Bad Boys Movies In Order
Fans of the popular movie series Bad Boys can enjoy the next chapters of this hilarious crime fighting duo. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence returned for a fourth film, Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), nearly thirty years after their first outing together.
Unlike most movie series, it’s not very important to watch the Bad Boys movies in order. Each movie has its own story, though watching them in order lets you see how the characters and their friendship develop. The later films bring the duo back together for new cases, and are easy to follow if you have seen the first two.
During the first two movies, it was clear that Smith and Lawrence worked great together. Both actors are funny and when put together they synergize perfectly. One of the things that allowed them to do this in the original movies was improvisation. Michael Bay gave the talented actors a lot of room to inject their own ideas into the script. Unsatisfied with the original script, Bay allowed them to improvise in many of the funniest scenes including the convenience store scene where they argue with each other to distract the clerk who is holding a gun to them. Their fake arguments to distract would be criminals became a trademark of the two, and the style would live in throughout the movies.
| Movie Order | Trailers |
|---|---|
| Bad Boys (1995) |  |
| Bad Boys II (2003) | |
| Bad Boys III (2017) | |
| Bad Boys for Life (2020) | |
| Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) | |
Because of the sheer talent involved in making this series, each of the films was wildly successful. The original Bad Boys movie grossed over $140 million in worldwide sales, while the sequel pulled in a whopping $273 million. Critics did not feel as good about the Bad Boy series as fans did, with the 1st movie receiving a 43% on Rotten Tomatoes while the 2nd film received a shocking 23%. However, fan reviews ranked significantly higher with both flicks receiving a 78% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.6 and 6.8 on IMDB. Ultimately, critics are irrelevant, the vote is in: Bad Boys was a huge success.
The two later films each made more than 400 million dollars worldwide, showing that fans were still eager to see Mike and Marcus back together. The acting genius of Smith and Lawrence together continues to be a big part of what makes these movies enjoyable.
