How Many Transformers Movies Are There? Every Film Counted

There are nine Transformers movies in theaters so far: seven main films released from 2007 to 2023 and two animated spin-offs from 1986 and 2024. That is the split used across Cinvibe, so the count reads as 7 films plus 2 spin-offs.

The seven main films are the live action run. It starts with Transformers (2007), directed by Michael Bay, and carries on through Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), all directed by Bay. Then, Bumblebee (2018), directed by Travis Knight, goes back to California in 1987 and sits before the 2007 film in story order, while Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), directed by Steven Caple Jr., moves the action to Brooklyn in 1994. The two spin-offs are animated: The Transformers: The Movie (1986), directed by Nelson Shin, and Transformers One (2024), directed by Josh Cooley.

The table lists all nine Transformers movies, live action and animated, in the order they reached theaters.

The numbers differ because there are two common ways to number the films, and each gives a different answer. If you count only the live action movies, the fourth film is Age of Extinction, the sixth is Bumblebee (2018) and the seventh is Rise of the Beasts. If you count every release from 1986 onward, those same positions belong to Dark of the Moon, The Last Knight and Bumblebee (2018), and Transformers One lands at number nine. Neither method is wrong (it is a bit like counting a TV season with or without the specials), so it helps to say which list you mean.

No, the rating changes by country, although the pattern is steady. In the US, all seven main films are rated PG-13, and both animated spin-offs are rated PG. In the UK, the main films carry a 12A and the two spin-offs a PG. In Australia, Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, Age of Extinction, The Last Knight, Transformers (2007) and Rise of the Beasts are rated M, while Bumblebee (2018) and Transformers One are rated PG. That makes Bumblebee (2018) the gentlest of the live action films in Australia, in the same tier as the animated Transformers One.

The nine-film total counts theatrical features only. Television series, shorts and specials are not counted as films, so they do not move the number, and the transformers movies in order guide places them as context where they matter to the story.

Peter Cullen is the common thread: he voices Optimus Prime in the 1986 film and in every main film from 2007 to 2023, which is eight of the nine, while Chris Hemsworth voices the younger Orion Pax, who becomes Optimus Prime, in Transformers One. Michael Bay directed the first five main films, and the later entries each brought in a new director. For the full lineup, see transformers cast and transformers characters, including optimus prime transformers and megatron transformers.

On the money side, Dark of the Moon is the highest grossing of the nine, with more than $1.1 billion worldwide according to Box Office Mojo, and Age of Extinction follows it at just over $1.1 billion. The 1986 film took about $11 million worldwide, and Transformers One took about $129 million on a $75 million budget. The full breakdown sits on transformers box office, and my ranking of the films is on transformers movies ranked.

Yes, a new Transformers film is in development, but it has no title, cast or release date. TheWrap reported on June 11, 2026 that Jason Fuchs was hired to write an untitled film for Paramount and Hasbro that continues from Rise of the Beasts, and the exclusive quotes no official statement. The same report names Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, Michael Bay, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy and Steven Spielberg as producers, again as reported rather than confirmed. TheWrap also reported, as a rumor, that a separate Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover film is being written by Derek Connolly. Anything further is tracked on new transformers movie, and any footage will sit on new transformers movie trailer.

If you plan to watch all nine, start with the transformers movies in order page, which lays out release order and chronological order side by side, then check where to watch transformers for the current streaming options.