Deadpool & Wolverine is in theaters now, and brings Hugh Jackman’s Logan and several other members of the Fox X-Men movies into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With such a big moment in superhero movie history upon us, we figured what better time than the present to look back at all the X-Men movies and remember that Fox was cooking with these films when they weren’t also putting out some of the worst superhero films known to man. The franchises’ ups and downs are so stark that comparing the worst movies to the best ones makes it hard to believe any of the same people were involved. But let’s run down the best and worst of the X-Men films.
The X-Men Films, Ranked From Worst To Best (Now With Deadpool & Wolverine)
‘If you can’t handle me at my Apocalypse, you don’t deserve me at my Logan’ - Deadpool, probably
Kenneth Shepard & John Walker & Ethan Gach
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