Best Vin Diesel Movies
Sophia Hammond
Updated on March 07, 2026
Furious 7 isn't just the highest grossing film in the franchise — at the time of this writing, it sits at No. 6 on the list of highest-grossing movies of all time, just above Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). Interest in the film spiked for the wrong reasons after the sudden death of star Paul Walker, whose Porsche Carrera GT was destroyed when (according to the coroner's report) it came off a Los Angeles road after being driven at speeds of up to 100 mph. After rumors that the seventh installment in the series would be canned, it was confirmed that a combination of Walker's two brothers and a blend of CGI would be used to finish the film, and the result was a fitting tribute to the departed actor, though James Wan's movie was far more than just a long goodbye. Vin Diesel and the rest of the cast provided an "authentic chemistry" that gave a melody to the "relentless beat" of the film according to the New Yorker's review, which also called the film a "gleefully kinetic" experience that nailed all of its action sequences with "acrobatic aplomb."