Just like Avengers first brought together Marvel’s biggest superheroes for the first time in 2012 and Captain America: Civil War took that forward by introducing Sony-owned Spider-Man, Deadpool & Wolverine has brought about a seminal shift in the world’s biggest film franchise. The MCU is now 30 films old (and about a dozen TV series added to it). And the Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman-starrer has brought the mutants into the Marvelverse finally.
But by now, the MCU had become so vast and large that tracking it all is not a straightforward task. So we bring you a handy guide on how to watch all MCU films till now in a chronological fashion. But first, if you just want an overview of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by release date, we have that right here, as split up by the separate phases.
MCU began in 2008 with Iron Man, the first film of the first phase. Phase One included its sequel Iron Man 2 as well as the introduction films of other superheroes – The Incredible Hulk, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger. The phase ended with the 2012 team up Avengers.
Phase Two began with Iron Man 3 and saw the sequels of Thor and Captain America as well. The Guardians of the Galaxy got their own movie. The second phase also ended with an Avengers film – The Age of Ultron (2015).
Although Ant-Man, released a few weeks later, is also considered part of Phase Two. Phase Three saw the culmination of the Infinity Saga, the first overarching story of the MCU. Captain America: .