The X-Men franchise is a beloved collection of 13 movies that began all the way back in 2000 with such fan favorites as Patrick Stewart’s Charles Xavier and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. However, the films take a bit of Star Wars approach and begin later on in the stories of many of the characters before going back to their origins.
This means there are many different ways to watch these films, and the choice of how you watch them will determine how certain reveals and moments will pay off. While it can be easy to just watch them as they were released, we’ve organized the 13 films into how they roughly fit into one big timeline.