Bad BoysComplete Watch Order Guide
A franchise of films about the cop duo Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, blowing stuff up and crazy car chases. They get the job done but at an expensive cost.
Bad Boys Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Bad Boys movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 4 movies shown below.
1 film released between 1995 and 1995.
1 film released between 2003 and 2003.
2 films released between 2020 and 2024.
Watch Bad Boys in Order
Watch the Bad Boys movies in release order, starting with Bad Boys (1995) and continuing through Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024). The series spans 4 films, released between 1995 and 2024. Audiences rate the franchise 7/10 on average.
What order should you watch Bad Boys?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Bad Boys. This is how the story was crafted and revealed to audiences — earlier films seed details, callbacks, and twists that pay off in later entries. Watching in release order preserves those reveals and matches the pacing the filmmakers intended.
Bad Boys largely tracks its own in-universe chronology, so release order and chronological order overlap closely. You can use either without losing much, though release order is still the safest first watch.
About the Bad Boys franchise
A franchise of films about the cop duo Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, blowing stuff up and crazy car chases. They get the job done but at an expensive cost.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Bad Boys Fun Facts & Trivia
The Bad Boys franchise spans 29 years, from 1995 to 2024.
The highest-rated entry is Bad Boys: Ride or Die with a 7.3/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 7.0/10 rating from audiences.
Bad Boys films have collected over 25k audience ratings combined.
Watching all 4 Bad Boys films back-to-back takes well over a full day's viewing commitment.
The most recent entry, Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), continues a franchise that began 29 years earlier.
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