Where Can I Watch Fast And Furious 8 And 9
Cori Lenon
The Fast and the Furious was released in the summer of 2001, helmed by director Rob Cohen, who was perhaps best known at the time as the producer of The Wiz, of all things. That first movie introduced Brian O'Conner as a cop who goes undercover in the world of street racing, where he meets Dominic "Dom" Toretto. Eminem and Timothy Olyphant were originally eyed to play Brian and Dom, respectively, but fate had other plans: Paul Walker and Vin Diesel would eventually land the roles, making movie stars of both actors. The movie, meanwhile, was a box office hit.
The Fast and the Furious isn't to be confused with 2009's Fast & Furious, the fourth film in the saga. The latter movie is noteworthy for two reasons: It's the first F&F film to be produced by Diesel, and officially pivoted the series away from racing cars and into international espionage. Over the ensuing sequels, Dom became a full-on superhero spy as he and his Family were roped into increasingly insane world-saving missions.
Now, The Fast Saga is nearing the end of the road: Fast X arrives as the first film in a trilogy that will conclude the saga. In order to look back on everything that has led us here, A.frame has compiled a viewing guide to where you can watch each of the Fast & Furious movies.
You might remember: Arguably the greatest movie line of all time: "I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullsh*t. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free." (Said by Dom, naturally.)
The sequel that started all the other sequels didn't feature Diesel's Dom at all. Instead, 2 Fast 2 Furious focuses on Walker's Brian as he moves from Los Angeles to Miami. His new start in a new city quickly looks familiar as he gets involved in the local street-racing scene and reunites with a childhood friend, Roman Pearce (played by Tyrese).
Aside from the briefest of cameos by Vin Diesel, no actors from the first two Fast films appears in Tokyo Drift. Instead, Lucas Black takes the lead as Sean Boswell, a Southern boy who gets dropped into Japan's underground world of drifting. Tokyo Drift may seem like an outlier in the franchise, but it's a defining installment: It's the first Fast movie directed by Justin Lin, who would helm five films in total and set the bar for what makes a Fast movie great.
You might remember: This is the movie that first introduced Sung Kang's fan-favorite Han Lue. Although Han appears to die in a fiery car wrack during Tokyo Drift, he's resurrected in F9 and becomes a permanent member of the Fast Family.
You might remember: Before she was Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot got her big break in the Fast & Furious franchise. She joined the saga in this movie, playing a former Mossad agent named Gisele who becomes a love interest for Han before she's ultimately killed.
By Fast Five, the franchise has officially moved beyond street racing and become globe-hopping action movies. And as the films grows in scope, the cast gets bigger and bigger too: Notably, Fast Five marks Dwayne Johnson's first Fast movie as DDS agent and bounty hunter Luke Hobbs. As far as plot goes, this one takes Dom and his crew to Rio de Janeiro, where they take on a ruthless drug lord, Hernan Reyes. You'll want to remember Reyes, as Jason Momoa's Fast X villain is his son, Dante Reyes.
You might remember: The sequence in which Dom and Brian steal a vault full of money from a police station, dragging it through the streets of Rio and smashing anything that gets in their way. It's a badass set piece, and it turns out, one that will also be important come Fast X.
The sudden death of Paul Walker in 2013 stunned the world, but also the filmmakers behind the already-in-progress Furious 7. After a hiatus for mourning and rewrites, the production worked to gracefully retire the character of Brian O'Conner. In the final scene, Walker's Brian pulls up beside Diesel's Dom for one last ride, then splits off at a fork in the road and drives into the sunset to the tune of "See You Again." It's worth noting that Brian is still alive in the Fast universe, just retired from the action.
You might remember: Two of the franchise's most physics-defying, jaw-dropping, how-do-you-top-this set pieces happen in the same movie: First, the crew parachutes cars out of a plane onto the side of a mountaintop. And then to one-up that, Dom drives a sport car from one Abu Dhabi skyscraper into the next in the infamous "Cars Don't Fly" sequence.
Although the Shaw brothers were no small opponents in the sixth and seventh entries, the eight installment introduces a mega-villain: Cyberterrorist Cipher (played by Charlize Theron), the first villain in the franchise to launch plans for world domination. As Cipher seeks control of global surveillance and technology systems, her motives are deep, existential, and modern. To see the normally light-hearted franchise take on topics so grim is unexpected.
The franchise's first big-screen spinoff plays more like a buddy comedy than a traditional action movie. (Which makes perfect sense, as Deadpool 2's David Leitch is the director.) Dwayne Johnson, as Hobbs, and Jason Statham, as Shaw, become the odd couple of the Fast & Furious universe, with oodles of cameos from the likes of Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Hart. There is still plenty of action in this one, as the titular duo take on a cyber-genetically enhanced terrorist played by Idris Elba.
You might remember: Though Oscar-winning actress and Fast & Furious superfan Dame Helen Mirren first appeared as criminal mastermind "Queenie" Shaw in The Fate of the Furious, her appearance here proved she wasn't a one-off cameo. On the contrary, she's become an essential part of the saga's climax.
Buckle your seatbelts: the next iteration of the Fast and Furious franchise (Fast X) starts streaming on Peacock on Sept. 15. The action-packed franchise, which stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, and the late Paul Walker, has had our adrenaline pumping for two decades, and it's not slowing down any time soon.
Considering the first film was released back in 2001, you might need to get back up to speed before streaming Fast X. But, of course (as with most things in the streaming age), watching every Fast and Furious film in the franchise online is more complicated than you think. But don't worry; we've got you covered.
Currently, the Fast and Furious film franchise is spread across not one, not two, but four different streaming services. Although Universal has a new deal with Peacock to bring their movies to the streamer, it's only after their time in theaters. There's nothing on paper about the previous films yet, so the older Fast and Furious movies are still scattered across the streaming-verse. You'll need Netflix, Peacock, Amazon Freevee, and even FuboTV to stream the entire saga online. Check out the breakdown below to learn where to watch each one.
A Netflix subscription gives you access to the most Fast and Furious films in the franchise (and plenty of other Netflix Originals). Plus, if you opt for the standard plan with ads, it'll only cost you $6.99/month. If ads are too much of an annoyance, you can always upgrade to the ad-free standard plan for $15.49/month or the premium plan for $19.99/month. With those prices, however, ads aren't looking so bad.
If you're a Verizon customer, you can score a free year of Netflix when you buy MasterClass or Duolingo through Verizon play+. T-Mobile customers with Go5G and Go5G Plus plans can also save between $9.99 and $15.49 per month on Netflix Standard or Basic subscriptions.
As noted before, Universal's deal with Peacock brings their movies to the streaming service after their time in the theaters. That means Fast X and any other future films (likely at least one) will be on Peacock. Furious 7 is also on Peacock at the time of writing, so you'll have to add it into the mix to complete your marathon regardless.
The only other way to watch individual films in the franchise is by renting or purchasing the film directly from digital retailers like Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, or Vudu. Generally, renting each film is about $3.99, and purchasing the digital copy is about $9.99. Rather than subscribing to a streaming service just to watch a single film, you can simply rent it for $3.99 on your platform of choice and have access to it for 30 days.
Currently, Fast & Furious 6 is the only film not available on any streaming service. If you want to truly complete the entire franchise, you'll have to rent or purchase the film from a digital retailer. Amazon has it on sale for just $1.74 to rent or $12.74 to buy.
There are ten official films in the Fast and Furious franchise (13 including spinoffs), with the tenth officially streaming as of Sept. 15. The tenth film, Fast X, was one of the most anticipated movies of 2023. It was originally thought to be the last in the saga, but now we've learned that the main saga finale has been split into two parts. Fast X is just the first half of the final film.
Although the next film is set to be the last, that doesn't mean there won't be more Fast and Furious films period. It just means it will close out the original franchise. Other characters could still get spinoffs like we saw with Hobbs & Shaw, not to mention the potential for a reboot or remake one day in the future.
The title of this article may have stopped you in your tracks, but there is a good reason to brush up on how to watch the Fast and Furious movies in order. Fast 10 has just raced into cinemas and, incredibly, the chronological saga of Dom Toretto has more diversions and sharp turns than any of the Fast Family's many, many highway chases.
The Fast and the Furious is essentially a remake of Point Break (maybe that should be Point Brake?) with some familiar twists and turns. However, it remains one of the best instalments in the series, introducing everything we would come to love about the Fast Saga: Coronas, fast cars, and Family with a capital F.
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