How to watch Marvel movies in the right order: all options and full chronology

Marvel Studios will soon present two new films: Venom: The Last Dance, and in the spring, fans will be introduced to the Thunderbolts team of villains. But will a newcomer, or even an experienced comic book fan, be able to understand the intricacies of the movie universe?

OBOZ.UA decided to help understand this issue. We will tell you how to watch Marvel movies in order to understand all the nuances of all plots.

What is Marvel Cinematic Universe?

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a series of superhero films based on comics by the studio of the same name. The authors combined them into a common storyline. In particular, they did this through numerous references to other projects that can be found in any movie or TV show.

If the story does not contain such references, it means that it does not belong to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For example, the aforementioned Venom is a third-party story, although the antihero also belongs to the studio and is part of a group of characters related to Spider-Man.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe films are divided into phases based on the year of release. The fourth one is currently underway. The first three are united in the Infinity Saga, but the next three are collectively called the Multiverse Saga.

Marvel movies by phases of the cinematic universe

So, if you want to watch all the superhero blockbusters by phase, here's how to do it:

Phase 1

• Iron Man
• Iron Man 2
• Thor
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• The Avengers

Phase 2

• Iron Man 3
• Thor: The Dark World
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Ant-Man

Phase 3

• Captain America. Civil War
• Dr. Strange
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Black Panther
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Ant-Man and the Wasp
• Captain Marvel
• Avengers: Endgame
• Spider-Man: Far From Home

Phase 4

• Black Widow
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Eternals
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

How to watch Marvel movies in chronological order

This is how all the movies are lined up if you want to watch them in an unofficial chronology. In this case, you need to watch them in the order they were released. And this is how it was:

• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Captain Marvel
• Iron Man
• The Incredible Hulk
• Iron Man 2
• Thor
• The Avengers
• Thor: The Dark World
• Iron Man 3
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Ant-Man
• Captain America: Civil War
• Black Panther
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Black Widow
• Dr. Strange
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Ant-Man and the Wasp
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Avengers: Endgame
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Spider-Man: Far From Home
• Eternals
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

How to watch all the Marvel projects

If you have a lot of time and inspiration and want to watch everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then there's a cheat sheet for you. In this case, you need to watch the TV series as well.

• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter
• Agent Carter (season 1 and 2)
• Captain Marvel
• Iron Man
• The Incredible Hulk
• Iron Man 2
• Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant 
• Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
• Marvel One-Shot: Item 47
• Iron Man 3
• Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 1, episodes 1 to 7)
• Thor: The Dark World
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 1, episodes 8 to 16)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 1, episodes 17 to 22)
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Daredevil (season 1)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 2, episodes 1 to 19)
• Jessica Jones (season 1)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 2, episodes 20 to 22)
• Daredevil (season 2)
• Luke Cage (season 1)
• Ant-Man
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 3, episodes 1 to 14)
• Cloak & Dagger (season 1)
• Iron Fist (season 1)
• Cloak & Dagger (season 2)
• The Defenders (season 1)
• Runaways (season 1)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 3, episodes 15 to 19)
• The Punisher (season 1)
• Captain America: Civil War
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 3, episodes 20 to 22)
• Black Panther
• Black Widow
• Runaways (season 2)
• Inhumans (season 1)
• Jessica Jones (season 2)
• Runaways (season 3)
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot (season 1)
• Luke Cage (season 2)
• Dr. Strange
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 4, episodes 1-8)
• Iron Fist (season 2)
• Daredevil (season 3)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 4, episodes 9 to 22)
• The Punisher (season 2)
• Jessica Jones (season 3)
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 5, episodes 1 to 19)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 5, episodes 20 to 22)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 6)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 7)
• Avengers: Endgame
• WandaVision (season 1)
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (season)
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Spider-Man: Far From Home
• Eternals
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Hawkeye
• What If...? (season 1, alternative schedule)
• Loki (season 1, alternative schedule)
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Moon Knight
• Ms. Marvel

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