Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has arrived to wrap up the movies side of Phase 4 of the MCU and, fittingly, it takes place right at the end of the current timeline.
Talking to CinemaBlend, producer Nate Moore confirmed that it likely happens "concurrent" with Thor: Love and Thunder and "almost concurrent" with Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, the start of Phase 5.
There are hints in the movie about this as we see Easter egg nods to New Asgard and Scott Lang's book Look Out for the Little Guy! which was spotted in the Quantumania trailer shown exclusively at Comic-Con.
So that's nice and easy to place on the timeline. We're assuming it's after Werewolf by Night, but that special has so little connection to other events that it could be any time in the timeline.
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With so much going on in Phase Four, it can get a bit confusing, so that's why we're here to help with a definitive guide to watching the MCU in chronological order, if that's what you wish to do.
We suggest watching Loki after Avengers: Endgame (as that's when 2012's Loki breaks off into his own timeline) and What If...?
after Loki, as that's the show that introduces the multiverse.
One note on our timeline: if something takes place in multiple time periods (such as Eternals), we've put it where the bulk of the movie or TV show takes place.
You might want to take some slight exceptions, such as not watching the Ant-Man and The Wasp credits scene until after Avengers: Infinity War, but it depends on how dedicated you are to the order.
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And don't even get us started on Agents of SHIELD's final season, which mostly took place in an alternate timeline before eventually merging back with the main MCU timeline. So
for the sake of ease, just watch it all after season six, and it'll make as much sense.
You could also watch the MCU in its release-date order, and if that's the approach you fancy, head this way for our guide.
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(While we've got you, were you looking for Star Wars' timeline? We've got that covered. X-Men's movie order? Help yourself. What about DC Comics movies' chronological order? Easy peasy. Harry Potter? Accio timeline!)
(Oh, and if you're wondering why we haven't included Venom: Let There Be Carnage or Morbius, it's because even though their credit scenes feature MCU crossovers, the movies themselves aren't MCU movies.)
Marvel movies in order - how to watch the MCU in order
1. Captain America: The First Avenger
2. Agent Carter (one-shot on Iron Man 3 DVD)
3. Agent Carter (season 1)
4. Agent Carter (season 2)
5.
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6. Iron Man
7. Iron Man 2
8. The Incredible Hulk
9. The Consultant (one-shot on the Thor DVD)
10. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (one-shot on the Captain America: The First Avenger DVD)
11. Thor
12. The Avengers (aka Avengers Assemble in some regions)
13. Item 47 (one-shot on the Avengers Assemble DVD)
14. Iron Man 3
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15. All Hail the King (one-shot on the Thor: The Dark World DVD)
16. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 1-7)
17. Thor: The Dark World
18. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 8-16)
19. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
20. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 17-22)
21. Guardians of the Galaxy
22. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
23. I Am Groot (season 1)
24. Daredevil (season 1)
25. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 1-10)
26. Jessica Jones (season 1)
27. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 11-19)
28. Avengers: Age of Ultron
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29. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 20-22)
30. Daredevil (season 2, eps 1-4)
31. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 1-4)
32. Daredevil (season 2, eps 5-11)
33. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 5-8)
34. Daredevil (season 2, eps 12-13)
35. Luke Cage (season 1, eps 9-13)
36. Ant-Man
37. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 1-10)
38. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 11-19)
39. Iron Fist (season 1)
40. Captain America: Civil War
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41. Team Thor (one-shot on the Captain America: Civil WarDVD)
42. Team Thor: Part 2 (one-shot on the Doctor Strange DVD)
43. Black Widow(watch credits scene after Avengers: Endgame)
44. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 20-22)
45. The Defenders (season 1)
46. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 1-6)
47. Doctor Strange
48. Black Panther
49. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 7-8)
50. Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot (season 1, eps 1-6)
51. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 9-22)
52. Spider-Man: Homecoming
53. Thor: Ragnarok
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54. Team Darryl (one-shot on the Thor: Ragnarok DVD)
55. Inhumans (season 1)
56. The Punisher (season 1)
57. Runaways (season 1)
58. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 1-10) – allowing for time travel craziness
59. Jessica Jones (season 2)
60. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 11-18)
61. Cloak & Dagger (season 1)
62. Cloak & Dagger (season 2)
63. Luke Cage (season 2)
64. Iron Fist (season 2)
65. Daredevil (season 3)
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66. Runaways (season 2)
67. The Punisher (season 2)
68. Jessica Jones (season 3)
69. Ant-Man and the Wasp(watch credits scene after Infinity War)
70. Avengers: Infinity War
71. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 19-22) – Concurrent with Infinity War
72.Agents of SHIELD (season 6) – takes place in Endgame's five-year time jump
73. Agents of SHIELD (season 7) – takes place in Endgame's five-year time jump
74. Runaways (season 3) – seems to take place post-Snap mostly, but with no references to it
75. Avengers: Endgame
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76. Loki (allowing for timey-wimey, alternate timeline weirdness)
77. What If...?
78. WandaVision
79. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
80. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
81. Eternals
82. Spider-Man: Far From Home
83. Spider-Man: No Way Home
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84. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
85. Hawkeye
86. Moon Knight
87. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
88. Ms Marvel
89. Thor: Love and Thunder
90. Werewolf by Night
91. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
We'll keep updating this list once each new Marvel property is released, so keep checking back to make sure you're up to date.
Upcoming MCU movies and TV shows
•
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special – November 25, 2022
• Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania – February 17,
2023
• Secret Invasion – Spring 2023
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 – May 5, 2023
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Echo – Summer 2023
• Loki season 2 – Summer 2023
•
The Marvels – July 28, 2023
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Ironheart – Autumn 2023
• X-Men '97 – Autumn
2023
• Agatha: Coven of Chaos – Winter 2023
•
What If...? season 2 – 2023
• Daredevil: Born
Again – Spring 2024
• Captain America: New World Order – May 3, 2024
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Thunderbolts – July 26, 2024
• Blade – September 6, 2024
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Deadpool 3 – November 8, 2024
• Spider-Man: Freshman Year – 2024
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Fantastic Four – February 14, 2025
• Avengers: The Kang Dynasty – May 2, 2025
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Avengers: Secret Wars – May 1, 2026
• X-Men – TBA
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Armor Wars – TBA
• Marvel Zombies – TBA
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