Chronological Guide to Fast and Furious Franchise

This comprehensive guide navigates the Fast & Furious franchise, helping you watch the films in chronological order or by release date. The series, a global box office behemoth, boasts a complex storyline spanning twelve movies, two shorts, and an animated series (excluded here due to its narrative irrelevance).

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Chronological Viewing Order:

1. The Fast and the Furious (2001): Introduces Brian O'Conner and Dom Toretto's initial encounter.

   

2. The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003): A short bridging The Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious.

   

3. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003): Brian's Miami adventure, without Dom.

   

4. Los Bandoleros (2009): A short film set between The Fast and the Furious and Fast & Furious.

   

5. Fast & Furious (2009): Dom and Brian reunite.

   

6. Fast Five (2011): The crew's Rio heist.

   

7. Fast & Furious 6 (2013): Confronting Owen Shaw.

   

8. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006): Sean Boswell's Tokyo adventures, featuring Han Lue.

   

9. Furious 7 (2015): Facing Deckard Shaw, Brian's farewell.

   

10. The Fate of the Furious (2017): Dom's betrayal.

    

11. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019): Hobbs and Shaw's spin-off.

    

12. F9 (2021): Introducing Jakob Toretto.

    

13. Fast X (2023): The penultimate chapter, facing Dante.

    

Release Date Viewing Order:

1. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
2. The Turbo Charged Prelude for 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
3. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
4. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
5. Fast & Furious (2009)
6. Los Bandoleros (2009)
7. Fast Five (2011)
8. Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
9. Furious 7 (2015)
10. The Fate of the Furious (2017)
11. Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
12. F9 (2021)
13. Fast X (2023)
14. Fast X: Part 2 (TBA 2026)

The franchise's future includes Fast X: Part 2 (2026) and potential spin-offs. A Luke Hobbs film is also in the works.