left the production early. Also of note is a post-credits sequence that returns Hobbs, paving the way for a further return to form in the next Furious movie.

Where to watch Fast X: Peacock

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