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Transformers Watch Order

Five Bay films, and a soft reboot that quietly replaced them.

The complete Transformers watch order. The five Michael Bay films plus Bumblebee, Rise of the Beasts and Transformers One, in release order or chronological order.

How many Transformers movies are there?

There are 8 films out so far. Nothing further is currently announced.

Where each title sits in the story

Chronological order, grouped by period. The number on each is its release position. Where those jump around, release order and story order disagree.

  1. Cybertron

    1 title

    1. Transformers One, released 8 of 8

  2. The 1980s – 90s

    2 titles

    1. Bumblebee, released 6 of 8
    2. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, released 7 of 8

  3. The Bay Era

    5 titles

    1. Transformers, released 1 of 8
    2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, released 2 of 8
    3. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, released 3 of 8
    4. Transformers: Age of Extinction, released 4 of 8
    5. Transformers: The Last Knight, released 5 of 8

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8 titles across 3 eras18h 32m
01

The Michael Bay Films

2007 – 2017 · Original · Five films, escalating in every direction.

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01

Transformers

3 Jul 2007

A teenager buys his first car and it turns out to be an alien. The best of the Bay films.

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02

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

24 Jun 2009

A writers' strike production, and widely considered the low point.

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03

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

29 Jun 2011

The Apollo programme was a cover-up, and Chicago gets destroyed at length.

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04

Transformers: Age of Extinction

27 Jun 2014

A new human cast, the Dinobots, and a soft reset four years on.

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05

Transformers: The Last Knight

21 Jun 2017

Arthurian legend, Nazis and Cybertron colliding. The last of the Bay films.

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02

The Soft Reboot

2018 – 2023 · Bumblebee · Smaller, warmer, and set in the past.

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06

Bumblebee

21 Dec 2018

Set in 1987. A small, sincere film about a girl and her car, and the best in the franchise.

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

9 Jun 2023

Set in 1994, following Bumblebee rather than the Bay films.

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03

Animated

2024 · Cybertron · The origin story, long before Earth.

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Transformers One

20 Sept 2024

Animated, set on Cybertron. How Orion Pax and D-16 became Optimus Prime and Megatron.

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