MCU: Everything about the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Are you also one of the billions of Marvel Cinematic Universe fans? Then this blog is definitely for you.

This article contains all the information about all the movies and web series presented by MCU, in order from the beginning till now.

Whether you are a regular viewer of MCU or you are going to watch its movies for the first time, it will be interesting for you to read this blog. After reading this you will be completely updated on this topic.

What is the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)?

Basically, there is a production house named Marvel Studios under whose banner various films were made.

There are various superheroes who are the protagonists of these movies. These heroes are – Spiderman, Hulk, X-men, Ghost Rider, Blade, Deadpool, and others. These heroes possess various superpowers.

All these characters are created by ‘Stan Lee.’

Initially, Marvel Studios produced many stand-alone superhero movies like Spiderman, Hulk, Ghost Rider, Deadpool, Blade, etc. While, some of them were multi-starer such as  Fantastic Four, X-men.

Later in the year 2008, a separate branch of this production house was created which was named- Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).  

Since then many movies have been made under the banner of MCU.

Although the MCU has taken most of the superheroes from Marvel Studios, the MCU has also created some new superheroes. For example, Ironman, Captain America, Thor, Dr. Strange, and others.

The stories of movies produced by MCU are related to each other. 

Therefore, all these movies seem to be a sequence of their predecessor movies.

The stories of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) are centered on a fictional universe.  

The protagonists of these movies possess superpowers.  

They are always ready to protect the people from enemies. These enemies are also super powerful.  

Most of these superheroes work for an organization called S.H.I.E.L.D., which is an American anti-terror, an intelligence agency that maintains both national and global security. 

Phases of Marvel Cinematic Universe:

There are different phases in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The first three phases of them are together known as ‘The Infinity Saga’.

Here, we have listed the movies presented by Marvel Cinematic Universe in its year-wise sequence (the order of the year in which the films were released). As well as we have also mentioned the chronological order (the order in which the events of the films occurred) of the movies.

List of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in order:-

List on the basis of a year of release:

PHASE 1 

1. Iron Man (May 2008)

2. The Incredible Hulk (June 2008)

3. Iron Man 2 (May 2010)

4. Thor (May 2011)

5. Captain America: The First Avenger (July 2011)

6. The Avengers (May 2012)

PHASE 2

7. Iron Man 3 (May 2013)

8. Thor: The Dark World (November 2013)

9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 2014)

10. Guardians of the Galaxy (August 2014)

11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 2015)

12. Ant-Man (July 2015)

PHASE 3

13. Captain America: Civil War (May 2016)

14. Doctor Strange (November 2016)

15. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 2017)

16. Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 2017)

17. Thor: Ragnarok (November 2017)

18. Black Panther (February 2018)

19. Avengers: Infinity War (April 2018)

20. Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 2018)

21. Captain Marvel (March 2019)

22. Avengers: Endgame (April 2019)

23. Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 2019)

PHASE 4 (Upcoming Movies in future)

24. Black Widow (July 9, 2021)

25. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 3, 2021)

26. Eternals (November 5, 2021)

27. Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 17, 2021)

28. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (March 25, 2022)

29. Thor: Love and Thunder (May 6, 2022)

30. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (July 8, 2022)

31. The Marvels (November 11, 2022)

32. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quintumnia (February 17, 2023)

33. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 5, 2023)

Movies To Be Announced (TBA):

• Blade (TBA)
• Fantastic Four (TBA)

List on the basis of chronological order i.e.,  events that occurred in the films: 

• Captain America: The First Avenger (1942-1943)
• Captain Marvel (1995)
• Iron Man (2010)
• Iron Man 2 (2011)
• The Incredible Hulk (2011)
• Thor (2011)
• The Avengers (2012)
• Iron Man 3 (2012)
• Thor: The Dark World (2013)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2014)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
• Ant-Man (2015)
• Captain America: Civil War (2016)
• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2016)
• Doctor Strange (2016-2017)
• Black Widow (2017)
• Black Panther (2017)
• Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp (2017)
• Avengers: Infinity War (2017)
• Avengers: Endgame (2018-2023)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (2023)

MCU has also produced web series:

TV series/ Web series: 

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Season 1 (2013-2014)
• Season 2 (2014-2015)
• Season 3 (2015-2016)
• Season 4 (2016-2017)
• Season 5 (2017-2018)
• Season 6 (2019)
• Season 7 (2020)

Agent Carter 

• Season 1 (2015)
• Season 2 (2016)

Inhumans 

• Season 1 (2017)

Daredevil

• Season 1 (2015)
• Season 2 (2016)
• Season 3 (2018)

Jessica Jones 

• Season 1 (2015)
• Season 2 (2018)
• Season 3 (2019)

Luke Cage

• Season 1 (2016)
• Season 2 (2018)

Iron Fist

• Season 1 (2017)
• Season 2 (2018)

The Defenders 

• Season 1 (2017)

The Punisher

• Season 1 (2017)
• Season 2 (2019)

Runaways 

• Season 1 (2017-2018)
• Season 2(2019)
• Season 3 (2020)

Helstrom

• Season 1 (2020)

Cloak & Dagger 

• Season 1 (2018)
• Season 2 (2019)

Series available on Disney+

WandaVision (January 15, 2021)

• Season 1 (9 episodes)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (March 19, 2021)

• Season 1 (6 episodes)

Loki (June 9, 2021)

• Season 1 (6 episodes)

What If…? (August 11, 2021)

• Season 1 (9 episodes)

(Coming soon) series

• Hawkeye (Late 2021)
• Ms. Marvel (2022)
• Moon Knight (2022) 
• She-Hulk (2022)
• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Late 2022)
• Secret Invasion (TBA)
• Ironheart (TBA)
• Armor Wars (TBA)
• Wakanda series (untitled) (TBA)
• Echo series (untitled) (TBA)

The above series which are streaming on Disney+ are also a part of Phase 4 of MCU.

All the MCU movies and web series are available on Disney+ Hotstar. 

It is important to mention here that the movies starring Spiderman or Hulk are not displayed on Disney+Hotstar.

The reason behind this is the dispute of the distribution of rights of these films. The rights of Spider-Man are owned by Sony Pictures while the rights of Hulk belong to Universal Pictures. 

However, if Spiderman and Hulk are present in the multi-starer movies presented by Marvel Studios or MCU, these remain available on Disney+ Hotstar.

We hope you might have got complete information about the movies presented by MCU.

So watch the movies of your favorite superheroes and enjoy.

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