X-Men (2000)

X-Men is an American feature film of the superhero fantasy and action genres. It is based on the popular series of X-Men comic book titles published by Marvel Comics as first envisioned by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby back in September of 1963. It is the first installment in the original three-movie X-Men film series. The movie was directed by Bryan Singer and written by Singer and Tom DeSanto with a screenplay written by David Hayter. It was produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in association with Marvel Entertainment as well as Bad Hat Harry Productions. The film was released theatrically in the United States on July 14th, 2000.

X-Men features an ensemble cast of characters headed up by elder statesmen such as Patrick Stewart in the role of Professor Charles Xavier and Ian McKellen as his former comrade-turned-nemesis Erik Lensherr, aka Magneto. Rounding out Team Xavier is Hugh Jackman as fan-favorite Wolverine, Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, James Marsden as Cyclops (Scott Summers), Halle Berry as Storm (Ororo Munroe) and Anna Paquin as Rogue. Together, they form the X-Men - a team of mutants gifted (or cursed) with special abilities that sets them apart form humanity. In addition to their struggle in trying to survive in a world that hates and fears them, they must also contend with Magneto's band of evil mutants, which includes Tyler Mane as the savage Sabretooth, Ray Park as the Toad and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as the shape-shifting Mystique. Other notable cast members in the film include Bruce Davison as Senator Robert Kelly, Matthew Sharp as Henry Gyrich, Alex Burton as John Allerdyce and Shawn Ashmore as junior X-Man, Bobby Drake.