There are three phases in the franchise currently, with more in the works for the upcoming Phase 4. Here’s how to watch all of them chronologically:
1. Captain America: The First Avenger
Release Year: 2011
Year It Takes Place: 1942-1943
2. Captain Marvel
Release Year: 2019
Year It Takes Place: 1995
3. Iron Man
Release Year: 2008
Year It Takes Place: 2010
4. Iron Man 2
Release Year: 2010
Year It Takes Place: 2011
5. The Incredible Hulk
Release Year: 2008
Year It Takes Place: 2011
6. Thor
Release Year: 2011
Year It Takes Places: 2011
7. The Avengers
Release Year: 2012
Year It Takes Place: 2012
8. Iron Man 3
Release Year: 2013
Year It Takes Place: 2012
9. Thor: Dark World
Release Year: 2013
Year It Takes Place: 2013
10. Captain America: Winter Soldier
Release Year: 2014
Year It Takes Place: 2014
11. Guardians of the Galaxy
Release Year: 2014
Year It Takes Place: 2014
12. Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Release Year: 2017
Year It Takes Place: 2014
13. Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015)
Release Year: 2015
Year It Takes Place: 2015
14. Ant-Man
Release Year: 2015
Year It Takes Place: 2015
15. Captain America: Civil War
Release Year: 2016
Year It Takes Place: 2016
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming
Release Year: 2017
Year It Takes Place: 2016
17. Dr. Strange
Release Year: 2016
Year It Takes Place: 2016-2017
18. Black Panther
Release Year: 2018
Year It Takes Place: 2017
19. Thor: Ragnarok
Release Year: 2017
Year It Takes Place: 2017
20. Avengers: Infinity War (
Release Year: 2018
Year It Takes Place: 2017
21. Ant-Man and the Wasp
Release Year: 2018
Year It Takes Place: 2017
22. Avengers: End Game
Release Year: 2019
Year It Takes Place: 2018-2023
23. Spider-Man: Far From Home
Release Year: 2019
Year It Takes Place: 2023
While it is certainly okay to watch the movies in release order, or any other order you can come up with, watching the movies in their historic order will enable you to see how some events took place, instead of just hearing about them in another movie (which can cause some confusion). For example, if you watch in release date order and begin with Tony Stark in Iron Man, you will miss seeing the previous events from Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain Marvel.
Not only are the MCU movies part of the highest grossing franchise of all time, but Avengers: Endgame also happens to be the highest-grossing film of all time. But you’ll have to hurry up watching the Marvel movies in order, as Black Widow comes out on November 6th, 2020 (previously scheduled for May 2020).
