Bad Boys Movies in Order

Four have been released: Bad Boys (1995), Bad Boys II (2003), Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024). A fifth has been discussed at Sony since 2024 but has never been greenlit. Outside the films the franchise has one TV spin-off, L.A.'s Finest (26 episodes across two seasons, 2019 to 2020), and one tie-in game, Bad Boys: Miami Takedown (2004).

Straight through in release order, which is also story order: Bad Boys (1995), Bad Boys II (2003), Bad Boys for Life (2020), then Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024). No entry is a prequel and no film jumps backwards, so there is no separate chronological order to work out. If you want the spin-off series L.A.'s Finest, slot it in as one block after Bad Boys II, which is where its lead character comes from.

The third. It was announced as Bad Boys III and only retitled Bad Boys for Life in August 2016, and the for Life phrasing is what makes people miscount the series. It is not Bad Boys 4 Life and not Bad Boys: For Life. The fourth film is Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), which was tracked publicly as Bad Boys 4 right through development, so any list showing Bad Boys 4 and Ride or Die as two separate titles is counting one film twice.

No. It is a spin-off, not a chapter. Gabrielle Union's Syd Burnett is introduced in Bad Boys II, and the show follows her after she leaves Miami for the LAPD, so the natural slot for it is right after that film. It ran two seasons and 26 episodes on Spectrum Originals, was cancelled in October 2020, and ends on an unresolved cliffhanger. Neither Bad Boys for Life nor Bad Boys: Ride or Die mentions the series or brings Syd back, so skipping it costs you nothing.

Yes. Bad Boys for Life reintroduces Mike and Marcus properly and you can follow it cold, though you will miss the history behind their partnership. What you cannot do is start with Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which opens on the fallout of the previous film, including Captain Howard's death and Mike's son Armando. Films three and four are really one story split in two, so if you only have two nights, watch Bad Boys for Life and then Ride or Die in that order.

Yes. The scene where Mike visits Armando in prison and recruits him plays at the very end of the film, and it is the direct setup for Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Sources disagree on whether to call it a mid-credits scene or the closing beat of the plot, but either way it runs after the story looks finished, and skipping it makes the fourth film's premise land wrong.

It depends which version you watch. The theatrical cut has none, which Forbes confirmed on release day. The digital and 4K/Blu-ray release from September 2024 added a brand new after-credits scene, but reviewers describe it as a gag callback to a running joke from the third act rather than a sequel hook, so you are not missing a plot beat if you only saw it in cinemas.

Nothing is confirmed. Sony has not greenlit a fifth film, and as of August 2026 there is no title, no release date and no announced writer or director. The firmest datapoints are Jerry Bruckheimer saying in June 2024 that the team was waiting to see how Ride or Die performed, and Martin Lawrence saying in 2025 that the studio is interested but that he and Will Smith have not discussed a story. Ignore the Bad Boys 5 trailers dated 2026 on YouTube and any release date you see on aggregator sites: the trailers are fan-made concept edits and the dates are invented.

Eight hours and 25 minutes of runtime, credits included: Bad Boys is 119 minutes, Bad Boys II is 147, Bad Boys for Life is 124 and Bad Boys: Ride or Die is 115. That is one long day, or two comfortable evenings if you split it after Bad Boys II. Adding L.A.'s Finest more than triples the commitment, since it is 26 episodes of roughly 45 minutes each.

No. That one is an unrelated juvenile-detention drama directed by Rick Rosenthal, and it has no connection to Mike Lowrey or Marcus Burnett. Several other films share the exact title and none of them are part of this franchise either: a 1961 Japanese film, a 2003 Finnish crime drama and a 2003 Hindi film. If a listing shows a Bad Boys entry from before 1995, it is not this series.