X-Men: Apocalypse

Can you skip X-Men: Apocalypse?

Yes, on a first watch. It is self-contained, and nothing in the main X-Men story depends on it. Come back to it later if you want more. Show only the X-Men essentials.

X-Men guides

• X-Men orderThirteen films, two casts and a continuity the series rewrote halfway through. Here is the order, and why no order fixes it completely.
• X-Men essentialsThirteen films across two timelines that stop agreeing with each other halfway through.

Where it sits in the X-Men order

Release order

#9 of 13

Chronological order

#2 of 13

Released

27 May 2016

In-universe era

The 1960s – 80s

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