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All the Fast & Furious Movies Ranked From Worst to Best

The Fast and Furious films are a fascinating franchise in Hollywood history. It began as a simple flick about good-looking street racers, according to critics, and has since evolved into a multi-billion-dollar international blockbuster. The latest installment of the franchise, “F9: The Fast Saga” was released in the U.S. on June 25. It has already made more than $592 million at the worldwide box office.

Over the two decades since the first movie came out, six directors have directed the nine franchise films, and the cast has also changed and expanded. Plot-wise, each film feels independent, yet somehow part of the same organization.

To rank all of the Fast and Furious movies, from worst to best, 24/7 Tempo developed an index based on measures from the Internet Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes. The index is a composite of the movies’ IMDb rating, Rotten Tomatoes audience score, and Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score. All ratings were weighted equally. Supplemental data on domestic box office and production budgets by movie came from the industry data site The Numbers. 

There have been nine movies released in the franchise, starting with the original — “The Fast and the Furious” — in 2001. The series, which focuses largely on street racing, branched out in 2019 with the spin-off “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.”

Seven of the movies star Vin Diesel — eight including his cameo at the end of the third installment of the franchise. Six of the movies also star Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in 2013.

As is the case with many franchises with more than three movies, the plot timeline does not correspond to the order in which the individual films were released. After the first two, the chronological order is all mixed up.

The Fast and Furious series did not start very well, as far as critics were concerned, but, with time, scripts and acting performances seemed to have improved, winning over most critics. These are the best movie sequels of all time.

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9. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
> Cast: Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser, Eva Mendes
> Director: John Singleton
> Worldwide box office: $359,124,571 (adjusted for inflation)
> IMDb rating: 5.9 out of 100 (254,140 votes)
> Tomatometer: 36% (160 votes)
> RT audience score: 50% (32,791,717 votes)

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9. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

Paul Walker returned to the sequel of the hit movie “The Fast and the Furious” two year after the first movie’s release. Walker plays a former cop who moves to Miami for a fresh start but soon finds himself in a deal with the FBI to help take down a dangerous drug dealer. Vin Diesel did not return for the sequel because he did not like the script and did not want to ruin the first movie’s chances of becoming a classic. Critics have called “2 Fast 2 Furious” boring and less than mediocre.

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8. Fast & Furious (2009)
> Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
> Director: Justin Lin
> Worldwide box office: $438,883,487 (adjusted for inflation)
> IMDb rating: 6.6 out of 100 (265,902 votes)
> Tomatometer: 28% (176 votes)
> RT audience score: 67% (491,615 votes)

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8. Fast & Furious (2009)

“Fast & Furious” is the fourth instalment of the popular street racing franchise. Former cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) is back working in L.A. reuniting with ex-convict Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) to bring down a heroin smuggler. Though the movie was largely panned by critics, with some describing it as dumb and boring, most viewers like it. “Fast & Furious” turned a profit of about $275 million.

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7. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
> Cast: Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan, Shad Moss, Damien Marzette
> Director: Justin Lin
> Worldwide box office: $220,670,980 (adjusted for inflation)
> IMDb rating: 6.0 out of 100 (245,954 votes)
> Tomatometer: 37% (137 votes)
> RT audience score: 69% (536,137 votes)

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

“The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” is the third movie of the series and the second in which Vin Diesel is absent (he only has a cameo at the end). This time, Paul Walker was not asked to reprise his role as Brian O’Conner because the producers wanted the franchise to go into a different direction. The film has been called a disappointment because of a limp story and flat performances, according to Rotten Tomatoes’ Critics Consensus. The movie still turned a profit worldwide, though it was the smallest of any films in the series.

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6. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
> Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
> Director: Rob Cohen
> Worldwide box office: $334,718,352 (adjusted for inflation)
> IMDb rating: 6.8 out of 100 (352,379 votes)
> Tomatometer: 53% (150 votes)
> RT audience score: 74% (1,044,208 votes)

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6. The Fast and the Furious (2001)

The original Fast and Furious movie, which launched Vin Diesel and Paul Walker into superstardom, was a smashing success. It made more money than it cost to produce already during its opening weekend. The first movie begins with Brian O’Conner (Walker), an undercover cop, working on a case to bring down a street racing gang. Though most viewers liked the movie, critics were not impressed. “Sleek and shiny on the surface, The Fast and the Furious recalls those cheesy teenage exploitation flicks of the 1950s,” according to Rotten Tomatoes’ Critics Consensus.

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5. The Fate of the Furious (2017)
> Cast: Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez
> Director: F. Gary Gray
> Worldwide box office: $1,262,899,306 (adjusted for inflation)
> IMDb rating: 6.6 out of 100 (208,172 votes)
> Tomatometer: 67% (310 votes)
> RT audience score: 72% (44,373 votes)

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5. The Fate of the Furious (2017)

By the time “The Fate of the Furious,” the eighth installment of the series came out in 2017, the franchise was well liked by most critics. In the film, a mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) forces Dominic (Vin Diesel) to betray the rest of his family and crew. They unite to save him and bring him home. Though it couldn’t match its $250 million budget domestically, the film grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide

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4. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
> Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby
> Director: David Leitch
> Worldwide box office: $760,372,404 (adjusted for inflation)
> IMDb rating: 6.4 out of 100 (173,294 votes)
> Tomatometer: 67% (342 votes)
> RT audience score: 88% (27,691 votes)

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4. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

“Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” is the first installment of the franchise’s expansion. Both characters, agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and outcast Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), have already been introduced in separate Fast and Furious movies. Now together as a team, the two fight to save the world from a cyber-genetically enhanced villain (Idris Elba). Though generally liked by both critics and viewers, the movie only made $174 million in the U.S. against a production cost of $200 million. Worldwide, the movie turned a profit.

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3. Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
> Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez
> Director: Justin Lin
> Worldwide box office: $889,297,917 (adjusted for inflation)
> IMDb rating: 7.0 out of 100 (371,770 votes)
> Tomatometer: 70% (209 votes)
> RT audience score: 84% (348,835 votes)

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3. Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

“Fast & Furious 6” has special agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) recruit the help of Dominic (Vin Diesel) and Brian (Paul Walker) to catch a group of dangerous mercenary drivers. The movie was largely praised for its action scenes and was a commercial success, turning a profit of more than $629 million.

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2. Fast Five (2011)
> Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster
> Director: Justin Lin
> Worldwide box office: $727,906,335 (adjusted for inflation)
> IMDb rating: 7.3 out of 100 (356,014 votes)
> Tomatometer: 77% (202 votes)
> RT audience score: 83% (139,824 votes)

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2. Fast Five (2011)

The fifth installment of the Fast and Furious movies was the first one to be generally liked by most critics. This time, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), after being broken out of prison by his sister and Brian (Paul Walker), plans a massive heist in Rio de Janeiro — the crew’s final job. “Sleek, loud, and over the top, Fast Five proudly embraces its brainless action thrills and injects new life into the franchise,” according to Rotten Tomatoes’ Critics Consensus. “Fast Five” is the movie that introduces the character of FBI agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson).

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1. Furious 7 (2015)
> Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham
> Director: James Wan
> Worldwide box office: $1,648,560,633 (adjusted for inflation)
> IMDb rating: 7.1 out of 100 (363,090 votes)
> Tomatometer: 82% (276 votes)
> RT audience score: 82% (195,125 votes)

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1. Furious 7 (2015)

“Furious 7” is the last movie in which Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in 2013, appeared. In the seventh installment of the franchise, the crew is retired and back to normal lives …until the brother (Jason Statham) of an old enemy seeks revenge. The movie was the second most expensive to make out of the nine in the series so far, with a production cost of $190 million. It’s also, however, the biggest blockbuster, turning a profit of more than $1.3 billion.

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