---
title: 'X-Men: First Class (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Matthew Vaughn'
released: '2011-05-25'
runtime_minutes: 131
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/x-men-first-class-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270798/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# X-Men: First Class (2011)

2011 · PG-13 · 131 min · Fantasy, Action, Science Fiction · United Kingdom, United States

Part of: X-Men Beginnings

## Synopsis

X-Men: First Class is a 2011 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the X-Men. Directed by Matthew Vaughn and written by Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, Jane Goldman and Vaughn, the film stars an ensemble cast led by James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. It is a prequel to X-Men (2000), the fifth installment in the X-Men film series, and the first film in the X-Men prequel tetralogy. X-Men: First Class is set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and focuses on the relationship between Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, and the origin of their groups—the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants, respectively, as they deal with the Hellfire Club led by Sebastian Shaw, a mutant supremacist bent on starting a nuclear war.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Matthew Vaughn](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-vaughn)
- **Screenplay:** [Matthew Vaughn](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-vaughn), [Jane Goldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-goldman), [Ashley Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashley-miller), [Zack Stentz](https://cinepixo.com/people/zack-stentz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Jackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-jackman)
- **Producer:** [Simon Kinberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-kinberg), [Bryan Singer](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-singer), [Lauren Shuler Donner](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauren-shuler-donner), [Gregory Goodman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-goodman)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Mathieson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mathieson)
- **Editor:** [Eddie Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-hamilton)

## Cast

- [James McAvoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mcavoy) as Charles Xavier
- [Aleksander Krupa](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksander-krupa)
- [Randall Batinkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/randall-batinkoff)
- [Michael Ironside](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ironside)
- [Jennifer Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-lawrence) as Mystique
- [Neil Fingleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-fingleton)
- [Rade Šerbedžija](https://cinepixo.com/people/rade-serbedzija)
- [Álex González](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-gonzalez) as Riptide
- [Demetri Goritsas](https://cinepixo.com/people/demetri-goritsas)
- [Nicholas Hoult](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-hoult) as Beast
- [Morgan Lily](https://cinepixo.com/people/morgan-lily) as Mystique
- [James Faulkner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-faulkner)
- [Sasha Pieterse](https://cinepixo.com/people/sasha-pieterse)
- [Tony Curran](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-curran)
- [Hugh Jackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-jackman) as Logan

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Official site: http://www.x-menfirstclassmovie.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/x-men-first-class-2011
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