X-Men: The Ultimate Collection

Five feature-length action adventures based on the Marvel comic strip. In 'X-Men' (2000), mutants Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen) are former friends, but look set to become mortal enemies when fascist US senator Robert Frank Kelly calls for the registration of all humans with abnormal powers. While telepath Xavier, who runs an altruistic academy for superhuman 'X-Men', wishes to enlighten non-mutants and break down the prejudices which divide them, Magneto believes that the only solution is for the mutants to take over. Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) - an aggressive loner with an admantium skeleton and the ability to heal his body of any wound - and teenager Rogue (Anna Paquin), who can absorb the life force of others simply by touching them, are selected by Xavier to join his academy, but it isn't long before Magneto's followers are attempting to capture them so that they can assist in his plan for world domination. In the sequel, 'X-Men 2' (2003), Xavier, Wolverine and the X-Men find themselves in the firing line after a failed assassination attempt on the president points the finger at the school. It was in fact the mysterious teleporter Nightwalker (Alan Cumming) who ordered it, and, in an attempt to clear their names, the X-Men are led into a trap set by the evil William Stryker (Brian Cox), a mysterious scientist apparently working for the government. As it soon becomes evident that Stryker's agenda is to destroy all mutants, the X-Men need to call in the help of many of their old friends and foes, including Magneto, if they are to stop him. In the third film, 'X-Men: The Last Stand' (2006), the mutants are given the option of giving up their powers and becoming human after a private laboratory supported by the government finds a way to use the DNA of a powerful boy to correct the mutants. However, Magneto opposes and decides to join a force to fight against the government and kill the mutant boy. Meanwhile, Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) resurrects, uncontrolled by Xavier, and with the personality of the powerful Dark Phoenix. She destroys Cyclops (James Marsden) and Xavier and allies herself to the evil forces of Magneto, making them almost invincible. The fourth film in the franchise, 'X-Men: Origins - Wolverine' (2009) is a prequel to the other three films. Hugh Jackman reprises his role as Wolverine, who, some 20 years before the action of the original movie, is seeking revenge on his half-brother Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber) for the death of his girlfriend, and eventually signs up to the ominous Weapon X programme. Finally, 'X-Men: First Class' (2011) charts the beginning of the saga, following Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender) through their formative years in the 1960s as they come to terms with their newfound superpowers. Initially close friends who work together to fight against evil, the two men are driven apart by a conflict of opinion that ultimately leads to the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.

Cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel
Writer: David Benioff
Writer: Josh Schwartz
Actor: Michael Fassbender
Actor: Scott Adkins
Actor: Lynn Collins
Cinematographer: Donald McAlpine
Producer: Simon Kinberg
Writer: Simon Kinberg
Writer: Jane Goldman
Actor: Taylor Kitsch
Producer: Ralph Winter
Producer: John Palermo
Writer: Jamie Moss
Producer: Kevin Feige
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner
Actor: Jennifer Lawrence
Music: Henry Jackman
Actor: Daniel Henney
Cinematographer: John Mathieson
Actor: Danny Huston
Actor: Ian McKellen
Actor: Alan Cumming
Actor: Kelsey Grammer
Director: Bryan Singer
Producer: Bryan Singer
Writer: Bryan Singer
Writer: David Hayter
Actor: Famke Janssen
Actor: Kevin Bacon
Music: Michael Kamen
Actor: Liev Schreiber
Music: John Ottman
Producer: Gregory Goodman
Actor: Anna Paquin
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner
Actor: James Marsden
Actor: Vinnie Jones
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams
Music: John Powell
Director: Brett Ratner
Actor: Hugh Jackman
Producer: Hugh Jackman
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actor: Patrick Stewart
Director: Gavin Hood
Actor: Brian Cox
Actor: Dominic Monaghan
Writer: Zak Penn
Actor: Ryan Reynolds
Actor: Kevin Durand
Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti
Writer: Tom DeSanto
Actor: Tyler Mane
Actor: Rebecca Romijn
Writer: Ashley Miller
Writer: Zack Stentz
Actor: James McAvoy
Actor: Kelly Hu
Actor: Halle Berry
Producer: Avi Arad
Writer: Michael Dougherty
Writer: Dan Harris