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Not even Thanos' snap could stop the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). With new movies and shows pouring in, what better way to get fully caught up than by binge-watching everything released so far? Thankfully, that's much easier than traveling the multiverse.
With nearly all the latest MCU entries available with just a Disney Plus subscription, it's no wonder many find it difficult to cancel Disney Plus — it's a guaranteed source for the newest Marvel adventures.
While you may have already circled all of the upcoming Marvel movie release dates on your calendar, you should know the next date of note is July 26, when Deadpool & Wolverine hits theaters.
Our complete guide for how to watch the Marvel movies in order lays out the two primary ways: You can relive the theatrical experience and sort by release date or grab them in order of chronological timeline events to follow the Avengers on their own paths.
While the recently released MCU films and shows all take place around the same time, we've got a chronological list of the Marvel movies in order of events.
And that's why we've placed the Marvel movies in order of the events that take place in the Infinity Saga first. It's weird, right, that the films weren't released in that order? Alas, the same is true for when you try to watch all the Star Wars movies in order. This order isn't exactly perfect either, with flashbacks here and there that break the strict narrative arc.
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If you’ve seen most or all of the movies and you want to switch things up a bit, chronologically rewatching the Marvel movies in order, to see the events as they took place (with flashbacks thrown in just to throw you off), is a fun experiment.
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Disney's own MCU timeline shows what order the shows and movies occur in, though the exact year(s) each one takes place is a little murkier. But we've included that information in the cases when it's been officially confirmed.
And even though the Disney Plus shows such as WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier are not Marvel movies, we can place them chronologically in the MCU. Monica Rambeau rejoins S.W.O.R.D. three weeks after she was snapped back into reality, so we can place WandaVision between Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Similarly, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier takes place three months after the blip brought everyone back, placing it after WandaVision but before Far From Home.
Disney Plus' own site places Loki (which goes all over the timeline) after Endgame. It also says three recent Disney Plus shows — Hawkeye, Moon Knight and Ms. Marvel — take place in release order.
It's unclear when exactly Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 takes place, but in 2021 James Gunn said it's after Thor: Love & Thunder. This makes sense considering the Guardians Holiday Special (which was after that Thor movie) happens before Vol. 3.
That period in time is basically called "present day MCU" or at least that's the phrase that Disney's own description for Secret Invasion says. Disney's use of that terminology for this upcoming series makes us think it happens alongside of the other recent releases.
We recommend watching the Marvel movies in order of their release for a few reasons. It’s fun to see how the special effects and actors evolve over the years, you won’t feel as bad about skipping around if you don’t want to do a complete binge-watch and, quite frankly, the release order tells a stronger narrative — watching a movie like Captain Marvel out of release order might be more confusing than enjoyable.
You'll see below that we've broken them out into Marvel's five Phases, the groupings it uses to show the major chapters of The Infinity Saga. This is the natural way to organize your own Marvel movie marathon. Netflix's Defenders Saga (Daredevil, The Punisher, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders) is technically set in the MCU but not an official part of the franchise, so you won't see those shows listed among Marvel's Phases.
Phase One
Phase Two
Phase Three
Phase Four
TV shows are listed with their premiere dates.
Phase Five
