History Film / XMenFilmSeries

* '''''Film/Deadpool2016''''' (2016) - After learning that he has cancer, Wade Wilson undergoes an experimental treatment that turns him into a hideous mutate. Wilson then goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenger to kill the man who tried to enslave him and to reunite with the woman he loves.

* '''''Film/X2XMenUnited''''' (2003) - The X-Men reluctantly team up with Magneto to rescue Professor X and the students of Xavier's School from Wolverine's old enemy Colonel William Stryker, who is fully intent on mutant genocide.
* '''''Film/XMenTheLastStand''''' (2006) - An antibody for the mutant gene has been developed, prompting the X-Men to defend those who produce it from Magneto's growing army.[[/index]]

Following SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}'s [[InNameOnly unique]] introduction in ''Origins'', the character got his own series of movies that were much more faithful to his comic book self, including:[[index]]

* '''''Film/Deadpool2016''''' (2016) - A spin-off focusing on the re-imagined origins of "Deadpool", a.k.a. Wade Wilson, a.k.a. "The Merc with a Mouth,", with Creator/RyanReynolds reprising the title role.

* '''''Deadpool 2''''' (2018) - Deadpool's psychotic misadventures continue as ComicBook/{{Cable}} is brought into the mix.

* '''''Film/XMenApocalypse''''' (2016) - A follow-up to ''Days of Future Past''. In [[TheEighties 1983]], the X-Men must face a dangerous, ancient mutant named Apocalypse and his Four Horsemen who wish to bring about his namesake.[[/index]]
* '''''X-Men: Supernova''''' (TBD) - A spacefaring follow-up to ''Apocalypse'' that takes another stab at adapting the Dark Phoenix Saga. Set in the 1990s.

* '''''Deadpool 2''''' (TBD) - Deadpool's psychotic misadventures continue as ComicBook/{{Cable}} is brought into the mix.

* '''''The ComicBook/NewMutants''''' (TBD) - Written and directed by Josh Boone.
* '''''ComicBook/XForce''''' (TBD) - Based upon the X-Men's black ops squad, few details of this project have been revealed so far.
* '''''Gambit''''' (TBD) - Based on ComicBook/{{Gambit}}, the film was greenlit and was supposed to star Creator/ChanningTatum as the titular character. It has since been removed from Fox's release schedule and currently is in DevelopmentHell.

After a year-long period of negotiation, Fox struck a deal with Marvel Studios to co-produce live-action television series based on the ''X-Men''. The current projects are as follows:

* '''''Series/{{Legion|2017}}''''' (2017) -- Based on the eponymous mutant, the show follows a mentally-unstable individual prone to schizophrenic episodes. However, after an encounter with another patient, he discovers that he has latent abilities that would explain his mysterious condition. While the show was originally said to not exist innately in the X-Men Film Universe, the show's staff have hinted that this could change.

The shows are also completely unconnected to the MCU in spite of the involvement of Marvel Studios. Nonetheless, Disney still retains the rights for Mutants to appear on live-action television (hence why a Marvel Studios deal was necessary), while Fox retains the film rights to the characters.

Following ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s [[InNameOnly unique]] introduction in ''Origins'', the character got his own series of movies that were much more faithful to his comic book self, including:[[index]]

* '''''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}''''' (2016) - A spin-off focusing on the re-imagined origins of "Deadpool", a.k.a. Wade Wilson, a.k.a. "The Merc with a Mouth,", with Creator/RyanReynolds reprising the title role.

* '''''Gambit''''' (TBD) - Based on Comicbook/{{Gambit}}, the film was greenlit and was supposed to star Creator/ChanningTatum as the titular character. It has since been removed from Fox's release schedule and currently is in DevelopmentHell.

* '''''Series/{{Legion|2017}}''''' (2017) -- Based on the eponymous mutant, the show follows a mentally-unstable individual prone to schizophrenic episodes. However, after an encounter with another patient, he discovers that he has latent abilities that would explain his mysterious condition. While show was originally said to not exist innately in the X-Men Film Universe, the show's staff have hinted that this could change.

* '''Untitled''': The story will follow a pair of ordinary parents who, after discovering their children are mutants, join an underground network of mutants to hide from the government. This show in particular will take place in the film universe.

* '''Untitled''': The story will follow a pair of ordinary parents who, after discovering their children are mutants, join an underground network of mutants to hide from the government.

* '''''Untitled''''' (TBD) - A spacefaring follow-up to ''Apocalypse'' that takes another stab at adapting the Dark Phoenix Saga. Set in the 1990s.

** Magneto's plastic prison was used by TheUltimates in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''.

* '''''Series/{{Legion|2017}}''''' (2017) -- Based on the eponymous mutant, the show follows a mentally-unstable individual prone to schizophrenic episodes. However, after an encounter with another patient, he discovers that he has latent abilities that would explain his mysterious condition. While show was originally said to not exist innately in the X-Men Film Universe the shows staff have hinted that this could change.

* '''''Gambit''''' (TBD) - Based on Comicbook/{{Gambit}}, the film was greenlit and was supposed to star Creator/ChanningTatum as the titular character. It has since been removed from Fox's releases schedule and currently is in DevelopmentHell.

The franchise is owned by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, and therefore it is not part of Creator/{{Paramount}}[[ChannelHop /]]Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''.

* '''''Film/{{Logan}}''''' (2017) - Jackman's final performance as Wolverine; the film also stars Creator/PatrickStewart. It borrows elements of ''ComicBook/OldManLogan''.

* '''''Untitled''''': The story will follow a pair of ordinary parents who, after discovering their children are mutants, join an underground network of mutants to hide from the government.

* '''''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}''''' (2016) - A spin-off focusing on "The Merc with a Mouth," a.k.a. Wade Wilson, a.k.a. Deadpool, with Creator/RyanReynolds reprising the title role.

* '''''Series/{{Legion|2017}}''''' (2017) -- Based on the eponymous mutant, the show follows a mentally-unstable individual prone to schizophrenic episodes. However, after an encounter with another patient, he discovers that he has latent abilities that would explain his mysterious condition. While show was originally said to not exist in innately in the X-Men Film Universe the shows staff have hinted that this could change.

* WingedHumanoid: Warren Wortingthon III has bird wings; Angel Salvatore has dragonfly wings.
%%* WolverineClaws: Obviously.

** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Although Creator/HughJackman does have the most screen time of any single actor, the central character of the story is the younger Xavier, but Creator/JamesMcAvoy takes up a meager amount of space on the [[http://cdn.bleedingcool.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/X-Men-Days-of-Future-Past-Poster-High-Res.jpg official poster]]. Creator/JenniferLawrence is more famous than [=McAvoy=], so Mystique's prominence on the poster is equal to Wolverine's despite her role being smaller than Charles'. Moreover, [=McAvoy=] is absent from the [[http://static.srcdn.com/slir/w375-h500-q90-c375:500/wp-content/uploads/X-Men-Days-of-Future-Past-Rogue-Cut-Cover-Art.jpg Blu-Ray/DVD cover]] for ''The Rogue Cut'', which has Creator/MichaelFassbender's Magneto (who also is a bigger star than [=McAvoy=]) as its largest figure.

** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Charles Xavier seems to think he's in a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ScienceFiction story that will easily be resolved once he and his friends defeat [[BigBad Shaw]]. Actually, he's part of a larger conflict between humans and mutants, and he and his [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} best friend]] are destined to become [[FriendlyEnemy reluctant arch-enemies]] in the oncoming war.

** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Psylocke and Angel utter about five lines each.

--->'''James [=McAvoy=]''': I had showed up on the first day of ''X-Men: First Class'', and I had shaved my head because I wanted to check what it looked like about a month before we started shooting--and it looked quite good--and they were like, "No, no, no, no, we want you to have long hair."

*** After [[spoiler:Charles gets shot]], he only sheds one noticeable tear which is partly because of [[spoiler:his injury]], but mostly because he is forced to tell Erik that [[spoiler:no, they really do not want the same thing, and knows that this realisation will push his friend away for good.]]

*** Angel is able to jump through a skyscaper window without obtaining so much as a scratch, ''shirtless''.

** Quicksilver gets PutOnABus after the Pentagon raid because, as that raid shows, he is ''downright unstoppable''. While moving at SuperSpeed, simply tapping a person is the practical equivalent of getting hit by a heavyweight boxer, and he can take out an entire room of armed guards so quickly that their bullets weren't even able to reach the people they had shot at when he started.

* JuniorCounterpart: In certain respects, Jean Grey is a younger female version of her father figure Charles. She's a NiceGirl with a FriendlessBackground who is tormented by her telepathy because she has difficulty blocking out the thoughts of others, and she suffers from BadDreams, which makes the two of them BirdsOfAFeather. Jean becomes a source of emotional support to Scott after [[spoiler:his brother dies]], which mirrors how Xavier comforts her when she's distressed. Jean is compassionate towards a dehumanized Wolverine even after she had witnessed him [[spoiler:butcher ''all'' of Stryker's soldiers]], just as Charles is forgiving of Magneto's mass murder because he can still sense the goodness in his old friend. Jean adopts the PstandardPsychicPstance that her mentor no longer uses, which reinforces the idea that she's a surrogate variant of DaddysGirl (see the trope's entry). Their sameness is also displayed visually because Jean wears a 3/4-sleeve blazer which is similar to the Professor's (albeit in a different colour), and conveniently, they're both beautiful in a feminine way (Xavier is a LongHairedPrettyBoy).

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: A foster siblings variation with Raven and Charles in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''. Both are mutant activists, but they use different approaches when saving the world one mutant life at a time--the sister is more "active" and the brother is more "passive." Mystique is a forthright ActionGirl who travels around the globe and regularly employs violence to free mutants who are in physical danger; she tells Caliban that she doesn't care what they do with their newfound liberty. Professor Xavier, on the other hand, is a sweet NonActionGuy who remains at his home/school and coaches his mutant students on how to master their inherently hazardous abilities so that they're no longer a threat to themselves or to others, while at the same time nurturing them as individuals. In the final scene, Raven assumes a stern, no-nonsense approach when training the X-Men for combat, whereas Charles will continue to educate their minds and provide emotional support.

* MessianicArchetype: Professor X's role in the movie-verse is somewhat reminiscent of Christ. Xavier is an AllLovingHero who suffers greatly to be a savior of mutants and humans alike, even though the latter persecute him. He is the leader of his TrueCompanions, who live by and defend his philosophy, and he is betrayed by one his followers.[[note]]Magneto is regarded as an Obvious Judas by the fandom.[[/note]] Charles is [[spoiler:''literally'' resurrected in TheStinger of]] ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. This association also extends to imagery, where he takes Jesus' position in a PietaPlagiarism (''Film/XMenFirstClass''), is briefly given a BackgroundHalo and a CrucifiedHeroShot (''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''). When he has a beard and lets his hair grow long, he even LooksLikeJesus. For ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (which deals directly with religious themes), Creator/BryanSinger has made a reference to a figurative resurrection in [[https://www.instagram.com/p/2cNOOLxDxE/ this snapshot]] by calling it "Xavier reborn." The director explicitly says that [[http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/05/02/x-menas-professor-x-is-christ-and-apocalypse-is-a-false-god Professor X is analogous to Christ]] in the franchise.

** ''Film/XMen1'': The characters pass through one of these entering a museum. Wolverine, naturally, sets it off, and then ''destroys it''.

** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' begins with a middle-aged Professor X and Magneto visiting Jean Grey as a child.

*** Near the beginning, Raven points out to Charles that she is his only friend. Presumably an affable fellow like Xavier would have numerous acquaintances, but his sister figure is only person he fully trusts.
*** Charles becomes this to Erik.

** Jubilation Lee goes by her nickname Jubilee.

** There is one exception. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Charles claims he raised Raven, and Erik corrects him--they ''grew up'' together. He is not her father. [[spoiler:This ties into the end of the film, when he stops trying to control her and lets her make her own choice]].

*** Charles mentally forces a Soviet officer to fire on the ''Aral Sea'', thus single-handedly preventing WorldWarIII.

*** Lucas Till is 8 months younger than Hoult, and Havok is only a couple of years younger than Beast. Alex Summers is roughly two decades older than his brother Scott, but Tye Sheridan is just 6 years Till's junior.

** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Erik nearly crashes the plane when he's yelling at Charles. Charles subjected himself to a PowerNullifier because he was losing control over his powers.

** As an [[Film/XMenFirstClass Oxford graduate student]], Charles Xavier had a large appetite for bedding lovely co-eds and for liquor, and the latter becomes debilitating after he falls prey to [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast alcoholism]]. It's part of his psychological maturation to gradually discard his selfish pursuit of sensual gratification and replace it with a selfless ForHappiness perspective.

* TheHero: Among the three main protagonists of the film series (Wolverine, Professor X and Magneto), Professor X is the most noble of the bunch. Logan is occasionally an AntiHero, and Erik is mostly a villain. The First Class trilogy explores three fundamental aspects of Charles Xavier: peace, hope and love. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he represents serenity (which is a synonym for peace), and he averts WorldWarIII. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger self is a lost soul who gradually finds hope again, and this prevents a future where mutantkind is exterminated by Sentinels. In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', he wields an ability which is just as powerful (if not more so) than his telepathy--ThePowerOfLove; he vanquishes a DestroyerDeity with it.

* '''''Series/{{Legion|2017}}''''' (2017) -- Based on the eponymous mutant, the show follows a mentally-unstable individual prone to schizophrenic episodes. However, after an encounter with another patient, he discovers that he has latent abilities that would explain his mysterious condition. The show is not a part of the film continuity, but is listed here for sake of convenience.

* '''''Film/{{Logan}}''''' (2017) - Jackman's final performance as Wolverine; the film also stars Creator/PatrickStewart. It will allegedly be based elements of ''ComicBook/OldManLogan''.

* '''''Film/XMenTheLastStand''''' (2006) - An antibody for the mutant gene has been developed, prompting the X-Men to defend those responsible from Magneto's growing army.[[/index]]

It holds to the original premise of the discovery of mutants, humans who possess unusual abilities and superpowers through genetic mutations and are feared by the rest of the world. The heroes are the X-Men, a team organized by powerful telepath Charles Xavier who hopes to establish peace between mutants and regular people, with a school dedicated to helping mutants, understanding and harnessing their powers for good. Various others oppose them, some militants hoping to kill them and, most prominent, Xavier's former friend Erik Lehnsherr a.k.a. Magneto, who leads a counter-team who are trying to establish complete mutant domination.

*** Psylocke's [[http://www.maactioncinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/c048fcd98aae2d23da146cca1f366a5b.jpg revealing uniform]] isn't sensible for a battle, but it does provide {{Fanservice}}. It's actually sexier in the movie-verse than in the comics because of the addition of a boob window.

** Professor X is a close runner-up; he was an important secondary character in the original trilogy, a main character in the First Class trilogy, has two cameos, a confirmed role in ''Wolverine 3'' and is expected to appear in ''New Mutants''.

** Professor X's power is such that most of the movies would be over very, very quickly if he did not frequently get incapacitated or rendered powerless in some way.

'''Scott''': ''(worried)'' Does that mean I'm expelled?\\

** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Xavier's psychic powers are useless against En Sabah Nur's mental shields, so the former exercises his smarts to undermine and delay the latter's EvilPlan as much as possible. Apocalypse's NewEraSpeech was intended to stir [[spoiler:planet-wide]] panic, but Charles mitigates this somewhat by altering the last sentence with a slightly hopeful note, and it no doubt saves some lives. Meanwhile, he stealthily embeds a telepathic message for Jean so that the X-Men know where to find him. When Apocalypse imposes a SadisticChoice on his escaped prisoner, Professor X TakesAThirdOption by diverting his foe's attention with a psychic duel, and he thus avoids having to sacrifice the world or Mystique and Quicksilver. Xavier knows that he [[spoiler:can't win the fight on the astral plane, but what ultimately secures his victory is his emotional connection to his daughter figure Jean. He learns from his mistake in the original timeline, and he understands that the only way the Phoenix can be "tamed" is for him to love Jean for all that she is--and not fear what she's capable of by locking away a part of her mind--so that she develops the confidence to accept herself and her abilities. What Charles lacks in raw power in comparison to Apocalypse, he makes up for it with his psychological insight and exploiting ThePowerOfLove.]]

* TheHero: Among the three main protagonists of the film series (Wolverine, Professor X and Magneto), Professor X is the most noble of the bunch. Logan is occasionally an AntiHero, and Erik is mostly a villain. The First Class trilogy explores three fundamental aspects of Charles Xavier: peace, hope and love. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he represents serenity (which is a synonym for peace). In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger self is a lost soul who gradually finds hope again. In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', he wields an ability which is just as powerful (if not more so) than his telepathy--ThePowerOfLove.

* InLoveWithYourCarnage:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
*** Sebastian Shaw bursts into laughter and shouts stuff like "Wonderful!" and "Excellent!" when Erik Lehnsherr as a boy slaughters all of Shaw's men and trashes his office. Later, they meet when Erik is an adult, and Shaw honestly compliments him on how powerful he has become, even calling him his son.
*** It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but Charles' face [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/5162dde38bd3bd681df8febab0b0e829/tumblr_obe6diq4Ft1uc17tyo1_400.gif glows with delight]] when he witnesses Erik using the anchor of Shaw's boat as a destructive tool.

* IcyBlueEyes:
** Magneto's eyes are quite a striking blue, which is a good match for his rather cold-hearted view on things.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Professor X's steely gaze when he looks directly at the camera is the very last shot of the movie. It's unique and significant for the character because Creator/JamesMcAvoy's iteration either has InnocentBlueEyes or expresses that he's in excruciating pain due to a BreakTheCutie ordeal or being a BrokenBird. It hints that [=McAvoy=]'s Xavier is tougher than Creator/PatrickStewart's in the original timeline because the former had undergone [[spoiler:''horrific'' torture by Apocalypse, and is nearly murdered by him]], and what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. Charles had already fallen apart at the seams once before, and he refuses to do this again even though the hell he was forced to endure in this film is ''much'' worse, so the fierce determination in his eyes is a warning that no one should mess with him or his X-Men.

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