Marvel watch order
Two orders matter for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Release order is how the saga was written to be seen: jokes, reveals and post-credit scenes assume it, and it is the right choice for a first watch. Story order rearranges the films by their in-universe timeline, which suits a rewatch.
The lists below carry every MCU film and Disney+ series, updated as new titles arrive. Series appear at the date their first season aired.
Release order, films and series
The default. Watch top to bottom and every reveal lands the way it was built to.
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Iron Man 2008 -
The Incredible Hulk 2008 -
Iron Man 2 2010 -
Thor 2011 -
Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 -
The Avengers 2012 -
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 -
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 - Series
WandaVision 2021 - Series
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 2021 - Series
Loki 2021 -
Black Widow 2021 - Series
What If...? 2021 animated anthology, alternate universes -
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021 -
Eternals 2021 - Series
Hawkeye 2021 -
Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 - Series
Moon Knight 2022 -
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022 - Series
Ms. Marvel 2022 -
Thor: Love and Thunder 2022 - Series
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 2022 - Special
Werewolf by Night 2022 -
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022 - Special
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 2022 -
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023 -
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 - Series
Secret Invasion 2023 -
The Marvels 2023 - Series
Echo 2024 -
Deadpool & Wolverine 2024 - Series
Agatha All Along 2024 -
Captain America: Brave New World 2025 - Series
Daredevil: Born Again 2025 -
Thunderbolts* 2025 - Series
Ironheart 2025 -
The Fantastic Four: First Steps 2025 set on a separate Earth - Series
Eyes of Wakanda 2025 - Series
Marvel Zombies 2025 animated, alternate universe - Series
Wonder Man 2026 -
Spider-Man: Brand New Day 2026
Story order, films
The films arranged by their in-universe timeline, for a rewatch. Alternate-universe entries and anthology series sit outside a single timeline, so this list keeps to the mainline films and specials.
- Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 set in the 1940s
- Captain Marvel 2019 set in 1995
- Iron Man 2008
- Iron Man 2 2010
- The Incredible Hulk 2008
- Thor 2011
- The Avengers 2012
- Iron Man 3 2013
- Thor: The Dark World 2013
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014
- Guardians of the Galaxy 2014
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017
- Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015
- Ant-Man 2015
- Captain America: Civil War 2016
- Black Widow 2021
- Black Panther 2018
- Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017
- Doctor Strange 2016
- Thor: Ragnarok 2017
- Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018
- Avengers: Infinity War 2018
- Avengers: Endgame 2019
- Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019
- Eternals 2021
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021
- Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022
- Thor: Love and Thunder 2022
- Special Werewolf by Night 2022
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022
- Special The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 2022
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023
- The Marvels 2023
- Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
- Captain America: Brave New World 2025
- Thunderbolts* 2025
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day 2026
Keep your place
I Like Movies, the free iPhone and Android app behind this page, carries a curated Marvel Cinematic Universe track: the same catalogue as above, in watch order, with your progress marked per film and per episode. Ratings and a watchlist come along for everything else you watch.
Questions people ask
What is the best order to watch the Marvel movies?
Release order, starting with Iron Man (2008). The saga was written to be seen in the order it came out: reveals, running jokes and post-credit scenes all assume it. Story order, which rearranges the films by their in-universe timeline, is better saved for a rewatch.
Do I need to watch the Disney+ series to follow the MCU films?
Mostly no, with exceptions. WandaVision sets up Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Loki underpins the multiverse arc, and Ms. Marvel leads into The Marvels. The other series enrich the films rather than gate them, so a films-first watch works fine.
How many MCU movies and series are there?
As of 2026 the list above carries around forty films and specials and close to twenty Disney+ series, and it keeps growing. The count is exactly what renders on this page, which is updated as new titles arrive.
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