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All Marvel Movies in Chronological Order MCU list

All Marvel Movies in Chronological Order

Ever since 2008ā€™s Iron Man kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios has created or co-created dozens of MCU movies. And if you so desire, you can watch them in release order. Thatā€™s perfectly fine. However, if you want to watch all the Marvel movies in chronological order, thatā€™s a little trickier ā€” but weā€™re here to give you a hand with the list below.

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So, why is it a little tricky? Because some of the MCU movies jump back and forth in time. Iron Man 2, for example, was released well before Captain America: The First Avenger, but the latter takes place years before Tony Stark realized that mass-producing weapons of annihilation might not be a good idea. And Captain Marvel, though released directly after Ant Man and the Wasp, takes place in the ā€˜90s.

The Incredible Hulkā€™s position on the timeline has been the subject of some debate. Our take on it, shared by a significant portion of Marvel viewers, is that it takes place after Iron Man 2. You could argue about it till youā€™re green in the face, but we think that makes the most sense.

You can watch the vast majority of these on Disney+, though depending on your region, The Incredible Hulk and the three Tom Holland Spider-Man movies may be absent. Why? Because while Disney literally owns Marvel Comics, it doesnā€™t currently possess the movie rights to Spider-Man or the Hulk.

Itā€™s a complicated and slightly confusing situation that dates back to the days when Marvel was happy to farm out its movies to other companies. Spider-Man: No Way Home, for example, is co-produced with Columbia Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures, which still holds those rights. Otherwise, any recently released MCU movie can be safely expected to arrive on Disney+ eventually.

With that in mind, if youā€™re prepared for an MCU movie marathon, here is a list of all the Marvel movies in chronological order:

  1. Captain America: The First Avenger
  2. Captain MarvelĀ 
  3. Iron ManĀ 
  4. Iron Man 2
  5. The Incredible Hulk
  6. ThorĀ 
  7. The AvengersĀ 
  8. Thor: The Dark WorldĀ 
  9. Iron Man 3Ā 
  10. Captain America: The Winter SoldierĀ 
  11. Guardians of the GalaxyĀ 
  12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Ā 
  13. Avengers: Age of UltronĀ 
  14. Ant-ManĀ 
  15. Captain America: Civil WarĀ 
  16. Spider-Man: Homecoming
  17. Black WidowĀ 
  18. Black Panther
  19. Doctor Strange
  20. Thor: RagnarokĀ 
  21. Ant-Man and the WaspĀ 
  22. Avengers: Infinity WarĀ 
  23. Avengers: EndgameĀ 
  24. Spider-Man: Far From Home
  25. Spider-Man: No Way Home
  26. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsĀ 
  27. EternalsĀ 
  28. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  29. Thor: Love and Thunder / Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Thor: Love and Thunder and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever take place at roughly the same time according to Wakanda Forever producer Nate Moore. Now, if Marvel Studios could just splice every single scene from every single MCU movie into one massive movie with correct chronological order, thatā€™d be great. No hurry.


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Chris McMullen is a freelance contributor at The Escapist and has been with the site since 2020. He returned to writing about games following several career changes, with his most recent stint lasting five-plus years. He hopes that, through his writing work, he settles the karmic debt he incurred by persuading his parents to buy a Mega CD. Outside of The Escapist, Chris covers news and more for GameSpew. He's also been published at such sites as VG247, Space, and more. His tastes run to horror, the post-apocalyptic, and beyond, though he'll tackle most things that aren't exclusively sports-based. At Escapist, he's covered such games as Infinite Craft, Lies of P, Starfield, and numerous other major titles.