The X-Men Movies, Ranked: The Top 8

Mutants, mercs and timelines nobody can untangle. Here's the franchise's top 8 by movie.guru score, and the claws come out a lot.

Number one sends Wolverine on the strangest errand of his life.

1. 8
   X-Men (2000)7.2

   Stewart and McKellen are great. The toad line is not.

   Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen treat mutant politics like a chess match, and they carry every scene they share. $296.3 million worldwide on a $75 million budget.
2. 7
   X-Men: First Class (2011)7.4

   Fassbender's Magneto is the coolest mutant in the franchise.

   Michael Fassbender plays young Erik like a revenge-driven James Bond, and James McAvoy's young Xavier is pure charm. 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, $352.6 million worldwide.
3. 6
   Deadpool 2 (2018)7.5

   Domino's superpower is luck, and she steals the sequel.

   Zazie Beetz glides through a highway chase while everyone around her wipes out, and Ryan Reynolds is smart enough to let her. A CinemaScore, 7.6 on IMDb from 760,812 votes.
4. 5
   Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)7.5

   Matthew Macfadyen as a smug middle manager is the MVP.

   Mr. Paradox is a paper pusher with a doomsday gadget, and Macfadyen plays him like a performance review. A CinemaScore, $636.7 million domestic on a $200 million budget.
5. 4
   X2 (2003)8.0

   Iceman's talk with his parents hits harder than any fight.

   It turns the mutant metaphor into something painfully real, and Brian Cox is a chilling human villain. $214.9 million domestic, 7.4 on IMDb.
6. 3
   Deadpool (2016)8.0

   It breaks the fourth wall like it owes it money.

   Ryan Reynolds narrates his own origin story straight to camera for 108 minutes, and somehow it never gets old. 8.0 on IMDb from 1.28 million votes, the most on this list.
7. 2
   Logan (2017)8.7

   Wolverine's limo-driver era is the saddest, best version of him.

   Hugh Jackman's Logan drives a limo, buys meds for Charles and wants nothing to do with heroics. Critics rank it above 87% of notable movies, and the R rating lets it get honest.
8. 1
   X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)8.6

   James McAvoy's broken Xavier is the franchise's best performance.

   Young Charles has given up, and McAvoy plays his way back like a real person, not a superhero. Critics rank it above 80% of notable movies, on a $200 to $205 million budget.

$17.04 says you've already picked which mutant power you'd have, and it's a boring one.

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