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X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. 20th Century Fox obtained the film rights to the team and other related characters in 1994 for $2.6 million.
In a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.
The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). [1] .
Jul 14, 2000 · X-Men: Directed by Bryan Singer. With Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen. In a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Bryan Singer
- 2000-07-14
- Navigate the twisting timeline of all 13 X-Men films.
- Which X-Men Movie Should You Watch First?
- 1. X-Men: First Class (2011)
- 2. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- 3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
- 4. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
- 5. X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
- 6. X-Men (2000)
- 7. X2: X-Men United (2003)
- 8. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
By Adam Bankhurst
Updated: Feb 17, 2024 12:36 am
Posted: May 22, 2023 7:00 pm
The X-Men franchise is a beloved collection of 13 movies that began all the way back in 2000 with such fan favorites as Patrick Stewart’s Charles Xavier and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. However, the films take a bit of Star Wars approach and begin later on in the stories of many of the characters before going back to their origins.
This means there are many different ways to watch these films, and the choice of how you watch them will determine how certain reveals and moments will pay off. While it can be easy to just watch them as they were released, we’ve organized the 13 films into how they roughly fit into one big timeline. This will allow you to experience the X-Men story from the beginning and follow each character’s journey from its earliest point.
With the X-Men set to break into the Marvel Cinematic Universe now that there are mutants in the MCU, we thought the best way to get ready for the future was to honor the past. If you’d like to watch them in order of release, we’ve included that below as well.
If you're new to the X-Men movie franchise, you can choose to start with First Class and make your way through the timeline chronologically. However, if you want to experience the films how they were originally released to audiences, you'll want to start with X-Men (2000) where the series officially began.
Includes Extras
X-Men Blu-Ray Collection
Contains 6 movies.
X-Men: First Class is the start of a new X-Men chapter that rewinds the clock to the earliest point on the film franchise’s timeline. The film begins in 1944 at the Auschwitz concentration camp before jumping ahead to 1962. The story follows a young Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto and the origins of both the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants.
Read our review of X-Men: First Class.
X-Men: Days of Future Past is a bit hard to place on the timeline as it features the X-Men from both the original films and the newer ones. Much of the story takes place in 1973, but plenty of time is spent in an alternate version of 2023 as well. Certain story elements we won’t spoil here make us comfortable placing it here on the timeline, but having an affection for the original crew definitely does help make it a more special moviegoing experience. This means it can also fit right near the end of this list if you so choose.
Read our review of X-Men: Days of Future Past.
The first X-Men spinoff movie starts back in 1845, but the bulk of the story is set in 1979 and explores the… well, origin of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. Not only do we get to see how he got his iconic adamantium claws, but we also get our first introduction to Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson/Deadpool. It's an essential part of the Wolverine timeline.
Read our review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
X-Men: Apocalypse stars Oscar Isaac as En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse and pits him against our reboot X-Men crew. While the film starts all the way back in 3600 BC, much of the story is set in 1983.
Read our review of X-Men: Apocalypse.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix is the last film starring the X-Men crew led by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, and it tells the story of the transformation of Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey into Phoenix. The film begins in 1975 but takes place mostly in 1992.
Read our review of X-Men: Dark Phoenix.
Due to how these movies play out, the switch from Dark Phoenix into X-Men doesn’t happen as smoothly as a film like Rogue One transitions to A New Hope, but the first X-Men live-action film does fit next into the timeline as it takes place in the early 2000s. While James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender played their younger versions in the previous films, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen take on the role of the older versions of Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto in these films.
Read our review of X-Men.
Taking place not too long after the original, X2: X-Men United picks up the story as a brainwashed Nightcrawler attempts to murder the President of the United States. Some big events happen at the end of the film that set up The Last Stand and tease the arrival of this trilogy’s iteration of Phoenix.
Read our review of X2: X-Men United.
X-Men: The Last Stand was the first live-action film to tell the Phoenix story, but in terms of the series’ internal chronology, it is the second. Either way, we get to see Famke Janssen’s Jean Grey resurrect as the dangerously powerful Phoenix and go up against our favorite X-Men in this final film in the original trilogy.
Read our review of X-Men: The Last Stand.
X-Men. Realizing mutants were the next step in human evolution, Professor Charles Xavier gathered gifted teenagers to be his first class of students. His goal to protect and educate the next generation of homo superior, while pursuing a dream of harmony.
X-Men is a 2000 American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer from a screenplay by David Hayter and a story by Singer and Tom DeSanto, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
