X-Men (film series)

X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It was produced by 20th Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment from 2000 to 2020.

Throughout the 1980s, Marvel embarked on efforts to create film versions of the X-Men stories. After a prolonged development period, Fox purchased the copyrights in 1993 and soon developed a trilogy comprising X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). A succession of films followed the original trilogy, expanding the fictional universe. Plans for a reboot led to the production of prequel films chronicling the X-Men as young people, from X-Men: First Class (2011) to Dark Phoenix (2019). The main films were directed and written by various individuals and feature large ensemble casts of actors. Fox furthermore oversaw the creation of a trio of Wolverine-centric films, two films centering on Deadpool, and The New Mutants (2020) as X-Men spinoffs. In television, the studio produced Legion and The Gifted (both 2017–2019) tangential to the live-action films.

In 2019, The Walt Disney Company purchased Fox in a deal granting Marvel Studios the rights to the X-Men. Films under Disney ownership will be released as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The first of these films, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), combined the MCU and Fox universe within the continuity of a multiverse. X-Men actors feature in supporting roles in the MCU, which will continue up to Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). Development of a reboot film is ongoing as of 2025.

The X-Men films are mostly successful and form one of the highest-grossing film franchises of all time, grossing over $6 billion worldwide. Critical opinion about the films differ significantly.