Married couple Joel and Garda Sloane are rare-book dealers who just happen to get involved in murder investigations.
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 3 movies shown below.
All 3 films in release order — the recommended way to experience the full series.
Watch the Joel & Garda Sloane movies in release order, starting with Fast Company (1938) and continuing through Fast and Furious (1939). The series spans 3 films, released between 1938 and 1939. Audiences rate the franchise 5.5/10 on average.
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Joel & Garda Sloane. 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.
Joel & Garda Sloane 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.
Married couple Joel and Garda Sloane are rare-book dealers who just happen to get involved in murder investigations.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
The Joel & Garda Sloane franchise spans 1 years, from 1938 to 1939.
The highest-rated entry is Fast and Loose with a 5.9/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 5.5/10 rating from audiences.
Watching all 3 Joel & Garda Sloane films back-to-back takes well over a full day's viewing commitment.
The most recent entry, Fast and Furious (1939), continues a franchise that began 1 years earlier.
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