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For first-timers, we recommend Release Order as it's the intended experience. For rewatches, Timeline/Chronological Order offers a fresh perspective by following the in-universe chronology.

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Should I watch X-Men (Fox Films) in release order or chronological order?

Release order is best for first-time viewers as it preserves the creators' intended narrative reveals. Chronological order is great for rewatches and understanding the timeline better.

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X-Men (Fox Films)

edited 2026-05-22

A complete viewing order for the Fox / 20th Century Studios X-Men cinematic universe — all fourteen theatrical films from X-Men (2000) through Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Covers both release order and a chronological-narrative order that accounts for the timeline split created by X-Men: Days of Future Past, with continuity tags for the original timeline, new-timeline prequel strand, Wolverine solo films, and Deadpool series.

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01FILM

2000Bryan Singer's 2000 superhero film launching the Fox X-Men franchise, based on the Marvel Comics series created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.…

1h 44m

02FILM

2003Bryan Singer's 2003 sequel, set shortly after the first film, in which the X-Men must form an uneasy alliance with Magneto against a new thr…

2h 13m

03FILM

2006Brett Ratner's 2006 third installment, in which a pharmaceutical company announces a 'cure' for the mutant gene — dividing both mutant and h…

1h 44m

04FILM

2009Gavin Hood's 2009 prequel origin film tracing James Logan's (Hugh Jackman) life from his childhood in 1845 through the Weapon X program that…

1h 47m

05FILM

2011Matthew Vaughn's 2011 prequel set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, following the early friendship between a young Charles…

2h 12m

06FILM

2013James Mangold's 2013 standalone Wolverine film set in Japan, following an isolated Logan (Hugh Jackman) who is still traumatised by killing…

2h 6m

07FILM

2014Bryan Singer's 2014 crossover film, adapting the landmark 1981 Marvel Comics storyline, in which the future X-Men send Wolverine's (Hugh Jac…

2h 12m

08FILM

2016Tim Miller's 2016 R-rated superhero comedy, the first in the franchise to receive that rating, starring Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson — a sar…

1h 48m

09FILM

2016Bryan Singer's 2016 sequel set in 1983, in which En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac), the world's first and most powerful mutant, awaken…

2h 24m

10FILM

2017James Mangold's 2017 R-rated drama, set in a bleak 2029 in which an ageing, deteriorating Logan (Hugh Jackman) cares for a mentally declinin…

2h 17m

11FILM

2018David Leitch's 2018 sequel again starring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, who forms the X-Force team — including the time-travelling mercenary Ca…

1h 59m

12FILM

2019Simon Kinberg's 2019 film set in 1992, in which the X-Men are dispatched on a space rescue mission and Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) is struck b…

1h 53m

13FILM

2020Josh Boone's 2020 horror-inflected superhero film following five young mutants — Danielle Moonstar / Mirage (Blu Hunt), Sam Guthrie / Cannon…

1h 34m

14FILM

2024Shawn Levy's 2024 Marvel Studios film — the first Deadpool film produced under the Disney umbrella — in which Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is…

2h 7m