Transformers - Watch Order: Release Order

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2007 - 20237 Films16h 47m3.6 Average

The Transformers live-action franchise began with Michael Bay's 2007 blockbuster and expanded into a series of spectacular robot battles on Earth. Bay directed the first five films, creating a consistent visual style and tone focused on large-scale action and human characters caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons.

This release order watch list includes two later films that function as both prequels and soft reboots. Bumblebee and Rise of the Beasts are set earlier chronologically but feature different character designs, tones, and storytelling approaches that don't always align perfectly with the established Bay continuity.

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Transformers

20072h 24m3.9
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Mark Ryan, Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen poster

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

20092h 30m3.4
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Peter Cullen, Hugo Weaving, Tony Todd

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon poster

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

20112h 34m3.4
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Peter Cullen, Leonard Nimoy, John Turturro

The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

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Transformers: Age of Extinction poster

Transformers: Age of Extinction

20142h 45m3.2
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Peter Cullen, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz Beckham

As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from Cade Yeager, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet.

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Transformers: The Last Knight poster

Transformers: The Last Knight

20172h 34m3.3
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Peter Cullen, Anthony Hopkins, Erik Aadahl

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

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Bumblebee poster

Bumblebee

20181h 53m3.8
Director: Travis Knight
Cast: Dylan O'Brien, Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz

On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts poster

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

20232h 7m4.2
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Cast: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage

When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.

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