Unlike, say, the “Fast & Furious” movies with their nonsensical naming conventions, the “Final Destination” franchise is pretty straightforward. The right way to watch the movies is chronologically.
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“Final Destination” (2000)
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“Final Destination 2” (2003)
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“Final Destination 3” (2006)
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“The Final Destination” (2009)
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“Final Destination 5” (2011)
The first “Final Destination” follows Alex Browning (Devon Sawa), a teenager who has a premonition of a plane explosion and manages to save himself and several of his classmates before his vision comes to pass — until Death starts coming after those who were meant to die on the plane.
In “Final Destination 2,” a woman cheats death after having a premonition of a highway pile-up until the survivors start dying off. In the third one, it’s a roller coaster disaster, while “The Final Destination” features a stock car race that kills all but the person with a premonition and those who freak out and exit just in time. The final film in the franchise (for now) has a suspension bridge collapse as its initial disaster, and a shocking twist ending that you’ll never see coming.