Since it began in 2000, the X-Men movie franchise has grown to be one of the largest comic book universes in film. After multiple movies, the franchise was gently absorbed into the Marvel Cinematic Universe via a Multiverse narrative, with multiple mutant figures set to appear alongside the Avengers in the cast of Avengers: Doomsday. Much as in the pages of Marvel Comics, many mutant heroes and villains qualify as some of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe, and are capable of facing off with gods, monsters, and cosmic entities. The sheer variety of abilities that exist within Marvel’s mutant community simply means that some of its members are far more powerful than others.

Though not all of these incredible characters have yet appeared in Marvel’s X-Men movies, there have been several noteworthy figures already adapted into live-action. Among those, a select few stand out as especially high-powered, whether due to the nature of their abilities or the creative way in which they are employed. Though it seems certain that the future will introduce even more powerful mutants to the big screen, Marvel’s existing X-Men movies already feature some formidable figures.