The X-Men Movies in Order

In the Fox/20th Century series there are 13 films, from X-Men (2000) through The New Mutants (2020). That count includes the two Deadpool movies and the Wolverine and New Mutants spin-offs. It does not include Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), which is a Marvel Studios/MCU film.

For a first watch, use release order: all thirteen films in the order they came out, X-Men (2000) through The New Mutants (2020). It's the simplest path, because each film was made assuming you'd seen the ones before it, and you never have to untangle the timeline. Chronological order is worth a second run rather than a first one: Days of Future Past rewrites history partway through the series, so no in-universe list comes out clean. If you would rather keep the two R-rated Deadpool comedies out of the main run, save them for last; they don't change anything in the saga either way.

X-Men (2000), X2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), X-Men: First Class (2011), The Wolverine (2013), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Deadpool (2016), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Logan (2017), Deadpool 2 (2018), Dark Phoenix (2019), The New Mutants (2020). The one spot people get wrong is 2016: Deadpool opened February 12 and Apocalypse followed on May 27, so Deadpool comes first by the calendar.

There are two, and Days of Future Past is the split. The original timeline is X-Men (2000), X2 and The Last Stand, set in the early 2000s, with X-Men Origins: Wolverine as backstory and The Wolverine set after The Last Stand. In Days of Future Past, Wolverine's mind is sent back to 1973 to stop an assassination, which rewrites history and erases that future. The rewritten timeline is where Apocalypse (1983) and Dark Phoenix (1992) happen. First Class (1962) sits before the split, so it belongs to both. Deadpool, Deadpool 2, The New Mutants and Logan are only loosely pinned to either. Because the second timeline overwrites the first, no chronological list is fully canon, which is why release order is the default here.

Yes, if you want the spine rather than the complete set. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) is the one the series itself throws out, since Days of Future Past retroactively erases its events, and it sits near the bottom of the reviews at 37% on Rotten Tomatoes. The New Mutants (2020) is a standalone horror spin-off with its own cast and only a passing Essex Corporation reference tying it to the rest. Dark Phoenix (2019) retells the Phoenix story The Last Stand already covered, and at 22% it is the worst-reviewed film in the series. A tight six-film run is X-Men, X2, The Last Stand, First Class, Days of Future Past and Logan. What you shouldn't skip is X2 before The Last Stand, or First Class before Days of Future Past.

In the US as of August 2026, the Fox X-Men films stream on Disney+ and Hulu, both Disney services, and Hulu's catalog now also sits inside the Disney+ app. The three R-rated entries, Deadpool, Deadpool 2 and Logan, only show up on Disney+ if your profile is set to allow mature content. All 13 are also available to rent or buy from the usual digital stores, including Apple TV, Prime Video and Fandango at Home. Rights differ a lot by country, so check JustWatch for where you actually are.

The Fox series is finished. The New Mutants, released August 28, 2020, was the thirteenth and last film, and Disney's purchase of Fox, completed in March 2019, shelved most of the rest of the Fox X-Men slate. The characters carry on elsewhere: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) moved Hugh Jackman's Wolverine into the MCU, Avengers: Doomsday arrives December 18, 2026 with much of the original film cast, and Marvel Studios has a full X-Men reboot in the works with Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier. That reboot had no officially announced release date as of August 2026, though 2028 is the widely reported target.

Logan is set in 2029, the furthest-future point in the series, and works as a standalone near-future capstone. It's deliberately disconnected from the rewritten prequel timeline, so it sits at the end of most chronological orderings.

The first two Deadpool films (2016, 2018) are R-rated Fox spin-offs loosely connected to the X-Men world: they reference the team and feature mutant characters. You can watch them by release date without affecting the main saga. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) is a separate MCU film, not part of the Fox series.

Increasingly yes: Doomsday (December 18, 2026) brings back the original film cast, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James Marsden, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, Kelsey Grammer and Channing Tatum's Gambit. The efficient prep path is the original trilogy plus Days of Future Past, with Deadpool & Wolverine for the handoff.

Ideally yes: X-Men '97 is a direct continuation of the 1992 Animated Series, picking up after its finale with much of the original voice cast. Season 2 ran on Disney+ from July 1, 2026 to its finale on August 12, 2026, and Marvel has said a third season follows in 2027. You can start cold thanks to the recaps, but the payoffs are built on the old show. Note that '97 is animated continuity and is separate from the live-action films on this page.