Marvel Movies in Order – How to Watch All the Movies in the Marvel Movies Universe – GoodHousekeeping.com
No matter what you think of superhero movies, you have to give Marvel credit: It somehow managed to pull off a 23-movie-and-counting Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) without any reboots, remakes, or re-castings (um, except one). None of the actors dropped out midway through, and they didn’t decide to re-do an origin story or two along the way. After things came to a head with Avengers: Infinity War and resolved with Spider-Man: Far From Home, what’s been dubbed “Phase 3” of the MCU is complete. Ready for a re-watch? You’ll need to remember what sequence they came in: Here’s how to watch all of the Marvel movies in order. (That’s order of theatrical release: If you want to watch them in an order that makes one unified chronology from WWII to today, you’ll need the Time Stone and a much geekier outlet than this one.)
If you’re looking for how to stream all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies online, right now most of them are on Amazon and iTunes. Eventually, all of the Marvel movies will head over to the Disney+ streaming service; Captain Marvel will be the first one offered there. (Disney+ plans on plenty of other MCU-related TV series, too.) Of course, just because Avengers: Infinity War wrapped up so many plotlines, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t more Marvel movies on the way. You have until Black Widow hits theaters in May, 2020 to make it through the other 23 films.
1
Iron Man (2008)
2
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Even big Marvel fans tend to forget about or discount this one, because the star, Ed Norton, was replaced by Mark Ruffalo for the rest of the series. But yes, it is part of the MCU!
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3
Iron Man 2 (2010)
With Tony Stark living out in the open as Iron Man, he attracts some dangerous foes — like rival arms dealer Justin Hammer and Russian nemesis Whiplash. Better bring in reinforcements — hey, this movie has the first appearance of Black Widow!
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4
Thor (2011)
Thor, who lives a godlike existence on Asgard, gets banished to Earth where he’s thrust into a fish-out-of–water love story among the humans. But when an ancient war is reignited and threatens his new home, he must learn how to protect it.
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5
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
6
The Avengers (2012)
7
Iron Man 3 (2013)
8
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
In Thor’s second film, he battles Malekith the Dark Elf, and has to forge an unexpected alliance with his brother, Loki (yay!), to defeat him.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
10
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
11
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes need to band together once again to stop an A.I. that’s hell-bent on destroying all humanity — an A.I. that was created by Tony Stark.
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12
Ant-Man (2015)
Petty thief Scott Lang becomes Ant-Man, who, with his ability to shrink, proves that big heroes can come in tiny packages.
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13
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
If your favorite thing about the MCU is seeing the match-ups between different superheroes and their powers, this movie — about the rift that forms between Captain America and Iron Man after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron — features one of the best, all-out superhero fights in the whole series.
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14
Doctor Strange (2016)
This film chronicles the transformation of a hotshot neurosurgeon into a mystical Sorcerer Supreme in a movie that sometimes looks like the inside of a blacklight poster from a college dorm.
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15
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Star-Lord and the rest of the gang — including a Baby Groot! — return for more space adventures, there’s a reckoning about what it means to be a family.
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16
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Many a Spider-Man have come before (Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield) but Spider-Man: Homecoming is the first Spider-Man movie that’s officially a part of the MCU. He’s briefly glimpsed in Captain America: Civil War, but here he gets to star in a caper about what it’s like to balance superhero duties with high school.
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17
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
The God of Thunder heads to a planet where he encounters unexpected things — including his buddy, Hulk. But how will he get back to Asgard to defeat the villain Hela? It was directed by Taika Waititi, who was previously known for directing humorous indies like What We Do in the Shadows, and he brings that comedic sensibility with him.
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18
Black Panther (2018)
Director Ryan Coogler, who revitalized the Rocky franchise with Creed, hopped over to the MCU to create the country of Wakanda, a land that kept itself isolated until a world-spanning threat causes King T’Challa to step up and reach out beyond its borders.
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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Thanos proves why he’s the Big Bad villain of the franchise in an epic — and we mean epic — battle that pulls in characters from all corners of the MCU.
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20
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
21
Captain Marvel (2019)
We won’t talk about how it took Marvel Studios more than 20 movies to make a woman the title character (except a little). Instead, we’ll focus on how Brie Larsen stars as a former Air Force pilot who has to return to Earth in the ’90s to tangle with some space aliens.
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22
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
The culmination of all the groundwork laid by the 21 films that came before it, Avengers: Endgame features all the favorites in an inter-galactic, time-jumping battle to save the world after “The Snap.”
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23
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
After all of the chaos of Avengers: Endgame, this smaller story, about Peter Parker’s school trip to Europe (which gets upended by villain Mysterio, played by Jake Gyllenhaal), provides a nice denouement.
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