Best order to watch Marvel movies for the first time

 

Best order to watch Marvel movies for the first time

 

How to watch the Marvel movies in order – release order

 

·       Phase One:

1. Iron Man (2008)

2. The Incredible Hulk (2008)

3. Iron Man 2 (2010)

4. Thor (2011)

5. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

6. The Avengers (2012)

 

·       Phase Two:

 

7. Iron Man 3 (2013)

8. Thor: The Dark World (2013)

9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

10. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

12. Ant-Man (2015)

 

·       Phase Three:

 

13. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

14. Doctor Strange (2016)

15. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)

16. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

17. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

18. Black Panther (2017)

19. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

21. Captain Marvel (2019)

22. Avengers: Endgame (2019)

23. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

 

·      Phase Four:

 

24. WandaVision (Disney Plus series, 2021)

25. Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney Plus series, 2021)

26. Loki season 1 (Disney Plus series)

27. Black Widow (2021)

28. What If...? (Disney Plus series, 2021)

29. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

30. Eternals (2021)

31. Hawkeye (Disney Plus series, 2021)

32. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

33. Moon Knight (Disney Plus series, 2022)

34. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

35. Ms. Marvel (Disney Plus series, 2022)

36. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

 

The majority of the Marvel movies are available on Disney Plus.

 

·      Phase Four continued (unreleased):

 

1.   I Am Groot – August 10, 2022 (Disney Plus series)

2.   She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – August 17, 2022 (Disney Plus series)

3.   Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – November 11, 2022

 

·       Phase 5 (unreleased):

 

1.   Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – February 17, 2023

2.   Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – May 5, 2023

3.   Secret Invasion – Spring 2023 (Disney Plus series)

4.   The Marvels (AKA Captain Marvel 2) – July 28, 2023

5.   Loki season 2 – Summer 2023 (Disney Plus series)

6.   Ironheart – Fall 2023 (Disney Plus series)

7.   Blade – November 3, 2023

8.   Agatha: Coven of Chaos – Winter 2023/2024 (Disney Plus series)

9.   Daredevil: Born Again – Spring 2024 (Disney Plus series)

10.      Captain America: New World Order – May 3, 2024

11.      Thunderbolts – July 26, 2024

 

·       Phase 6 (unreleased):

 

1.   Fantastic Four – November 8, 2024

2.   Avengers: The Kang Dynasty – May 2, 2025

3.   Avengers: Secret Wars – November 7, 2025

4.   Deadpool 3 – TBA

5.   Shang-Chi 2 – TBA

6.   Nova – TBA

7.   Armor Wars – TBA (Disney Plus series)

8.   Wakanda/Okoye spin-off – TBA (Disney Plus series)

9.   Wonder Man – TBA (Disney Plus series)

10.   Werewolf By Night – TBA (Disney Plus special)

11.   The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special – TBA (Disney Plus special)

12.   What If...? season 2 – TBA (Disney Plus series)

13.   What If...? season 3 – TBA (Disney Plus series)

14.   Spider-Man: Freshman Year – TBA (Disney Plus series)

15.   Spider-Man: Sophomore Year – TBA (Disney Plus series)

16.   Marvel Zombies – TBA (Disney Plus series)

 

·      How to watch the Marvel movies in order – chronological order

 

·       Best for: MCU veterans looking for a new way to watch.

 

Want to experience the MCU in a more complicated fashion? Then you'll perhaps want to know how to watch the Marvel movies in chronological order.

This one's a little less straightforward than the above list. Luckily, Marvel has revealed the official year in which each movie takes place. That goes right up to Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which fits snugly in-between Endgame and Far From Home and the likes of Hawkeye, which takes place around No Way Home.

 

1. Captain America: The First Avenger (1942-1943)

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. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2016)

17. Doctor Strange (2016-2017)

18. Black Widow (2017)

19. Black Panther (2017)

20. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

21. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2017)

22. Avengers: Infinity War (2017)

23. Avengers: Endgame (2018-2023)

24. Loki (outside of our conception of time, but around here!)

25. What If...? (also outside of our conception of time!)

26. WandaVision (2023)

27. Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings (2023-2024)

28. Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2023-2024)

29. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2024)

30. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2024)

31. Eternals (2024)

32. Hawkeye (Christmas 2024)

33. Moon Knight (2025)

34. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2025)

35. Ms. Marvel (2025)

36. Thor: Love and Thunder (2025)

 

·      Non-MCU Marvel movies and shows in the MCU

Best for: Anyone who wants to fully appreciate No Way Home

 

Now we're getting to the confusing bit: the multiverse. Thanks to Spider-Man: No Way Home, we have had various Spider-Man villains from through the multiverse in the MCU, and to fully understand everyone's motives and intentions in No Way Home, you need to have watched a fair few older Spider-Man movies.

 

These take place on three alternative timelines: one where Tobey Maguire is Spider-Man, another where Andrew Garfield is Spidey, and a third where Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock becomes the villain Venom. For a full deep dive into watching these movies, then check out our guide to how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order.

 

1.   Spider-Man (2002)

2.   Spider-Man 2 (2004)

3.   Spider-Man 3 (2007)

4.   The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

5.   The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

6.   Venom (2018)

7.   Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

8.   Morbius (2022)