How to Watch Transformers Movies in Order (Chronologically and by Release Date)

Transformers began as a Hasbro toy line launched in 1984, with the idea that all toys had parts and pieces that could be moved and rearranged to create a different toy.

In the same year, a transformers a cartoon was released showing the battle between the good Autobots led by Optimus Prime and the evil Decepticons led by Magatron. The series made the toy line incredibly popular, and in 1986 the franchise got its first movie, Transformers: The Movie. However, the animated film failed at the box office and fell into relative oblivion.

For the next several decades, Transformers continued to receive new cartoon adaptations and direct-to-video movies, but in 2007, Michael Bay revived the franchise with his live-action transformers movie. The original film was a huge hit, and after grossing over $709 million at the box office, a sequel soon followed. Since then, there have been a total of eight transformers movies, with more on the way.

Watching the movies chronologically can be a bit confusing since the two most recent movies — 2018. Bumblebee and in 2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beast — do not follow continuity and now serve as predecessors and restarting.

Bumblebee used the same Bumblebee Autobot from the Bay movies, and in a 2018 interview with SlashFilmproducer Lorenzo di Bonaventura said there were “20 years” between them. Bumblebee and the original from 2007.

But the events of that film and its sequel, Rise of the Beastdo not add to what is shown in transformersand until time Rise of the Beast premiered in 2023, Bonaventura changed the tone. Yahoo! News reported from Rise of the beast‘ Premiere in Singapore that the producer called the film “a prequel and a sequel”, and director Steven Caple Jr. he described it as “a fresh new look”.

Here’s a guide to watching them all transformers movies in order of release date and chronologically.

transformers Movies in order of release date

• transformers (2007)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
• Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
• Bumblebee (2018)
• Transformers: Rise of the Beast (2023)
• Transformers one (2024)

transformers Movies in chronological order

Transformers one

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in 2024 Transformers one will be the earliest film in the franchise. Serving as an origin story, the film shows how enemies Megatron and Optimus Prime were once allies and fought side by side on the planet Cybertron. Unlike the rest of the franchise, Transformers one is an animated film. It has a voice cast that includes Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Brian Tyree Henry.

Bumblebee

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Sort of a prequel, sort of a reboot Bumblebee is set in 1987, and takes place before the rest of the live action transformers movies.

In the film, a young woman (Hailee Steinfeld) finds an old VW Beetle, not realizing that it is actually an Autobot B-127. The two become friends and she names him Bumblebee. While the Decepticons are in the film, the main antagonist in the film is the US military, which wants to capture Bumblebee.

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Transformers: Rise of the Beast

‘Transformers: Rise of the Beast’.

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Tracking Bumblebee in the maybe-prequel, maybe-reboot timeline is 2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beast. Set in 1994, the film was inspired Beast wars cartoon and sees the Autobots team up with the animal-like Maximals to protect Earth from the planet-destroying Unicron.

They are joined by a young, nondescript New Yorker named Noah (Anthony Ramos), who finds himself in the middle of the battle. At the end of the film, Noah is invited to join the GI Joe covert operation, which opens the door for the upcoming one Transformers/GI Joe crossover movie.

Bonaventure muddied the waters of chronology when he spoke with Polygon about the film, saying, “For me personally, I think [continuity’s] overblown, because sometimes you miss a great idea.”

The producer continued, “I think one of the things that I find particularly exciting about this movie is that you get to meet Optimus before he becomes the character that you’ve met in Bay’s movies.”

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Megan Fox and Shia Labeouf in ‘Transformers’.

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in 2007 transformers was the first live-action film, but is now the fourth chronologically. The film stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox as two teenagers in Los Angeles who are drawn into a battle between Autobots and Decepticons.

The original film shows the Autobots landing on Earth and taking their forms as cars, which contrasts with the events of Rise of the beast. The film was a huge hit, earning over $709 million at the box office.

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Megan Fox and Shia Labeouf in the movie ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’.

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2009 transformers got a sequel with Revenge of the fallen.

In the film, the Decepticons seek revenge, and to make matters worse, there’s an even greater evil than Megatron to deal with: The Fallen. The Autobots must stop the Decepticons and Fallen from gaining more power and destroying Earth.

Revenge of the fallen was Fox’s last transformers after she was fired from the third film due to problems with director Michael Bay.

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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IN Transformers: Dark of the Moonit was revealed that NASA has known about a crashed alien spacecraft on the dark side of the moon for decades. It was then revealed that it was actually an Autobot ship containing Sentinel, the former leader of the Autobots who preceded Optimus Prime.

But Sentinel made a deal with the Decepticons, sacrificing Earth to protect their Cybertronian home planet.

This time LaBeouf reprized his role, and Fox was replaced by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

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Transformers: Age of Extinction

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2014 transformers completely replaced the cast, with Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci and Nicola Peltz Beckham playing the main roles. Despite the revamped cast, the film was still directed by Bay and continued the official timeline.

The age of extinction begins after Chicago was destroyed in The dark side of the moonat a time when people now see robots as dangerous. A secret military agency was also created to destroy every Cybertronian, so the Autobots must fight the Decepticons and army to survive.

Earned over $1.1 billion at the box office, The age of extinction was the highest grossing film of 2014.

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Transformers: The Last Knight

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The last film chronologically is 2017 The Last Knight. In the film, Optimus Prime is brainwashed into becoming a villain and a furious battle ensues for Merlin’s staff, with the Autobots and Dinobots competing against the Decepticons and the military competing against Optimus Prime.

After the previous film dominated the box office in 2014, many felt The Last Knight to be a thinly drawn, hollow movie that jumped the shark. The film grossed just over $605 million, making it the lowest grosser transformers film at the time of its release.

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