UPDATED 2024-01-19
Chronological order
(If you are new to MCU, then you should start with; Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk,
Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America and then Agent Carter.)
Includes:
Stark Expo 1974 - commercial for Stark Expo 1974 in Flushing Meadows in New York.
There are four different Stark Expo 2010 videos:
They take place during Iron Man 2 and you can easily find them by googling for them.
Peggy Carter’s 1953 Smithsonian Interview - Where Carter is being interviewed about Steve Rogers (can be found at youtube)
S.H.I.E.L.D spin-off mini-series Slingshot can be found at ABC's youtube channel.
Peter's To-Do List (Short Film - Spider-Man: Far From Home - Blu-Ray) - short extra clip when Peter is picking up his passport.
Novels:
(haven't updated the tie-in comics)
Marvel Cinematic Universe (#1-4) tie-in comics :
Per blu-ray.com
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/search.php?action=search&ultrahd=1&sortby=recentlyaddeddesc
UPDATED 4/29/24 (Page 171)
This is the entire canon Marvel Cinematic Universe in it's chronological order. Includes:
All Movies,
Marvel One-Shots, and
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Source: IMDB
Filter: Votes >= 100 000
Order: Votes Descending
Date: 2014-09-12
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This is a list with episodes of various Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) TV series as well as films in internal chronological order, according to this list by MythBank: https://mythbank.com/marvel-cinematic-universe-timeline/
DC aficionado too? Why, have a gander at my Trakt port of a list for all DC Cinematic Universe films and TV-series in chronological order: https://trakt.tv/users/nidunc/lists/dc-cinematic-multiverse-viewing-order-according-to-thecomicboard-com-members?sort=rank,asc
Unlike ‘my’ two Arrowverse lists on here, I’ve chosen not to include whole seasons, but only the episodes themselves, to maintain consistency throughout this list.
This is also to maximise compatibility with any third-party tools that interpret Trakt.tv lists.
I might choose to adapt my Arrowverse lists to this format as well in the future.
Up-to-date as of the 24th of July 2022 (with exceptions, see below). This description still has to be updated, as does the changelog. I don’t know when I’ll get around to that.
Not included
The changelog of this list was moved to the comments on 2021-01-02 and is now being maintained there
Movies in the MCU, release order
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, including movies, tie-in TV shows, and One-Offs, in fictional chronological order. The post-credit scenes in "Captain America", "Captain Marvel", and "Black Widow" have spoilers and should be watched in Release Order (after "Thor" & before "The Avengers", after "Ant-Man and the Wasp" & before "Avengers: Endgame", and after "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" & before "Hawkeye", respectively) instead of chronologically. I gave some wide margins of error on those boundaries, so that one would be able to fit in watching the post-credit scenes.
Marvel Cinematic Universe by release date.
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All MCU films, TV shows, and shorts in chronological order (Updated May 7, 2023)
1945: Captain America: The First Avenger (1)
1946: Agent Carter One-Shot & Agent Carter: Season 1 (2 & 3)
1947: Agent Carter: Season 2 (4)1995: Captain Marvel (5)
2009: Iron Man (6)
2010: Iron Man 2 → The Consultant (7→11)
2011: Captain America: The First Avenger (1)
2012: The Avengers, Item 47, and Iron Man 3 (12→14)2013: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Pilot → Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: T.A.H.I.T.I. (15→30)
2014: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Yes Men → I Am Groot: Magnum Opus (31→49)
2015: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Face My Enemy → Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Many Heads, One Tale (50→118)2016: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Closure → The Punisher: Season 1 (119→140)
2017: Doctor Strange → Runaways: Season 2 (141→228)
2018: Runaways: Season 2 → Runaways: Cheat the Gallows (229→275)
2019: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 6 & Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 7 (276 & 277)
2020: Helstrom (278)2023: Avengers: Endgame → Eternals (279→283)
2024: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings → Hawkeye (284→290)
2025: She-Hulk: A Normal Amount of Rage → The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (291→315)
2026: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and The Marvels (316→318)
Notes:
-Captain America: The First Avenger is set 1942-1945, with scenes at the beginning and end set in 2011.
-Though the main events of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot happen in 2016, it is told as a flashback, with scenes at the beginning and end that are set in 2017, after The Laws of Inferno Dynamics.
-Doctor Strange is set in the timespan of over a year, beginning in October 2015 and ending in January 2017. Its placement here is January 2017.
-Thor: Ragnarok's mid-credits scene is set right before Avengers: Infinity War.
-The last 4 episodes of the fifth Season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Option Two, The One Who Will Save Us All, The Force of Gravity, and The End, are set concurrently with Avengers: Infinity War.
-Ant-Man and the Wasp's mid-credits scene is set at the end of Avengers: Infinity War.
-Captain Marvel's mid-credits scene is set after Avengers: Infinity War.
-Black Widow's post-credits scene is set after Avengers: Endgame.
-Credit goes to the contributors at the MCU Wiki who crafted the articles of each year and figured out the timeline: https://marvelcinematicuniverse.wikia.com
Upcoming films and Disney+ series:
Phase 5:
-Secret Invasion (2023)
-Loki: Season 2 (2023)
-The Marvels (2023)
-Echo (2023)
-What If...?: Season 2 (2024)
-Ironheart (2024)
-Agatha: Coven of Chaos (2024)
-Captain America: New World Order (2024)
-Daredevil: Born Again (2024)
-Thunderbolts (2024)
-Blade (2024)
Phase 6:
-Deadpool III (2024)
-Spider-Man: Freshman Year (2024)
-Marvel Zombies (2024)
-Fantastic Four (2025)
-Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2025)
-Avengers: Secret Wars (2026)
-Armor Wars (TBA)
-Shang-Chi 2 (TBA)
-Eternals 2 (TBA)
-Wakanda (TBA)
-Nova (TBA)
-Wonder Man (TBA)
-What If...?: Season 3 (TBA)
-Spider-Man: Sophomore Year (TBA)
All MCU Films and Shows in chronological order as per: https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a825774/marvel-cinematic-universe-in-chronological-order/
Feature films, television series and shorts by Marvel Studios sharing the same universe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe
All Movies, Shows(ABC, Netflix, Hulu, Freeform, Disney+), and Webisodes(YouTube, TikTok) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Release Order is based on the film's wide release instead of limited premier.
*Latest Update: 2024-01-28 (Added Assembled: The Marvels)
V2: https://trakt.tv/users/b-b-k/lists/framestor-dolby-vision-releases-2
List of FraMeSToR UHD DV Remuxes With HDR10 Fallback + HYBRID Remuxes With WEB DV metadata.
Mostly going off the fan wiki and interviews - still debating whether (and if so, when) to fit in things like the Deadpool movie.
If it's running more or less parallel (this primarily applies to Netflix series) I tend to fit it in before the corresponding Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episodes, not least because I generally prefer the Netflix output to AoS.
Last updated June 2021.
As for Loki, it does split off into an alternative timeline post Avengers, but I'm adding it just after Endgame (for now) to account for possible timey-wimey shenanigans.
This list includes everything in the MCU by Marvel Studios in the probably best watching order - based on original release dates (e.g. Daredevil was written to be released after Age of Ultron), knowledge which otherwise gets lost in the shuffle (e.g. to understand a certain part of the ending of "Captain America: The First Avenger" you need to have watched "Thor" first. Also, a certain method is mentioned in 2x03 of SHIELD, which has its origin in the later shown first Agent Carter season, etc.) and timeline (when it comes to Netflix shows, as their placement based solely on release dates makes things iffy),
The list does not include movies where the movie rights are somewhere else, like the older Spiderman movies, X-Men (and its spinoffs like Deadpool) or the Fantanstic Four. They are not part of the MCU.
The Infinity Saga:
Phase 1 (2008-2012):
Phase 2 (2013-2015):
Phase 3 (2016-2019):
The Multiverse Saga
Phase 4 (2021-2022):
Phase 5 (2023-2024):
Phase 6 (2025-20..):
TBA:
Updated on: Jul 15, 2023
Chronological order of the Marvel movie saga.
MCU, Marvel comics live-action films, Marvel's series, Marvel animated movies.
MARVEL Cinematic Universe
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