The best order to watch all the Transformers movies

Michael Bay’s Transformers movies were one of the most ever-present franchises at the box office in the late 2000s through 2010s, but they’ve been on a bit of a hiatus since the last installment (while Bay was busy making other exciting movies ). new movies).

That’s going to change soon, because Creed II director Steven Caple Jr. leads the expectant Transformers: Rise of the Beastsstarring Anthony Ramos and arrives in theaters June 9. So what better time than now to catch up on all the other movies in the franchise?

The Transformers movies have a very complicated lore and timeline that was made even more complicated by the release of 2018’s Bumblebee, which reflected much of what we thought we knew about the Transformers universe. But we’ve rounded up three different potential watch jobs so you can enjoy that Autobot action the way that feels best to you.

Where you can watch the Transformers movies on streaming

Before we get into the possible watch orders, it’s important to understand where they all stream.

Most movies can be streamed on Paramount Plus: Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the moon, Period of extinction (also available on Prime Video and MGM Plus), and Bumblebee are all available on the platform.

The original Transformers is only available for digital rental or purchase from VOD providers such as Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu. The last knight is available on DirecTV, Fubo and for digital rental or purchase.

Watch Transformers in release order

This viewing sequence doesn’t need much explanation; it’s just the Transformers movies in order of when they came out. The number in parentheses is the year the film was released.

1. Transformers (2007)
2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
3. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
4. Transformers: era of extinction (2014)
5. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
6. Bumblebee (2018)
7. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Watch Transformers in chronological order

Image: Paramount Pictures

This viewing order follows the main events of each movie – there are certainly flashbacks, but we’ve arranged them by when the main story takes place. The number in parentheses is the year in which the film takes place.

1. Bumblebee (1987)
2. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (1994)
3. Transformers (2007)
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2012)
6. Transformers: era of extinction (2017)
7. Transformers: The Last Knight (2022)

Transformers look in chronological order of galaxies and brains

Image: Paramount Pictures

This one is for the real Cybertron heads.

We recommend this playlist for those who have seen all of Transformers enough times they want to mix things up with a different experience. In this order you will jump from movie to movie to stay as close as possible to a purely chronological order. It’s hard because of the intricate knowledge of the franchise, and some flashbacks are included, but others are not. We made those decisions based on how much of the flashback was actually shown, not just talked about.

The number in parentheses is when the movie (or scene) takes place.

1. Period of extinction 0:00-2:19 (65 million years ago)
2. Revenge of the Fallen 0:00-2:05 (17,000 BC)
3. The last knight 0:00-7:00 (AD 484)
4. Transformers 1:04:30-1:06:18 (1897)
5. The last knight 1:13:00-1:13:48 (World War II)
6. Dark of the moon 12:00 AM to 8:50 AM (1961 to 1969)
7. Bumblebee (1987)
8. Rise of the Beasts (1994)
9. The rest of Transformers (2007)
10. The rest of Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
11. The rest of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2012)
12. The rest of Transformers: era of extinction (2017)
13. The rest of Transformers: The Last Knight (2022)