How many Final Destination movies are there?

There are five “Final Destination” movies, with the sixth installment, “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” set to release soon. Jeffrey Reddick’s “Final Destination” Universe is a supernatural horror film franchise. The series explores themes of premonition, fate, paranoia, precognition, and mortality across its various renditions. It plays on the universal fears about death and its inevitability, the unawareness of how or when one’s life will end.

The films are credited for their creatively staged death sequences and their resemblances to classic slasher franchises like “Friday the 13th and “Scream.” However, there’s one key contrast – the absence of a physical killer. Instead, Death itself operates as an invisible and inescapable force. Each movie follows a similar formula, beginning with a character who experiences a premonition of a deadly event that will cause their death. The movies have also introduced several rules that seem to offer a way to cheat death; however, those rules often come with their own exceptions.

All Final Destination movies in chronological order

While each “Final Destination” movie can be watched as a standalone film, viewing them in chronological order reveals several subtle connections between them. Watching the films as a whole also illustrates Death’s eerie pattern and its relentless pursuit of maintaining balance. “Final Destination 5,” released in 2011, was initially believed to be a direct sequel to “The Final Destination (2009).” However, the film is set in the year 2000, and concludes almost exactly where the first film in the series begins.

The original movie follows Alex Browning, who has a premonition about a devastating plane crash while on his high school trip to Paris. He manages to save a few of his classmates, and the story unfolds from there, continuing chronologically until the 2009 installment. In contrast, “Final Destination 5,” ends with Sam and Molly boarding a plane to Paris, where they witness two high school students being kicked off the flight following an altercation. This group of students is surprisingly Alex’s class, meaning Sam and Molly are on the ill-fated Flight 180.

Here is the chronological order of “The Final Destination” films along with their years of release:

Final Destination movies in release date order

Here are “The Final Destination” films ordered according to their years of release:

Where can I watch Final Destination?

The “Final Destination” movies are available for streaming on Max. Viewers can also rent or purchase the films on platforms like Fandango at Home, Apple Tv, and Spectrum, with rental prices around $3.99 and purchases up to $9.99. The upcoming installment, “Final Destination: Bloodlines", will be released in theaters across the U.S. on May 16, 2025.

Watch the official trailer for "Final Destination: Bloodlines" here: