Marvel Cinematic Universe

The one that started it all — Tony Stark builds the first suit and accidentally founds a cinematic universe. Watch all credits.

Watch all credits — the Nick Fury/Hawkeye tease that bridges into The Avengers.

Watch all credits — the present-day awakening scene and Nick Fury tease. Chronologically the earliest MCU story — set almost entirely in WWII, 1942–45.

Watch all credits. The first team-up and the Infinity Saga's proof of concept.

Watch credits. One of the MCU's best — dismantles S.H.I.E.L.D. and reshapes the entire universe's power structure going forward.

Timeline hinge point — erases the events of X3 and Origins going forward.

Watch all 5 credits. Cosmic side of the MCU begins — barely intersects with Earth's heroes until Infinity War.

Watch the mid-credits scene (Thanos). Introduces Scarlet Witch, Vision, and the events that fracture the team ahead of Civil War.

Watch credits. Effectively Avengers 2.5 — splits the team and sets the emotional stakes through Endgame.

Watch credits. Introduces magic and the multiverse concept that the later Multiverse Saga is built on.

Set in 2029 — watch before Deadpool & Wolverine.

Watch credits. Direct lead-in to Infinity War's opening minutes — watch it close to that film.

Watch credits. Set about a week after Civil War; establishes Wakanda ahead of its major role in Infinity War.

Watch main credits, then pause — Ant-Man and the Wasp's credits scene picks up the snap in real time. Thanos's endgame begins here.

Watch all credits right after Infinity War — the quantum-realm dusting scene reveals Hope, Hank, and Janet's fate in real time.

Watch all credits — Carol Danvers arrives at the Avengers compound in the wake of Infinity War's snap. Set in 1995 — chronologically the second MCU story overall, decades before Iron Man, despite releasing much later.

Block out 3 hours. The Infinity Saga's finale and the highest-grossing MCU film to date.

Watch the Episode 9 mid-credit scene — Wanda hears the Scarlet Witch's name whispered, setting up Multiverse of Madness. Kicks off Phase 4 and the Multiverse Saga's slow burn — set about three weeks after Endgame.

Sets up the entire Multiverse Saga via Kang and the collapse of the Time Variance Authority — do not skip.

Animated multiverse anthology narrated by Uatu the Watcher; sets up the Marvel Zombies/Kang tease used later.

Watch credits. The Ten Rings' post-credits scene ties directly into the wider multiverse arc.

Watch the Tobey & Andrew Spider-Man films first for the full payoff. The multiverse cracks wide open.

Direct sequel to WandaVision — Wanda's arc there is required viewing first.

Introduces Kamala Khan before her promotion to the big screen in The Marvels.

Grapples with T'Challa's death on-screen and introduces Namor and Atlantis (Talokan).

Introduces Kang the Conqueror on the big screen as the next major MCU threat.

Resolves the TVA storyline and reshapes how the multiverse works going forward.

Teams up Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and Monica Rambeau — shortest MCU film to date.

Watch Logan before this for full impact. Officially folds Fox's entire X-Men universe into MCU continuity via the multiverse — see also the X-Men page.

Sam Wilson's first solo outing as Captain America, following directly from Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

MCU-canon continuation of the Netflix Daredevil, with Kingpin now Mayor of New York — see also the Netflix-Marvel page.

Assembles a team of antiheroes who, by the credits, take on a very different name — sets up the New Avengers going into Doomsday.

Riri Williams spin-off following her introduction in Wakanda Forever.

Retro-styled reboot set primarily on Earth-828, formally introducing Marvel's First Family into the MCU ahead of Doomsday.

Mid-to-late 2026. Watch WandaVision and Agatha All Along first. Follows the White Vision from the WandaVision finale.

Premieres Mar 24 2026, concurrent with The Punisher: One Last Kill.

The next mainline Spider-Man film, releasing shortly before Avengers: Doomsday.

The next big Avengers crossover, bringing together the New Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men — release date/details may shift.