Final DestinationComplete Watch Order Guide
Final Destination is a series of horror films centered on the themes of fatalism, predestination, and precognition, in relation to death.
Final Destination Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Final Destination movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 6 released films, plus 1 still to come, shown below.
5 films released between 2000 and 2011.
2 films released between 2025 and 2028.
Final Destination 7
In theaters May 11, 2028
Watch Final Destination in Order
Watch the Final Destination movies in release order, starting with Final Destination (2000) and continuing through Final Destination Bloodlines (2025). The series spans 6 films, released between 2000 and 2025. Audiences rate the franchise 6.3/10 on average.
What order should you watch Final Destination?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Final Destination. 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.
Final Destination 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 Final Destination franchise
Final Destination is a series of horror films centered on the themes of fatalism, predestination, and precognition, in relation to death.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Final Destination by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 6
- Films released
- 25
- Years running
- 6.3/10
- Average audience rating
- 7.0/10
- Highest rated
- 5.6/10
- Lowest rated
- Flat
- Rating trajectory
- 14 years
- Longest gap between films
Final Destination has 6 released films, the first in 2000 and the most recent in 2025.
The series has been running for 25 years, from 2000 to 2025.
Across its 6 rated films, Final Destination averages 6.3/10 on TMDB, from 28,773 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) at 7.0/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is The Final Destination (2009) at 5.6/10 on TMDB.
Its first 3 films average 6.4/10 on TMDB and its most recent 3 average 6.3/10, so audience ratings have held flat across the series.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 14 years, between Final Destination 5 (2011) and Final Destination Bloodlines (2025).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Final Destination, covering all 6 released films. Last recalculated November 2026.
Final Destination Fun Facts & Trivia
The Final Destination franchise spans 25 years, from 2000 to 2025.
The highest-rated entry is Final Destination Bloodlines with a 7.0/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 6.3/10 rating from audiences.
Final Destination films have collected over 29k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Final Destination Bloodlines (2025), continues a franchise that began 25 years earlier.
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