Are you a Marvel fan? It doesn’t matter if you are not, after watching these movies you will become one.
Currently, 27 MCU movies have been released in theaters. Marvel’s cinematic juggernaut started with Iron Man in 2008, and is currently bookended by Spider-Man: No Way Home, which arrived last December. That number is set to increase to 30 by the end of 2022.
Here’s how to watch the Marvel movies in chronological order
- Captain America: The First Avenger – takes place during WWII
- Captain Marvel – occurs in 1995
- Iron Man – takes place in 2008
- Iron Man 2 – takes place after Iron Man
- The Incredible Hulk – time unspecified, pre-Avengers
- Thor – events occur six months before Avengers
- The Avengers – takes place in 2012
- Iron Man 3 – takes place six months after The Avengers
- Thor: Dark World – post-Avengers, pre-Ultron
- Captain America: Winter Soldier – post-Avengers, pre-Ultron
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 – sometime in 2014
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – set after Guardians
- Avengers: Age of Ultron – occurs in 2015
- Ant-Man – takes place in 2015
- Captain America: Civil War – post-Ultron, pre-Infinity War
- Black Widow – takes place right after Civil War
- Spider-Man: Homecoming – post-Civil War, pre-Infinity War
- Doctor Strange – takes place in 2016
- Black Panther – takes place in 2017
- Thor: Ragnarok – post-Ultron, pre-Infinity War
- Avengers: Infinity War – occurs in 2017
- Ant-Man and The Wasp – ambiguous, but fits nicely between Infinity War and Endgame (so around 2017)
- Avengers: Endgame – starts in 2017, finishes in 2022
- WandaVision – three weeks after Endgame
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – around six months after Avengers: Endgame
- Spider-Man: Far From Home – set eight months after Endgame
- Loki – post-The Avengers in 2012, but best watched after Endgame
- What If…? season 1 – technically, this spans the entire multiverse, but it’s best watched after Endgame
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – set in the ‘present’ day of the MCU, i.e. 2022
- Eternals – set in the ‘present day’ of the MCU, although it travels through 7,000 years of human history
- Spider-Man: No Way Home – mostly set in the MCU’s ‘present’ day, but its first 10 minutes take place right after Far From Home
- Hawkeye – one year after Endgame
How to watch the Marvel movies in release date order
Phase 1
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Thor (2011)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- The Avengers (2012)
Phase 2
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Ant-Man (2015)
Phase 3
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Doctor Strange (2016)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Black Panther (2018)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Phase 4
- WandaVision (TV show, 2021)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV show, 2021)
- Loki (TV show, 2021)
- Black Widow (2021)
- What If…? (TV show, 2021)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
- Eternals (2021)
- Hawkeye (TV show, 2021)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Why Watch Marvel Movies in Order
Although Marvel is a big name, Marvel Studios’ MCU attracts people the most. They have created a complex structure of movies that are a good watch on their own, but they are part of a series, making them even better.
You can pick up and enjoy any MCU movie at any time, but you wouldn’t understand the cross movie references and internal jokes. Marvel is known for its humor. Therefore, it is essential to watch all Marvel movies and series in the release in order to understand them better.
*Source : Beebom | techradar