I also wanted to post this. It's partially the same material as the Marvel movies-only thread, but this one includes the television shows too, because I've watched a lot of those as well.
If you really want to dive into the Marvel world, this gives you the movies and shows together, with the different continuities kept separate so you're not trying to force everything into one timeline.
Marvel movies and television — 1/7
Marvel movies and television watch orders
Integrated viewing packs with historical series and other continuities
Current through October 26 2026 Eastern
Use the integrated MCU packs for films and television together, then choose separate Supplemental Viewing lanes for older live action, animation, shorts and imprint adaptations. Every lane keeps its own continuity; “all Marvel” does not mean that every Spider-Man or X-Men story happened on one Earth.
Coverage at the cutoff: 304 source and audit records, comprising 137 movie-side records and 167 television, shorts and extras records. These are not 304 distinct shows or features. Series records contain multiple seasons; pilots, film edits and compilation episodes can overlap. The guide identifies those overlaps rather than treating them as additional events.
This is a broad title-level reference with practical season and movie joins, not an episode-exhaustive archival certification. Watch only the released extent described here: VisionQuest includes episodes 1–4 at the cutoff, not the full season.
Contents
• MCU release phases
• Integrated MCU story order
• Supplemental Viewing separate live action and movie worlds
• Supplemental Viewing animation and short form lanes
• Optional nonfiction and publisher history boundaries
• Editions and release exclusions
• Coverage and source notes
• Television coverage and unreleased exclusions
• Dated changelog
• Sources
MCU release phases
Phase numbers identify MCU release groupings, not fictional dates. The film list uses US theatrical dates. Other continuities do not inherit MCU phase numbers; legacy television is not retroactively numbered as a phase.
Phase 1
2008-05-02 Iron Man
2008-06-13 The Incredible Hulk
2010-05-07 Iron Man 2
2011-05-06 Thor
2011-07-22 Captain America: The First Avenger
2012-05-04 The Avengers
Phase 2
2013-05-03 Iron Man 3
2013-11-08 Thor: The Dark World
2014-04-04 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014-08-01 Guardians of the Galaxy
2015-05-01 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015-07-17 Ant-Man
Phase 3
2016-05-06 Captain America: Civil War
2016-11-04 Doctor Strange
2017-05-05 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017-07-07 Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017-11-03 Thor: Ragnarok
2018-02-16 Black Panther
2018-04-27 Avengers: Infinity War
2018-07-06 Ant-Man and the Wasp
2019-03-08 Captain Marvel
2019-04-26 Avengers: Endgame
2019-07-02 Spider-Man: Far From Home
Phase 4
2021-07-09 Black Widow
2021-09-03 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021-11-05 Eternals
2021-12-17 Spider-Man: No Way Home
2022-05-06 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022-07-08 Thor: Love and Thunder
2022-11-11 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Phase 5
2023-02-17 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023-05-05 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023-11-10 The Marvels
2024-07-26 Deadpool & Wolverine
2025-02-14 Captain America: Brave New World
2025-05-02 Thunderbolts*
Phase 6
2025-07-25 The Fantastic Four: First Steps
2026-07-31 Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Television and short form release groupings
These are release labels, separate from the viewing order. Multi-season titles can span phases, so their season labels are preserved rather than assigning the whole series to one phase.
WandaVision (2021): Phase 4.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021): Phase 4.
Loki (2021–2023): Phase S1: 4; S2: 5.
Hawkeye (2021): Phase 4.
Moon Knight (2022): Phase 4.
Ms. Marvel (2022): Phase 4.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022): Phase 4.
Secret Invasion (2023): Phase 5.
Echo (2024): Phase 5.
Agatha All Along (2024): Phase 5.
Ironheart (2025): Phase 5.
Daredevil: Born Again (2025–2026): Phase S1: 5; S2: 6.
Wonder Man (2026): Phase 6.
VisionQuest (2026): Phase 6.
What If...? (2021–2024): Phase S1: 4; S2–3: 5.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025): Phase 5 (release grouping; alternate continuity).
Eyes of Wakanda (2025): Phase 6.
Marvel Zombies (2025): Phase 6.
I Am Groot (2022–2023): Phase S1: 4; S2: 5.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022): Phase 4.
Werewolf by Night (2022): Phase 4.
The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026): Phase 6.
Endgame Encore is an edition of the Phase 3 film, not a new Phase 6 story. Announced future films are not included as released.
Integrated MCU story order
The order keeps films and useful season blocks intact. Flashbacks, time travel and credits can fall outside a block’s main period. Late modern titles are dependency-ordered where exact dates conflict; the guide does not present them as a fully verified current Disney Plus timeline.
Before the modern Avengers
1. Eyes of Wakanda (2025); animated anthology: The historical anthology can lead this route; watching it after Black Panther is an equally usable context-first option. [1]
2. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011-07-22); feature: Most of this belongs in World War II, with a modern-day ending. [2] [3]
3. Agent Carter seasons 1 and 2 (series 2015–2016); television viewing block: Peggy’s 1946 and 1947 stories follow The First Avenger and stay together as a two-season run. [4]
4. Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter (2013); narrative short: Watch after Peggy’s series as an optional postwar short, but its agency setup does not align cleanly enough to call it a season-three finale. [5]
5. Captain Marvel (2019-03-08); feature: The main story is in 1995, but its credits jump much further ahead. [2] [3]
The original team and SHIELD film joins
1. Iron Man (2008-05-02); feature: Tony builds the suit that starts this whole modern run. [2] [3]
2. Iron Man 2 (2010-05-07); feature: Tony is out in public as Iron Man, with the Avengers setup taking shape. [2] [3]
3. Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer (2011); narrative short: During Coulson’s move from Iron Man 2 toward Thor. [5]
4. The Incredible Hulk (2008-06-13); feature: Bruce is already on the run; this is the MCU Hulk, separate from the 2003 movie. [2] [3]
5. Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant (2011); narrative short: After The Incredible Hulk and its final scene. [5]
6. Thor (2011-05-06); feature: Thor arrives on Earth during the same early Avengers stretch. [2] [3]
Iron Man 2, Hulk and Thor overlap; the shorts sit beside their related films rather than requiring a scene-by-scene cut.
7. The Avengers (2012-05-04); feature: This is where those separate introductions finally come together. [2] [3]
8. Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 (2012); narrative short: After The Avengers. [5]
9. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 1 episodes 1–7 (series 2013–2020); television viewing block: Coulson’s team begins after The Avengers, before the Dark World aftermath episode. [4]
10. Thor: The Dark World (2013-11-08); feature: Thor returns to the aftermath of Loki’s attack and a threat across the realms. [2] [3]
11. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 1 episodes 8–16 (series 2013–2020); television viewing block: Episode 8 follows The Dark World; stop before episode 17 for the Winter Soldier crossover. [4]
12. Iron Man 3 (2013-05-03); feature: Tony is dealing with what happened in New York. [2] [3]
13. Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014); narrative short: After Iron Man 3 and before Shang-Chi. [5]
14. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014-04-04); feature: Steve’s modern life runs straight into the truth about S.H.I.E.L.D. [2] [3]
15. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 1 episodes 17–22 (series 2013–2020); television viewing block: The HYDRA reveal changes the series directly after The Winter Soldier. [4]
16. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014-08-01); feature: The space side opens up with a completely different group. [2] [3]
17. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017-05-05); feature: Go straight here after the first Guardians; only a short time has passed for them. [2] [3]
18. I Am Groot seasons 1 and 2 (series 2022–2023); television viewing block: Around Guardians Vol. 2; watch after Vol. 2 as a clean block rather than splitting its small overlaps. [1]
19. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2 episodes 1–19 (series 2013–2020); television viewing block: This block leads toward Age of Ultron; the placement preserves the useful film connection without dating every scene. [4]
20. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015-05-01); feature: The team is established, but creating Ultron changes where everybody goes next. [2] [3]
21. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2 episodes 20–22 (series 2013–2020); television viewing block: Finish season 2 after the Age of Ultron connection. [4]
22. Ant-Man (2015-07-17); feature: Scott’s first run with the suit sits between Ultron and Civil War. [2] [3]
Civil War and the parallel street level stories
Defenders seasons occupy overlapping parts of the modern pre-Snap period. Their crossover dependencies govern the route below; keeping whole seasons is a viewing compromise, not an assertion of consecutive exact dates.
1. Daredevil season 1 (series 2015–2018); television viewing block: Start Matt’s original television story before his later crossovers. [4]
2. Jessica Jones season 1 (series 2015–2019); television viewing block: Jessica’s first season introduces Luke Cage before his own series. [4]
3. Daredevil season 2 (series 2015–2018); television viewing block: Watch before The Defenders and The Punisher; this season overlaps parts of Luke Cage’s story. [4]
4. Luke Cage season 1 (series 2016–2018); television viewing block: Continue after Jessica Jones season 1 and before The Defenders. [4]
5. Iron Fist season 1 (series 2017–2018); television viewing block: Danny’s introduction completes the lead-ins needed for The Defenders. [4]
6. The Defenders (2017); live-action series: Watch after Daredevil season 2 and the first Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist seasons. [4]
7. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3 episodes 1–19 (series 2013–2020); television viewing block: Keep this part of the season before the Civil War Accords response. [4]
8. Captain America: Civil War (2016-05-06); feature: The Avengers split, which matters for nearly everything leading into Infinity War. [2] [3]
9. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3 episodes 20–22 (series 2013–2020); television viewing block: Finish the season after Civil War changes the wider political context. [4]
10. Black Widow (2021-07-09); feature: The main story follows Civil War; its credits belong after Endgame. [2] [3]
11. Black Panther (2018-02-16); feature: T’Challa returns to Wakanda shortly after Civil War. [2] [3]
I also wanted to post this. It's partially the same material as the Marvel movies-only thread, but this one includes the television shows too, because I've watched a lot of thos…
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