X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. 20th Century Fox obtained the film rights to the team and other related characters in 1994 for $2,600,000. After numerous drafts, Bryan Singer was hired to direct the first film, released in 2000, and its sequel, X2 (2003), while the third installment of the original trilogy, X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), was directed by Brett Ratner.
After each film outgrossed its predecessor, several spin-off films were released, including three Wolverine films (2009–2017), four X-Men prequel films (2011–2019), two Deadpool films (2016–2018), and two television series – Legion and The Gifted (2017–2019) – with the stand-alone The New Mutants concluding the series in 2020 after a 20-year-long run.
With thirteen films released, the X-Men film series is the ninth-highest-grossing film series, having grossed over $6 billion worldwide.
In March 2019, Marvel Studios regained the film rights to the X-Men, along with the Fantastic Four and Deadpool, after Disney acquired Fox for $71.3 billion. In October 2020, the films in the X-Men series, along with the Fantastic Four films, were rebranded as Marvel Legacy films on Disney+.
Films[]
Original Trilogy (2000-2006)[]
The films star Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Tyler Mane, Ray Park, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Aaron Stanford, Shawn Ashmore, Kelly Hu, Daniel Cudmore, Kelsey Grammer, Vinnie Jones, Elliot Page, Ben Foster, Dania Ramirez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Bill Duke and Eric Dane.
| # | Title | Release Date | Director(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X-Men | July 14, 2000 | Bryan Singer | Released |
| 2 | X2 | May 2, 2003 | ||
| 3 | X-Men: The Last Stand | May 26, 2006 | Brett Ratner |
Wolverine Trilogy (2009-2017)[]
The films star Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston as Stryker, Will.i.am, Lynn Collins, Kevin Durand, Dominic Monaghan, Taylor Kitsch, Daniel Henney, Ryan Reynolds, Tim Pocock, Max Cullen, Julia Blake. Tahyna Tozzi, Aaron Jeffery, Alice Parkinson, Peter O'Brien, Tao Okamoto, Rila Fukushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Brian Tee as Noburo, Haruhiko Yamanouchi , Will Yun Lee , Famke Janssen, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Doris Morgado, David Kallaway, Han Soto, Jason Genao, Krzysztof Soszynski and Alison Fernandez
| # | Title | Release Date | Director(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | May 1, 2009 | Gavin Hood | Released |
| 5 | The Wolverine | July 26, 2013 | James Mangold | |
| 6 | Logan | March 3, 2017 |
X-Men Beginnings Films (2011-2019)[]
The films star James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Oliver Platt, Álex González, Jason Flemyng, Zoë Kravitz, January Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Caleb Landry Jones, Edi Gathegi, Lucas Till, Glenn Morshower, Matt Craven, Rade Šerbedžija, Annabelle Wallis, Don Creech, Michael Ironside, Ray Wise, James Remar, Brendan Fehr, Demetri Goritsas, Ludger Pistor, Aleksander Krupa, Sasha Pieterse, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Elliot Page, Peter Dinklage, Shawn Ashmore, Omar Sy, Evan Peters, Josh Helman, Daniel Cudmore, Fan Bingbing, Adan Canto as Sunspot, Booboo Stewart, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Evan Jonigkeit, Gregg Lowe, Len Wein and Chris Claremont, Michael Lerner, Mark Camacho, Zehra Leverman, Brendan Pedder, Oscar Isaac, Josh Helman, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy, Alexandra Shipp, Lana Condor, Olivia Munn, Carolina Bartczak, Jessica Chastain, Scott Shepherd, Ato Essandoh and Brian d'Arcy James.
| # | Title | Release Date | Directors (s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | X-Men: First Class | June 3, 2011 | Matthew Vaugh | Released |
| 8 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | May 23, 2014 | Bryan Singer | |
| 9 | X-Men: Apocalypse | May 27, 2016 | ||
| 10 | X-Men: Dark Phoenix | June 7, 2019 | Simon Kinberg |
Deadpool Films (2016 present)[]
The films stars Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapičić, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, Jack Kesy, Shiori Kutsuna, Hugh Jackman and Emma Corrin.
| # | Title | Release Date | Director(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Deadpool | February 12, 2016 | Tim Miller | Released |
| 12 | Deadpool 2 | May 18, 2016 | David Leitch | |
| 13 | Deadpool & Wolverine | July 26, 2024 | Shawn Levy |
Spin-Off (2020)[]
The film stars Blu Hunt, Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga, Alice Braga, Adam Beach, Thomas Kee, Happy Anderson, Dustin Ceithamer and Marilyn Manson.
| # | Title | Release Date | Director(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | The New Mutants | August 20, 2020 | Josh Boone | Released |
Cancelled Projects[]
- X4 and X5
- Untitled Fox–Marvel crossover film
- X-Force
- Gambit
- Untitled The New Mutants sequels
- Alpha Flight and Exiles
- Laura
- Multiple Man
- Kitty Pryde
Television Series[]
| # | Title | Release Date | Creator(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legion | February 8, 2017 - August 12, 2019 | Noah Hawley | Released |
| 2 | The Gifted | October 2, 2017 - February 26, 2019 | Matt Nix |