Transformers watch order
Every film and series across Transformers' many continuities, in release order.
36 entries·~864 hrs total runtime·1984–2024
Transformers has many separate continuities across its cartoons and films, not one timeline.
Generation 1
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1
The Transformers
TV Series98 episodes · 1984–1987
The original animated series.
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2
The Transformers: The Movie
Movie85 min · 1986
Set between Seasons 2 and 3; introduces Unicron and Rodimus Prime.
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Transformers: The Headmasters
TV Series35 episodes · 1987–1988
A Japanese continuation of Generation 1.
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Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
TV Series42 episodes · 1988–1989
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Transformers: Victory
TV Series38 episodes · 1989
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Transformers: Zone
Special1 episode · 1990
Beast Era
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Beast Wars: Transformers
TV Series52 episodes · 1996–1999
Set in a future branch of the Generation 1 continuity.
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8
Beast Wars II: Super Life-Form Transformers
TV Series43 episodes · 1998–1999
A separate Japanese Beast Era series.
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Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Close Call!
Movie46 min · 1998
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Super Life-Form Transformers: Beast Wars Neo
TV Series35 episodes · 1999
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Beast Machines: Transformers
TV Series26 episodes · 1999–2000
Continues directly after the North American Beast Wars.
Unicron Trilogy and Early Reboots
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12
Transformers: Robots in Disguise
TV Series39 episodes · 2000–2001
A separate continuity, originally Japan's Car Robots.
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Transformers: Armada
TV Series52 episodes · 2002–2003
The first Unicron Trilogy series.
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Transformers: Energon
TV Series52 episodes · 2004–2005
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Transformers: Cybertron
TV Series52 episodes · 2005–2006
The third part of the Unicron Trilogy.
Live-Action Film Series (Bayverse)
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Transformers
Movie144 min · 2007
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Movie150 min · 2009
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Movie154 min · 2011
Concludes the Sam Witwicky storyline.
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Transformers: Age of Extinction
Movie165 min · 2014
Introduces Cade Yeager and the Dinobots.
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Transformers: The Last Knight
Movie154 min · 2017
Transformers Animated and Aligned Continuity
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21
Transformers: Animated
TV Series42 episodes · 2007–2009
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Transformers: Prime
TV Series65 episodes · 2010–2013
The principal series in the aligned continuity.
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Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising
Special65 min · 2013
The conclusion to Transformers: Prime.
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24
Transformers: Rescue Bots
TV Series104 episodes · 2011–2016
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Transformers: Robots in Disguise
TV Series71 episodes · 2015–2017
A sequel to Transformers: Prime.
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26
Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy
TV Series104 episodes · 2019–2021
Web and Streaming Animation
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27
Transformers: Combiner Wars
TV Series8 episodes · 2016
The first Prime Wars Trilogy web series.
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28
Transformers: Titans Return
TV Series10 episodes · 2017–2018
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Transformers: Power of the Primes
TV Series10 episodes · 2018
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30
Transformers: Cyberverse
TV Series64 episodes + 2 specials · 2018–2021
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Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy
TV Series18 episodes · 2020–2021
A Netflix trilogy in its own continuity.
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Transformers: BotBots
TV Series10 episodes · 2022
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Transformers: EarthSpark
TV Series52 episodes · 2022–2024
Introduces the Terrans, Transformers born on Earth.
Rebooted Live-Action Continuity
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Bumblebee
Movie114 min · 2018
Set in 1987; the start of a rebooted live-action continuity.
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Movie127 min · 2023
Set in 1994; introduces the Maximals.
Standalone Animated Film Continuity
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Transformers One
Movie104 min · 2024
An animated origin story for Optimus Prime and Megatron, in its own continuity.
How many Transformers movies and shows are there?
8 modern theatrical films plus the 1986 animated film, across more than a dozen separate TV continuities totaling over 1,000 episodes.
Do I need to watch the Michael Bay films before Bumblebee?
No — Bumblebee started a separate, rebooted live-action continuity.
What order should a first-timer watch Transformers in?
Pick a continuity and follow its release order — for live-action, watch the five Bay films separately from Bumblebee and Rise of the Beasts.
Is Transformers finished or still ongoing?
Still ongoing across film, animation, and streaming.
See also: Sonic the Hedgehog watch order.
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