X-Men: All the Movies in Chronological Order

Before the MCU, the X-Men movies were some of the biggest superhero films in the world. The first X-Men helped kick-start the comic book boom that made superhero movies so popular, and each film grew to be bigger and more profitable. Yet after the MCU started and a series of poor reactions to X-Men films, the franchise struggled, and while it found its footing for a bit it never quite reached the same heights as it once had. The X-Men series had ups and downs in terms of quality that, by the time the franchises ended with X-Men: Dark Phoenix and New Mutants, it went out with less of a bang and more of a whimper (or rather, a big bomb).The X-Men franchise has an interesting continuity, as oftentimes the movies contradict one another, and the presence of time travel, multiple timelines, and different versions of the characters can make for a confusing watch for those wanting to see the story movies in chronological order, simplified. However, there is a way to watch the 13 X-Men movies i...