Get Prepared for Ironheart: Watch All of the Marvel Motion pictures and TV Reveals in Order

Black Panther: Wakanda Without end star Dominique Thorne is again as Riri Williams within the brand-new Disney+ sequence Ironheart, the fifteenth TV present going down totally within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)—a shared world that now consists of shorts, specials, and naturally 37 function movies. Collectively, they create a (considerably) cohesive complete.

Except for Thunderbolts*, which solely not too long ago debuted in theaters, nearly all of the MCU content material is streaming on-line. We’re right here to inform you the way to watch every film and present within the correct order.

In fact, that depends upon what you think about “correct.” You might go along with the Order of Launch choice, which is how the die-hard followers do it—we watch every thing on opening night time. Or take a look at the Chronological Order choice if you cannot cope with flashbacks or time jumps. There’s even a 3rd means we’re calling Chronological Order With TV Reveals and One-Pictures, during which we toss in as many doable MCU-related TV reveals and quick movies as doable. (Today, you’ll be able to’t watch the films with out watching the TV reveals.)

For probably the most half, Disney+ is all that you must stream the MCU. That is the place you may discover the newest releases, like the wonderful Daredevil: Born Once more and this 12 months’s Captain America: Courageous New World, streaming. Any exceptions are famous beneath.

Order of Launch (Motion pictures Solely)

Dates point out when the movie was (or shall be) launched to theaters.

MCU: Section One

• Iron Man (Could 2, 2008)

• The Unimaginable Hulk (June 13, 2008)

• Iron Man 2 (Could 7, 2010)

• Thor (Could 6, 2011)

• Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22, 2011)

• Avengers (Could 4, 2012)

MCU: Section Two

• Iron Man 3 (Could 3, 2013)

• Thor: The Darkish World (Nov. 8, 2013)

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Apr. 4, 2014)

• Guardians of the Galaxy (Aug. 1, 2014)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron (Could 1, 2015)

• Ant-Man (July 17, 2015)

MCU: Section Three

• Captain America: Civil Conflict (Could 6, 2016)

• Physician Unusual (Nov. 4, 2016)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Could 5, 2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 7, 2017)

• Thor: Ragnarok (Nov. 3, 2017)

• Black Panther (Feb. 16, 2018)

• Avengers: Infinity Conflict (Apr. 27, 2018)

• Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 6, 2018)

• Captain Marvel (Mar. 8, 2019)

• Avengers: Endgame (Apr. 26, 2019)

• Spider-Man: Far From Residence (July 2, 2019)

MCU: Section 4

• Black Widow (July 9, 2021)

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Sep. 3, 2021)

• The Eternals (Nov. 5, 2021)

• Spider-Man: No Method Residence (Dec. 17, 2021)

• Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity (Could 6, 2022)

• Thor: Love and Thunder (July 8, 2022)

• Black Panther: Wakanda Without end (Nov. 11, 2022)

MCU: Section 5

MCU: Section Six

Chronological Order (Motion pictures Solely)

The date on every movie beneath signifies the estimated 12 months or years it takes place. There are caveats about timeline anomalies, and that is earlier than the movies even get to the time journey stuff.

We even have hyperlinks to seek out the films. The bulk are on Disney+. However Marvel’s rights points with some characters return a long time, notably with the Hulk and Spider-Man, which is why they’re typically on different providers.

Disney purchased Fox, so many of the Fox-produced X-Males films—even Deadpool—are on Disney+ or Hulu. Until explicitly advised in any other case, think about {that a} completely different part of the multiverse.

The post-credits scenes on the finish of every Marvel film typically happen in wildly completely different timeframes than the principle movie itself or have been bits lower from the following film to return out. We’re not counting them right here.

• Captain America: The First Avenger (1942)—Disney+

• [[Fantastic Four: First Steps (the 1960s, but on another earth in the Multiverse)—Only in theaters

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (opening takes place in 1980)—Disney+

• Guardians of the Galaxy (opening takes place in 1988)—Disney+

• Captain Marvel (1995)—Disney+

• Iron Man (2010)—Disney+

• Iron Man 2 (2011)—Disney+

• Thor (2011)—Disney+

• The Incredible Hulk (May-June 2011; takes place after Iron Man 2 and Thor, despite being released first)—Disney+

• The Avengers (2012)—Disney+

• Iron Man 3 (2012)—Disney+

• Thor: The Dark World (2013)—Disney+

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)—Disney+

• Guardians of the Galaxy (the rest of it is set in 2014)—Disney+

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (the remainder of it is set in 2014)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)—Disney+

• Ant-Man (2015)—Disney+

• Doctor Strange (2016-17; part of it happens after Civil War)—Disney+

• Captain America: Civil War (2016)—Disney+

• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2016—the opening takes place during Captain America: Civil War; the rest is set only four years after The Avengers, despite what it says on screen)—Disney+

• Black Panther (2017)—Disney+

• Thor: Ragnarok (2017)—Disney+

• Black Widow (2017)—Disney+

• Ant-Man and the Wasp (2017)—Disney+

• Avengers: Infinity War (2017)—Disney+

• Avengers: Endgame (starts in 2018, jumps to 2023, with hops back to 2012, 2013, 2014, and 1970)—Disney+

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2023)—Disney+

• Eternals (2023)—Disney+

• Spider-Man: Far From Home (summer 2024)—Disney+

• Spider-Man: No Way Home (2024)—Starz

• Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (early 2025)—Disney+

• Thor: Love and Thunder (2025)—Disney+

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2025)—Disney+

• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (probably 2026)—Disney+

• Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (mid-2026)—Disney+

• The Marvels (2026)—Disney+

• Deadpool & Wolverine (outside of time, but this is when to watch it according to the timeline on Disney+)—Disney+

• Captain America: Brave New World (2027)—streaming soon

• Thunderbolts* (2027)—only in theaters

Reputation Order (Motion pictures Solely)

This is but another choice: Watch the MCU within the order of film high quality.

High quality right here is within the eyes of the customers at JustWatch.com, a service for locating and score something streaming. It put collectively this infographic depicting the recognition rating of the primary 30 movies within the MCU, every thing up by means of 2022.

(Credit score: JustWatch)

Spider-Man is the favourite franchise inside the franchise, which isn’t any shock. Nor are the ranks for the much-reviled first sequels for Thor and Iron Man.

However The Eternals rating above the Captain America movies, particularly The Winter Soldier? Insanity!

Chronological Order With TV Reveals and One-Pictures

A shared universe that encapsulates not solely films but in addition TV reveals? Generally it really works, however often it would not. The unique MCU reveals have been saved separate—a by-product of factions of Disney manufacturing that did not see eye to eye. Now, with the mega-producer of the MCU, Kevin Feige, accountable for even the TV reveals on Disney+, the ties to the MCU are tight.

Feige has additionally introduced again favourite characters equivalent to Daredevil and the Kingpin. They have been featured on the MCU reveals that initially aired on Netflix. These reveals—Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D., and others—are actually on Disney+ too and thought of MCU canon.

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Reveals like Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. are stuffed with flashbacks; we did not account for all of them, until the flashback was a whole episode (or extra) set in a distinct interval. However do not watch these episodes out of order—that is nuts. And do not watch Inhumans in any respect. Ever. Even whether it is on Disney+.

The twentieth Century

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 7, Episodes 1-2 (1931)—Disney+

• Captain America: The First Avenger (1942)

• Agent Carter—Marvel One-Shot quick movie (1946)—Disney+

• Agent Carter—Seasons 1 and a couple of (1946 to 1947)—Disney+

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 7, Episodes 3-4 (1955)—Disney+

• [[Fantastic Four: First Steps (the 1960s, but on another earth in the Multiverse)—Only in theaters

• Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 7, Episodes 5-6 (1972-1976)—Disney+

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (opening in 1980)

• Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 7, Episodes 7 (1982)—Disney+

• Guardians of the Galaxy (opens in 1988)

• Captain Marvel (1995)

2010-11

• Iron Man (2010)

• Iron Man 2 (2011)

• The Incredible Hulk (May-June 2011; most sources say it takes place after Iron Man 2 and Thor, but the official Marvel timeline disagrees)

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer—Marvel One-Shot short film starting Agent Phil Coulson (2011)—Disney+

• Thor (2011)

• The Consultant—Marvel One-Shot short film starring Agent Phil Coulson; plays right into the post-credits scene of The Incredible Hulk (2011)—Disney+

2012

• The Avengers (2012)

• Loki (2012 for the variant Loki who then steps out of the timestream completely, due to the Time Variance Authority)—Disney+

• Merchandise 47—Marvel One-Shot quick movie, takes place post-Avengers (2012)—Disney+

2013

• Iron Man 3 (2012)

• Thor: The Darkish World (2013)

• All Hail the King—Marvel One-Shot quick movie, takes place post-Iron Man 3 (2013)—Disney+

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 1, Episodes 1-16 (2013-14)—Disney+

2014

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 1, Episodes 17-22 (2013-14)—Disney+

• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

• I Am Groot (“Groot’s First Steps” quick)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (three months later)

• I Am Groot (The remainder of the quick episodes happen between the top of the Guardians Vol. 2 and the tag on the finish the place Groot is a teen.)

• Daredevil—Season 1 (2014)—Disney+

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 2; Episode 20 is concurrent with Avengers: Age of Ultron (2014-15)—Disney+

2015

• Jessica Jones—Season 1 (2015)—Disney+

• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 3, Episodes 1-10 (2015)—Disney+

• Ant-Man (2015)

• Cloak and Dagger—Season 1 (2015)—Hulu

2016

• Daredevil—Season 2 (2016)—Disney+

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 3, Episodes 11-19 (2016)—Disney+

• Luke Cage—Season 1 (2016)—Disney+

• Iron Fist—Season 1 (2016)—Disney+

• Cloak & Dagger (2016)—Season 2 —Hulu  

• The Defenders—Mini-series (2016)—Disney+

• Physician Unusual (act one in 2016)

• Captain America: Civil Conflict (2016)

• Black Widow (based on the official MCU timeline on Disney+, this occurs in 2016 earlier than…)

• Black Panther (2016)

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 3, Episodes 20-23 (2016)—Disney+

• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2016)

• Punisher—Season 1 (2016 holidays)—Disney+

2017

• Physician Unusual (the remaining is about in 2017)

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 4, Episodes 1-8 with Ghost Rider (2017)—Disney+

• Marvel’s Inhumans (2017)—Disney+

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 4, Ep 9-22 (2017)—Disney+

• Jessica Jones—Season 2 (Summer season 2017)—Disney+

• Luke Cage—Season 2 (2017)—Disney+

• Runaways—Season 1 (2017)—beforehand a Hulu Authentic, solely streaming by way of purchase or lease now

• Runaways—Season 2 (2017-18)

• Iron Fist—Season 2 (late 2017)—Disney+

• Daredevil—Season 3 (2017)—Disney+

2018

• Thor: Ragnarok (2018)

• Punisher—Season 2 (2018)—Disney+

• Jessica Jones—Season 3 (2018)—Disney+

• Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018 however see beneath)

• Runaways—Season 3 (2018)

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 5, Eps 11-22 (ultimate 4 episodes concurrent to Infinity Conflict in 2018)—Disney+

• Avengers: Infinity Conflict (2018)

• Ant-Man and the Wasp—(the credit tag takes place concurrently Thanos’s snap, trapping Scott Lang within the quantum realm from 2018 till 2023)

• Avengers: Endgame (begins in 2018 then jumps to 2023, with hops again to 2012, 2013, 2014, and a fast leap to 1970)

2019

2023

• Avengers: Endgame ending (2023)

• WandaVision (three weeks post-Endgame, 2023)—Disney+

2024

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Spring 2024)

• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Spring-Summer season 2024)—Disney+

• Spider-Man: Far From Residence (a full college 12 months after Endgame, Summer season 2024)

• Eternals (Oct. 2024)

• Spider-Man: No Method Residence (Instantly follows Removed from Residence, however ends close to Dec. 2024)

• Marvel’s Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.—Season 7 – Episodes 8-13, that are completely out of whack with continuity—Disney+

• Physician Unusual and the Multiverse of Insanity (Autumn 2024)

• Hawkeye (December 2024)—Disney+

The Future(s)

2025

• Moon Knight (Spring 2025)

• Black Panther: Wakanda Without end (Spring 2025; following the loss of life of T’Challa in Spring 2024)

• Echo (this placement is based on the official MCU timeline)—This was the primary Mature Audiences Solely MCU present because the outdated stuff from Netflix and is dubbed a “Marvel Highlight,” that means you need not have watched any MCU content material to get pleasure from it. But it surely makes rather more sense in case you at the least noticed Daredevil and Hawkeye.

• She-Hulk: Legal professional at Regulation (Spring-Autumn 2025)

• Ms. Marvel (Autumn 2025)

• Thor: Love and Thunder (Autumn 2025…that is eight years and 7 months after Jane and Thor broke up)

• Werewolf by Night time (Some will not say for positive, however the official MCU timeline on Disney+ says it takes place after Love and Thunder in 2025)

• The Guardians of the Galaxy: Vacation Particular (Vacation time 2025)

(Credit score: Marvel Studios)

2026

• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (early 2026)

• Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 (mid-2026)

• Secret Invasion (2026)

• The Marvels (2026)

• Deadpool & Wolverine (Who is aware of?)

• Agatha All Alongside (Fall 2026, three years after WandaVision)

• Daredevil: Born Once more (Late 2026 for the primary episode prelude)

2027

As you’ll be able to see, the post-Snap continuity is messy.

Most of Loki and Deadpool & Wolverine happen exterior of time, due to the Time Variance Authority. The official timeline says Loki S1 is solely post-Endgame, and S2 comes after The Marvels.

Storm (voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith) in ‘What If…?’ Season 3 (Credit score: Marvel Animation.)

A present like What If…? takes place exterior of continuity fully, however extremely informs the way forward for films that contain the multiverse.

If you happen to do not like this timeline, you have got different choices. Take a look at the scarily detailed one on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Fandom Wiki.

Or purchase the hardcover coffee-table guide The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline. It covers the Sacred Timeline (IYKYK, proper Loki followers?)—which implies it would not embrace Marvel TV reveals like Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D, Daredevil, and so on. (these are a separate department, after all)—up by means of Section 5.

What’s Coming?

Loads of films and TV reveals are coming quickly to the MCU. These are the titles we all know, with up to date launch dates.

MCU: Section 6

• Incredible 4: First Steps (July 25, 2025)—Direct to theaters

• Eyes of Wakanda animated TV present (Aug. 6, 2025)—Direct to Disney+

• Marvel Zombies (Oct. 25, 2025 – What If…? spin-off) —Direct to Disney+

• Surprise Man TV present (December 2025)—Direct to Disney+

• Spider-Man: Model New Day (July 31, 2026)—Direct to theaters

• Avengers: Doomsday (Dec. 18, 2026)—Direct to theaters

• Punisher Particular (2026)—Direct to Disney+

• Imaginative and prescient sequence (2026)—Direct to Disney+

• Avengers: Secret Wars (Dec. 17, 2027)—Direct to theaters

Dates for 2028 movies with no titles connected but.

• Feb. 2028

• Could 2028

• Nov. 2028

Delayed or Canceled:

• Armor Wars—initially meant to be a TV present that includes Don Cheadle as Conflict Machine, it is being revamped into a movie, or possibly it is canceled.

• Blade—Direct to theaters

Doubtless candidates for these unannounced tasks embrace sequels for Physician Unusual, Shang-Chi, Black Panther, and Thor and, doubtlessly, the complete MCU reveal of the X-Males. Possibly Blade will get again on the schedule. Maybe we’ll get that team-up of Younger Avengers Marvel has been teasing. We can also get TV reveals about Okoye from Black Panther and the person referred to as Nova (the Nova Corps are house cops; you noticed a couple of within the first GotG).

Then once more, Marvel’s multiverse could also be a bit of too dense. Some declare the corporate is overdoing it. Marvel scaled again a bit because it confronted quite a few points, together with the truth that it fired Kang.

You possibly can embrace Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse within the Marvel multiverse. The follow-up to the Oscar-winning Into the Spider-Verse hit theaters in the summertime of 2023 and made extra money than the primary. A 3rd, Past the Spider-Verse, initially meant to be out already, is now scheduled for a June 4, 2027 launch.

Season one in every of X-Males ’97, the continuation of the cartoon that ended over 25 years in the past, was a big hit with Marvel followers in 2024. It is a blast, nevertheless it’s not a part of the MCU. Neither is the brand new Your Pleasant Neighborhood Spider-Man, although it references MCU film occasions.

This story would not even dip into the Marvel-adjacent movies from Sony, together with Madame Internet and Kraven the Hunter. If you happen to preferred Venom and Morbius, you would possibly get pleasure from these, too. However in all probability not.

Lastly, in case you’re in search of a superb Marvel TV present that has nothing to do with the MCU, is barely barely associated to the X-Males movies, and has musical numbers, watch Legion. All three seasons are on Hulu by way of FX.

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