Marvel
Watch Orders
Three ways to work through the Marvel catalog, depending on what you're optimising for.
The order everything actually came out.
X-Men
2000 • Movie
The original X-Men team and the start of the Fox-era mutant story.
X2
2003 • Movie
The mutants face a rising wave of anti-mutant sentiment.
Iron Man
2008 • Movie
The film that started the MCU. Tony Stark builds the first suit.
The Incredible Hulk
2008 • Movie
Bruce Banner's first MCU outing. Mostly self-contained.
Iron Man 2
2010 • Movie
Introduces Black Widow and War Machine, and SHIELD's wider reach.
Thor
2011 • Movie
Introduces Asgard, the Nine Realms, and the Tesseract's cosmic stakes.
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 • Movie
Steve Rogers' origin, set in WWII. Introduces the Tesseract.
The Avengers
2012 • Movie
The team-up that proved the shared-universe model could work.
Iron Man 3
2013 • Movie
Tony deals with PTSD after the Battle of New York.
Thor: The Dark World
2013 • Movie
The Dark Elves and the Aether (Reality Stone).
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 • Movie
SHIELD falls, Hydra is exposed, Bucky returns as the Winter Soldier.
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 • Movie
Introduces the cosmic side of the MCU: Star-Lord, Gamora, an Infinity Stone.
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 • Movie
Ultron, Vision, and Wanda & Pietro Maximoff enter the MCU.
Ant-Man
2015 • Movie
Scott Lang becomes Ant-Man; introduces Hank Pym & the Quantum Realm.
Captain America: Civil War
2016 • Movie
The Avengers split over the Sokovia Accords.
Doctor Strange
2016 • Movie
Introduces magic, the multiverse, and Kamar-Taj.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017 • Movie
The Guardians deal with Star-Lord's parentage: Ego, the Living Planet.
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 • Movie
Peter Parker's first solo outing inside the MCU proper.
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 • Movie
Asgard falls, Hela is revealed, the Grandmaster and Sakaar.
Black Panther
2018 • Movie
T'Challa becomes king of Wakanda; introduces vibranium tech and Killmonger.
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 • Movie
Thanos completes the Infinity Gauntlet. The Snap.
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018 • Movie
A lighter heist story set between Civil War and the Snap.
Captain Marvel
2019 • Movie
A 1990s-set origin story; introduces the Kree, Skrulls, and Nick Fury's pager.
Avengers: Endgame
2019 • Movie
Time heist, the Snap is undone, an era closes.
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 • Movie
Peter Parker navigates a post-Endgame, post-Mysterio world.
WandaVision
2021 • Series
Wanda processes grief by warping reality around a fake sitcom town.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021 • Series
Sam Wilson wrestles with becoming the new Captain America.
Loki
2021 • Series
The Time Variance Authority, the Sacred Timeline, and Kang's first hints.
Black Widow
2021 • Movie
A prequel-ish spy story set shortly after Civil War.
What If...?
2021 • Animation
Anthology exploring alternate MCU timelines.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021 • Movie
Introduces the Ten Rings and Shang-Chi's family history.
Eternals
2021 • Movie
Ancient cosmic beings reveal themselves after millennia on Earth.
Hawkeye
2021 • Series
Clint Barton mentors Kate Bishop; introduces Echo.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 • Movie
A spell gone wrong tears open the multiverse -- three generations of Spider-Men collide.
Moon Knight
2022 • Series
Egyptian gods and dissociative identity in a self-contained thriller.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 • Movie
Strange chases America Chavez across the multiverse; Wanda's turn as the Scarlet Witch.
Ms. Marvel
2022 • Series
Kamala Khan discovers her powers are tied to a mysterious bangle.
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 • Movie
Gorr the God Butcher hunts gods across the universe.
I Am Groot
2022 • Animation
Bite-sized Baby Groot animated shorts.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
2022 • Series
A legal comedy following Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk.
Werewolf by Night
2022 • Special
A one-off monster-hunter horror throwback.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 • Movie
Wakanda mourns T'Challa and faces Namor and Talokan.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022 • Special
A short, festive Guardians hangout special.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023 • Movie
The Langs are trapped in the Quantum Realm -- Kang the Conqueror's proper introduction.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023 • Movie
Rocket's origin and a bittersweet send-off for this Guardians lineup.
Secret Invasion
2023 • Series
Nick Fury faces a Skrull rebellion on Earth.
The Marvels
2023 • Movie
Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, and Monica Rambeau's powers get entangled.
Echo
2024 • Series
Maya Lopez returns home to confront her past, spinning off from Hawkeye.
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 • Movie
Deadpool crosses into the mainline MCU multiverse alongside Wolverine.
Agatha All Along
2024 • Series
Agatha Harkness assembles a coven for the Witches' Road.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
2025 • Animation
An animated look at Peter Parker's earliest days as Spider-Man, set outside the main continuity.
Captain America: Brave New World
2025 • Movie
President Ross and Sam Wilson's Captain America collide with a global conspiracy.
Daredevil: Born Again
2025 • Series
Matt Murdock returns as Fisk becomes mayor of New York.
Thunderbolts*
2025 • Movie
A team of morally grey castoffs is forced together -- and becomes the New Avengers.
Ironheart
2025 • Series
Riri Williams builds the Ironheart armor and squares off against magic-tech villainy.
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025 • Movie
Marvel's First Family debuts on a retro-futuristic alternate Earth, facing Galactus.
Eyes of Wakanda
2025 • Animation
Wakandan warriors retrieve vibranium artifacts across history, long before the present day.
Marvel Zombies
2025 • Animation
A zombie-outbreak spinoff of a What If...? episode, set entirely outside the mainline universe.
Wonder Man
2026 • Series
A Hollywood satire following stuntman-turned-actor Simon Williams as he's cast to play a superhero.
The Punisher: One Last Kill
2026 • Special
Frank Castle is pulled back into violence just as he tries to leave it behind.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026 • Movie
Peter Parker fights on in a world that's forgotten who he is.
VisionQuest
2026 • Series
Vision searches for his memory and humanity, closing out the trilogy that began with WandaVision.
Avengers: Doomsday
2026 • Movie
Heroes from three universes collide on a deadly collision course.
Avengers: Secret Wars
2027 • Movie
The direct sequel to Doomsday, closing out the Multiverse Saga.