The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious (4), Fast Five

Entire series: Story series timeline
The Fast and the Furious: Plot, Actors, Credits, Merchandise
2 Fast 2 Furious: Plot, Actors, Credits, Merchandise
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift: Plot, Actors, Credits, Merchandise
Fast & Furious (4): Plot, Actors, Credits, Merchandise
Fast Five: Plot, Actors, Credits, Merchandise
Comments: Race your words to the finish line

There has been a lot of discussion about the timeline in the series. Some of the movies are easy to place, others are a challenge ...

Here are the movies sorted by story timeline:

(1) The Fast and The Furious
Featuring Dom & Brian in L.A.
(2) 2 Fast 2 Furious
Featuring Brian in Miami
(4) Fast & Furious
Featuring Dom & Brian in L.A. together with most of the original cast
(5) Fast Five (Five years have passed since movie 1)
Featuring Dom, Brian & Han (placing this movie before Tokyo Drift) in Rio, Mexico, ...
(3) Tokyo Drift
A spin-off in Tokyo featuring Han & a new kid

It's all about street racing. Street racing, fast cars and sexy women.
Domenic Toretto, played by Vin Diesel is the leader of a street racing gang. The police infiltrates the gang by sending an inexperienced but young person to live amongst them because they suspect them to be responsible for theft of electronic trucks.

Obviously, things don't go as planned. Brian O'Conner, the one infiltrating the gang, falls in love with the younger sister of Dominic.
The audience gets drawn into more and more adventure...

Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
Plays in I, II, IV, V

Other movies: The Skulls, The Heaven Project
Full filmography

Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
Plays in I, III, IV (briefly), V

Other movies: Pitch Black, xXx, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Pacifier, Find Me Guilty
Full filmography

Michelle Rodriguez as Letty
Plays in I, IV

Other movies: Girlfight, Resident Evil, Blue Crush, S.W.A.T.
Full filmography

Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Full filmography

Rick Yune as Johnny Tran
Die Another Day, The Fifth Commandment, Fear, Alone in the Dark II - Full filmography

Chad Lindberg as Jesse
The Rookie, The Failures, The Last Samurai, Punk Love, Push, The Spy and the Sparrow - Full filmography

Johnny Strong as Leon
Black Hawk Down, Sin - Full filmography

Matt Schulze as Vince
Blade, Dementia, Boys and Girls, Blade II, The Transporter, Bounty Hunters - Full filmography

Director: Rob Cohen
Dragonheart, Daylight, The Skulls, xXx, Stealth - Full credits

Writing: Gary Scott Thompson
Split Second, Hollow Man, Hollow Man II - Full credits

Writing: Erik Bergquist
Full credits

Writing: David Ayer
Training Day, Training Day, Dark Blue, S.W.A.T. - Full credits

Writing: Ken Li
Full credits

Music: BT
Gone in Sixty Seconds, Miss Congeniality, Valentine , Driven, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, American Pie 2, Stealth - Full credits

Brian O'Conner (see first movie plot) has left L.A. because of his illegal actions in the first movie. However, the police tracks him down and he is arrested. Brian gets offered a deal by Agent Markham and Bilkins to go undercover to investigate, gather evidence and ultimately take down drugs baron lord Carter Verone in exchange for his criminal record to be wiped clean. Together with Customs Agent Monica Fuentes and an old friend of Brian (who got the same deal) they go for the hunt.

Again, this movie is filled with street racing, tuned & fast cars and beautiful girls.

Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
Takers, Running Scared, Running Scared, Timeline
Full filmography

Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce (Tyrese)
Flight of the Phoenix, Waist Deep, Transformers - Full filmography

Eva Mendes as Monica Fuentes
Exit Wounds, Training Day, Stuck on You, Hitch, Ghost Rider - Full filmography

Cole Hauser as Carter Verone
Good Will Hunting, Pitch Black, The Cave, Dirty, Damages - Full filmographyLudacris as Tej (Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
Rush Hour 2, Cradle 2 the Grave, Shark Tale - Full filmography

Thom Barry as Agent Bilkins
Apollo 13, Independence Day, Air Force One - Full filmography

James Remar as Agent Markham
White Fang, Fatal Instinct, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Hellraiser: Inferno, Blade: Trinity, Sharpshooter - Full filmography

Devon Aoki as Suki
Sin City, War, Sin City 2 - Full filmography

Director: John Singleton
Shaft, Four Brothers, Luke Cage - Full credits

Writing (characters & story): Gary Scott Thompson
Split Second, Hollow Man, Hollow Man II - Full credits

Writing (story & screenplay): Michael Brandt
Catch That Kid, Spy Hunter, Wanted
Full credits

Writing (story & screenplay): Derek Haas
Catch That Kid, Wanted, Spy Hunter - Full credits

Music: David Arnold
Stargate, Tomorrow Never Dies, Godzilla, Wing Commander, Shaft, Baby Boy, The Musketeer, Zoolander , Changing Lanes, Die Another Day, Four Brothers, Casino Royale, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Full credits

After wrecking his car after another street race, Sean Boswell has a choice, go to jail or avoid the authorities and go live with his father in Tokyo.
Not the best of choice, as Tokyo is the land of street racing. Soon, Sean gets into the street racing community and, without knowing, races against "The Drift King" in a new style of racing called drift racing.

The king wouldn't be the king if he wasn't the best racer, and Sean now has a debt with him.
Tied to the Yakuza, Japanese mafia, Sean gets sucked into the criminal world of Tokyo.

Lucas Black as Sean Boswell
The X Files, Deepwater - Full filmography

Zachery Ty Bryan as Clay (Zachery Bryan)
Mostly TV series - Full filmography

Sung Kang as Han
Pearl Harbor, Forbidden Warrior, War - Full filmography

Bow Wow as Twinkie
Like Mike, Roll Bounce - Full filmography

Brian Tee as DK (the drift king)
We Were Soldiers, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, Deadland - Full filmography

Jason J. Tobin as Earl (Jason Tobin)
Yellow, The Party Crashers, Golden Dreams, Better Luck Tomorrow - Full filmography

Leonardo Nam as Morimoto
Hacks, Homework, Nobody's Perfect, Crossing Over, Half-Life - Full filmography

Nathalie Kelley as Neela
Loaded - Full filmography

Keiko Kitagawa as Reiko
Dear Friends, Heat Island, South Bound - Full filmography

Director: Justin Lin
Crossover, Better Luck Tomorrow, Spotlighting, Annapolis - Full credits

Writing: Chris Morgan
Cellular, Sakura: Blue-Eyed Samurai, Wanted - Full credits

Music: Brian Tyler
The Hunted, Last Stand, Timeline, Paparazzi, War, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Rambo - Full credits

Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) are back in action, but this time they have a mutual enemy. This forces them to join together and trust each other to a certain point. Obviously, a lot of racing will be involved to prove who's the fastest!

Together with Dom and Brian, the 4th fast & furious movie brings back the 2 babes from the first one: Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are back.

Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
Takers, Running Scared, Running Scared, Timeline
Full filmography

Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
Pitch Black, xXx, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Pacifier, Find Me Guilty
Full filmography

Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Full filmography

Michelle Rodriguez as Letty
Machete, Avatar, Resident Evil, Blue Crush, S.W.A.T. - Full filmography

Sung Kang as Han
Pearl Harbor, Forbidden Warrior, War - Full filmography

Director: Justin Lin
Crossover, Better Luck Tomorrow, Spotlighting, Annapolis - Full credits

Writing: Chris Morgan
Cellular, Sakura: Blue-Eyed Samurai, Wanted - Full credits

Music: Brian Tyler
The Hunted, Last Stand, Timeline, Paparazzi, War, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Rambo - Full credits

Brian O'Conner & Dom Toretto together with their team (most popular actors return in this instalment) are trapped between 2 people wanting them dead. On one side they have a crooked business man, the other side is guarded by a fearless FBI agent.
Brian and Dom have only 1 way out of this alive, and that's one final big job. Get it right and freedom awaits, but death is only around the corner.

Paul Walker as Brian O'Conner
Takers, Running Scared, Running Scared, Timeline
Full filmography

Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto
Pitch Black, xXx, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Pacifier, Find Me Guilty
Full filmography

Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Full filmography

Director: Justin Lin
Crossover, Better Luck Tomorrow, Spotlighting, Annapolis - Full credits

Writing: Chris Morgan
Cellular, Sakura: Blue-Eyed Samurai, Wanted - Full credits

Music: Brian Tyler
The Hunted, Last Stand, Timeline, Paparazzi, War, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Rambo - Full credits