The transformer are back in theaters this week withTransformers One , the first animated movie in the enfranchisement in nearly four decades . It ’s also a big whole step up from many of the hot - legal action Transformers flick , which were box office successes even when they were n’t very full films .
Now thatTransformers Onehas go far , we ’ve resolve to front back at all of the former film to determine the best Transformers movies ever . And it should n’t be too surprising to see which movie landed on top and which one crashed to the bottom of the list .
9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
It ’s hard to know where to get withTransformers : Revenge of the Fallen , considering that Michael Bay and the screenwriters have all kind of apologized for it over the years . There are some truly awful Transformers movies on this lean , but none worse than this one . A pot of the province has to come down to Bay and the screenwriters Ehren Kruger , Roberto Orci , and Alex Kurtzman . They ’re the ones who could n’t even write the human characters convincingly , much less the gargantuan robots . Someone in this grouping also thought it would be hilarious for Devastator to seemingly have robot privates .
But the big grounds whyRevenge of the Fallenhas landed with a thud at the bottom of this list is because of the twins , Mudflap and Skids . Picture every Black stereotype ramped up to 11 and it still would n’t come close to conveying how these two characters come off as antiblack caricature in the film . Bay has say that was n’t his purpose . Regardless , it ’s almost unimaginable not to see those characters as some very unworthy racial jokes . There ’s a reason why the films never showed them again .
WatchTransformers : retaliation of the FallenonParamount+ .
8. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
One of the problem that come up in Bay ’s Transformers flick is that he and his collaborators keep adjudicate to rewrite the mythology behind the enfranchisement . But or else of streamlining things , they turned it into an uncomprehensible flock . Transformers : The Last Knighttries to shoehorn Arthurian myth into the backstory , and it ’s unconvincing at well .
It is actually kind of cool to see Optimus Prime temporarily go forged in this one as Nemesis Prime , even though the film ’s actual villain , Quintessa ( Gemma Chan ) , is pretty lifeless . This was Bay ’s terminal Transformers pic and he tried to go out with a bang . But or else the motion-picture show come together on a flaky reveal that does n’t make any sense . That ’s one of the many reasons why the subsequent transformer motion picture have basically ignored Bay ’s persistence .
WatchTransformers : The Last KnightonParamount+ .
7. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
For his fourth movie in the enfranchisement , Michael Bay kind of did a voiced reset withTransformers : Age of Extinction . AfterDark of the Moon , all transformer on Earth are hunt by armed forces , and the Autobots ’ human friend are gone . In their plaza , Bay introduces discoverer Cade Yeager , as unconvincingly bet by the alleged human Mark Wahlberg .
The story is all over the piazza , as another Transformer , Lockdown , comes to Earth to enamor the survivor while the franchise ’s most consistent scoundrel , Megatron , becomes Galvatron in perhaps the most boring way ever . The thing that got rooter delirious about the film was the founding of the Dinobots . But in rightful Bay way , he thwart the reveal of Optimus riding a Dinobot in the trailer and poster , and then did n’t depict the Dinobots with any personality at all .
WatchTransformers : Age of ExtinctiononParamount+ .
6. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
The theme behindTransformers : Dark of the Moonis that everything we knew about the lunation landing place was a lie , and no less than the real Buzz Aldrin ( seriously , it really is him ) confirm that something herculean from the Transformers ’ home base reality , Cybertron , was on the moon . Leonard Nimoy also makes his coming back to the dealership as the voice of Sentinel Prime , and he promptly betrays the Autobots in favor of a full - scurf Decepticon invasion of Earth .
alas , you wo n’t really give care about the human characters , and this is the last time that Shia LaBeouf appeared as the Autobots ’ booster and friend , Sam Witwicky . The subsequent films do n’t even really bother to straight mention what happened to him .
WatchTransformers : Dark of the MoononParamount+ .
5. Transformers (2007)
Michael Bay ’s firstTransformersmovie was his best one , but it ’s far from the superlative of the franchise . There are parts of this pic that work really well , particularly the more serious tone it has at prison term before the transformer divulge themselves . And then it dead gets haywire as Jazz ca n’t help but breakdance while introducing himself .
One of the cause why this film act better than Bay ’s sequels is that it was still loosely based on the comics and animated serial publication that came before it . The activity is often incomprehensible when the Autobots and Decepticons are fighting each other , but they front good when standing still . Out of all of Bay ’s Transformers movies , this might be the only one with any heart as Sam Witwicky ( Shia LaBeouf ) befriends Bumblebee and tries to court Mikaela Banes , as played by Megan Fox in her first major star role .
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4. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
The most recent Transformers resilient - activity motion picture , Transformers : Rise of the Beasts , seems to have find out the lesson that was never engross by Bay ’s films . Namely that we only care about the chemical bond between the human characters and the transformer when we ’re given a reason to care . The film goes out of its way to establish Noah Diaz ( Anthony Ramos ) as a guy who is just hear to do flop by his family before he stumbles upon the Autobots . Mirage ( Pete Davidson ) constitute some really endearing attack to befriend Noah , while Optimus Prime is disdainful of humanity .
The film does n’t quite get around to convincingly justifying Elena Wallace ( Dominique Fishback ) as the 2nd human sidekick of the Autobots . But the first appearance of the Maximals dawn in a way that the Dinobots did n’t largely because they cause to keep their personality intact . This flick also did a much good Book of Job at teasing the ultimate villain , Unicron , than Bay did inThe Last Knight .
WatchTransformers : Rise of the BeastsonParamount+ .
3. Bumblebee (2018)
Bumblebeeis the gold standard of live - action Transformers picture show , and it all comes down to the script and the roll . Setting this movie in the ’ 80s was the right call , and Hailee Steinfeld is tremendous as Charlie Watson , a stripling who handle with her grief for her late father by putting together an honest-to-goodness damage car that turns out to be Bumblebee . equate the James Bond that Charlie and Bumblebee form to the superficial connexion that Bumblebee had to Sam in the former films . This one come after because Steinfeld convincingly emotes when sharing the scene with a automaton who is n’t really there .
The highlight of the film is the prologue on Cybertron , where the Autobots and the Decepticons have never looked well . John Cenaalso stars in this picture show as Jack Burns , a federal agent who mistrust both Bumblebee and the Decepticons who came to Earth to find and destroy him . This is an exciting and earnest film , which is just what it require to be as the first reboot for the live - activity picture .
WatchBumblebeeonParamount+ .
2. Transformers One (2024)
The cerebrovascular accident of genius behindTransformers Oneis that it did n’t need to be in live action to tell the story of Optimus Prime and Megatron before they were deathly foe . Instead , Orion Pax ( Furiosa‘s Chris Hemsworth ) and D-16 ( Eternalsstar Brian Tyree Henry ) are like sidekick at the beginning of this moving picture , even if they ’re not always on the same page .
This is a re - imagining of the previous descent stories used in other transformer mediums like comics , TV shows , and picture game . But what really take in it shine is the way that it gives Orion and D-16 distinct percentage point of survey throughout the picture . The hand realise us realize where both of them are come from before their attachment is irreparably wear out by the choices they have to make .
transformer Oneis now playing in theaters .
1. The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
The Transformers : The Moviemay be the most glorious toy commercial ever made . The creative team behind the originalTransformersanimated series used the film to usher out the first Seth of characters while introducing all - Modern heroes and villains that were coming to toy stores concisely thereafter . The filmmakers were n’t test to make a classic , but this is by far the undecomposed of the Transformers movies because it has legitimate emotional post as well as an apocalyptic scourge in the form of Unicron .
The late Orson Welles may not have thought much about his final part , but even in his weakened state , Welles ’ voice express Unicron ’s gumption of threat and brilliance . Leonard Nimoy also bestow his voice to the upgrade form of Megatron , who was renamed and make over as Galvatron in one of the film ’s most visually arresting scenes . But perhaps the most impressive scene of the film ’s animation are the minuscule detail , especially when Unicron eats his first creation during the opening minutes . It ’s just as amazing as any anime from the era , andThe transformer : The Movieholds up super well after nearly four decades . It may be the nostalgia pickaxe , but this is still the Transformers film to tick .
The Transformers : The Movieis not available to stream .
