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54 titles
- #1 · Phase 1
Iron Man
2008 · Movie · Essential
The starting point of the whole saga and the character whose choices echo through every later film.
- #2 · Phase 1
The Incredible Hulk
2008 · Movie · Bonus Context
Introduces a founding Avenger and a few names that resurface much later.
- #3 · Phase 1
Iron Man 2
2010 · Movie · Helpful Context
Expands the wider organization behind the team and adds a key ally.
- #4 · Phase 1
Thor
2011 · Movie · Essential
Opens the door to other realms and introduces two brothers central to the saga.
- #5 · Phase 1
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 · Movie · Essential
Sets up the moral center of the team and the artifact-driven plot of Phase 1.
- #6 · Phase 1
The Avengers
2012 · Movie · Essential
The first team-up and the template every later crossover follows.
- #7 · Phase 2
Iron Man 3
2013 · Movie · Helpful Context
Follows the personal fallout of the first team-up.
- #8 · Phase 2
Thor: The Dark World
2013 · Movie · Helpful Context
Adds cosmic lore that pays off in later event films.
- #9 · Phase 2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · Movie · Essential
Resets the political ground rules of the entire universe.
- #10 · Phase 2
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · Movie · Essential
Introduces the cosmic side of the story and a second core team.
- #11 · Phase 2
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Movie · Essential
Brings in new members and the tensions that split the team later.
- #12 · Phase 2
Ant-Man
2015 · Movie · Essential
Introduces the quantum concepts that matter enormously later on.
- #13 · Phase 3
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Movie · Essential
The team fractures, and two future leads are introduced.
- #14 · Phase 3
Doctor Strange
2016 · Movie · Essential
Establishes magic, other dimensions and the rules of reality-bending.
- #15 · Phase 3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017 · Movie · Helpful Context
Deepens the cosmic family at the heart of the space storyline.
- #16 · Phase 3
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 · Movie · Essential
Grounds the saga with its youngest lead and a mentor relationship that matters.
- #17 · Phase 3
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Movie · Essential
Redefines a lead character and moves major pieces into place.
- #18 · Phase 3
Black Panther
2018 · Movie · Essential
Introduces a nation and technology that shape later conflicts.
- #19 · Phase 3
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Movie · Essential
The first half of the saga's climax — everything converges here.
- #20 · Phase 3
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018 · Movie · Helpful Context
Sets up a crucial detail for the following team film.
- #21 · Phase 3
Captain Marvel
2019 · Movie · Helpful Context
Fills in decades of hidden history and adds a cosmic-level ally.
- #22 · Phase 3
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Movie · Essential
The payoff of eleven years of setup and the pivot into everything after.
- #23 · Phase 3
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · Movie · Essential
The epilogue to the saga and the launch of the next status quo.
- #24 · Phase 4
WandaVision
2021 · Show · Essential
Character-defining series that leads directly into later multiverse events.
- #25 · Phase 4
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021 · Show · Essential
Decides who carries the shield going forward.
- #26 · Phase 4
Loki Season 1
2021 · Show · Essential
The single most important multiverse groundwork in the saga.
- #27 · Phase 4
Black Widow
2021 · Movie · Helpful Context
Introduces a new lead and closes an old thread.
- #28 · Phase 4
Hawkeye
2021 · Show · Helpful Context
Passes a torch and introduces a street-level corner of the world.
- #29 · Phase 4
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021 · Movie · Helpful Context
Adds a new hero and a mythic layer to the setting.
- #30 · Phase 4
Eternals
2021 · Movie · Bonus Context
Introduces cosmic beings operating above the usual scale.
- #31 · Phase 4
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · Movie · Essential
The first big multiverse crossover in live action.
- #32 · Phase 4
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 · Movie · Essential
Shows what alternate realities look like and what they cost.
- #33 · Phase 4
Ms. Marvel
2022 · Show · Helpful Context
Introduces a new lead tied into cosmic and mutant-adjacent ideas.
- #34 · Phase 4
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Movie · Bonus Context
Moves a founding Avenger into his next chapter.
- #35 · Phase 4
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2022 · Movie · Helpful Context
Transitions a major legacy and introduces a new civilisation.
- #36 · Phase 5
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023 · Movie · Essential
Escalates the multiverse threat to feature-film scale.
- #37 · Phase 5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023 · Movie · Helpful Context
Concludes the cosmic team's arc and reshapes the roster.
- #38 · Phase 5
The Marvels
2023 · Movie · Helpful Context
Links three heroes and teases a very significant door.
- #39 · Phase 5
Loki Season 2
2023 · Show · Essential
Locks in the shape of the multiverse for everything that follows.
- #40 · Fox X-Men
X-Men
2000 · Movie · Essential
The foundation of the separate mutant film universe.
- #41 · Fox X-Men
X2: X-Men United
2003 · Movie · Essential
Defines the core mutant conflict and its central relationships.
- #42 · Fox X-Men
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 · Movie · Bonus Context
Closes the original trilogy's arc.
- #43 · Fox X-Men
X-Men: First Class
2011 · Movie · Essential
Origin of the two figures the mutant story revolves around.
- #44 · Fox X-Men
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014 · Movie · Essential
The mutant films' own timeline-bending story — very relevant now.
- #45 · Deadpool & Wolverine Context
Deadpool
2016 · Movie · Helpful Context
Establishes the tone and rules of this corner of the story.
- #46 · Deadpool & Wolverine Context
Logan
2017 · Movie · Essential
The emotional endpoint of the original mutant era.
- #47 · Deadpool & Wolverine Context
Deadpool 2
2018 · Movie · Helpful Context
Adds the time-and-place mechanics used in the crossover.
- #48 · Deadpool & Wolverine Context
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Movie · Essential
The formal bridge between the mutant films and the current saga.
- #49 · Phase 5 Continued
Agatha All Along
2024 · Show · Helpful Context
Continues a magic-side storyline with direct future relevance.
- #50 · Phase 5 Continued
Captain America: Brave New World
2025 · Movie · Essential
Establishes the political landscape heading into the finale.
- #51 · Phase 5 Continued
Thunderbolts*
2025 · Movie · Essential
Assembles the unconventional team that matters going in.
- #52 · Phase 6
Daredevil: Born Again Season 1
2025 · Show · Helpful Context
Street-level stakes that connect to the wider board.
- #53 · Phase 6
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
2025 · Movie · Essential
Introduces the family at the center of the finale.
- #54 · Phase 6
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026 · Movie · Essential
The last release before the event film.