X-Men Movies Tier List

Fox’s X-Men movie universe was messy to say the least. As the mutants finally make their way to Disney’s MCU, the “X-Men ‘97” series debuts and Hugh Jackman returns to his famous Wolverine role, why not take a look back at all the movies released so far and grade them in a tier list format?!

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[_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: Neither Sir Patrick Stewart or Sir Ian McKellen knew how to play chess during the filming of the first X-Men movie. A chess master had to come in to teach them.

[rubyr]

One person I don’t think gets enough credit for launching these movies and why the first two were so good (by the standard of comic book films at the time) is David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake who wrote the first two films

[NyGeL_Derey]

I think Kelsey Grammer's Beast is like Robbie Coltrane's Hagrid. They do the role so well that you forget they are playing a character

[kenterminateddq]

I agree with Walter (and Doug Walker).
X-Men III gets a bad rep but it's not as bad as everyone says.

[jessehcreative]

Everyone asking other questions don’t realize this is a Walter thing, lol. Not mainline NC, but a fantastic side dish to him. Walter, honestly, you used to annoy me, but I feel like the entire cast has mellowed and grown to be amazing reviewers. Keep it going, and thank you all. :)

[wintersoldier]

My favorite fact.
Hugh Jackman didn't know wolverine was an actual animal so he studied wolf behavior for the role

[stevenbryant]

I know the first X-men didn’t age the greatest but it literally lead the blue print on how to do super heroe movies you don’t get avengers or justice league without I think it should be at least a tier

[adamgrunther]

I unapologetically loved X-Men: Apocalypse.

[louisduarte]

I'll give Apocalypse this: did a better "Weapon X" interpretation than X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and I give it points for building a physical costume for Oscar Isaac, instead of going with CGI. And the Quicksilver bit with him saving everyone in the exploding X-Mansion is still fun to watch. I also kinda pity 3, because it could have worked with just the Cure storyline, without the Phoenix storyline(which is a VERY tall order to get right, so Dark Phoenix was screwed out of the gate). Overall, more hits than misses here.

[agentprime]

This is how I would rank them, though I do change my mind from time to time so this isn't 100 official:
1) Logan
2) Days of Future Past
3) Deadpool
4) First Class
5) Deadpool 2
6) X2
7) X-Men
8) The Last Stand
9) The Wolverine
10) The New Mutants
11) Dark Phoenix
12) Apocalypse
13) Origins

[TRO]

It's rare when I view these tier lists that I agree with the content maker 100%. This one nails it.

[danielgertler]

I gotta agree with a lot of this but i think first class belongs in s tier. I think its legitimately under rated and is one of the great all time super hero films without having to be partially another genre like films like Logan (which still think is a better movie, mind you) or Captain Murica 2.

[cyber-thundr_]

When some X-Men films are bad at least they still keep the characters we love likable unlike what Sony has done to Peter Parker in Spider-Man 3 & The Amazing Spider-Man 2, those movies are awful because of that.

[badasscomedy]

That is a very solid list, my good sir!

[jpenir]

Despite the movies having very uneven quality, I love the X-Men series.

[alejandroangel]

Days of future past should be in the S tier and Deadpool A imo, Apocalypse was terrible I would put it in D. Logan was epic, such a fresh take on the character.

[Zed-fqlj]

This was a brilliant list and grading! Superb and to the point!

[silentdriftz]

X-Men origins is probably my favorite just from the adamantium scene, that roar always gives me goosebumps

[davishueter]

That Bryan Singer bringing Cyclops with to make Superman joke was so good I'm wondering I haven't heard it before

[kingsleycy]

I didn't like Days of the Future Past when it first came out. First Class was my favourite, and I wanted to see more buildup before we get to an event film like DOFP. But seeing how the First Class continuity went to hell immediately after, I am glad they at least got to use the cast at their prime for that film