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name: "The Matrix"
kind: "series"
canonical: "https://film.one/collections/the-matrix"
films: 3
series: 0
years: "1999–2003"
average_fi1m_score: 65
updated: "2026-10-03T07:52:06.556762+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# The Matrix

*A series of films.*

One film that changed action cinema and three that argued with it.

**Which order?** Release order.

Best on Fi1m: [*The Matrix*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md) (88).

## The films, in release order

1. [*The Matrix*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md) (1999) — Fi1m 88: The Wachowskis turn familiar questions about reality into thrilling physical action, with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss giving the spectacle a human centre. The explanations can be heavy-handed; the fights make us eager to listen.
2. [*The Matrix Reloaded*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md) (2003) — Fi1m 60: The Wachowskis’ sequel contains two action sequences that were worth the four-year wait and a script that stops every twenty minutes for a speech about choice. The fights are better than the speeches, and there are more speeches.
3. [*The Matrix Revolutions*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md) (2003) — Fi1m 46: Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski retain a gift for strange places and large-scale action, but their finale struggles to make either matter. Hugo Weaving supplies the personality that the solemn dialogue keeps suppressing.

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