How to watch Marvel movies in order – A Complete Guide

There are a total of 26 marvel movies, watching them is a huge task if you don’t know the correct order.

There are two orders in which you can watch all the Marvel movies, the first one is in release order and the second in chronological order. 

The best way to watch is the chronological order because it will keep the story inflow from start to end.

MCU consists of phases in which they release their movies, phase 4 is currently going on and we will talk about all three phases and their movies.

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The Four phases are as follows:

Phase 1:

1. Iron Man (May 2008)
2. The Incredible Hulk (June 2008)
3. Iron Man 2 (May 2010)
4. Thor (May 2011)
5. Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22, 2011)
6. Avengers Assemble (May 4, 2012)

Phase 2:

1. Iron Man 3 (May 2013)
2. Thor: The Dark World (November 2013)
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier  (April 2014)
4. Guardians of the Galaxy (August 2014)
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 2015)
6. Ant-Man (July 2015)

Phase 3:

1. Captain America: Civil War (May 2016)
2. Doctor Strange (November 2016)
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 2017)
4. Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 2017)
5. Thor: Ragnarok (November, 2017)
6. Black Panther  (February 2018)
7. Avengers: Infinity War (April 2018)
8. Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 2018)
9. Captain Marvel (March 2019)
10. Avengers: Endgame (April 2019)
11. Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 2019)

Phase 4:

Phase 4 of the MCU is currently going on and it includes many new movies as well as MCU TV shows in which they are introducing new characters and some of the back story of previous characters.

Phase 4 includes the following:

1. Wandavision (TV series)
2. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (TV series)
3. Loki season 1 (TV series)
4. Black Widow (9th July 2021)
5. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (3rd September 2021)
6. Eternals (5th November 2021)
7. Hawkeye (24th November 2021)
8. Spider-Man: No Way Home (17th December 2021)
9. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (6th May 2022)
10. Thor: Love and Thunder (8th July 2022)
11. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (11th November 2022)
12. Moon Knight (TV show – 2022)
13. She-Hulk (TV show – 2022)
14. Ms Marvel (TV series- mid-2022)
15. Secret Invasion (TV show – 2022)
16. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (TV special – December 2022)
17. The Marvels (17th February 2023)
18. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (5th May 2023)
19. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (28th July 2023)

Each phase includes sequels of different movies and each franchise have two to three movies in them.

In terms of the story, we suggest you watch the movies in chronological order because you will understand them properly.

MCU Movies Chronological order:

Here is the full list of MCU movies in chronological order, the year is given in the “()” is the period in which the story took place

1. Captain America: The First Avenger (1942)
2. Captain Marvel (1995)
3. Iron Man (2010)
4. Iron Man 2 (2011)
5. The Incredible Hulk (2011)
6. Thor (2011)
7. The Avengers (2012)
8. Iron Man 3 (2012)
9. Thor: The Dark World (2013)
10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
11. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
12. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2014)
13. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
14. Ant-Man (2015)
15. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
16. Black Widow (2016, excluding post-credits scene)
17. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2016)
18. Doctor Strange (2016-2017)
19. Black Panther (2017)
20. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
21. Avengers: Infinity War (2017)
22. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2017)
23. Avengers: Endgame (2017-2022)
24. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2023)
25. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2023)
26. Eternals (2023, excluding flashbacks)

MCU Movies Release order:

1. Iron Man (May 2008)
2. The Incredible Hulk (June 2008)
3. Iron Man 2 (May 2010)
4. Thor (May 2011)
5. Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22, 2011)
6. Avengers Assemble (May 4, 2012)
7. Iron Man 3 (May 2013)
8. Thor: The Dark World (November 2013)
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier  (April 2014)
10. Guardians of the Galaxy (August 2014)
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 2015)
12. Ant-Man (July 2015)
13. Captain America: Civil War (May 2016)
14. Doctor Strange (November 2016)
15. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 2017)
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 2017)
17. Thor: Ragnarok (November, 2017)
18. Black Panther  (February 2018)
19. Avengers: Infinity War (April 2018)
20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 2018)
21. Captain Marvel (March 2019)
22. Avengers: Endgame (April 2019)
23. Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 2019)

We will continue to update this page as new movies and TV shows are added to Phase 4 of the MCU, in the meantime keep an eye on the new movies coming this year and onwards which are given below:

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home (17th December 2021)
2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (25th March 2022)
3. Thor: Love and Thunder (6th May 2022)
4. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (8th July 2022)
5. Ms Marvel (mid-2022)
6. She-Hulk (2022)
7. Moon Knight (2022)
8. The Marvels (11th November 2022)
9. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Christmas 2022)
10. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (17th February 2023)
11. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (5th May 2023)
12. Fantastic Four (TBA)
13. Secret Invasion (TBA)
14. Ironheart (TBA)
15. Armour Wars (TBA)
16. Untitled Wakanda series (TBA)
17. Echo (TBA)
18. Agatha: House of Harkness (TBA)
19. Loki season 2 (TBA)
20. Spider-Man: Freshman Year (Animated TV Show – TBA)

Last Updated on July 15, 2022

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