How To Watch The Final Destination Movies In The Correct Order

The most obvious way to approach your «Final Destination» deep dive is, of course, by order of the films’ individual releases. And if you choose that way, it’s a fairly simple task with most of the «FD» movies (save for the 1st and 4th) baring a number that signifies their place in the order. 

• Final Destination (2000)
• Final Destination 2 (2003)
• Final Destination 3 (2006)
• The Final Destination (2009)
• Final Destination 5 (2011)

As most of the «Final Destination» flicks are relatively self-contained, you don’t necessarily have to watch them in that order to understand what’s happening. And given the almost unfathomable level of bloodletting that tends to unfold, there are understandably not many survivors around for a return franchise trip, though Ali Larter reprised her «Final Destination» role for the first sequel, and Tony Todd has appeared in three films as savvy mortician William Bludworth. Likewise, the general setup of the films doesn’t change much, with each starting with the main character seeing a horrific vision of their impending death.

Those opening scenes tend to be opulently over the top too. The first film opens with a harrowing plane explosion, a heart-stopping logging truck disaster starts the second, and a grisly roller coaster crash rings in the third. As for the fourth film, it begins with a motor racing speedway massacre. And the fifth «FD» release kicks off with a deadly bridge collapse, which easily ranks among the most terrifying of the lot.