The Marvel movies in order run to 38 released films, and the list to start with is release order: Iron Man (2008) first, Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) last, with Avengers: Doomsday opening Dec. 18, 2026 as the 39th.

Marvel’s own viewing guide backs that call. The Disney+ guide to the MCU says watching in release order “is a great place to start,” since every credits scene in the franchise was written as a preview for whatever opened next, not for a date on a timeline. Both orders are listed below. Everything streams on Disney+ with a standard subscription except Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which is rent or buy only. Availability checked Nov. 11, 2026.

Marvel Movies in Release Order

  1. Iron Man (2008)
  2. The Incredible Hulk (2008)
  3. Iron Man 2 (2010)
  4. Thor (2011)
  5. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  6. The Avengers (2012)
  7. Iron Man 3 (2013)
  8. Thor: The Dark World (2013)
  9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  10. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
  11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
  12. Ant-Man (2015)
  13. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  14. Doctor Strange (2016)
  15. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
  16. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
  17. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
  18. Black Panther (2018)
  19. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
  21. Captain Marvel (2019)
  22. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
  23. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
  24. Black Widow (2021)
  25. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
  26. Eternals (2021)
  27. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
  28. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
  29. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
  30. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
  31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
  32. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
  33. The Marvels (2023)
  34. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
  35. Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
  36. Thunderbolts* (2025)
  37. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
  38. Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
  39. Avengers: Doomsday (Dec. 18, 2026)

Avengers: Secret Wars follows in December 2027. The phase breaks, if useful: Phase One closes at No. 6, Phase Two at No. 12, Phase Three at No. 23, Phase Four at No. 30, Phase Five at No. 36, and Phase Six opens at No. 37, per Disney+. The count runs to 38 rather than 34 because it includes the four Spider-Man films Sony made with Marvel Studios; Disney+‘s own numbered guide only covers the 34 Marvel Studios productions.

Release Order or Story Order for a First Watch?

Release order, and not out of habit. Story order opens with two films set in the 1940s and the 1990s whose payoffs belong to movies a first-time viewer hasn’t met yet, and it points every credits scene at a future event instead of the next ticket on sale. Story order is the better second watch, once the reveals have already landed and the connective tissue becomes the point.

Where to Watch Every Marvel Movie in the U.S.

Disney+ covers all 37 films through The Fantastic Four: First Steps, including the three earlier Spider-Man movies: Homecoming, Far From Home and No Way Home all sit on the service next to the Marvel Studios titles.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the one holdout. It’s still in theaters, and it went to premium video on demand on Oct. 6, 2026 at $24.99 to rent or $29.99 to buy on Prime Video and Apple TV; JustWatch also lists Fandango at Home. No subscription date has landed yet, which is notable given the film is already the highest-grossing release in North American box office history.

Avengers: Endgame now comes in two cuts. Disney+ has dated Avengers: Endgame: Encore, an extended version with new footage and post-credit scenes teasing Doomsday, for Nov. 13, 2026. Availability checked Nov. 11, 2026.

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Spoiler Warning

What follows reveals who survives Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, where several characters land by the end of their arcs, and where Peter Parker stands when Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens. The titles alone give nothing away.

Marvel Movies in Story Order (the MCU Timeline)

This order follows Marvel’s own MCU Complete Timeline, with the Spider-Man films slotted in where Rotten Tomatoes’ chronological guide places them. Spider-Man: Brand New Day closes it, set in 2028, “four years after No Way Home,” as producer Amy Pascal put it to Collider, in a stretch Kevin Feige confirmed sits “before” Avengers: Doomsday.

  1. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  2. Captain Marvel (2019)
  3. Iron Man (2008)
  4. Iron Man 2 (2010)
  5. The Incredible Hulk (2008)
  6. Thor (2011)
  7. The Avengers (2012)
  8. Thor: The Dark World (2013)
  9. Iron Man 3 (2013)
  10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  11. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
  12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
  13. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
  14. Ant-Man (2015)
  15. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  16. Black Widow (2021)
  17. Black Panther (2018)
  18. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
  19. Doctor Strange (2016)
  20. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
  21. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
  22. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  23. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
  24. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
  25. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
  26. Eternals (2021)
  27. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
  28. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
  29. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
  30. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
  31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
  32. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
  33. The Marvels (2023)
  34. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
  35. Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
  36. Thunderbolts* (2025)
  37. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
  38. Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

The Two Places the Guides Disagree

Marvel’s own timeline files The Fantastic Four: First Steps after Thunderbolts*, at the very end of the released run. Rotten Tomatoes puts it fifth instead, since the film is set in the 1960s on Earth-828 and belongs there by its own internal clock. Either placement leaves the rest of the sequence untouched; Marvel’s version is the one the studio maintains, so it’s the one used above.

The other jump worth flagging: Black Widow sits between Captain America: Civil War and Black Panther on this list, though it didn’t reach theaters until 2021. Films arriving years after their place in the timeline is routine on this map, which is exactly why release order is the kinder way to meet the saga the first time.

The TV Series That Matter to the Films

Loki is the only series on Marvel’s own pre-Doomsday catch-up list, which otherwise runs 14 films from X-Men through The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The other chain worth knowing: Marvel treats WandaVision, Agatha All Along and VisionQuest as one continuous story, closing out a Wanda trilogy that the films never fully pick up on their own.

Release order first, the timeline for the rewatch once the shape of the thing is already known.