Best X-Men Movies, Ranked
All 7 X-Men films with enough votes to rank, ordered by TMDB audience score. X-Men: Days of Future Past leads at 7.5; the franchise averages 6.8. This is audience opinion, not a critics' list.
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The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
7.516,472 votes - 2
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
7.313,713 votes - 3
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
7.012,367 votes - 4
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
7.011,037 votes - 5
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
6.513,948 votes - 6
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men led by Professor Charles Xavier, and Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants.
6.410,533 votes - 7
Dark Phoenix2019The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she's hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now band together to save her soul and battle aliens that want to use Grey's new abilities to rule the galaxy.
6.07,186 votes
Frequently asked questions
What is the best X-Men film?
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) rates highest at 7.5 out of 10 from 16,472 TMDB votes.
How are these X-Men films ranked?
By TMDB audience score — the average rating from every user who has scored the film. Only films with at least 50 votes are included, so a handful of ratings cannot skew the order. This is audience opinion, not a critics' list.
Which X-Men film is rated lowest?
Dark Phoenix (2019) sits last at 6.0. The franchise averages 6.8 across 7 rated films.