The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a shared media franchise that focuses on superheroes. Although the characters are based on their original comic book counterparts, the MCU is an adaptation that crosses over common plot elements, cast, settings, and characters. The MCU spans films, television series, shorts, digital series, and literature.
Marvel Studios has continuously been releasing films and general media in groups, called “Phases”, that form part of the larger plotline. The Infinity Saga forms the first three phases, and The Multiverse Saga forms the following phases.
Release Order
The Infinity Saga
Phase 1 (2008-2012)
- 1. Iron Man (film, 2008)
- 2. The Incredible Hulk (film, 2008)
- 3. Iron Man 2 (film, 2010)
- 4. Thor (film, 2011)
- 5. Captain America: The First Avenger (film, 2011)
- 6. The Avengers (film, 2012)
Phase 2 (2013-2015)
- 7. Iron Man 3 (film, 2013)
- 8. Thor: The Dark World (film, 2013)
- 9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (film, 2014)
- 10. Guardians of the Galaxy (film, 2014)
- 11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (film, 2015)
- 12. Ant-Man (film, 2015)
Phase 3 (2016-2019)
- 13. Captain America: Civil War (film, 2016)
- 14. Doctor Strange (film, 2016)
- 15. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (film, 2017)
- 16. Spider-Man: Homecoming (film, 2017)
- 17. Thor: Ragnarok (film, 2017)
- 18. Black Panther (film, 2017)
- 19. Avengers: Infinity War (film, 2018)
- 20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (film, 2018)
- 21. Captain Marvel (film, 2019)
- 22. Avengers: Endgame (film, 2019)
- 23. Spider-Man: Far From Home (film, 2019)
The Multiverse Saga
Phase 4 (2021-2022)
- 24. WandaVision (Disney+ series, 2021)
- 25. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+ series, 2021)
- 26. Loki season 1 (Disney+ series, 2021)
- 27. Black Widow (film, 2021)
- 28. What If…? (Disney+ series, 2021)
- 29. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
- 30. Eternals (2021)
- 31. Hawkeye (Disney+ series, 2021)
- 32. Spider-Man: No Way Home (film, 2021)
- 33. Moon Knight (Disney+ series, 2022)
- 34. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
- 35. Ms. Marvel (Disney+ series, 2022)
- 36. Thor: Love and Thunder (film, 2022)
- 37. I Am Groot (Disney+ series, 2022)
- 38. She-Hulk (Disney+ series, 2022)
- 39. Werewolf By Night (Disney+ special, 2022)
- 40. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (film, 2022)
- 41. Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special (Disney+ special, 2022)
Phase 5 (2023-2024)
- 42. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (film, 2023)
- 43. Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (film, 2023)
- 44. The Marvels (film, 2023)
- 45. Captain America: New World Order (film, 2024)
- 46. Thunderbolts (film, 2024)
- 47. Blade (film, 2025)
- 45. Secret Invasion (Disney+ miniseries, 2023)
- 46. Loki season 2 (Disney+ series, 2023)
Phase 6 (2025-2027)
- 47. Blade (film, 2025)
- 48. Deadpool 3 (film, 2024)
- 49. Fantastic Four (film, 2025)
- 50. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (film, 2026)
- 51. Avengers: Secret Wars (film, 2027)
Chronological Order
- Captain America: The First Avenger (film, 2011)
- Agent Carter (one-shot, 2013)
- Agent Carter season 1 (Disney+ series, 2015)
- Agent Carter season 2 (Disney+ series, 2016)
- Captain Marvel (film, 2019)
- Iron Man (film, 2008)
- Iron Man 2 (film, 2010)
- The Incredible Hulk (film, 2008)
- The Consultant (one-shot, Thor, 2011)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer (one-shot, 2011)
- Thor (film, 2011)
- The Avengers (film, 2012)’
- Item 47 (one-shot, Avengers Assemble)
- Iron Man 3 (film, 2013)
- All Hail the King (one-shot, Thor: The Dark World 2013)
- Agents of SHIELD season 1, eps. 1-7 (2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Agents of SHIELD season 1, eps. 8-16 (ABC series, 2013)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Agents of SHIELD season 1, eps. 17-22 (ABC series, 2014)
- Daredevil season 1 (Netflix series, 2015)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (film, 2014)
- I Am Groot season 1 (Disney+ series, 2022)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (film, 2017)
- Agents of SHIELD season 2, eps. 1-19 (ABC series, 2015)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (film, 2015)
- Agents of SHIELD season 2, eps. 20-22 (ABC series, 2015)
- Ant-Man (film, 2015)
- Jessica Jones season 1 (Netflix series, 2015)
- Daredevil season 2 (Netflix series, 2015)
- Luke Cage season 1 (Netflix series, 2015)
- Agents of SHIELD season 3, eps. 1-19 (ABC series, 2015)
- Captain America: Civil War (film, 2016)
- Team Thor Part 1 & Part 2 (film, 2016)
- Agents of SHIELD season 3, eps. 20-22 (ABC series, 2016)
- Agent of SHIELD: Slingshot (miniseries, 2016)
- Agents of SHIELD season 4 (ABC series, 2016)
- Black Widow (film, 2021)
- Black Panther (film, 2018)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (film, 2017)
- Iron Fist season 1 (Netflix series, 2017)
- The Defenders (miniseries, 2017)
- The Punisher season 1 (Netflix series, 2017)
- Doctor Strange (film, 2016)
- Inhumans (ABC series, 2017)
- Cloak and Dagger season 1 (Netflix series, 2017)
- Jessica Jones season 2 (Netflix series, 2018)
- Luke Cage season 2 (Netflix series, 2018)
- Iron Fist season 2 (Netflix series, 2018)
- Daredevil season 3 (Netflix series, 2018)
- Runaways Season 1, 2, & 3 (Hulu series, 2017-2019)
- The Punisher season 2 (Netflix series, 2019)
- Jessica Jones season 3 (Netflix series, 2019)
- Cloak and Dagger season 2 (ABC series, 2019)
- Agents of SHIELD season 5 eps. 1-11 (ABC series, 2017)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Team Darryl (2017)
- Agents of SHIELD season 5 eps. 12-22 (ABC series, 2018)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (film, 2018)
- Avengers: Infinity War (film, 2018)
- Agents of SHIELD season 6-7 (2019-2020)
- Avengers: Endgame (film, 2019)
- Loki season 1 (Disney+ series, 2021)
- What If…? (Disney+ series, 2021)
- Wandavision (Disney+ series, 2021)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+ miniseries, 2021)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (film, 2019)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (film, 2021)
- Eternals (film, 2021)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (film, 2021)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (film, 2022)
- Hawkeye (Disney+ miniseries, 2021)
- Moon Knight (Disney+ miniseries, 2022)
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Disney+ miniseries, 2022)
- Ms. Marvel (Disney+ miniseries, 2022)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (film, 2022)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (film, 2022)
- Werewolf by Night (Disney+ special, 2022)
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Disney+ special, 2022)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (film, 2023)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (film, 2023)
- Secret Invasion (Disney+ miniseries, 2023)
- I Am Groot season 2 (Disney+ series, 2023)
- Loki season 2 (Disney+ series, 2023)
- The Marvels (film, 2023)
- What If…? season 2 (Disney+ series, 2023)
- Echo (Disney+ series, 2024)