August 16 will be a very good day for theFast & Furiousfranchise. The sprawling action movie franchise had humble beginnings, kicking off with the 2001 action-crime racing movieThe Fast and the Furious. Since then, the movies have featured increasingly high-octane stunts, including cars parachuting from a cargo plane.
The franchise, which will be continuing with theupcomingFast 11,boasts an ever-expanding star-studded ensemble cast, featuring well-known actors including Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Gal Gadot, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, John Cena, Jason Momoa, Sung Kang, Jordana Brewster, and Kurt Russell.
Netflixhas now announced via an Instagram post thatseven of theFast & Furiousmovies will be coming to the streaming platform on August 16. This includes the first three movies (The Fast and the Furious,2 Fast 2 Furious, andTokyo Drift) as well asFast Five,Fast & Furious 6,Furious 7, and the spinoff movieHobbs & Shaw.
There areonly fourFast & Furiousmovies that are not coming to Netflixon August 16, namely the three most recent installments in the flagship franchise (The Fate of the Furious,F9, andFast X) as well as the fourth movie,Fast & Furious. See Netflix’s announcement post below:
What This Means For The Fast & Furious Franchise
Additionally, this moveconsolidates the movies on streaming more than they have been previously. At the time of writing, they are scattered on a variety of different services, including Prime Video, HBO Max, YouTube TV, and Starz.
While the latter services will be retaining their licenses for the time being,the Prime Video titles are moving to Netflix alongsideHobbs & Shaw, which is not currently available on subscription streaming, andFurious 7, which is only available on the pricy streamer Fubo at the time of writing.
Below, see a breakdown of the current streaming homes of theFast & Furiousmovies, and where they will be as of August 16:
The Fast and the Furious(2001)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift(2006)
Starz
After the move to Netflix, the only one of theFast & Furiousmoviesthat will not be available on subscription streaming in any form is the eighth installment,The Fate of the Furious.It remains to be seen if that title will find a new streaming homesooner rather than later.
Our Take On The Fast & Furious Streaming Update
While this move does not put the entirefranchise together on a single platform, such a thing would have beenhighly unusual for a franchise that is so sprawlingand has lasted for more than 20 years, making licensing particularly complicated.
The fact that the majority of theFast & Furiousmovies are coming to Netflix is still a major coup for the streamer, especially considering the fact that viewership may increase as production ramps up on the next installment.
