Every Single X-Men Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

4. X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Even after First Class mended the X-Men franchise, Days Of Future Past was a stunning achievement. Bryan Singer came on board after his Superman Returns sojourn didn't quite work out to plan and he somehow managed to balance two entire casts of characters AND two separate narrative points without everything turning to muddy mess.

The whole thing is a triumph, even with so many balls in the air, and the fact that it managed to still introduce new characters - like Peter Dinklage's Bolivar Trask and some fan favourite (but ultimately supporting) comic book characters - is even more impressive. That it was even remotely impressive is testament to the whole film-making crew.

At the heart of its success is the great story, but the action is also incredible, the performances (particularly by veteran Hugh Jackman and both James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender) are great and the shifts between the apocalyptic future timeline and the past are well thought out.

It isn't perfect, of course, because Jennifer Lawrence is still a little iffy and there are some odd plotholes opened by it (like Mystique stealing Wolverine but him still ending in the Weapon X programme), but as pure entertainment it doesn't get much better than this.