Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is now on Disney+, so what better excuse is there to schedule an MCU rewatch? There's also a new phase of the MCU to get excited for, as Phase Five kicks off with Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania in February 2023.
The threequel will start a packed year for Marvel, as we're getting two other movies and potentially six TV shows, so you might want to take advantage of this gap in new content to catch up on the MCU to date if you've missed anything.
Phase Four officially ended with The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and wrapped its movies side up with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
So much happened during Phase Four, and the timeline got a bit confusing. We're here to help with a guide to watching the MCU in chronological order.
We suggest watching Loki after Avengers: Endgame, as that's when 2012's Loki breaks off into his own timeline, and What If...? after Loki, as that's the show that introduces the multiverse.
One note on our timeline: If something takes place in multiple time periods, such as Eternals, we've put it where the bulk of the movie or TV show takes place.
You might want to make some slight exceptions, like not watching the Ant-Man and The Wasp credits scene until after Avengers: Infinity War, but it depends on how dedicated you are to the order.
And don't even get us started on Agents of SHIELD's final season, which mostly took place in an alternate timeline before eventually merging back with the main MCU timeline. For the sake of ease, just watch it all after season six, and it'll make as much sense.
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You could also watch the MCU in its release-date order. If that's the approach you fancy, head this way for our guide.
While we've got you, were you looking for Star Wars' timeline? We've got that covered. X-Men's movie order? Help yourself. What about DC Comics movies' chronological order? Easy peasy.
Oh, and if you're wondering why we haven't included Venom: Let There Be Carnage or Morbius, it's because even though their credit scenes feature MCU crossovers, the movies themselves aren't MCU movies.
Marvel movies in order - how to watch the MCU in order
1. Captain America: The First Avenger
2. Agent Carter (one-shot on Iron Man 3 DVD)
3. Agent Carter (season 1)
4. Agent Carter (season 2)
6. Iron Man
7. Iron Man 2
8. The Incredible Hulk
9. The Consultant (one-shot on the Thor DVD)
10. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (one-shot on the Captain America: The First Avenger DVD)
11. Thor
12. The Avengers (aka Avengers Assemble in some regions)
13. Item 47 (one-shot on the Avengers Assemble DVD)
14. Iron Man 3
15. All Hail the King (one-shot on the Thor: The Dark World DVD)
16. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 1-7)
17. Thor: The Dark World
18. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 8-16)
19. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
20. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 17-22)
22. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
23. I Am Groot (season 1)
24. Daredevil (season 1)
25. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 1-10)
26. Jessica Jones (season 1)
27. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 11-19)
29. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 20-22)
30. Daredevil (season 2, eps 1-4)
31. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 1-4)
32. Daredevil (season 2, eps 5-11)
33. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 5-8)
34. Daredevil (season 2, eps 12-13)
35. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 9-13)
36. Ant-Man
37. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 1-10)
38. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 11-19)
39. Iron Fist (season 1)
40. Captain America: Civil War
41. Team Thor (one-shot on the Captain America: Civil War DVD)
42. Team Thor: Part 2 (one-shot on the Doctor Strange DVD)
43. Black Widow (watch credits scene after Avengers: Endgame)
44. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 20-22)
45. The Defenders (season 1)
46. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 1-6)
47. Doctor Strange
48. Black Panther
49. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 7-8)
50. Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot (season 1, eps 1-6)
51. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 9-22)
53. Thor: Ragnarok
54. Team Darryl (one-shot on the Thor: Ragnarok DVD)
55. Inhumans (season 1)
56. The Punisher (season 1)
57. Runaways (season 1)
58. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 1-10) – allowing for time travel craziness
59. Jessica Jones (season 2)
60. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 11-18)
61. Cloak & Dagger (season 1)
62. Cloak & Dagger (season 2)
63. Luke Cage (season 2)
64. Iron Fist (season 2)
65. Daredevil (season 3)
66. Runaways (season 2)
67. The Punisher (season 2)
68. Jessica Jones (season 3)
69. Ant-Man and the Wasp (watch credits scene after Infinity War)
71. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 19-22) – Concurrent with Infinity War
72. Agents of SHIELD (season 6) – takes place in Endgame's five-year time jump
73. Agents of SHIELD (season 7) – takes place in Endgame's five-year time jump
74. Runaways (season 3) – seems to take place post-Snap mostly, but with no references to it
76. Loki (allowing for timey-wimey, alternate timeline weirdness)
77. What If...?
78. WandaVision
79. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
80. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
81. Eternals
84. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
85. Hawkeye
86. Moon Knight
88. Ms Marvel
90. Werewolf by Night
91. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
92. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
We'll keep updating this list once each new Marvel property is released, so keep checking back to make sure you're up to date.
Upcoming MCU movies and TV shows
• Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania – February 17, 2023
• Secret Invasion – Spring 2023
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 – May 5, 2023
• Echo – Summer 2023
• Loki season 2 – Summer 2023
• The Marvels – July 28, 2023
• Ironheart – Autumn 2023
• X-Men '97 – Autumn 2023
• Agatha: Coven of Chaos – Winter 2023
• What If...? season 2 – 2023
• Daredevil: Born Again – Spring 2024
• Captain America: New World Order – May 3, 2024
• Thunderbolts – July 26, 2024
• Blade – September 6, 2024
• Deadpool 3 – November 8, 2024
• Spider-Man: Freshman Year – 2024
• Fantastic Four – February 14, 2025
• Avengers: The Kang Dynasty – May 2, 2025
• Avengers: Secret Wars – May 1, 2026
• X-Men – TBA
• Armor Wars – TBA
• Marvel Zombies – TBA
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