How to Watch the X Men Movies in Order

Witness the evolution of this mutant superhero team

Updated on November 20, 2020

The X-Men films from 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios under Disney) were a trailblazer for superhero films. However, with so many changing hands and visions in the course of two decades, the viewing order for the series and the larger X-Men timeline as a whole is a bit muddy.

After Disney's acquisition of Fox, streaming the X-Men films is a much easier task, as the titles are slowly migrating to Disney+. Otherwise, you can rent all of these movies on digital storefronts such as iTunes, Amazon Video, or Vudu.

This guide only covers the X-Men and mutant films produced by 20th Century Fox. The franchise is unconnected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is also available to stream, and consists of the original X-Men trilogy, a prequel X-Men Beginnings series, an informal trilogy of Wolverine films, two Deadpool films, and a horror spin-off called The New Mutants. X-Men TV shows such as The Gifted and Legion are not included.

How to Watch X-Men Movies in Order of Release

By far the most coherent way to watch the X-Men films is in the order of their theatrical and home releases. From there, you can witness how the franchise evolved and changed in style.

Movie	Release Date	Where to Watch
X-Men	July 2000	Disney+
X2	May 2003	Disney+
X-Men: The Last Stand	May 2006	not yet available
X-Men Origins: Wolverine	May 2009	STARZ
X-Men: First Class	June 2011	HBO Max
The Wolverine	July 2013	Disney+
X-Men: Days of Future Past	May 2014	Disney+
Deadpool	February 2016	Hulu
X-Men: Apocalypse	May 2016	Disney+
Logan	March 2017	FX Now
Deadpool 2	May 2018	Hulu
Dark Phoenix	June 2019	HBO Max
The New Mutants	August 2020	not yet available

How to Watch X-Men Movies in Chronological Order

Want to watch the X-Men films in the order in which they take place? It's a complicated ordeal, with retcons, time travel, and continuity errors. Here's our best shot at making sense of the tangled timeline.

X-Men: Days of Future Past is a time travel crossover between the original X-Men trilogy and the X-Men Beginnings prequel series. The 2023 segments of the film take place several years after The Wolverine. For the purposes of this list, the film counts as an X-Men Beginnings entry.

Movie	Subseries	Timing	Where to Watch
X-Men: First Class	X-Men Beginnings	1962	HBO Max
X-Men: Days of Future Past	X-Men Beginnings	1973/2023	Disney+
X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Wolverine Trilogy	1979	STARZ
X-Men: Apocalypse	X-Men Beginnings	1983	Disney+
Dark Phoenix	X-Men Beginnings	1992	HBO Max
X-Men	X-Men Trilogy	Early 2000s	Disney+
X2	X-Men Trilogy	Shortly after X-Men	Disney+
X-Men: The Last Stand	X-Men Trilogy	A few years after X2	not yet available
The Wolverine	Wolverine Trilogy	Several years after X-Men: The Last Stand	Disney+
Deadpool	Deadpool	Time not specified, presumably 2016	Hulu
Deadpool 2	Deadpool	A few years after Deadpool	Hulu
The New Mutants	N/A	"Present-day," according to the director	not yet available
Logan	Wolverine Trilogy	2029	FX Now