Mutants, time travel, and multiverse mayhem. Use release order for a first watch, or chronological if you want the story timeline.
Release Order
- 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)
- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Chronological Order
- X-Men: First Class (1962)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past — 1973 past storyline (future scenes occur later)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (1983)
- Dark Phoenix (1992)
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (primarily late 1970s/1980s; before the original trilogy)
- X-Men (2000)
- X2: X-Men United (2003)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- The Wolverine (2013)
- Deadpool (mid-2010s)
- Deadpool 2 (late-2010s)
- The New Mutants (late-2010s)
- Logan (2029)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past — future 2023 epilogue (optional revisit)
- Deadpool & Wolverine (multiverse; best after Deadpool 2)
Notes
• Days of Future Past creates an altered timeline; treat it as a soft reset for later films.
• Logan is intended as a stand-alone future coda.
• Deadpool & Wolverine crosses universes; watch after Deadpool 2 (or at the very end) for the cleanest experience.