The 20 most ridiculous moments in the 'Fast and the Furious' franchise, ranked

Kirsten Acuna,Olivia SinghJun 26, 2021, 18:55 IST

Remember when there was a tank in the "Fast and Furious" franchise? That probably seems tame, now.Universal Pictures

The stunts and chases have become increasingly over-the-top since the "Fast Saga" began in 2001.
In honor of "F9," Insider's resident "Fast" fans, Kirsten Acuna and Olivia Singh, binged the franchise, noting every wild moment.
Scenes are ranked based on how "fast" and how "furious" Insider deemed moments which include cars.

Note on the ranking: Since the "Fast" franchise leans into over-the-top its stunts, we decided Insider's ranking system should be equally fun.

Both Acuna and Singh deliberated how "Fast" and how "Furious" each scene was. A scene received bonus points if it directly involved "family." (Think Dom risking his life to save Letty.) As expected, the list begins with many of the earlier entries in the franchise as the films have continued to up the ante with each subsequent release.

Wild scenes from "F9" will be included in the roundup after the film is out for several days to allow audiences to see the sequel without spoiling anything.

20. Brian does a stare-and-drive move to impress Monica Fuentes.

Eva Mendes and Paul Walker in "2 Fast 2 Furious." Universal Pictures

19. Tej creates a giant distraction to help Brian and Roman evade the police by releasing tens of cars from a garage at once.

Cars pour out of a garage near the end of "2 Fast 2 Furious." Universale

18. Vince almost dies in a failed truck heist.

Jordana Brewster, Paul Walker, and Matt Schulze in "The Fast and the Furious." Universal Pictures

17. Brain and Dom narrowly outrace a train at the end of "The Fast and the Furious" and then Dom crashes into a truck anyway.

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker racing at the end of "The Fast and the Furious." Universal Pictures

16. Sean drifts through a crowded Tokyo intersection and miraculously avoids all the pedestrians during a high-speed chase.

Lucas Black starred as Sean Boswell in "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift." Universal Pictures

15. Brian races off a dock to magically crash land onto a yacht.

Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, and Cole Hauser in "2 Fast 2 Furious." Universal P

14. Dom wins the Cuban street race by a second, even as his car goes up in flames and falls apart.

Two cars racing in Cuba in "The Fate of the Furious." Universal Pictures

13. Dom and Brian race through secret drug tunnels to Mexico, destroying them along the way.

Vin Diesel in "Fast and Furious." Universal Pictures

12. Dom and Brian drive a classic Corvette off a cliff after a train heist goes awry.

The entire train scene is a great moment in "Fast Five." Universal Pictures

11. Dom revs up and drives toward an exploding oil tank as it hurtles toward him and Letty.

Letty rarely cracks, but at the start of "Fast & Furious," you could tell she was nervous. Universal Pictures

10. Brian scales, runs, and jumps off a bus that's about to fall off a cliff and subsequently dives onto the tail end of Letty's car.

Paul Walker in "Furious 7." Universal Pictures

9. Dom crashes his car into a bridge in order to propel himself across a gap to catch and save Letty mid-air.

We don't understand the physics of the above scene in "Fast 6," but we don't care. The ultimate display of true love. Universal Pictures

8. Brian and Mia flip a busload of convicts to break Dom out of jail.

Dom's crew pulled off another risky mission to free Dom before he ended up in prison. Universal P

7. Dom and Brian drag a bank vault full of millions of dollars through Rio.

Who paid for all the damage caused by that bank vault in "Fast Five"? Universal P

6. Dom and the gang bring an aircraft carrier crashing down with cars.

The end of "Fast 6" may include the longest airport runway chase in movie history. Universal Pictures

5. "Zombie cars" fly out of a New York City parking garage after Cipher's team hacks all the cars in a two-mile radius.

Many of those cars really fell out of a building for "F9." Universal Pictures

4. Dom sends a heat-seeking missile into a submarine and then somehow manages to escape being engulfed in a fiery explosion.

Vin Diesel in "The Fate of the Furious." Universal Pictures

3. Dom and Brian jump a rare $3.4 million car across through skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi.

Brian looks terrified the entire time during this sequence in "Furious 7." Universal

2. Dom, Brian, Roman, and more parachute cars out of a plane to land in a mountainous region undetected.

This is when the gang straight-up became spies. Universal Pictures

1. Owen Shaw's tank murder spree tops the list, for now.

Owen Shaw is a murdering madman in "Fast 6" and everyone has seemed to forget about it. Not us. Universal Pictures

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