The MCU is now in its fifteenth yr, and through that point there was an unimaginable variety of movies, TV reveals, net collection, and one-shots. The universe has sprawled in measurement, and even for probably the most ardent Marvel followers it’s a severe problem to each watch all the things and preserve your head across the timeline.
We’ve put collectively a chronological timeline of the Marvel films, reveals, and extra, so you understand which order to observe the Marvel films and reveals in – and what phases all of them slot in with. Alternatively, should you’d choose to observe them within the order that they really got here out, we’ve additionally put collectively a launch date order for all of the reveals and movies.
Marvel has additionally issued its personal official timeline for the flicks within the ebook Marvel Studios: The First Ten Years, which does its finest to present particular years for when the assorted movies are set (as much as, however not together with, Captain Marvel & Avengers: Endgame):
- 1943-1945: Captain America: The First Avenger
- 1995: Captain Marvel
- 2010: Iron Man
- 2011: Iron Man 2, The Unimaginable Hulk, Thor
- 2012: The Avengers, Iron Man 3
- 2013: Thor: The Darkish World
- 2014: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- 2015: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man
- 2016: Captain America: Civil Battle, Spider-Man: Homecoming
- 2016/2017: Physician Unusual
- 2017: Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity Battle, Ant-Man & the Wasp
For reference, we’re now in Section 5, which is the second section within the Multiverse Saga. This kicked off with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – you’ll find out when that’s accessible to stream right here.
We even have an analogous article for watching the entire Spider-Man movies so as. It’s also possible to discover out what the subsequent Marvel movie might be, and the way She-Hulk units up for Daredevil’s future within the MCU.
How one can watch the Marvel films and TV reveals in chronological order
There are a few disclaimers to our checklist under. First up, the timeline will get extra advanced because it goes on, so it will get tougher to order the movies completely. For instance, Physician Unusual begins simply earlier than Captain America: Civil Battle, however takes a time soar and ends method after it, whereas Black Panther kicks off shortly after Civil Battle, however the entire story seemingly performs out earlier than the majority of Physician Unusual.
It doesn’t assist that Marvel broke its personal timeline. There are just a few little inconsistencies dotted across the place, however probably the most egregious is Spider-Man: Homecoming, which claims to happen eight years after the New York assault within the first Avengers. That might set the movie in 2020 – two or three years after Avengers: Infinity Battle, which Marvel itself claims is about in 2017 regardless of ample proof that the Snap came about within the spring of 2018.
It’s a reasonably minor gaffe within the scheme of issues, but it surely’s a reminder to not take the MCU’s chronological timeline too critically – even Marvel itself can’t preserve all of it straight, so so long as you watch issues in about the appropriate order you’ll be tremendous.
If you’d like the visible cliff notes, Marvel has now launched each single post-credit scene as much as Endgame (together with Captain Marvel’s) so as in one giant Twitter thread, so you may revisit each little tease as they constructed the MCU up.
Disney+ additionally has its personal timeline order. Nevertheless, we have now solely used this to tell the reveals within the Section 4 part, as components of the checklist battle with earlier ones from Marvel Studios. For instance, it claims that Thor: The Darkish World takes place earlier than Iron Man 3, which might set this movie in 2013, and never 2012 as earlier sources said.
We’ve cut up all the things into Marvel’s ‘phases’, however there are some gray areas: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was made inside Section Three, however is about virtually instantly after its predecessor; Captain Marvel was one of many ultimate Section Three movies, however is about earlier than most of Section One, and a number of the TV reveals sit awkwardly between the completely different film phases.
As well as, although Marvel claims that Spider-Man: Far From House is the final movie in Section Three, it takes place after the primary two Disney+ reveals – so we’ve adjusted the order to accommodate for this.
With out additional ado, right here’s our chronological ordering of the Marvel movie universe because it stands proper now. The movies are in daring, TV reveals aren’t. You may watch the vast majority of the movies and reveals by signing up for Disney Plus, excluding the Spider-Man movies and some different titles – these are marked with an asterisk. It’s also possible to discover the total checklist in our full information to Marvel on Disney Plus.
It’s also possible to purchase the field units of all of the phases from HMV and Amazon within the UK, and Walmart and Amazon within the US.
Section One
Section Two
- Merchandise 47 (one-shot — Avengers DVD/Blu-ray)*
- Iron Man 3
- All Hail the King (one-shot – Thor: The Darkish World DVD/Blu-ray)*
- Brokers of Defend (season one: episodes 1 — 7)
- Thor: The Darkish World
- Brokers of Defend (season one: episodes 8 — 16)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Brokers of Defend (season one: episodes 17 — 22)
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- I Am Groot (episode 1)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- I Am Groot (episodes 2-5)
- Daredevil (season one)
- Brokers of Defend (season two: episodes 1 — 19)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Brokers of Defend (season two: episodes 20 — 22)
- Ant-Man
- Jessica Jones (season one)
- Daredevil (season two)
- Brokers of Defend (season three: episodes 1 — 19)
Section Three
- Captain America: Civil Battle
- Black Widow
- Brokers of Defend (season three: episodes 20 — 22)
- Luke Cage (season one)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Brokers of Defend (season 4: episodes 1 — 8)
- Physician Unusual
- Brokers of Defend: Slingshot (net collection)*
- Brokers of Defend (season 4: episodes 9 — 22)
- Black Panther
- Iron Fist (season one)
- The Defenders (season one)
- Inhumans
- The Punisher (season one)
- Runaways (season one and two)
- Jessica Jones (season two)
- Cloak and Dagger (season one)*
- Luke Cage (season two)
- Iron Fist (season two)
- Daredevil (season three)
- The Punisher (season two)
- Jessica Jones (season three)
- Cloak and Dagger (season two)*
- Runaways (season three)
- Brokers of Defend (season 5, episodes 1 — 19)
- Ant-Man and The Wasp
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Avengers: Infinity Battle
- Brokers of Defend (season 5, episodes 20 – 22)
- Brokers of Defend (season six)
- Brokers of Defend (season seven)
- Avengers: Endgame
Section 4
- Loki (Learn under)
- What If…? (Learn under)
- WandaVision
- The Falcon And The Winter Soldier
- Spider-Man: Far From Residence
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Eternals
- Spider-Man: No Approach Residence*
- Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity
- Hawkeye
- Moon Knight
- She-Hulk
- Ms. Marvel
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Black Panther: Wakanda Without end
- Werewolf By Night time
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Vacation Particular
Section 5
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania*
* – not accessible on Disney Plus
It’s value noting that Loki takes place in its personal separate department of time. Technically, the primary episode picks up throughout 2012 within the Battle of New York. Nevertheless, seeing because the scene that Loki time-travels from is in Avengers: Endgame, the present makes much more sense within the context of all the opposite movies because it offers with subjects such because the Infinity Stones.
What If…? additionally options tales which might be scattered all through the MCU timeline. Once more, the present wants the context of earlier movies to be able to make sense.
Lastly, Spider-Man: No Approach Residence does draw on different Spider-Man universe movies, however we have now not included these within the official MCU timeline.
How one can watch the Marvel movies and TV collection in launch date order
For those who’d choose to observe the movies and collection within the order during which they have been launched, then it is a lot simpler. We’ve listed under all the things that has come out to this point within the MCU. For the TV collection, we’ve listed the date from when the primary episode came about, and for a way lengthy the present was on the air.
We haven’t included the DVD shorts on right here – you’ll be capable of discover them with every of the flicks, or on Disney+. As with the above checklist, the flicks are marked in daring.
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Unimaginable Hulk (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Thor (2011)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Brokers of Defend (2013-2020)
- Thor 2 (2013)
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Agent Carter (2015-2016)
- Daredevil (2015-2018)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Jessica Jones (2015-2019)
- Captain America: Civil Battle (2016)
- Luke Cage (2016-2018)
- Physician Unusual (2016)
- Iron Fist (2017-2018)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. II (2017)
- Spiderman: Homecoming (2017)
- The Defenders (2017)
- Inhumans (2017)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- The Punisher (2017-2019)
- Runaways (2017-2019)
- Black Panther (2018)
- Avengers: Infinity Battle (2018)
- Cloak and Dagger (2018-2019)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Spiderman: Far From Residence (2019)
- WandaVision (2021)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
- Loki (2021)
- Black Widow (2021)
- What If…? (2021)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
- Eternals (2021)
- Hawkeye (2021)
- Spider-Man: No Approach Residence (2021)
- Moon Knight (2022)
- Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity (2022)
- Ms. Marvel (2022)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- I Am Groot (2022)
- She-Hulk (2022)
- Werewolf By Night time (2022)
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Vacation Particular (2022)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Without end (2022)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
All of the upcoming Marvel films and TV reveals
Marvel has outlined the discharge order for many initiatives in Section 5, in addition to just a few movies in Section Six. These three phases will make up what Marvel is looking the Multiverse Saga. Check out what’s in retailer under:
Section 5
- What If…? season 2 (Early 2023)
- Secret Invasion (Spring 2023)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (cinema launch 5 Might 2023)
- Echo (Summer season 2023)
- Loki season 2 (Summer season 2023)
- The Marvels (cinema launch 28 July 2023)
- Ironheart (Fall 2023)
- X-Males ’97 (Fall 2023)
- Agatha: Coven of Chaos (Winter 2023)
- Daredevil: Born Once more (Spring 2024)
- Captain America: New World Order (3 Might 2024)
- Thunderbolts (26 July 2024)
- Blade (cinema launch 6 September 2024)
- Spider-Man: Freshman Yr (2024)
- Marvel Zombies (Date TBC)
- Armor Wars (Date TBC)
Section 6
- Deadpool 3 (cinema launch 8 November 2024)
- Incredible 4 (cinema launch 14 February 2025)
- Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (cinema launch 2 Might 2025)
- Avengers: Secret Wars (cinema launch 1 Might 2026)
These dates are primarily based on what Marvel has already introduced, however this output might doubtlessly change. The Hollywood Reporter claims that Disney may be scaling again its content material output, and that the one two confirmed TV collection for 2023 are Secret Invasion and Loki season 2. Nevertheless, this hasn’t formally been confirmed.
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