How to Watch Marvel Movies in Order Online

If you're going to watch Marvel movies, you should watch them in chronological order (that is, in the order that events take place in the story) or in order of release. Most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies are available to stream on Disney+; some are on Amazon Prime and cable channel websites like FX.

If you don't have one of those accounts, or a cable subscription, you can rent nearly all the Marvel movies from iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, and other online movie rental services.

This article only covers the core MCU theatrical releases that are connected the overall Avengers storyline, starting with Iron Man. Pre-MCU Marvel movies, like Spider-Man (either the Toby McGuire or Andrew Garfield versions) aren't included, and neither are the Spider-Man spinoffs that don't cross over with the MCU, like Venom.

How to Watch Marvel Movies in Chronological Order

Want to watch the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the order that the story takes place in the world of the characters? Then here's the order you should follow.

Movie	Chronology	Where to Watch
Captain America: The First Avenger	Takes place in 1940s	Amazon Prime Disney+ EPIX
Captain Marvel	Takes place in 1995	Disney+
Iron Man	Takes place in 2010	Disney+
Iron Man 2	Time not specified, but before Avengers	Amazon Prime Disney+
The Incredible Hulk	Time not specified, but before Avengers	not available
Thor	Takes place 6 months before Avengers	Amazon Prime Disney+ EPIX
The Avengers	Takes place in 2012	Amazon Prime Disney+ EPIX
Iron Man 3	Takes place 6 months after Avengers	Disney+
Thor: The Dark World	Takes place after Avengers, but before Age of Ultron	Disney+
Captain America: Winter Soldier	Takes place after Avengers, but before Age of Ultron	Disney+
Guardians of the Galaxy	Takes place in 2014	Disney+ FX
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Takes place after vol. 1	Disney+
Avengers: Age of Ultron	Takes place in 2015	Disney+
Ant-Man	Takes place in 2015	Disney+
Captain America: Civil War	Takes place after Age of Ultron, but before Infinity War	Disney+ TBS TNT
Spider-Man: Homecoming	Takes place after Civil War	FX
Doctor Strange	Takes place in 2016	Disney+
Black Panther	Takes place in 2017	Disney+ TBS TNT
Thor: Ragnarok	Takes place after Age of Ultron, but before Infinity War	Disney+
Avengers: Infinity War	Takes place in 2017	Disney+ TBS TNT
Ant-Man and the Wasp	Takes place before Endgame	Disney+
Avengers: Endgame	Takes place in 2017 and 2022	Disney+
Spider-Man: Far From Home	Takes place after Endgame	Starz

How to Watch Marvel Movies in Order of Release

Prefer to watch Marvel movies in release order, just like those of us who went to the theater to see them? Then here's the order you should follow.

Marvel Movies Phase 1

Movie	Release Date	Where to Watch
Iron Man	May 2008	Disney+
The Incredible Hulk	June 2008	not available
Iron Man 2	May 2010	Amazon Prime Disney+
Thor	May 2011	Amazon Prime Disney+ EPIX
Captain America: The First Avenger	July 2011	Amazon Prime Disney+ EPIX
The Avengers	May 2012	Amazon Prime Disney+ EPIX

Marvel Movies Phase 2

Movie	Release Date	Where to Watch
Iron Man 3	May 2013	Disney+
Thor: The Dark World	November 2013	Disney+
Captain America: The Winter Soldier	April 2014	Disney+
Guardians of the Galaxy	August 2014	Disney+ FX
Avengers: Age of Ultron	May 2015	Disney+
Ant-Man	July 2015	Disney+

Marvel Movies Phase 3

Movie	Release Date	Where to Watch
Captain America: Civil War	May 2016	Disney+ TBS TNT
Doctor Strange	November 2016	Disney+
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	May 2017	Disney+
Spider-Man: Homecoming	July 2017	FX
Thor: Ragnarok	November 2017	Disney+
Black Panther	February 2018	Disney+ TBS TNT
Avengers: Infinity War	April 2018	Disney+ TBS TNT
Ant-Man and the Wasp	July 2018	Disney+
Captain Marvel	March 2019	Disney+
Avengers: Endgame	April 2019	Disney+
Spider-Man: Far From Home	July 2019	Starz

Marvel Movies Phase 4

The next set of Marvel Movies—Phase 4—will expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe in numerous ways. These titles aren't available for streaming yet because they haven't even been released in theaters yet. COVID-19 may delay the listed release dates here.

Movie	Release Date	Where to Watch
Black Widow	November 2020	not yet released
The Eternals	February 2021	not yet released
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	May 2021	not yet released
Untitled Spider-Man movie	December 2021	not yet released
Thor: Love and Thunder	February 2022	not yet released
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	March 2022	not yet released

Marvel Movies Beyond Phase 4

The set of Marvel movies beyond Phase 4 is a little hazy right now. There are just basic names and rough release dates, so a lot of this may change (especially due to COVID-19). We'll update this as Marvel confirms more details.

Movie	Release Date	Where to Watch
Black Panther 2	May 2022	not yet released
Captain Marvel 2	July 2022	not yet released
Untitled Marvel movie	2022	not yet released
Blade	TBD	not yet released
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	TBD	not yet released
Untitled Fantastic Four film	TBD	not yet released