There are 10 mainline Fast & Furious movies, from The Fast and the Furious in 2001 to Fast X in 2023, plus one spin-off, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw in 2019. That makes 11 released films in the franchise. The numbering on this page is Universal’s own, which counts the ten mainline films 1 to 10 in release order and leaves the spin-off unnumbered.
The fast and furious movies are laid out below in one chart with the year and director of every film, followed by a section for each film in release order with its runtime and what the studio says it is about. After that come the story order, in which Tokyo Drift moves from third to sixth, the franchise’s shift from street racing to heists, and the finale that is dated for March 2028.
All 11 Fast and Furious Films in Release Order With Year and Director
| # | Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fast and the Furious | 2001 | Rob Cohen |
| 2 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | 2003 | John Singleton |
| 3 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | 2006 | Justin Lin |
| 4 | Fast & Furious | 2009 | Justin Lin |
| 5 | Fast Five | 2011 | Justin Lin |
| 6 | Fast & Furious 6 | 2013 | Justin Lin |
| 7 | Furious 7 | 2015 | James Wan |
| 8 | The Fate of the Furious | 2017 | F. Gary Gray |
| Spin-off | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | 2019 | David Leitch |
| 9 | F9: The Fast Saga | 2021 | Justin Lin |
| 10 | Fast X | 2023 | Louis Leterrier |
Only the first column needs a note. The numbers 1 to 10 follow Universal’s key art, which skips Hobbs & Shaw, so F9 is film 9 and Fast X is film 10. If you count the spin-off as a release in its own right, F9 becomes the tenth film released and Fast X the eleventh.
Fast and Furious Movies, Film by Film
Each section below gives the film’s runtime as Universal lists it, the US theatrical date, the director, and the story as the studio describes it. The runtimes climb steadily: the first four films are all under 1hr 50min, and every film from Fast Five onward runs past two hours.
The Fast and the Furious: The 2001 Street-Racing Original
Rob Cohen directed the first film, which opened in the US on June 22, 2001 and runs 1hr 47min. Universal describes a Los Angeles where every night is a championship race and Dominic Toretto rules the road, until a challenger arrives who turns out to be a detective.
That undercover premise is the engine of the film and sets up the rivalry that carries the early sequels. Cohen directed only this film, and the June 2001 release means the franchise turned 25 in 2026.
2 Fast 2 Furious: Brian O’Conner on the Run
John Singleton directed the second film, released in the US on June 6, 2003, with a runtime of 1hr 48min. Universal’s synopsis has Brian O’Conner as an ex-cop on the run who turns to outlaw street racing, until the Feds push him back into service against an international drug lord.
Brian rides alongside a velocity-addicted buddy and a gorgeous undercover agent, and the film keeps the focus on racing rather than the globe-trotting that follows later.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift: The Shortest Film in the Series
Justin Lin directed Tokyo Drift, which opened on June 16, 2006 and runs 1hr 45min, the shortest film in the franchise. Convicted street racer Sean Boswell starts a new life in Tokyo, where his obsession with racing puts him on a collision course with the Japanese underworld and forces him to master drifting.
Han is the character who links it to the rest of the series. He dies in Tokyo Drift, and the mid-credits scene of Fast & Furious 6 shows the crash and Deckard Shaw, which is why the film sits sixth in the story order rather than third. F9 later reveals that his death was faked with help from Mr. Nobody.
Fast & Furious: Dom and Brian Reunite in 2009
Lin returned for the fourth film, released on April 3, 2009, with a runtime of 1hr 47min. Fugitive Dominic Toretto comes back to Los Angeles to avenge a loved one’s death, which reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner.
The two men race through crowded city streets and across international lines, and the synopsis frames the film around testing their loyalties by joining together against a shared enemy. It is Lin’s second film in the series after Tokyo Drift.
Fast Five: The Rio Heist Worth $100 Million
Fast Five opened on April 29, 2011 and is the first film in the series to pass two hours, at 2hr 12min. Lin directed again. Dominic Toretto partners with former cop Brian O’Conner in Rio de Janeiro, where a US strike force led by its toughest Fed and an army of corrupt cops working for a drug kingpin hunt them.
To win their freedom they have to pull off one last job, a heist worth $100 million. That heist is the turning point of the franchise, the place where the plot moves away from street races and toward the crew-and-vault structure that the later films build on.
Fast & Furious 6: Pardons for the Whole Team
Lin’s fourth film in the series came out on May 24, 2013 and runs 2hr 11min. Hobbs asks Dominic Toretto and his elite team to help stop a criminal organization of lethally skilled drivers from stealing a top-secret weapon.
As payment, the team wants full pardons and a chance to make their families whole again. The mid-credits scene shows the crash from Tokyo Drift and Deckard Shaw, which hands the story to the next film and is the reason Tokyo Drift is placed after this one in the story order.
Furious 7: James Wan Takes Over in 2015
James Wan directed the seventh film, which opened on April 3, 2015 and runs 2hr 18min. A cold-blooded black-ops assassin with a score to settle targets the crew, and their only hope is to get behind the wheel again and secure an ingenious prototype device.
The action stretches from Abu Dhabi to the Los Angeles streets the crew calls home, and Universal’s synopsis stresses that they must come together as a team and as a family. It is also the point where the story order and the release order line up again.
The Fate of the Furious: Dom Betrays the Family
F. Gary Gray directed the eighth film, released on April 14, 2017, with a runtime of 2hr 16min. Dom and Letty are married, Brian and Mia have retired and the rest of the crew has been exonerated, so the globetrotting team finally has something close to a normal life.
That peace ends when Dom is seduced into a world of crime by a mysterious woman and betrays those closest to him, and the family faces trials that test them as never before. It is the last mainline film before the spin-off.
Hobbs & Shaw: The Spin-Off With Its Own Title
David Leitch directed Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, which opened on August 2, 2019 and runs 2hr 17min. Hulking lawman Luke Hobbs and lawless outcast Deckard Shaw have traded smack talk and body blows for years, and they must partner up when a cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist named Brixton gains control of an insidious bio-threat.
Universal does not give the film a number, which is why the ten mainline films still run 1 to 10 with the spin-off sitting between 8 and 9. It is the one film in the franchise that Leitch directed, and fans of the cast who want more of Shaw can read about the actor behind him in our guide to Jason Statham movies.
F9: The Fast Saga: Dom’s Brother Returns
Lin came back for the ninth film, released on June 25, 2021, with a runtime of 2hr 30min. Dom Toretto thought he had left his outlaw life behind, but his forsaken brother Jakob resurfaces as an elite assassin and the crew regroups to settle an old score and stop a familiar foe’s plot.
F9 uses flashbacks to Dom’s origin in 1989, and it reveals that Han’s death was faked with help from Mr. Nobody, which brings Han back for this film and for Fast X. It is Lin’s fifth and final film in the series so far, after Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6.
Fast X: The Longest Film and a Cliffhanger
Louis Leterrier directed Fast X, which opened on May 19, 2023 and runs 2hr 32min, the longest film in the franchise. Dom and the family face Dante, a terrifying new nemesis fueled by revenge and determined to destroy everything and everyone Dom loves, from London and Brazil to Antarctica and Rome.
Everything changes when Dom discovers that his 8-year-old son is Dante’s ultimate target. The film was meant as the first part of a two-part saga and ends on a cliffhanger, which is why the next film was first called Fast X: Part 2.
The Story Order: Where Tokyo Drift and Hobbs & Shaw Go
The established viewing order differs from release order in one place that matters. Tokyo Drift, released third, is set after Fast & Furious 6 and before Furious 7, so it is the sixth film to watch. Films 4 to 6 in release order, Fast & Furious, Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6, each move up one place to become the third, fourth and fifth films to watch.
| Watch order | Film | Year | Release # |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fast and the Furious | 2001 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | 2003 | 2 |
| 3 | Fast & Furious | 2009 | 4 |
| 4 | Fast Five | 2011 | 5 |
| 5 | Fast & Furious 6 | 2013 | 6 |
| 6 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | 2006 | 3 |
| 7 | Furious 7 | 2015 | 7 |
| 8 | The Fate of the Furious | 2017 | 8 |
| 9 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | 2019 | Spin-off |
| 10 | F9: The Fast Saga | 2021 | 9 |
| 11 | Fast X | 2023 | 10 |
Hobbs & Shaw takes the ninth slot, after The Fate of the Furious and before F9. Everything else keeps its release position, so Furious 7, The Fate of the Furious, F9 and Fast X are the seventh, eighth, tenth and eleventh films to watch in both orders.
From Street Racing to Heists and Global Missions
The first two films are street-racing stories, the first set on Los Angeles streets, and Tokyo Drift swaps the straight-line race for drifting through hairpin turns.
Fast Five is the pivot. Its Rio plot is a heist worth $100 million, and from there the crew works as a team on jobs: Fast & Furious 6 trades the crew’s work for full pardons, Furious 7 chases a prototype device from Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles, and Fast X travels from London and Brazil to Antarctica and Rome. The plots grow with the locations, and the later films lean on family loyalty and returning villains more than on racing itself. Players who want the driving without the plot can look at GTA 5 cheat codes for the cheats that open up the sandbox.
Fast Forever: The Announced Finale Dated March 17, 2028
Fast X is not the last film. Universal’s next entry is titled Fast Forever and is dated for March 17, 2028, in the US. It was formerly called Fast X: Part 2, and Deadline reported on January 30, 2026 that it is the 11th mainline film and the last in the franchise, or the 12th counting Hobbs & Shaw. Louis Leterrier returns as director.
Vin Diesel’s February 2024 post called the 11th film the franchise’s finale, and the franchise has passed $7 billion worldwide. Plot details for Fast Forever have not been announced.
Runtimes, Directors and Totals Across the Series
Justin Lin directed five of the 11 films: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6 and F9. Rob Cohen, John Singleton, James Wan, F. Gary Gray, David Leitch and Louis Leterrier made one each. The shortest film is Tokyo Drift at 1hr 45min and the longest is Fast X at 2hr 32min, a gap of 47 minutes.
What the Film Count and Years on This Page Rest On
The count and the numbering come from Universal. Its Fast & Furious 10-Movie Collection covers the ten mainline films through Fast X, and its key art numbers those ten in release order from 1 to 10, with Tokyo Drift labelled 3. The year, director and runtime shown for each film are the ones Universal lists on its film pages.
How to Use This Chart to Plan a Marathon
For a first watch, release order is the simplest choice and the order the numbering follows. If you want the plot to run in the order events happen, use the watch-order table and slot Tokyo Drift in after Fast & Furious 6, so that Han’s story reads straight through into Furious 7.
Skipping the spin-off loses nothing in the numbered series, since Universal leaves it unnumbered. Fast X ends on a cliffhanger, so finishing it before Fast Forever arrives means stopping on an open story.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Fast and Furious movies are there?
There are 10 mainline films from 2001 to 2023 plus the Hobbs & Shaw spin-off from 2019, which makes 11 released films. Fast Forever is dated for March 17, 2028 and is described as the 11th mainline film and the last in the franchise.
Where does Tokyo Drift go in the story order?
Tokyo Drift is the sixth of the 11 released films in the story order, between Fast & Furious 6 and Furious 7. In release order it is the third film, released in 2006.
Do you need to watch Hobbs & Shaw?
It sits ninth in the story order, after The Fate of the Furious and before F9, but Universal’s numbered series of 1 to 10 skips it. The main storyline continues from The Fate of the Furious to F9 without a number gap.
Who directed the most Fast and Furious movies?
Justin Lin directed five of the 11 films: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6 and F9. No other director made more than one.
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