Where was Fast and Furious filmed? Explore the filming locations – from Echo Park to space – where the saga broke cars, hearts, and physics.
What started as a $38 million street-racing flick became a multi-billion-dollar family-powered global circus.
Undercover cop Brian (Paul Walker) went from chasing Dom (Vin Diesel) to stealing vaults in Rio, jumping skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi, and yes – driving a Pontiac into space.
Alongside Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, and Gal Gadot, this saga turned “living life a quarter mile at a time” into a full-blown mission to save the world.
Inspired by a 1998 Vibe article, “Racer X,” the Fast and Furious saga now spans 10 films, spin-offs, and an animated series. Let’s stalk the asphalt where movie magic burned rubber.
Table of Contents
🚗 Fast and Furious Movies In Order
How many Fast and Furious movies are there? 11 so far.
You can watch them in release order, but Tokyo Drift bounces around the timeline. Here’s the correct sequence:
- The Fast and the Furious (2001)
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
- Fast & Furious (2009)
- Fast Five (2011)
- Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) – jumps here chronologically
- Furious 7 (2015)
- The Fate of the Furious (2017)
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) – spin-off, optional but fun
- F9: The Fast Saga (2021)
- Fast X (2023)
📽️ Fast & Furious Filming Locations
From a single Echo Park house to glaciers, skyscrapers, and dam walls – here’s where the family left tire marks.
🏡 The Fast and the Furious (2001) – Los Angeles
Where the Toretto family first grilled Corona and swapped pink slips.
Where was Fast and Furious 1 filmed? The original film’s entire soul lives in Los Angeles, specifically Echo Park, Malibu, and San Bernardino.
The real Toretto House at 722 N. East Kensington Rd has become a pilgrimage site – though neighbors have posted “Go home, Brian” signs after too many donuts on their lawns.
Bob’s Market (1234 Belleview Ave) still stands as Toretto’s Market & Café, where fans recreate the “I owe you a ten-second car” scene weekly.
Just up the coast, Neptune’s Net in Malibu – a real biker bar that still sells merch to Fast fans – hosted the tense lunch where Dom says, “I don’t have friends. I got family.”
Meanwhile, Dodger Stadium‘s parking lot saw Brian’s Eclipse test launch (no baseballs were harmed), and Terminal Island‘s industrial grit framed the final Dom vs. Brian drag race.
The unforgettable “Race Wars” event was filmed at San Bernardino International Airport with 1,500 real car enthusiasts in attendance.
What was filmed here:
- 722 N. East Kensington Rd: Dom’s home base (private residence)
- Bob’s Market (1234 Belleview Ave): Toretto’s corner market
- Dodger Stadium lot: Brian’s Eclipse shakedown run
- Terminal Island: Final pink-slip drag race
- Neptune’s Net, Malibu: “I got family” lunch scene
- San Bernardino Airport: Race Wars with 1,500 extras
🌴 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) – Miami & Florida Keys
The only main-series film without Vin Diesel.
Where was Fast and Furious 2 filmed? Miami and the Florida Keys. Brian O’Conner is now a fugitive hiding in Miami – because apparently fleeing federal charges looks great in a crop top.
The FBI recruits him and his loudmouthed childhood friend Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson, debuting his lifelong fear of flying) to take down drug lord Carter Verone. Eva Mendes co-stars as undercover agent Monica Fuentes.
The film is pure early-2000s Miami: pastel shirts, Nissan Skylines, and a finale boat chase that forgot cars existed. Fun fact: Vin Diesel passed on the script, calling it “too small.”
Also, that iconic “ejecto seato, cuz!” button was a real prop.
What was filmed here:
- MacArthur Causeway, Miami: Opening street race chaos
- Opa-Locka Airport: Abandoned airstrip showdown
- Florida Keys bridges: Final Verone arrest sequence
- Miami Marine Stadium: Roman’s “pockets ain’t empty” speech
🌆 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) – Little Tokyo, LA
The film that taught America that drifting isn’t just “losing control.”
Where was Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift filmed? Released third but set chronologically after Fast & Furious 6, this entry follows Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) as he gets exiled to Tokyo and mentored by Han Lue (Sung Kang).
Most of the “Tokyo” chaos was filmed in LA’s own Little Tokyo – parking garages, side streets, and the underground garage where Han schools Sean on weight transfer. The actual Shibuya Crossing? Recreated on a backlot. The parking garage drift battle? Shot at a real downtown LA structure.
Han’s character was so beloved that fans launched the #JusticeForHan campaign after his Tokyo Drift death – leading to his full-blown resurrection in F9: The Fast Saga. You’re welcome.
Also, Sung Kang famously requested that Han always be eating something in every scene, which is why you’ll never see him without a snack bag or a soda.
Book a tour:
- Tokyo: Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift III Experience
- Tokyo Drift 5.0 Real Fast & Furious Experience
- Tokyo & Daikoku by night in a Fast and Furious Skyline 34
What was filmed here:
- Little Tokyo, LA streets: Fake Tokyo, real drifts
- Universal Studios: Shibuya Crossing stand-in
- Downtown LA parking garage: Han vs. Sean drift lesson
- Various LA alleyways: Sean running from yakuza thugs
🌴 Fast & Furious (2009) – Los Angeles, Dominican Republic, Mexico
The one that brought the whole band back together.
Where was Fast and Furious 4 filmed? Los Angeles, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. After Tokyo Drift confused timelines, this fourth entry reunited Dom, Brian, Letty, and Mia for the first time since 2001.
Letty is murdered (spoiler: not really), Dom returns to LA for revenge, and Brian – now an FBI agent – crosses paths with him again. The film jumps from the Toretto house to the Dominican Republic (where Dom and Letty had a hidden life) and into Mexican tunnels for a finale heist.
Gal Gadot in the Fast and Furious series begins here as Gisele Yashar, a corset-wearing, motorcycle-riding Mossad bad girl. The tunnel chase was filmed in real underground caves in the Dominican Republic.
What was filmed here:
- Dominican Republic caves: Real underground tunnel chase
- Mexican border roads: Gas tanker heist sequence
- LA river basin: Final drag race showdown
- Toretto House, Echo Park: Dom’s emotional return home
🏝️ Fast Five (2011) – Puerto Rico played Rio de Janeiro
The vault heist that broke physics – and paved streets.
Where was Fast and Furious 5 filmed? San Juan, Puerto Rico (doubling for Rio de Janeiro) and Atlanta, Georgia. It transformed the franchise from racing to heist.
The crew steals a $100 million vault from a drug lord while being hunted by Dwayne Johnson’s Luke Hobbs. But here’s the movie magic: that famous favela rooftop chase? Filmed in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico – not Brazil.
Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer are cool B-roll, but the running-and-jumping action happened on Caribbean islands. The warehouse where they plan the heist? Atlanta, Georgia.
And that insane vault drag through Rio’s streets? They built a custom 8,000-pound vault, attached it to Chargers, and literally tore up a Puerto Rican highway. No CGI. Just family and property damage.
What was filmed here:
- Old San Juan, Puerto Rico: Favela rooftop pursuit
- Atlanta warehouses: Heist blueprint sessions
- Puerto Rican highway: Real vault drag carnage
🏙️ Fast & Furious 6 (2013) – London & Tenerife
Piccadilly Circus let Dom race Letty – and a tank chased a bridge.
Where was Fast and Furious 6 filmed? London (Piccadilly Circus, Lambeth Bridge) and Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
The film opens with a drag race through Piccadilly Circus – one of the few films ever permitted to film there. The crew shut down one of the world’s busiest intersections at 3 AM. Lambeth Bridge stood in for Moscow during a convoy attack (movie magic, baby).
But the crown jewel? The tank-and-bridge chase was filmed in Tenerife, Canary Islands, along the under-construction Anillo Insular highway (TF-1) around Guía de Isora and Adeje. It involved a real tank (modified) and a bridge that producers begged permission to explode. They got it.
Other locations included the dangerous cliff-edge road to Punta de Teno (TF-445) and the northern coastal town of Garachico. Why? The ocean backdrop looked incredible, and Spain offered tax breaks.
Paul Walker‘s impact on the Fast and Furious series was still growing here – this was his penultimate full film before his tragic death.
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What was filmed here:
- Piccadilly Circus: Dom vs. Letty midnight race
- Lambeth Bridge: Moscow convoy attack stand-in
- Tenerife highway: Bridge-tank chase with ocean views
🌇 Furious 7 (2015) – Abu Dhabi & Los Angeles
$3.4 million car. Three skyscrapers. One jump.
Where was Fast and Furious 7 filmed? Abu Dhabi, Colorado, and Los Angeles. The Lykan HyperSport (only seven exist in the world) was replicated to jump between the Etihad Towers.
The real jump was part practical, part CGI. But Dominic Toretto driving a supercar through glass at 70 stories? Iconic. The scene also gave us the “God’s Eye” surveillance tech and Deckard Shaw’s (Jason Statham) first proper rampage.
Fun fact: the production paid millions to shut down Abu Dhabi’s Corniche Road for a week – and still couldn’t shake the heat. Paul Walker’s final scenes (completed by his brothers Caleb and Cody via CGI) gave the film its emotional gut-punch ending.
What was filmed here:
- Etihad Towers: Skyscraper-to-skyscraper jump
- Corniche Road: Shaw’s explosive revenge chase
- Los Angeles backlots: Final Brian farewell scene
❄️ The Fate of the Furious (2017) – Iceland, Cuba, New York, Atlanta
The one where Dom goes rogue, drives a submarine, and makes history in Cuba.
Where was Fast and Furious 8 filmed? Iceland (Lake Mývatn, Akranes harbour), Cuba (Havana), New York City, and Atlanta.
This entry shocked fans: Dom betrays his family for cyber-terrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron). The film opens with a historic Cuba street race – the first Hollywood studio movie to shoot there since the 1960s embargo.
Then it’s off to Iceland’s Lake Mývatn for a submarine-vs-muscle-car war. New York‘s gridlocked streets host a zombie-car chase where Cipher hacks thousands of vehicles.
Atlanta doubles for Cleveland prisons. The Cuba race used classic 1950s American cars still running original engines.
What was filmed here:
- Havana, Cuba: Historic opening street race
- Lake Mývatn, Iceland: Submarine chase on frozen ice roads
- Akranes harbour, Iceland: Prison break, fireball explosions
- New York City streets: Zombie-car hacked vehicle chase
- Atlanta, Georgia: Prison interiors and warehouse sets
🏴 F9: The Fast Saga (2021) – Edinburgh, London, Tenerife, Iceland, Thailand
Magnetic madness on the Royal Mile.
Where was Fast and Furious 9 filmed? Edinburgh (Waterloo Place, Royal Mile), London, Tenerife, Iceland, and Thailand.
F9: The Fast Saga brought back Han (alive, baby!), introduced John Cena as Dom’s brother, and featured a car chase where a giant electromagnet flips cars like pancakes.
The chase ripped through eleven historic Edinburgh streets. Locals watched in disbelief as a magnetic “plane” (really a drone on wires) lifted a car.
The production paid over £400,000 in disruption fees. Also filmed in Thailand and Tbilisi, but Edinburgh stole the show.
What was filmed here:
- Waterloo Place, Edinburgh: Magnetic truck chaos begins
- Royal Mile, Edinburgh: Historic cobblestones get wrecked
- Tenerife highways: Additional chase sequences
- Lake Mývatn, Iceland: Return to the ice
🏰 Fast X (2023) – Rome, Portugal, London, Los Angeles
Dom’s car jumps off a dam wall. That’s the whole sentence.
Where was Fast and Furious 10 filmed? Rome, Spain/Portugal (Aldeadávila Dam), London, and Los Angeles. Dom drives a classic Dodge Charger off the 460-foot-tall dam because his son is on a bus.
The jump is part CG, part practical – they built a ramp and launched a real car for reference. Fast and Furious filming in Rome included a massive bomb chase through the historic city center.
The film ends on a cliffhanger, setting up Fast XI (reportedly titled Fast Forever, 2028). Universal Pictures is riding this cash cow to the moon.
What was filmed here:
- Aldeadávila Dam, Spain/Portugal: Car-jump off a massive dam wall
- Rome’s historic center: Bomb chase through ancient streets
- London backstreets: Additional action sequences
- Los Angeles soundstages: Interior and green-screen work
💥 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) – London, Glasgow, Hawaii, Los Angeles
The spin-off where two angry men save the world by insulting each other.
Where was Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw filmed? London, Glasgow (doubling for Moscow), Hawaii (Kauai) for Samoa village scenes, and Los Angeles.
This standalone adventure follows Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) as they’re forced to team up against cyber-genetically enhanced terrorist Brixton Lore (Idris Elba, hamming it up beautifully). Vanessa Kirby steals the show as Shaw’s MI6 sister, Hattie.
The film leans hard into buddy-cop comedy – Hobbs and Shaw spend 135 minutes trash-talking each other while performing physically impossible stunts, including a helicopter-car chase through London and a final fight in Samoa using traditional Samoan weapons and… a shipping container.
Fun fact: The Rock’s real-life daughter Simone Johnson appears as young Hobbs in a flashback.
What was filmed here:
- Glasgow, Scotland: Streets doubling for Moscow chase
- Kauai, Hawaii: Samoa village finale with family cameos
- London streets: Opening lab heist and helicopter escape
- Universal backlots: Green-screen work for digital stunts
🎬 Universal Studios Backlots – Where Movie Magic Lives
When you can’t blow up a real airport, you build one.
Every film in the Fast & Furious saga used Universal’s soundstages for interiors, green-screen stunts, and controlled chaos.
The airplane cargo sequence in Fast & Furious 6? Soundstage. The explosion-filled warehouses of Fast Five? Fake walls, real fire. The airplane cargo sequence in Fast & Furious 6? Soundstage.
The zero-gravity space launch in F9: The Fast Saga? A custom-built rig simulating orbit. This is where the “driving superheroes” era was born. This is where the “driving superheroes” era was born – and where they plan the impossible.
What was filmed here:
- Universal Studios: Airplane, space, and explosion scenes
❓ Fast & Furious FAQ
Because family still has questions. And Dom keeps grunting answers.
How many Fast and Furious movies are there?
10 main films + Hobbs & Shaw + shorts + Netflix animated series.
Who is Gal Gadot in the Fast & Furious series?
Gisele Yashar in 4, 5, & 6. Ex-Mossad, motorcycle sharpshooter, Han’s love.
What was Paul Walker’s impact on the Fast & Furious series?
His death reshaped Furious 7 (2015). Brothers Caleb & Cody + Weta Digital’s CGI gave Brian a peaceful sunset drive.
Who is Gibson of the Fast & Furious franchise?
Tyrese Gibson (Roman Pearce). Loud, loyal, and terrified of flying.
Who is Pataky in the Fast & Furious franchise?
Elsa Pataky (Elena Neves). Rio cop, Dom’s short-term love, mother of his son.
Who owns the Fast & Furious franchise?
Universal Pictures. Vin Diesel produces and has creative veto power.
Who are the actors in the Fast & Furious saga?
- Vin Diesel – Dominic Toretto
- Paul Walker – Brian O’Conner
- Michelle Rodriguez – Letty Ortiz
- Jordana Brewster – Mia Toretto
- Tyrese Gibson – Roman Pearce
- Ludacris – Tej Parker
- Gal Gadot – Gisele Yashar
- Dwayne Johnson – Luke Hobbs
- Jason Statham – Deckard Shaw
- Kurt Russell – Mr. Nobody
- Charlize Theron – Cipher
- John Cena – Jakob Toretto
Where is the Fast & Furious roller coaster?
“Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift” is opening in 2026 at Universal Orlando.
Who died in the Fast & Furious?
Within the universe: Han (temporarily), Gisele, Elena. Off-screen: Paul Walker.
Most hunky co-star of the Fast & Furious franchise?
Take a lap: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Sung Kang, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson.
Is Cristiano Ronaldo in any Fast & Furious movie?
No – but Vin Diesel wrote a role for him in an upcoming film (likely Fast X: Part 2).
🍿 Where to Watch the Fast & Furious Saga
Fuel up your remote. Here’s the order.
- Amazon Prime: Rent/buy every film (4K available)
- DVD/Blu-ray: 10-film box set with hours of deleted scenes
- Other platforms: Peacock, HBO Max, Disney+ (Star)
Park it. Grill it. Watch it again. Family never leaves. 🚗💨
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