Death Race Movies in Order & How Many Are There

If you love high-octane, racing action movies, then you have probably heard of the Death Race movie franchise. Still, this franchise has spawned a lot of movies, maybe a few more then it should. Regardless of their quality, in this article, we will let you know how to watch all Death Race movies in order and how many are there.

Even though this racing movie franchise is not as big and popular as Fast & Furious, it actually has a much more complicated continuity. With that in mind, let us see what are the best ways to watch Death Race movies in order.

How many Death Race movies are there?

There are currently six Death Race movies. Those movies could be separated into two continuity. We will explain both later in the article, but for now, let’s just focus on the release date, so here they are.

Death Race movies in order by release date

Here we will just let you know when was each Death Race movie released, and sort it by it. You can watch it this way, but that is not the best way to watch this franchise.

1. Death Race 2000 (1975)
2. Death Race (2008)
3. Death Race 2 (2010)
4. Death Race 3: Inferno (2013)
5. Death Race 2050 (2017)
6. Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018)

It would be great if this would be the best way to watch it, just go and watch it one by one as they were released, but as you will soon see below, these movies are much more complicated to watch in the right order, especially if you want to follow the continuity.

Best way to watch Death Race movies in order

Now we are coming to the best way to watch Death Race movies in order. And it is by two separate continuity. One would be the original continuity, consisting of only two movies, while the other one would be some kind of reboot continuity, which consists of other four movies. Let’s dive deep into them.

First continuity – Original Death Race movies in order

Under this continuity, we would put the original Death Race 2000 movie from 1975 and Death Race 2050, its sequel. Let’s see what are they about.

Death Race 2000 (1975)

It is based on the novel The Racer by Ib Melchior, and the action is set in the year 2000 (at that time in the near future), two decades after the US experienced an economic collapse and an authoritarian regime was established that keeps the masses in obedience by organizing a spectacular transcontinental car race where the participants they compete by trying to kill each other and score points by trampling random pedestrians.

The nominal protagonist, played by David Carradine, is Frankenstein, a mysterious masked driver who has won several previous races, and who, along with other drivers, becomes the target of sabotage and assassination by the resistance movement.

Death Race 2050 (2017)

In the not-too-distant future, America is under the control of a powerful corporate government that organizes brutal parties. The most famous is the Death Race, in which participants get points for trampling pedestrians and killing each other. Reigning champion and crowd favorite, half-man half-machine Frankenstein, doesn’t know he’s taken a rebel spy as his passenger.

Second continuity – Reboot Death Race movies in order

This is the second Death Race continuity, consisting of one main Death Race movie, two prequels and one sequel. Let’s check them out.

Death Race 2 (2010)

In the most dangerous prison in the world, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die.

Death Race 3: Inferno (2013)

Penitent convict Carl Lucas – also known as Frankenstein – is a legendary driver in the brutal prison sport known as Death Race.

Death Race (2008)

At the height of the economic crisis and unemployment in 2012, American prisons were overcrowded with violent prisoners, so the powers that be invented a new deadly game that will simultaneously provide entertainment for the masses, but also reduce the number of prisoners in cramped penitentiaries.

Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) is a racing champion with a dark past, which will be avenged when he is convicted of the murder of his wife, which he did not commit. Now Ames is forced to race and wear the metal mask of a late driver named Frankenstein or rot in Terminal Island’s inhuman prison.

Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018)

After a botched attack on Frankenstein’s inmate and legendary driver, a secret escort infiltrates the maximum security prison to take down Frankenstein. He embarks on a race where there are no rules, no track and no fear.

Do you need to watch Death Race movies in order?

You don’t have to watch Death Race movies in order, but we would hardly suggest you to. The above given watch orders, by these two separate continuities, are the best way to watch this complicated racing franchise. If you just go by the release date, you will be left wondering what is going on.

Will there be more Death Race movies in the future?

Currently, there are no Death Race movies announced or in the works. Still, with so many movies so far, we highly believe there will be more there Death Race movies in the future.