Bourne which one is first

It can also be watched as a standalone, or after the film series, which is what we recommend. If you want to see absolutely everything Bourne-related, then you need to check out this made-for-TV movie that aired on ABC in two parts in It follows much of the same beats as the film, with Jason Bourne played by Richard Chamberlain awakening and not remembering who he is while displaying skills most normal people don't know.

The best part, though, is that you can watch it free on YouTube unofficially. Note: You could watch this film before all the other films, but it's in a separate timeline altogether, so we recommend watching it last. Why you can trust Pocket-lint. The Bourne Identity Universal Pictures.

The Bourne Supremacy Universal Pictures. The trilogy also shares the same names as the first three novels in the series , though only the first film, The Bourne Identity , is based though somewhat loosely on a novel in the series. The following two films are related in title only. Like The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum , the film is connected to the novel in name only.

The fifth and most recent film, Jason Bourne , again stars Matt Damon, and is the only film without a title shared with a novel. A man Matt Damon is found floating in the Mediterranean Sea with two gunshot wounds in his back and a device with the number of a Swiss safe deposit box embedded in his hip. Upon reaching shore, the man assumes the name Jason Bourne after finding a passport under the name in the safe deposit box, along with other international passports, large amounts of assorted currencies, and a gun.

He subsequently attempts to discover his true identity while countering attempts on his life by CIA assassins, eventually realizing that he is one such assassin who failed to complete his most recent mission. Bourne breaks his connections to the CIA and unites with Marie Kreutz Franka Potente , a woman who helped him learn about his most recent actions prior to his memory loss. Bourne's conflict with the CIA reaches a climax when he takes the fight to their doorstep.

Some two years after learning that he is a trained assassin and breaking his connections with the CIA, Jason Bourne Matt Damon is framed for a crime connected to one of his past missions.

A subsequent attempt on his life results in Marie's death, so he decides to take revenge by hunting down those responsible for her death and his forgotten past, thinking that the CIA is hunting him again. Bourne discovers that Ward Abbott Brian Cox , one of the men who oversaw Operation Treadstone, the program which trained Bourne to be an assassin, stole millions of dollars from the CIA.

Abbott meant to implicate Bourne in the theft with the frame-up, which would have led the CIA on a wild goose chase had Bourne been killed as intended. During a long car chase with Bourne, the Russian agent who was paid to kill him and was responsible for Marie's death is killed, and Bourne goes into hiding. After six weeks of disconnection from his job, Jason Bourne Matt Damon learns that a British journalist has been investigating his past and contacts him to find out who his source is.

Bourne is subsequently targeted by Operation Blackbriar, an upgraded Operation Treadstone, which has also taken note of the investigation. It all draws back to Bourne's first mission to assassinate a Russian diplomat, which leads to a stunning ending as Bourne fights his way to Moscow so that he can personally apologize to Irena Neski Oksana Akinshina , the daughter of the man he killed.

Shot in Goa, Berlin, and Moscow, Greengrass' takeover of the Bourne franchise resulted in a more propulsive, visceral film that provided a greater showcase of Jason Bourne's abilities and his capacity for lateral problem-solving. While eliminating Marie as a casualty of the CIA's war against Bourne was disappointing, it made Jason sympathetic as a hero alone against the world once again.

Damon eliminated most of his dialogue, which compellingly made Bourne's actions a mystery both to the audience and to the CIA, including Joan Allen as Task Force Chief Pamela Landy, who comes to realize her real enemy isn't Jason Bourne.

Urban's Russian killer is a memorable opponent for Bourne and the climactic moments in New York City are actually set in the future since they're part of the third act of the next film, The Bourne Ultimatum. The Bourne Ultimatum completes the original Bourne trilogy of films and answers the major questions about the titular assassin and his creation. After the reporter is killed, Bourne goes on an international manhunt to learn the secrets of Treadstone and discovers his true name, David Webb.

Director Paul Greengrass' grand finale to the trilogy ramps up the action even further and he shot the film in Tangier, London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, and New York City, where Bourne engages in a showstopping car chase in the streets of Manhattan. The overall arc of the amnesiac Jason Bourne finally learning his real name and how he became a Treadstone assassin is satisfyingly resolved.

In the end, The Bourne Ultimatum stands as not just the best movie of the franchise, it's also the highest-grossing Jason Bourne movie, and one of the best action movies of the decade of the s. John Orquiola is a Features staff writer who has been with Screen Rant for four years.

For more information, see our disclosure here. Now if you are here you must be wondering about the order of these movies. We have put the Jason Bourne movies in order a couple of different ways. We have them all listed in order of their release date and also in chronological order in case you are interested in watching how the Bourne story unfolds. What he does know is that he has out of the ordinary talents such as being a skilled fighter, can speak multiple languages, and knows his way around weapons.

Together with the help of Marie Franka Potente , he sets off to find the answers to who he really is. Kirill continues to hunt Bourne and will stop at nothing until he kills him. Filled with rage, Bourne plots his revenge and plans on clearing his name from the false claims put against him. Bourne continues his mission to fill the gaps of his memory of his past. Bourne is now in more danger than ever as his old bosses send some of the most elite assassins after him.

The actions of Jason Bourne now threaten to expose and take down decades of expensive and valuable research across multiple intelligence agencies. Eric Byer Edward Norton , the man who created these top-secret programs has decided he must destroy one of them to save the rest. He chooses to terminate the Outcome program.