Film Phase 3B — Civil War & Fallout (2016–2018)

Dark Phoenix

Name: Dark Phoenix
Released: 2019-06-07
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Michael Fassbender

"A Phoenix will rise. The X-Men will fall."

Released June 7, 2019 1h 54m ★ 6.0TMDB ○ Optional

The 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.

How to watch Optional — the final film of the Fox X-Men saga.

Watch note

Jean Grey's Phoenix arc in 1992 — the last Fox X-Men film before Deadpool & Wolverine.

Outside the MCU A 20th Century Fox production, made outside Marvel Studios, so it belongs to a separate continuity. It's listed here because it shares characters with the MCU — whether you watch it is up to you.

Watch These First

6 titles lead into Dark Phoenix — 12 hours in total, 1 of them essential.

X-Men: First Class 2h 12m ★ 7.3
X-Men 1h 44m ★ 7.0
X2: X-Men United 2h 14m ★ 7.0
X-Men: The Last Stand 1h 44m ★ 6.4
X-Men: Days of Future Past Essential 2h 11m ★ 7.5
X-Men: Apocalypse 2h 24m ★ 6.5

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Where It Fits in the MCU

Dark Phoenix sits at position 83 of 165 in the MCU's story-chronological order, placing it within the Phase 3B — Civil War & Fallout (2016–2018) era. It is rated Optional — can be skipped without losing the main thread. Watching in story-chronological order provides the most coherent character development experience — individual arcs build naturally toward the franchise's major crossover events, with each film's post-credits scenes carrying forward into what follows.