How to Watch the Transformers Movies in Chronological Order

Transformers Movies successful Chronological Order

1. Transformers One

According to the shaper of the film, Transformers One takes spot astir 3 cardinal years earlier immoderate of the different movies successful the franchise. The latest movie tells the root communicative of some Optimus Prime and Megatron backmost erstwhile they were inactive connected their location satellite of Cybertron. Transformers One is besides a wholly animated film.

Read our review of Transformers One.

2. Bumblebee (2018)

The archetypal movie, chronologically, is 2018's prequel Bumblebee, starring Hailee Steinfeld arsenic Charlie, a teen reeling from the decease of her father, who discovers an Autobot, Bumblebee, hiding connected Earth. Even though the movie was yet declared arsenic a reboot of the franchise, it inactive takes spot earlier everything else, backmost successful 1987, giving fans existent Transformers successful the decennary these elephantine robots archetypal made their appearance.

Read our review of Bumblebee.

3. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Billed arsenic a sequel/follow up to Bumblebee (again, if we're treating this each arsenic a rebooted timeline), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is said to instrumentality spot successful 1994 and impact a brace of archaeologists from Brooklyn who travel into an past struggle done an escapade that ties successful with 3 factions of Transformers: the Maximals, the Predacons and the Terrorcons. Rise of the Beasts volition beryllium the archetypal Transformers live-action movie to beryllium inspired by the Beast Wars cartoon. Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback are acceptable to star, with Peter Cullen voicing Optimus Prime and Ron Perlman voicing Optimus Primal.

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4. Transformers (2007)

The monolithic movie that started it all, Michael Bay's Transformers brought the Autobots vs. Decepticons warfare to Earth successful a wicked way, putting Shia LaBeouf's Sam, Megan Fox's Mikaela, and the U.S. Armed Forces successful the mediate of an past galactic struggle that traces each the mode backmost to the Transformers' location satellite Cybertron. For the archetypal time, Transformers fans got to spot favorites Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Jazz, Megatron, Starscream, and much interact with quality stars and conflict done existent explosions.

Read our review of Transformers.

5. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

The franchise's archetypal sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, brought backmost Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson portion introducing Tony Todd arsenic The Fallen, Megatron's maestro and laminitis of the Decepticons. As the Autobots enactment with a concealed subject enactment and effort to marque a location for themselves connected Earth, The Fallen returns to wreak havoc, calling connected the Constructicons to harvester and signifier gigantic foe Devastator.

Read our review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

6. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Megan Fox was retired and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was successful arsenic Shia LeBeouf's caller girlfriend, successful Michael Bay's 3rd Transformers flick, Dark of the Moon, which operated nether the premise that America's abstraction programme was developed to analyse a clang connected the satellite — the tract of a downed spacecraft, the Ark, from Cybertron. A caller evil crippled involving Decepticons and the erstwhile Autobot leader, Sentinel Prime (voiced by Leonard Nimoy), is hatched and it's erstwhile again up to Optimus Prime and his squad to prevention the time and halt Cybertron itself from being wormhole'd into our ain star system.

Read our review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

7. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Mark Wahlberg joined the Transformers franchise successful Age of Extinction, arsenic Cade Yeager, a begetter and struggling inventor swept up successful the latest feud betwixt Autobots and Decepticons. Dinobots were introduced for the archetypal time, arsenic good arsenic a reincarnation of Megatron, known arsenic Galvatron. Cade and his girl assistance Optimus Prime support Earth from some an past and almighty menace and a caller shadowy radical determined to conquer the world.

Read our review of Transformers: Age of Extinction.

8. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

Michael Bay was inactive connected committee for the 5th Transformers film, which marked the past live-action section successful this peculiar timeline run. The Last Knight saw Mark Wahlberg instrumentality from Age of Extinction and articulation Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, and Glenn Morshower, who each came backmost from the archetypal 3 movies. A brainwashed Optimus Prime, renamed Nemesis Prime, was sent backmost to Earth to retrieve Merlin's staff, which could sorb Earth's vigor and reconstruct Cybertron. Oh, and who amended to articulation the saga for its last Bay-helmed installment than...Sir Anthony Hopkins!

Read our review of Transformers: The Last Knight.

How to Watch the Transformers Movies by Release Date

If you're looking to ticker each the movies successful theatrical merchandise order, the close database is below:

• 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 Beasts (2023)
• Transformers One (2024)

Upcoming Transformers Movies

The adjacent live-action Transformers movie volition beryllium a G.I. Joe crossover, according to franchise shaper Lorenzo di Bonaventura. On the animated front, di Bonaventura initially said determination were plans for a sequel to 2024's Transformers One, though a mediocre container bureau show (despite comparative acclaim) led to Paramount abandoning the idea.

It's not each atrocious news. There are reportedly respective further Transformers movies connected the way: Hasbro is said to beryllium treating 2023's Rise of the Beasts arsenic the commencement of a caller trilogy, portion a abstracted task written by Marco Ramirez (Netflix’s The Defenders) and directed by Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) is reported beryllium successful the works.

Matt Fowler is simply a freelance amusement writer/critic, covering TV news, reviews, interviews and features connected IGN for 13+ years.

Originally posted:

Aug 4, 2025 2:32 pm