A secret prequel movie was actually how the Fast & Furious franchise debuted one of its strongest characters. The chronological order of the Fast & Furious movies has been admittedly difficult to track for a while. Some of the best-ranked Fast & Furious movies, like Fast Five, for example, have a unique place on the timeline of the franchise. Fast Five and its predecessor, Fast & Furious, were the fifth and fourth installments in the franchise respectively, when concerning release order. However, they took place before the third released film, TokyoDrift, chronologically.