Marvel Cinematic Universe Chronological Order - Movies and TV
Marvel Cinematic Universe in chronological timeline order for Earth 616- including movies and TV series. This list will be updated as new MCU movies and shows are released. The years listed are estimates based on my research and are as accurate as I was able to be with the information available!
Upcoming MCU Movies & TV Shows
MCU Movies & TV Shows in Release Order
Marvel Legacy Movies & Series
1940 - 2011
Captain America: The First Avenger (1940-1945)
Agent Carter One Shot (1946)
Captain Marvel (1989-1995)
Iron Man (2010)
Iron Man 2 (2011)
The Incredible Hulk (2011)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer One Shot (2011)
Thor (2011 except flashbacks)
The Consultant One Shot (2011)
2012-2015
The Avengers (2012)
Item 47 One Shot (2012)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
All Hail the King One Shot (2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2014-2015)
I Am Groot Season 1 & 2 (2014-2015) - See note at the end of this post
2015 - 2016
Daredevil (2015-2016) (Marvel TV)
Jessica Jones (2015-2016) (Marvel TV)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)
Luke Cage (2015-2016) (Marvel TV)
Iron Fist (2015-2016) (Marvel TV)
The Defenders (2015-2016) (Marvel TV)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2016) - Takes place outside of the Sacred Timeline
2016-2023
Black Widow (2016)
Black Panther (2016)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2016)
The Punisher (2016) (Marvel TV)
Doctor Strange (2016-2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018; flashbacks in the late 1980s)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (starts in 2018, flashes forward to 2023; also visits 1970, 2012, 2013, and 2014)
2023 - 2026
WandaVision (2023)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - Takes place outside the Sacred Timeline
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2024; flashbacks to 1996 and hundreds of years in the past)
The Falcon and The Winter Solider (2024)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2024)
Eternals (2024)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2024)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2024)
Hawkeye (2024)
Moon Knight (2025)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2024-2025)
Echo (2025)
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2025)
Ms. Marvel (2025)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2025)
Werewolf By Night (2025)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2025)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2026)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2026)
Secret Invasion (2026)
The Marvels (2026)
Agatha All Along (2026)
Daredevil: Born Again (2026-2027)
Captain America: Brave New World (2026-2027)
Various Timelines and Multiverses
Loki - begins in 2012 after Avengers but also references events through Avengers: Endgame and is both outside of the traditional timeline and involves multiverses
Marvel’s What If…? - takes place over the full MCU timeline and includes alternate timelines and multiverses
I Am Groot Animated Shorts
I Am Groot: Groot’s First Steps takes place between Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
I Am Groot: The Little Guy, I Am Groot: Groot’s Pursuit, I Am Groot: Groot Takes a Bath, and I Am Groot: Magnum Opus take place between Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and the final post-credit scene in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 so they are placed between Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Avengers: Age of Ultron on the official timeline
X-Men ‘97 - takes place outside the Sacred Timeline as a continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series (1993-1997)
