The Complete MCU Timeline

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) timeline spans centuries of in-universe history, from ancient civilizations to events unfolding across the multiverse. This guide presents the MCU in chronological order, bringing together every Marvel Studios film and Disney+ series alongside timeline-adjacent television projects produced by Marvel Television and Marvel Entertainment. If you’re looking for the MCU watch order or the complete Marvel movies and TV shows timeline, this page organizes the story based on when events occur within the MCU. Marvel Studios has officially confirmed portions of the timeline through Disney+, which you can view on their official overview: Marvel’s official MCU timeline.

Prefer release order? See the Movies and TV pages for full listings.

Complete MCU Timeline (In-Universe Order)

Some series connect to MCU events but are not currently included in Marvel Studios’ official timeline list; you can optionally include them below as “timeline-adjacent.”

  1. Eyes of Wakanda

  2. Captain America: The First Avenger

  3. Marvel Studios One-Shot: Agent Carter

  4. Captain Marvel (watch mid-credits scene after Avengers: Infinity War)

  5. Iron Man

  6. Iron Man 2

  7. The Incredible Hulk

  8. Marvel Studios One Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer

  9. Thor

  10. Marvel Studios One Shot: The Consultant

  11. The Avengers

  12. Marvel Studios One Shot: Item 47

  13. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 1-7) Adjacent

  14. Thor: The Dark World

  15. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 8-16) Adjacent

  16. Iron Man 3

  17. Marvel Studios One Shot: All Hail the King

  18. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

  19. Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 17-22) Adjacent

  20. Guardians of the Galaxy

  21. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

  22. I Am Groot (season 1)

  23. I Am Groot (season 2)

  24. Daredevil (season 1)

  25. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 1-10) Adjacent

  26. Jessica Jones (season 1)

  27. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 11-19) Adjacent

  28. Avengers: Age of Ultron

  29. Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 20-22) Adjacent

  30. Ant Man

  31. Daredevil (season 2)

  32. Luke Cage (season 1)

  33. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 1-10) Adjacent

  34. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 11-19) Adjacent

  35. Iron Fist (season 1)

  36. The Defenders

  37. Captain America: Civil War

  38. Marvel Studios One Shot: Team Thor: Part 1 Adjacent

  39. Marvel Studios One Shot: Team Thor: Part 2 Adjacent

  40. Black Widow (watch credits scene after Avengers: Endgame)

  41. Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 20-22) Adjacent

  42. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 1-6) Adjacent

  43. Black Panther

  44. Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 7-22) Adjacent

  45. Spider-Man: Homecoming

  46. The Punisher (season 1)

  47. Doctor Strange

  48. Jessica Jones (season 2)

  49. Luke Cage (season 2)

  50. Iron Fist (season 2)

  51. Daredevil (season 3)

  52. Thor: Ragnarok

  53. Marvel Studios One Shot: Team Darryl Adjacent

  54. Inhumans (season 1) Adjacent

  55. Runaways (season 1) Adjacent

  56. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 1-18) Adjacent

  57. Cloak & Dagger (season 1) Adjacent

  58. Cloak & Dagger (season 2) Adjacent

  59. Runaways (season 2) Adjacent

  60. The Punisher (season 2)

  61. Jessica Jones (season 3)

  62. Ant-Man and The Wasp (watch mid-credits scene after Avengers: Infinity War)

  63. Avengers: Infinity War

  64. Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 19-22) Adjacent

  65. Agents of SHIELD (season 6) Adjacent

  66. Agents of SHIELD (season 7) Adjacent

  67. Runaways (season 3) Adjacent

  68. Avengers: Endgame

  69. Loki (season 1)

  70. What If…? (season 1)

  71. Wandavision

  72. Avengers: Endgame

  73. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

  74. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

  75. Spider-Man: Far From Home

  76. Eternals

  77. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

  78. Hawkeye

  79. Moon Knight

  80. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

  81. Echo

  82. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

  83. Ms. Marvel

  84. Thor: Love and Thunder

  85. Ironheart

  86. Werewolf By Night

  87. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

  88. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

  89. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

  90. Secret Invasion

  91. The Marvels

  92. Loki (season 2)

  93. What If…? (season 2)

  94. Deadpool & Wolverine

  95. Agatha All Along

  96. What If…? (season 3)

  97. Wonder Man

  98. Daredevil: Born Again (season 1)

  99. Captain America: Brave New World

  100. Thunderbolts*

  101. The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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