Legacy: The Fox X-Men Saga · all-universe guide #11
X-Men: Days of Future Past
- runtime with credits
- 2h 11m
- release date
- May 23, 2014
- #44 in release order
- #11 guide
- Movie
- Recommended
Why it is here
The time-travel film that canonically repairs the broken Fox timeline. Wolverine wakes up in 1973 to stop Mystique from triggering the Sentinel future.
How to watch it
If you watch one Fox X-Men film before Doomsday, our argument is this one. Marvel disagrees and picked the first two. Both cases are on the Doomsday page.
What it sets up
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The timeline is rewritten, the dead return, and the post-credit scene introduces Apocalypse in Egypt. Our pick for the official Doomsday list over X-Men.
Position in the all-universe guide
1d 3h 35m of Marvel screen time comes before this. Another 26d 6h 38m follows it in this sequence. It sits inside Legacy Marvel (pre-MCU), alongside everything else released in 2014.
Where to stream it
Currently on Disney+. Availability shifts by region; our data notes say when this was last checked.
Viewers rate it 7.5/10 across 16,453 votes on TMDB.
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Where does X-Men: Days of Future Past fit in the Marvel timeline?
Position #11 in the all-universe guide, inside Legacy: The Fox X-Men Saga. It is #44 in factual release order.
Is X-Men: Days of Future Past essential watching?
Recommended. It adds real depth but the spine holds without it.
How long is X-Men: Days of Future Past?
2h 11m including credits.