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Movies X-Men Movies — The Fox films from X-Men through The New Mutants, plus Legion and The Gifted. Disney+ TV Shows — WandaVision onward. Marvel Television — Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Inhumans, Cloak & Dagger, Runaways, Helstrom. Netflix TV Shows — The Defenders saga. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Punisher. Specials — Werewolf by Night, the Holiday Special, I Am Groot, and The Punisher's last outing. Marvel Shorts — One-Shots and the Team Thor mockumentaries. Minutes each, and only two of them matter. Post-Credit Scenes Not Out Yet — Announced and dated, but nothing you can watch. Off by default so the counts stay honest. Sony Spider-Man Movies — Raimi, Webb, the Venom films and the animated Spider-Verse. A separate continuity that No Way Home reaches into. Pre-MCU Marvel Films — Marvel characters licensed out to other studios, 1998 to 2015. Blade, Ghost Rider, the first Fantastic Four films.
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The 2000s 2 titles

  2. The green Hulk seen from behind, filling the frame, with a small figure of Edward Norton facing him.

    The Incredible Hulk

    Movie June 13, 2008 1h 52m Set in 2011

    A scientist on the run in South America looks for a cure for what he turns into when his pulse climbs, while the people who want to weaponize it close in.

The 2010s 48 titles

  7. A bald man in glasses and a tie above a young couple, all in hot pink and purple.

    Marvel One-Shot: Item 47

    Movie August 29, 2012 12m Set in 2012

    A broke couple find alien hardware in the wreckage of New York and use it to rob banks.

    Two one-off characters who appear nowhere else. Nobody to keep track of.

  8. Tony Stark in a battered suit surrounded by dozens of empty armours, fire behind him.

    Iron Man 3

    Movie May 3, 2013 2h 10m Set in 2012–2013

    After New York, the armour is a coping mechanism. Then a bombing campaign takes the fight somewhere the suit cannot follow.

    Christmas.

  13. Captain America and the masked Winter Soldier facing each other across a grey helicarrier skyline.

    Captain America: The Winter SoldierEssential

    Movie April 4, 2014 2h 16m Set in 2014

    A man out of his own time starts pulling at a thread inside the agency he works for, and something very good at killing is sent to stop him.

    • Steve Rogers
    • Natasha Romanoff
    • Sam Wilson
    • Nick Fury
    • Alexander Pierce
    • Maria Hill
    • Sharon Carter
    • Peggy Carter
    • Arnim Zola
  17. The Avengers in formation with Ultron's metal face looming behind them.

    Avengers: Age of UltronEssential

    Movie May 1, 2015 2h 21m Set in 2015

    An attempt to build something that would let everyone go home works exactly as well as that has ever worked.

  19. Ant-Man in his red and silver helmet, tiny against the Golden Gate Bridge, with Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas above.

    Ant-ManEssential

    Movie July 17, 2015 1h 57m Set in 2015

    A burglar fresh out of prison is handed a suit that shrinks him, by an old man who needs a theft done and cannot do it himself.

    • Scott Lang
    • Hank Pym
    • Hope van Dyne
    • Darren Cross
    • Luis
    • Cassie Lang
    • Janet van Dyne
  24. A long-haired Thor beside a grinning man in a shirt and tie, magenta halftone behind them.

    Team Thor

    Movie August 28, 2016 3m Set in 2016

    Where the God of Thunder was during Civil War: sharing a flat in Australia and not helping.

  28. Thor grinning to camera against teal and purple, hair loose over his shoulders.

    Team Thor: Part 2

    Movie February 14, 2017 5m Set in 2016

    The flatshare continues. Thor tries to get a job and does not understand money.

  29. The Guardians in bright orange and blue, Baby Groot at the front, Gamora and Nebula behind.

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Essential

    Movie May 5, 2017 2h 16m Set in 2014

    Still barely a team, still barely paid, and now being chased by a fleet they stole from — until someone turns up claiming to know where Peter came from.

  30. Spider-Man crouched on a rooftop with the Vulture's huge dark wings spread above him.

    Spider-Man: HomecomingEssential

    Movie July 7, 2017 2h 13m Set in 2016

    A fifteen-year-old with an internship he cannot explain wants to be taken seriously, and picks a fight with people salvaging things they should not have.

  33. Six teenagers standing in a line against a pale sky and palm trees.

    Runaways — Season 1

    Season November 21, 2017 50m Set in 2017

    Six teenagers discover their parents have been doing something monstrous together for years.

    A Marvel Television cast that never crosses into the films.

  36. A silver-haired man with a blue chin stripe leans in on a wary younger man in a tie.

    Team Darryl

    Movie February 20, 2018 6m Set in 2018

    The flatmate gets a new roommate: an exiled ruler with no money and expensive taste.

  37. Thanos's gauntleted fist across the top, the whole Avengers cast arranged in an arc beneath it.

    Avengers: Infinity WarEssential

    Movie April 27, 2018 2h 29m Set in 2018

    Everything that has been building for ten years arrives at once, and it is not remotely enough.

  38. A young woman holding a blade of light beside a young man wrapped in a dark cloak, on a rooftop.

    Cloak & Dagger — Season 1

    Season June 7, 2018 44m Set in 2018

    Two teenagers in New Orleans wake up with powers that only work when they are near each other.

    A Marvel Television cast that never crosses into the films.

  40. Six teenagers and a raptor drawn as bright graffiti on a brick wall.

    Runaways — Season 2

    Season December 21, 2018 50m Set in 2018

    On the run and living rough, with a dinosaur.

    A Marvel Television cast that never crosses into the films.

  42. Two faces split down the middle by a jagged green line, one in smoke and one in light.

    Cloak & Dagger — Season 2

    Season April 4, 2019 44m Set in 2019

    The pair go after a trafficking ring, and find out what their powers cost other people.

    A Marvel Television cast that never crosses into the films.

  45. Spider-Man in the black stealth suit against European landmarks, Mysterio in a green cape behind.

    Spider-Man: Far From HomeEssential

    Movie July 2, 2019 2h 9m Set in 2024

    A school trip across Europe, an adult who wants a favour, and a kid who would very much like one summer off.

  47. A furious man with a moustache in a blue jacket against a green screen, leaning into a microphone.

    The Daily Bugle

    Season October 23, 2019 1m Set in 2025

    One-minute in-universe news segments, shouted. Made to run alongside the Spider-Man films.

  48. Six figures standing inside a huge golden ring, purple smoke pouring around it.

    Runaways — Season 3

    Season December 13, 2019 50m Set in 2019

    The last run, and the only Marvel Television show to cross over with another.

    A Marvel Television cast that never crosses into the films.

The 2020s 43 titles

  2. A man and a woman in profile, black and white, a screaming figure boiling out of smoke above them.

    Helstrom — Season 1

    Season October 16, 2020 50m Set in 2020

    A brother and sister hunt the worst thing their family ever produced. Cancelled after one season.

    A Marvel Television cast that never crosses into the films.

  3. Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany in fifties dress, breaking apart into colour television static.

    WandaVisionEssential

    Season January 15, 2021 5h 24m Set in 2023

    A sitcom that is not a sitcom, in a town that should not exist.

    Set three weeks after Endgame.

  5. Tom Hiddleston in a brown TVA jacket surrounded by clock faces and floating objects.

    Loki — Season 1Essential

    Season June 9, 2021 4h 48m Set in Outside time

    A version of Loki who escaped is arrested by an organization that polices the timeline itself.

    • Loki
    • Mobius M. Mobius
    • Ravonna Renslayer
  6. Scarlett Johansson in a white tactical suit, arms crossed, red silhouettes of the family behind her.

    Black WidowEssential

    Movie July 9, 2021 2h 14m Set in 2016

    On the run and off the books, Natasha goes back to the people she was raised with, which is not the same thing as family.

    A prologue in 1995.

  7. Animated heroes arranged around a bright sun, a Union Jack shield at the centre.

    What If…? — Season 1

    Season August 11, 2021 4h 48m Set in Various

    Animated. Familiar stories with one thing changed, and then followed honestly to the end.

    Alternate universes, so it does not sit on the main timeline.

    An alternate universe, so it does not sit on the main timeline. Placed at the end.

    An anthology. Every episode has a different cast, so a single list would be a lie.

  8. Simu Liu mid-kick with glowing rings on both arms, a dragon curling through the background.

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsEssential

    Movie September 3, 2021 2h 12m Set in 2024

    A man parking cars in San Francisco under a name that is not his is found by the organization he ran away from.

    • Shang-Chi
    • Xu Wenwu
    • Trevor Slattery
    • Wong
  9. Ten figures standing in silhouette on a beach at sunset, in a wide, quiet composition.

    EternalsEssential

    Movie November 5, 2021 2h 36m Set in 2024

    Beings who have been on Earth for seven thousand years, forbidden to interfere, are forced to decide what that rule was ever for.

    Reaches back to 5000 BC.

    • Sersi
  10. Jeremy Renner with a bow and Hailee Steinfeld beside him, a golden retriever at their feet, purple neon behind.

    Hawkeye

    Season November 24, 2021 4h 30m Set in 2024

    Clint wants to be home for Christmas. A young archer with his old suit makes that difficult.

  11. Spider-Man in the red and black suit inside a spiral of shattered glass and orange sparks.

    Spider-Man: No Way HomeEssential

    Movie December 17, 2021 2h 28m Set in 2024

    With his name public and his life falling apart, Peter asks for a spell to make everyone forget, which goes about as well as you would expect.

    • Peter Parker
    • Stephen Strange
    • Michelle Jones
    • Ned Leeds
    • May Parker
    • Happy Hogan
    • Wong
    • Quentin Beck
    • J. Jonah Jameson
  13. Doctor Strange in a red cloak against a cracked mirror of himself, the Scarlet Witch in flames below.

    Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessEssential

    Movie May 6, 2022 2h 6m Set in 2025

    A girl who can punch holes between universes is being hunted, and the safest place for her is next to a man who keeps having the same dream.

    • Stephen Strange
    • Wanda Maximoff
    • Wong
    • Christine Palmer
    • Karl Mordo
  14. Iman Vellani in a red and blue costume against a wall of bright graffiti and painted faces.

    Ms. Marvel

    Season June 8, 2022 4h 36m Set in 2025

    A teenager in Jersey City who writes fan fiction about the Avengers finds she can do something herself.

    • Kamala Khan
  16. Tatiana Maslany in a suit on a park bench, a green She-Hulk on the advertising board behind her.

    She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

    Season August 18, 2022 5h 15m Set in 2025

    A lawyer who now has the same problem as her cousin would like to keep practicing law, thank you.

  22. Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and Monica Rambeau standing back to back against a blue and purple starfield.

    The MarvelsEssential

    Movie November 10, 2023 1h 45m Set in 2026

    Three people with light-based powers start swapping places every time they use them, which is a serious problem in a fight.

    • Carol Danvers
    • Kamala Khan
    • Monica Rambeau
    • Nick Fury
    • Goose
  23. Animated figures against a dark background with a dinosaur behind them.

    What If…? — Season 2

    Season December 22, 2023 4h 48m Set in Various

    More of the same idea, and rather more confident with it.

    Alternate universes, so it does not sit on the main timeline.

    An alternate universe, so it does not sit on the main timeline. Placed at the end.

    An anthology. Every episode has a different cast, so a single list would be a lie.

  25. The animated X-Men in their nineties costumes leaping forward against a dark blue sky.

    X-Men '97 — Season 1

    Season March 20, 2024 5h 20m Set in Various

    Animated, and a direct continuation of the nineties series.

    Its own universe, not the main timeline.

    An alternate universe, so it does not sit on the main timeline. Placed at the end.

    A continuation of the nineties series with its own large ensemble, not yet listed.

  26. Deadpool in red and Wolverine in yellow, shoulder to shoulder, claws out.

    Deadpool & WolverineEssential

    Movie July 26, 2024 2h 8m Set in 2024

    A washed-up mercenary is recruited by an organization that manages timelines, and immediately makes everything much worse.

    Placement is loose on purpose; the film treats its own chronology as a joke.

    • Wade Wilson
    • Logan
    • Cassandra Nova
    • Vanessa Carlysle
    • Colossus
    • Negasonic Teenage Warhead
  27. Kathryn Hahn with hands raised in purple light, other witches ranged around her.

    Agatha All Along

    Season September 18, 2024 6h Set in 2026

    A witch with nothing left walks a road that grants a wish to whoever finishes it.

    • Agatha Harkness
    • Rio Vidal
  28. Animated heroes in a busy composition of clashing alternate versions.

    What If…? — Season 3

    Season December 22, 2024 4h 16m Set in Various

    The last run of the animated series.

    Alternate universes, so it does not sit on the main timeline.

    An alternate universe, so it does not sit on the main timeline. Placed at the end.

    An anthology. Every episode has a different cast, so a single list would be a lie.

  29. A hand-drawn animated Spider-Man swinging above a school bus of surprised passengers.

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man — Season 1

    Season January 29, 2025 5h Set in Various

    Animated. A different first year for Peter Parker.

    Its own universe, not the main timeline.

    An alternate universe, so it does not sit on the main timeline. Placed at the end.

    Its own universe with its own versions of familiar people, not yet listed.

  33. Dominique Thorne in front of a huge red mechanical head with glowing yellow eyes.

    Ironheart

    Season June 24, 2025 4h 30m Set in 2026

    Riri Williams is back in Chicago building something she cannot afford, and someone offers to fund it.

  35. An animated Wakandan warrior in a black mask surrounded by purple energy and other figures.

    Eyes of Wakanda

    Season August 6, 2025 2h Set in Various centuries

    Animated. Wakandan agents recovering stolen artifacts across history.

    An anthology spanning centuries, with a different cast each time.

  36. Zombified heroes lurching through orange fire in a painted comic style.

    Marvel Zombies

    Season October 3, 2025 2h Set in Various

    Animated, and not for children.

    An alternate universe, not the main timeline.

    An alternate universe, so it does not sit on the main timeline. Placed at the end.

    An anthology in its own universe, with a rotating cast.

  39. The animated X-Men team in yellow and blue, leaping forward with a giant robot head behind them.

    X-Men '97 — Season 2

    Season July 1, 2026 30m Set in Various

    The animated series continues, still picking up exactly where 1997 left off.

    The 1990s animated continuity. Same names as the films, different people.

  41. Bright cartoon Iron Man, Spider-Man, Captain America and Hulk trick-or-treating on a sunny street.

    Spidey and the Avengers: Halloween Team-Up!

    Movie September 24, 2026 45m Set in Its own continuity

    A Disney Junior Halloween special. Made for small children and not part of the main story at all.

    A preschool special in its own continuity. The characters share names with the films and nothing else.

  42. A silver android reading a newspaper in an armchair, a second, older one standing behind.

    VisionQuest — Season 1

    Season October 14, 2026 50m Set in 2026

    Announced for October. Nothing here spoils it, because nobody has seen it.

    Not out yet. A cast has been announced; until the show exists, printing one here would be repeating rumour as fact.

  43. A hooded, masked figure in a dark green cloak against a wall of glowing green metalwork.

    Avengers: DoomsdayEssential

    Movie December 18, 2026 2h 45m Set in 2027

    The one everything has been pointing at. Out in December; nothing here spoils it, because nobody has seen it.

    Not out yet. Marvel has announced a cast; until the film exists, printing one here would be repeating rumour as fact — and the reveals are exactly what this site is for.