Legacy: The Fox X-Men Saga · all-universe guide #5
X-Men: First Class
- runtime with credits
- 2h 12m
- release date
- June 3, 2011
- #27 in release order
- #5 guide
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Why it is here
The soft reboot that restarts the Fox X-Men timeline in 1962. Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr build the first X-Men team, then break it by the closing scene.
How to watch it
Watch this before Days of Future Past even if you skip the original trilogy. It carries the emotional weight the later films trade on.
What it sets up
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Erik becomes Magneto, Raven leaves with him, and the paralyzing bullet sets up four decades of estrangement.
Position in the all-universe guide
15h 49m of Marvel screen time comes before this. Another 26d 18h 23m follows it in this sequence. It sits inside Legacy Marvel (pre-MCU), alongside everything else released in 2011.
Where to stream it
Currently on Disney+. Availability shifts by region; our data notes say when this was last checked.
Viewers rate it 7.3/10 across 13,690 votes on TMDB.
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Where does X-Men: First Class fit in the Marvel timeline?
Position #5 in the all-universe guide, inside Legacy: The Fox X-Men Saga. It is #27 in factual release order.
Is X-Men: First Class essential watching?
Optional. Skippable without losing the plot.
How long is X-Men: First Class?
2h 12m including credits.