Marvel Cinematic Universe in Chronological Order

November 11, 2022
Fredrik Lagnetoft

Do you want to watch the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe from beginning to end? Here are all the MCU movies in chronological order.

The number of films in the MCU — "Marvel Cinematic Universe" — increases each year, and it can be quite hard to keep track of all the movies and when in time they actually take place.

That's why we've compiled a list of every MCU film and where it belongs in the chronological order of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

#	Title	Year	Phase
1	Captain America: The First Avenger	2011	1
2	Captain Marvel	2019	3
3	Iron Man	2008	1
4	Iron Man II	2010	1
5	Hulk II: The Incredible Hulk	2008	1
6	Thor	2011	1
7	The Avengers	2012	1
8	Iron Man III	2013	2
9	Thor: The Dark World	2013	2
10	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	2014	2
11	Guardians of the Galaxy	2014	2
12	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	2017	3
13	Avengers: Age of Ultron	2015	2
14	Ant-Man	2015	2
15	Captain America: Civil War	2016	3
16	Spider-Man Homecoming	2017	3
17	Marvel's Doctor Strange	2016	3
18	Black Panther	2018	3
19	Thor: Ragnarok	2017	3
20	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	3
21	Ant-Man and the Wasp	2018	3
22	Avengers: Endgame	2019	3
23	Spider-Man: Far From Home	2019	3

The list was last updated January 22, 2023.

Why chronological order?

The chronological order lets you watch all of the Marvel films in the order as the events unfold in the overarching story of the Marvel CInematic Universe. This means that films that are released a couple of years earlier or later will be shuffled around to give you the correct experience timewise.

What does "phase" mean?

Marvel are naming each of their "release groups" as different phase numbers, starting with Phase 1. These phases contain all of the Marvel movies that are released under the same umbrella, with the goal of creating a cohesive storyline across multiple films and character arcs.