X-Men: Apocalypse
"Only the strong will survive."
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
How to watch Optional — continues the First Class and Days of Future Past timeline.
The young X-Men face En Sabah Nur — the first mutant — in 1983. Part of the rebooted timeline after Days of Future Past.
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 X-Men: Apocalypse — 12 hours in total. 5 of the 6 are essential.
- X-Men: First Class
- X-Men
- X2: X-Men United
- X-Men: The Last Stand
- The Wolverine
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
Opens the planner with just these titles, so you can set your own pace.
Where It Fits in the MCU
X-Men: Apocalypse sits at position 12 of 158 in the MCU's story-chronological order, placing it within the Legacy: The Fox X-Men Saga era. It is rated Recommended — skippable, but you will miss something. 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.
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