Two timelines that reboot twice
X-Men Movies in Order
Thirteen films and counting across the Fox era, the MCU multiverse, and the animated revival. Here is the order that actually makes sense.
- 16
- titles
- 1d 13h 31m
- one full run
- 2011
- first title
- 2024
- most recent
The Fox X-Men saga runs on two timelines. The original trilogy (X-Men, X2, The Last Stand) follows one continuity. First Class starts a soft reboot with a new cast in the 1960s, and Days of Future Past literally rewires the whole thing in 1973. Everything after it, from Apocalypse to Dark Phoenix, belongs to the corrected timeline.
Our story order stitches both timelines plus Deadpool and Logan into one watch that honors internal chronology. For a shorter run, watch the First Class tetralogy, then Days of Future Past, then Logan and the Deadpool films. The two Deadpool films break the fourth wall and do not care about continuity, which is the point of them.
Doomsday changes the calculus again. Marvel's official prep list includes X-Men and X2, and the film's cast announcement read like a Fox reunion. The 20-year-old timeline suddenly matters.
The list
| # | Title | Released | Runtime | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 |  X-Men: First ClassMovie | 2011 | 2h 12m | Optional |
| 6 |  X-Men Origins: WolverineMovie | 2009 | 1h 47m | Optional |
| 7 |  X-MenMovie | 2000 | 1h 44m | Optional |
| 8 |  X2: X-Men UnitedMovie | 2003 | 2h 13m | Optional |
| 9 |  X-Men: The Last StandMovie | 2006 | 1h 44m | Optional |
| 10 |  The WolverineMovie | 2013 | 2h 6m | Optional |
| 11 |  X-Men: Days of Future PastMovie | 2014 | 2h 11m | Recommended |
| 12 |  X-Men: ApocalypseMovie | 2016 | 2h 24m | Optional |
| 13 |  Dark PhoenixMovie | 2019 | 1h 54m | Optional |
| 37 |  X-Men '97 (Season 1)TV series | 2024 | 5h | Optional |
| 38 |  X-Men '97 (Season 2)TV series | 2026 | 4h 30m | Optional |
| 84 |  The New MutantsMovie | 2020 | 1h 34m | Optional |
| 94 |  DeadpoolMovie | 2016 | 1h 48m | Recommended |
| 95 |  Deadpool 2Movie | 2018 | 1h 59m | Recommended |
| 110 |  LoganMovie | 2017 | 2h 17m | Recommended |
| 154 |  Deadpool & WolverineMovie | 2024 | 2h 8m | Essential |
16 titles, 1d 13h 31m total. Released dates shown by year; exact dates are on each title page.
Every title here also sits on the full Marvel timeline, and the tracker covers this franchise along with everything else.
Common questions
Should I watch X-Men in release or chronological order?
Release order. Chronological order (First Class first) spoils the original trilogy's reveals and the two timelines fight each other until Days of Future Past merges them.
Do the X-Men movies connect to the MCU?
Since Deadpool & Wolverine and the multiverse arc, yes, loosely. The Fox timeline is now one of the universes the MCU can reach, and Doomsday uses that door.