Understanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a shared timeline predominantly centred on a series of blockbuster superhero movies

PHASE 1 
2008 Iron Man
2010 Iron Man 2
2011 Thor 
2012 

PHASE 2 
2013 Iron Man 3
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2015 

PHASE 3 
2016 Captain America: Civil War
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2018 Black Panther
2019 Captain Marvel

PHASE 4
2021 Black Widow New
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multi-verse of Madness
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum-ania


THE INFINITY SAGA

Movies
Heroes who star in their own movies and how they link to Infinity Saga, if at all

The Incredible Hulk
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
Thor: The Dark World
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ant-Man
Doctor Strange
Spider- Man: Home- coming
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Avengers: Endgame
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Eternals
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Thor: Love and Thunder
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Marvels
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Fantastic Four*

Black Widow, first movie to be released by Marvel since 2019

Some Infinity Saga characters have new movies out in Phase 4, but not necessarily set after Avengers: Endgame

Infinity Saga run time: 49 hrs 56 mins

1 Movies in release date order
1 Movies in chronological order
(Note: Black Widow mostly takes place somewhere between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War)


1 3 3 4 4 6 7 8 9 10 13 15 15 12 18 18 21 2 24 28 32

6 7 11 13 19 20 22 22

25 29

2 5 5 1 8 9 10 11 12 14

14 17 16 16 20 21 23 23 26 30 33

17 19 27 31 34


*Rumoured to be final film of Phase 4


Sources: Marvel, BBC, Forbes, CBR, Radio Times, Screen Rant, Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
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