How to Watch the X-Men Movies in Order

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Samuel J Harries

Samuel J Harries

JustWatch Editor

If you’re wondering how to watch X-Men movies in order, JustWatch has got you covered with a complete streaming guide to the franchise. With this guide you can follow how to watch all of the X-Men movies in order chronologically and by release date. We'll show you where you can watch them on streaming services in the United States.

How should I watch X-Men movies in order?

There are two ways you can watch all 14 X-Men movies in order. Firstly, you can watch them in the order they were released – following the saga the same way fans experienced it in theaters. Secondly, you can watch the X-Men movies in chronological order to follow the story's timeline as it unfolds.

How to watch the X-Men movies in order (chronological)

  • X-Men: First Class (2011)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
  • X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
  • X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)
  • X-Men (2000)
  • X2: X-Men United (2003)
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
  • The Wolverine (2013)
  • Deadpool (2016)
  • Deadpool 2 (2018)
  • The New Mutants (2020)
  • Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
  • Logan (2017)

Watching Fox's X-Men franchise in chronological order is a fun way to rewatch the series, but it also highlights the franchise's questionable continuity across multiple timelines. The saga begins with X-Men: First Class in 1962 and spans all the way up to Logan in 2029. That means Professor X and Magneto are both young men in the 1960s-set X-Men

How to watch the X-Men movies in order (release)

  • X-Men (2000)
  • X2 (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)
  • Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

If this is your first time watching the X-Men franchise, viewing the film series in release order will be less confusing. The X-Men made their live action cinematic debut in 2000 with director Bryan Singer's Deadpool & Wolverine) starring Ryan Reynolds.

Where can I watch X-Men movies in order on streaming services?

Check out the full list of X-Men movies in order below and find out where to watch them on streaming services today. If you want to watch even more X-Men adventures on the small screen, you can check out our guide to every X-Men animated TV show in order too.

  1. X-Men

    X-Men

    2000

    # 1

    Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

  2. X2

    X2

    2003

    # 2

    Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

  3. X-Men: The Last Stand

    X-Men: The Last Stand

    2006

    # 3

    When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.

  4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    # 4

    After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.

  5. X-Men: First Class

    X-Men: First Class

    2011

    # 5

    Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

  6. The Wolverine

    The Wolverine

    2013

    # 6

    Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

  7. X-Men: Days of Future Past

    # 7

    The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

  8. Deadpool

    Deadpool

    2016

    # 8

    The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

  9. X-Men: Apocalypse

    X-Men: Apocalypse

    2016

    # 9

    After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

  10. Deadpool 2

    Deadpool 2

    2018

    # 10

    Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

  11. Logan

    Logan

    2017

    # 11

    In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

  12. Dark Phoenix

    Dark Phoenix

    2019

    # 12

    The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she's hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now band together to save her soul and battle aliens that want to use Grey's new abilities to rule the galaxy.

  13. The New Mutants

    The New Mutants

    2020

    # 13

    Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

  14. Deadpool & Wolverine

    Deadpool & Wolverine

    2024

    # 14

    A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.