How To Binge Watch The Fast And The Furious Movies

This post was originally published on February 10, 2019
The latest update to this post was made 3 years ago.

Warning: this article contains some spoiler alerts – especially the final video.  You have been warned 🙂

Updated: 30 Sept 2021 – Added .5 Episodes and F9

I have long been a fan of The Fast & The Furious movies, but it has been a long time since I’ve watched them and I never did see parts 5 and up…  So I started a binge watching, from episodes 1 to 4 to refresh my memory before watching 5 thru 8…  All was going well until I get to what should be number 3 (Tokyo Drift 2006)… 

It seemed OK, I was a bit lost, but then when I watched part 4 things got weird…  A character who passed in number 3 (Tokyo Drift) was magically back in 4 – what the heck??  I totally missed this the first time I watched the series…  Off to Google we go, surely others have noticed this!  Indeed they had!  Turns out there is a special order to watch the movies in so it all ‘flows’…  I’ve outlined this below for those wanting a quick reference -AND- If you’ve never seen the franchise of “The Fast And The Furious” you should!!

1 – The Fast And The Furious  [2001]

1.5 – Short Film “Turbo Charged Prelude”  [2003]   (Web Only)

-> This short film details events between the end of The Fast And The Furious [2001] and the beginning of 2 Fast 2 Furious [2003].

2 – 2 Fast 2 Furious  [2003]

2.5 – Short Film “Los Bandoleros” [2009]  (Web Only)

-> This short film bridges the gap between “The Fast And The Furious [2001]” and “Fast & Furious [2009]”
NOTE: (Due to Vimeo privacy settings, you need to click the blue “Watch on Vimeo” box to view this video)

https://vimeo.com/46696697

3 – Fast & Furious  [2009]

4 – Fast Five  [2011]

5 – Fast And Furious 6  [2013]

6 – Tokyo Drift  [2006]

7 – Furious 7  [2015]

8 – The Fate Of The Furious  [2017]

8.5 – Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw  [2019]

9 – The Fast Saga (F9)  [2021]

I’m not sure why the filmmakers did this – with the short movies, which I’d never seen or heard of until today AND Tokyo Drift  [2006] should be watched AFTER the Fast And Furious 6  [2013] episode — it’s totally confusing, but if you watch in the above order – it all flows in a more natural way!  Here is a video that gives some previews and the story:

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