MCU: Everything About The Marvel Cinematic Universe - [UPDATED 2025]

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 MCU.

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, Blade, etc. Then movies such as The Fantastic Four were also made in which a team of superheroes was shown.

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

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

The stories shown in movies produced by MCU are related to each other. They are all interconnected.

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.

Many 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.

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:

The Infinity Saga

The movies of Phase One, Phase Two, and Phase Three are collectively called the “Infinity Saga”.

PHASE ONE

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 TWO

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 THREE

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)

The Multiverse Saga

The movies of Phase Four, Phase Five, and Phase 6 are collectively called The Multiverse Saga. This saga also includes multiple series and two Marvel studios ‘Specials’.

PHASE FOUR

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)

PHASE FIVE

31. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (February 17, 2023)

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

33. The Marvels (November 10, 2023)

34. Deadpool and Wolverine (July 26, 2024)

35. Captain America: Brave New World (February 14, 2025)

36. Thunderbolts* (May 2, 2025)

PHASE SIX

37. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (July 25, 2025)

38. Avengers Doomsday (May 1, 2026)

39. Untitled Spiderman 4 (July 24, 2026)

Avengers: Secret Wars (May 7, 2026)

Movies To Be Announced

Armor Wars

Black Panther 3 (Untitled)

Blade

Doctor Strange 3 (Untitled)

Shang-Chi sequel (Untitled)

Untitled X-Men film

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)
Black Widow (2016)
Black Panther (2016)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2016)
Doctor Strange (2016-2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2018-2023)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2024)
Eternals (2024)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2024)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2024)
Deadpool and Wolverine (2024)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2025)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2025)
Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania (2026)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (2026)
The Marvels (2026)

MCU has also produced web series:

MCU: Everything about the Marvel Cinematic Universe - [UPDATED 2025]

Marvel’s ABC 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)

Netflix Series which are now available on Disney+

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)

Marvel Studios 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)

Hawkeye (November 24, 2021)

Season 1 (6 episodes)

Moon Knight (March 30. 2022)

Season 1 (6 episodes)

Ms. Marvel June 8, 2022

Season 1 (6 episodes)

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law (August 18, 2022)

Season 1 (9 episodes)

Secret Invasion (June 21, 2023)

Season 1 (6 episodes)

Loki Season 2 (October 5, 2023)

6 episodes

What if…? Season 2 (December 22, 2023)

9 episodes

Echo (January 9, 2024)

Season 1 (5 episodes)

Agatha All along (September 18, 2024)

Season 1 (9 episodes)

What if…? Season 3 (December 22, 2024)

8 episodes

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman (January 29, 2025)

Season 1 (10 episodes)

Daredevil: Born Again (March 4, 2025)

Season 1 (9 episodes)

Ironheart (June 24, 2025)

Season 1 (6 episodes)

Marvel Studios Special Presentations

Werewolf By Night (October 7, 2022)

Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (November 25, 2022)

Marvel Studios Animation

I Am Groot

Season 1 (August 10, 2022) & Season 2 (September 6, 2023)

X-Men’97 (March 20, 2024)

Future Series:

Eyes of Wakanda (August 6, 2025)

Season 1 (4 episodes)

Marvel Zombies (October 3, 2025)

Season 1 (4 episodes)

Wonder Man (December, 2025)

Season 1 (8-10 episodes)

Vision Quest (2026)

Untitled Wakanda Series (TBA)

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman Season 2 (TBA)

Untitled Nova Series (TBA)

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 (TBA)

The above series which are streaming on Disney+ are also a part of the phases 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 are not displayed on Disney+ Hotstar.

The reason behind this is the dispute over the distribution of rights to the Spiderman character. Sony Pictures owns the rights to Spiderman. Therefore, Marvel Studios cannot show Spiderman movies on Disney+.

However, if Spider-Man is featured in multi-starrer films alongside other superheroes presented by Marvel Studios or the MCU, these remain available on Disney+.

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

So watch the movies of your favorite superheroes and enjoy.

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