Summary

• Deadpool & Wolverine's 2024 release has led many to revisit the Deadpool franchise, which began as early as 2009 in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
• The poor reaction to X-Men Origins saw Deadpool rebooted in 2016, with Ryan Reynolds fixing many issues with the character's earlier portrayals.
• Several sequels, spin-offs, and online videos have starred Deadpool since the 2016 film, including Deadpool 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, No Good Deed, and Deadpool and Korg React.

With Deadpool & Wolverine on the horizon, many will wish to start a rewatch of the Deadpool franchise; here is how to watch every film centered around Wade Wilson in order of release. The release date of Deadpool 3 is set for July 2024, finally bringing the Merc with a Mouth to the MCU. This has naturally caused much excitement that was only furthered with the release of Deadpool 3's trailer and the official confirmation of the title as Deadpool & Wolverine.

As one of the more anticipated upcoming movies on Marvel's release list, Deadpool & Wolverine is causing many to re-familiarize themselves with the Deadpool franchise. While the three movies that make up the core trilogy are counted among the main appearances of Wade Wilson in live-action, several other projects have included the character. With that in mind, it will be useful for audiences to know how to watch the Deadpool franchise in order before Deadpool & Wolverine hopefully becomes one of the MCU's best-ranked movies.

All Deadpool Movies In Order

7 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

The much-maligned live-action debut of Deadpool alongside Hugh Jackman's Wolverine.

Deadpool's first live-action appearance came in 2009 as part of X-Men Origins: Wolverine's ensemble cast. Played by Ryan Reynolds, the character was undoubtedly one of the worst aspects of the already-poor film due to the changes made from the comics. Not only did X-Men Origins: Wolverine sew the mouth of the so-called Merc with a Mouth shut - thus removing a major element of the comic book character - but it also provided Deadpool with needless powers of other mutants.

This appearance has since become a laughingstock for Reynolds as well, with the self-referential humor of Deadpool 2 reflecting this.

From the laser-beam eyes of Cyclops to the teleportation powers of John Wraith and the retractable swords of Wolverine, Deadpool's character was drastically altered. These elements, combined with the lack of Deadpool's iconic suit, saw his appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine endlessly criticized. This appearance has since become a laughingstock for Reynolds as well, with the self-referential humor of Deadpool 2 reflecting this. Regardless of the poor characterization, X-Men Origins: Wolverine was still the first live-action project to feature Deadpool.

6 Deadpool (2016)

Ryan Reynolds vowed to fix the issues with X-Men Origins in a rebooted movie.

After the overwhelmingly poor reception of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the character of Deadpool faced cinematic limbo for seven years until the release of 2016's Deadpool. This film was once again set in the 20th Century Fox X-Men franchise, only with a fresh take on the character. Reverting all of the mistakes of X-Men Origins, Deadpool depicted the character in all his meta, self-referential, foul-mouthed glory. The film was immensely popular and more than made up for the misgivings of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, kickstarting the trilogy that will fittingly conclude with Deadpool & Wolverine.

5 No Good Deed (2017)

A hilarious short film that exhibits the best of Deadpool's character.

Part Deadpool sequel and part Deadpool 2 teaser, the No Good Deed short film is a hilariously meta exhibition of Deadpool's strengths as a character. Showing Deadpool striving to save an old man being mugged, No Good Deed introduces one of Wade Wilson's greatest live-action villains: a phone booth. The film humorously shows Wade trying and failing to put on his Deadpool costume to save the old man, taking over a minute to do so in the confined spaces of a phone booth.

As John Williams' Superman theme dramatically accompanies the costume change, Deadpool eventually succeeds in his long battle and rushes to the old man's aid. In true Deadpool fashion, he fails to save the old man's life and instead lies beside his dead body, criticizing phone booths and Wolverine while eating the man's ice cream. This short film perfectly symbolizes everything that works about Deadpool, from the meta-humor to the darkly hilarious storyline.

Despite its short film nature, No Good Deed features a cameo from the late Stan Lee.

4 Deadpool 2 (2018)

The sequel to 2016's highly-successful first movie.

The same bloody-yet-stylish action, irreverent humor, meta references, and emotional core was found in Deadpool 2, with other Marvel Comics characters like Domino and Cable adding to the fun.

With Deadpool successfully rebooting the character, a sequel was never far behind. Only two years later, Deadpool 2 was released and essentially repeated what made the first so great. The same bloody-yet-stylish action, irreverent humor, meta references, and emotional core was found in Deadpool 2, with other Marvel Comics characters like Domino and Cable adding to the fun. The film was completed by some of the best post-credit scenes of all time which de-canonized X-Men Origins: Wolverine, saved the characters' lives set to appear in Deadpool & Wolverine, and poked fun at Ryan Reynolds' other superhero effort, Green Lantern.