- Transformers Movies Tier List -

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peak
good stuff
barely ok
abysmal dogshit

peak

Transformers One (2024)

absolute cinema
this movie got me into transformers so it will always be my #1
I need The Fall and that entire scene tattoed in my brain
I'm sad that we'll probably never see this iteration of D-16 ever again.... I miss my wife D-16 already 😔
there are so many good things I can say about this movie that I just end up not knowing what to write. gorgeous animation, stunning soundtrack... genuinely 10/10

peak

Bumblebee (2018)

I will be like every other transformers fan and gas up the cybertron opening scene. it's just too cool!!
Charlie and Bee are one of the best-written human/transformer pair 💛
this movie is like, everything you could've want out of a self-contained "transformer and their human buddy" story. yes it's focused on humans but Charlie's story WORKS and her relationship with Bumblebee is really precious 🥺

peak

Transformers (2007)

honestly peak
without a doubt the best one out of all the bayverse movies
it's just too iconic atp
every time prime tries so hard to protect Sam I'm just like "why bro you've only known him for 3 DAYS". I find it kind of funny how his only point of contact with humanity is SAM of all people and yet he still finds humanity great.

good stuff

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

I watched this movie in theaters before I got into Transformers and at the time I thought it was decent. just barely good enough that if the sequel is of similar quality I'd watch it in theater
HOWEVERRR after multiple rewatches it became my comfort movie and I grew to really like it
the first 30 minutes are really, really good. the museum fight too.
I need more of Noah and Mirage 💙
imo this movie has some of the best human characters in the entire Transformers franchise
let it be known that this was in the "peak" tier but I cannot in good conscious keep it there 😭 as much as I enjoy ROTB, after taking off the rose-tinted glasses of a Transformers fan, it is not a particularly outstanding movie

good stuff

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

way better than ROTF
the Bayverse movies should've ended here. #Bayverse trilogy truther rise up
the opening sequence in Shanghai is 👍👍👍
I was a little lost during the last act though, it was hard to follow along which group of characters was trying to do what
bonus points for Megatron being a single mother

good stuff

The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

I can't tell if this is peak or mid and I mean this in the best way possible
it's an hour and a half long fever dream
the music really threw me off but by the time they got to Junkion I was like yeah why the hell not
I profess I do not see why some fans regard it as the best Transformers movie ever with no flaws whatsoever
the character deaths in this didn't feel impactful at all. maybe it's because I've only watched season 1 and half of season 2 of G1

barely ok

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

it was a very long 2 and a half hours
if I think about the plot or really anything that's happening on screen for more than 2 seconds my brain hurts
in what world is Sam worthy of the matrix lmao. I guess he deserved it for saving the world twice.

barely ok

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

yeah this movie was kinda shit
the dinobots almost made it good. almost.
obligatory I'M AN INVENTOR and AGE OF CONSENT
Cade Yeager is such a nothing character. I couldn't care less about him.
I was at my friends' place playing pool in the apartment lobby and this movie was playing on the TV WITH AD BREAKS. we were there for about 4 hours and watched it from start to finish. final verdict: this movie is way too long and feels like three movies crammed into one 💀

abysmal dogshit

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

straight up shit from a butt. not an enjoyable movie.
going in I knew this movie SUCKED but I didn't think it would be this bad. it was bad.
people weren't kidding when they say the editing is headache inducing. holy shit I had to rewind so many scenes because one character would be talking or doing something, but before they could properly finish, it would abruptly cut to the next scene
why is Cogman lowkey the best part about this movie
AOE was bad but at least it had *something* going for it. the only thing TLK had was the fact that Optimus and Megatron are hot.
my highlight for this movie was optimus putting the sword under his boobies