Rush HourComplete Watch Order Guide
The Rush Hour movie collection contains three martial arts/action-comedy films directed by Brett Ratner. The main plot centers around two police detectives: a Chinese police inspector (Jackie Chan) and an American LAPD detective (Chris Tucker) who can't seem to avoid misadventures involving menacing crime figures. Distributed by New Line Cinema.
Rush Hour Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Rush Hour movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 3 released films shown below.
2 films released between 1998 and 2001.
2 films released between 2007 and NaN.
Watch Rush Hour in Order
Watch the Rush Hour movies in release order, starting with Rush Hour (1998) and continuing through Rush Hour 3 (2007). The series spans 3 films, released between 1998 and 2007. Audiences rate the franchise 6.8/10 on average.
What order should you watch Rush Hour?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Rush Hour. 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.
Rush Hour 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 Rush Hour franchise
The Rush Hour movie collection contains three martial arts/action-comedy films directed by Brett Ratner. The main plot centers around two police detectives: a Chinese police inspector (Jackie Chan) and an American LAPD detective (Chris Tucker) who can't seem to avoid misadventures involving menacing crime figures. Distributed by New Line Cinema.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Rush Hour by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 3
- Films released
- 9
- Years running
- 6.8/10
- Average audience rating
- 7.1/10
- Highest rated
- 6.5/10
- Lowest rated
- 6 years
- Longest gap between films
Rush Hour has 3 released films, the first in 1998 and the most recent in 2007.
The series has been running for 9 years, from 1998 to 2007.
Across its 3 rated films, Rush Hour averages 6.8/10 on TMDB, from 14,849 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Rush Hour (1998) at 7.1/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is Rush Hour 3 (2007) at 6.5/10 on TMDB.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 6 years, between Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Rush Hour, covering all 3 released films. Last recalculated November 2026.
Rush Hour Fun Facts & Trivia
The Rush Hour franchise spans 9 years, from 1998 to 2007.
The highest-rated entry is Rush Hour with a 7.1/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 6.8/10 rating from audiences.
Rush Hour films have collected over 15k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Rush Hour 3 (2007), continues a franchise that began 9 years earlier.
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