How to Watch Marvel Movies to Understand the Whole Story

Table of Contents

• Marvel Universe Overview

• Chronological List of Marvel Movies

• How Much Time Do You Need?

• Avengers: Doomsday — Who's Coming Back?

Marvel Universe Overview

Marvel Cinematic Universe, or as Americans say — MCU — has become the most successful and also most complicated movie franchise in the history of cinema. More than 35 movies, many series, characters everywhere. Everything is connected. If you don't watch in the right order, you will be confused. You will ask: “Why is this man flying?”, “Why does the raccoon speak?”, or “Where did this purple giant come from?”

So, if you want to understand everything properly — how characters develop, how events unfold — then here is the chronological order of Marvel movies. This is not the order they were released in cinemas, but how the story goes inside the Marvel world.

Chronological List of Marvel Movies

• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
• Captain Marvel (2019)
• Iron Man (2008)
• Iron Man 2 (2010)
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• Thor (2011)
• The Avengers (2012)
• Iron Man 3 (2013)
• Thor: The Dark World (2013)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
• Ant-Man (2015)
• Captain America: Civil War (2016)
• Black Widow (2021)
• Black Panther (2018)
• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
• Doctor Strange (2016)
• Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
• Avengers: Endgame (2019)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
• Eternals (2021)
• Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
• Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
• The Marvels (2023)
• Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
• Captain America: Brave New World (2025)

How Much Time Do You Need?

Let me be honest — it’s not a weekend project. If you watch everything, no breaks, no sleep, just movie after movie — it would take more than 70 hours. That’s three full days of superheroes, lasers, and end-credit scenes. But if you're a fan, it's worth it. Maybe you don’t do it all at once, but slowly, like a good soup — over time, it gets better.

This is perfect if you want to refresh your memory before the new Marvel movies arrive, like Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts. They are coming soon, and they will continue the story where others left off.

Avengers: Doomsday — Who's Coming Back?

Marvel recently announced that 27 actors will return for Avengers: Doomsday, coming in 2026. People got excited. Everyone thinks they know who’s in. But some fans say, maybe Marvel didn’t reveal all names yet. Maybe more surprises are coming. With Marvel, always possible.

So now you have the list. You have the time. You have the passion. Make popcorn, call your friends, and begin the Marvel journey. Just one last thing — always watch after the credits. Marvel is never finished when you think it is.