Bumblebee

Are you looking to watch the Transformers live-action films in chronological order? Check out the following list...

Bumblebee (2018)<p> Where to Watch: Paramount+, Fubo, Sling, or rentable on most platforms<br> The first movie, chronologically, is 2018's prequel Bumblebee, starring Hailee Steinfeld as Charlie, a teen reeling from the death of her father, who discovers an autobot, Bumblebee, hiding on Earth. Even though the film was eventually declared as a reboot of the franchise, it still takes place before everything else, back in 1987, giving fans actual Transformers in the decade these giant robots first made their appearance.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)<p> Where to Watch: Ah ha! You can't see this one just yet. Gotta skip to the next film...<br> Billed as a sequel/follow up to Bumblebee (again, if we're treating this all as a rebooted timeline), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is said to take place in 1994 and involve a pair of archaeologists from Brooklyn come into an ancient conflict through an adventure that ties in with three factions of Transformers: the Maximals, the Predacons and the Terrorcons. Rise of the Beasts will be the first Transformers live-action movie to be inspired by the Beast Wars arc. Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback are set to star, with Peter Cullen voicing Optimus Prime and Ron Perlman voicing Optimus Primal.

Transformers (2007)<p> Where to Watch: HBO, HBO Max, Cinemax, Cinemax Go, or rentable on most platforms<br> The massive movie that started it all, Michael Bay's Transformers brought the Autobots vs. Decepticons war to Earth in a wicked way, putting Shia LaBeouf's Sam, Megan Fox's Mikaela, and the U.S. Armed Forces in the middle of an ancient galactic conflict that traces all the way back to home plant Cybertron. For the first time, Transformers fans got to see favorites Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Jazz, Megatron, Starscream, and more interact with human stars and battle through real explosions.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)<p> Where to Watch: Rentable on most platforms.<br> The franchise's first sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, brought back Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson while introducing Tony Todd as The Fallen: Megatron's master and founder of the Decepticons. As the Autobots work with a secret military organization, and try to make a home for themselves on Earth, The Fallen returns to wreak havoc, calling on the Constructicons to combine and form gigantic foe Devastator.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)<p> Where to Watch: Paramount+, Pluto TV (with ads), or rentable on most platforms.<br> Megan Fox was out and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was in, as Sam's new girlfriend, in Michael Bay's third Transformers flick, Dark of the Moon, which operated under the premise that America's space program was developed to investigate a crash on the moon -- the site of a downed spacecraft, the Ark, from Cybertron. A new evil plot involving Decepticons and the previous Autobot leader, Sentinel Prime (voiced by Leonard Nimoy), is hatched and it's once again up to Optimus Prime and his team to save the day and stop Cybertron itself from being wormhole'd into our own solar system.