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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 1990s 1 title

  1. A man in dark glasses reaching over his shoulder to draw a glowing sword, on deep red.

    Blade

    Movie August 21, 1998 2h 1m Set in 1998

    The film that proved a Marvel adaptation could work, two years before anyone else tried.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

The 2000s 21 titles

  2. A man in a long leather coat holding a sword upright in front of him, grey smoke behind.

    Blade II

    Movie March 22, 2002 1h 57m Set in 2002

    A truce with the things he hunts, against something that hunts them.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  3. A figure in a red and blue suit crouched on a rooftop, casting a long shadow.

    Spider-ManEssential

    Movie May 3, 2002 2h 1m Set in 2002

    The one that started all of this. A teenager gets bitten and learns what it costs.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  4. A figure in dark red leather on a rooftop in the rain, three others ranged below.

    Daredevil

    Movie February 14, 2003 1h 43m Set in 2003

    The first go at the blind lawyer, twelve years before the good one.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  6. A huge green figure filling the frame between city buildings, fists clenched.

    Hulk

    Movie June 20, 2003 2h 18m Set in 2003

    Ang Lee's version, cut like a comic page and much stranger than its reputation.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  7. A man in a black coat with a skull on his chest, standing in a dark corridor above a huge painted skull.

    The Punisher

    Movie April 16, 2004 2h 4m Set in 2004

    A man loses everything and works through a list. Sunnier than it sounds, which is the problem.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  8. A masked figure holding a red-haired woman, a city skyline glowing behind them.

    Spider-Man 2Essential

    Movie June 30, 2004 2h 7m Set in 2004

    Still the high-water mark. A man who cannot afford to be a hero and does it anyway.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  9. Three figures against blue-grey smoke, the man in front crossing bladed gauntlets over his chest.

    Blade: Trinity

    Movie December 8, 2004 1h 53m Set in 2004

    The third one, with a team he did not ask for.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  10. A woman in red leather holding two curved sai crossed in front of her.

    Elektra

    Movie January 14, 2005 1h 37m Set in 2005

    A spin-off nobody asked for, out barely two years after the film it spun off.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  11. A small figure in a boat on a green swamp, sunlight cutting between hanging trees.

    Man-Thing

    Movie April 21, 2005 1h 37m Set in 2005

    A swamp horror film that went straight to cable. Included for completeness, not enthusiasm.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  12. Four figures in blue suits in front of a bridge, one made of orange rock, one on fire.

    Fantastic Four

    Movie July 8, 2005 1h 46m Set in 2005

    The 2005 one. Bright, silly, and much less embarrassed about it than what came later.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  14. A woman with two pistols back to back with a tattooed man holding a gun, on blood red.

    Blade: The Series — Season 1

    Season June 28, 2006 45m Set in 2006

    Twelve episodes on cable, then nothing. Very few people have seen it.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  15. A flaming skeleton on a burning motorcycle below two faces in close-up.

    Ghost Rider

    Movie February 16, 2007 1h 54m Set in 2007

    A stunt rider sells his soul and gets a flaming skull out of it.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  16. A figure in a black suit crouched in heavy rain, head bowed.

    Spider-Man 3

    Movie May 3, 2007 2h 19m Set in 2007

    Three villains, a black suit and a dance number. Beloved now for reasons it did not intend.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  17. A chrome figure on a surfboard above four people in blue suits, skyscrapers behind.

    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

    Movie June 15, 2007 1h 32m Set in 2007

    The sequel, and a chrome figure on a surfboard who is better than the film around him.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  19. 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.

  20. A man in black body armour holding a rifle, lit hard against a black background.

    Punisher: War Zone

    Movie December 5, 2008 1h 42m Set in 2008

    A reboot four years later, far nastier, and quietly the best of the three.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  21. Hugh Jackman's face half in shadow with three claws raised across it.

    X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    Movie May 1, 2009 1h 47m Set in 1845–1979

    How Logan got the metal, told at length.

    Reaches back to the 1840s.

    A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.

The 2010s 80 titles

  3. The young team standing in sixties clothes, arranged in a formal line against pale grey.

    X-Men: First Class

    Movie June 3, 2011 2h 12m Set in 1962

    Before any of it, two young men find each other and try to stop a war nobody else can see.

    A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.

  7. A burning skeletal rider on a blazing motorcycle, wheels trailing fire.

    Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

    Movie December 10, 2011 1h 36m Set in 2011

    A sequel that gives up on being a normal film about twenty minutes in.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  9. A close-up of a red and blue mask with a torn chest emblem, city lights behind.

    The Amazing Spider-ManEssential

    Movie July 3, 2012 2h 16m Set in 2012

    A reboot five years later, with a lighter lead and a much better romance.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Three white claw marks torn across a red Japanese sun on an otherwise empty background.

    The Wolverine

    Movie July 26, 2013 2h 6m Set in 2013

    Logan is summoned to Japan by a man he saved a long time ago who wants to return the favor.

    A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.

  17. 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
  18. A figure in red and blue clinging to a skyscraper, the city far below.

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2Essential

    Movie May 2, 2014 2h 21m Set in 2014

    Overstuffed and building to a sequel that never came, but the ending is the reason to watch it.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  24. 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.

  26. 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
  27. Four figures in dark suits in front of a huge rock creature, ruins smoking behind.

    Fantastic Four

    Movie August 7, 2015 1h 40m Set in 2015

    The grim one. Famously troubled, and it shows in every frame.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  31. Deadpool sitting cross-legged in his red suit with arms folded, on plain white, swords on his back.

    Deadpool

    Movie February 12, 2016 1h 48m Set in 2016

    A mercenary takes an experimental cure, comes out unkillable and disfigured, and goes looking for the man responsible.

    A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.

  36. 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.

  41. A silhouetted figure gripping their head as it erupts into a cloud of pink and blue.

    Legion — Season 1

    Season February 8, 2017 50m Set in Unclear on purpose

    A man in a psychiatric hospital is told he is not ill. The show refuses to confirm anything.

    Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.

  42. 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.

  43. An older Hugh Jackman holding a young girl's hand, both in silhouette against a low orange sun.

    Logan

    Movie March 3, 2017 2h 17m Set in 2029

    An old man, a dying mentor, and a girl who needs driving across a country that has no use for any of them.

    A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.

  45. 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.

  46. 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.

  49. Six people in a row against orange light, the man at the front raising a glowing hand.

    The Gifted — Season 1

    Season October 2, 2017 45m Set in 2017

    A suburban family goes on the run when the children turn out to be mutants.

    Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.

  52. 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.

  55. 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.

  57. Two glowing blue figures with white hair entwined against a starfield.

    Legion — Season 2

    Season April 3, 2018 50m Set in Unclear on purpose

    Still refusing to confirm anything, now with a full year of dance sequences.

    Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.

  58. 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.

  59. Deadpool posed on a wooden chair in a scatter of falling gold sparks, parodying Flashdance.

    Deadpool 2

    Movie May 18, 2018 1h 59m Set in 2018

    Wade assembles a team, badly, to protect a boy from a soldier who has come a long way to kill him.

    A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.

  60. 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.

  64. A green-haired woman reaching forward with a glowing hand, five figures in blue behind her.

    The Gifted — Season 2

    Season September 25, 2018 45m Set in 2018

    The underground splits over how hard to fight back.

    Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.

  65. A man's face split down the middle, half human and half a black creature with white eyes.

    Venom

    Movie October 5, 2018 1h 52m Set in 2018

    A journalist and the thing living in him argue their way through San Francisco.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  67. An upside-down figure falling between blue skyscrapers, glass and snow around him.

    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseEssential

    Movie December 14, 2018 1h 57m Set in Various

    Animated, and the best thing anyone has done with this character on screen.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  68. 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.

  71. 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.

  76. A man in profile against mint green, hands and flowers blooming across his face and coat.

    Legion — Season 3

    Season June 24, 2019 50m Set in Unclear on purpose

    The last one, and the one that finally says what it has been about.

    Fox's mutant television, in its own corner of that continuity.

  77. 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.

  79. 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.

  80. 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 25 titles

  2. Faces of five young people behind torn white handwritten lettering.

    The New Mutants

    Movie August 28, 2020 1h 34m Set in 2010s

    Five young people are held in a facility for their own safety, which is not what is happening.

    A separate universe from the main line. Deadpool & Wolverine made that connection explicit rather than tidy, so this order is a reading of it, not a ruling.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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
  6. Two snarling monster heads, one red and one black, above four faces in a V shape.

    Venom: Let There Be Carnage

    Movie October 1, 2021 1h 37m Set in 2021

    Ninety-seven minutes, one red monster, and a mid-credits scene that mattered more than the film.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. A man's face half in shadow, the other half a snarling pale creature with fangs.

    Morbius

    Movie April 1, 2022 1h 45m Set in 2022

    A doctor cures himself into something worse. Famous mostly for how it was received.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  10. 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
  15. An animated figure in a black and red suit ahead of dozens of others across an orange sky.

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseEssential

    Movie June 2, 2023 2h 20m Set in Various

    The middle chapter, and it ends mid-sentence on purpose.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  16. 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
  17. A woman's face at the centre of a red web, five smaller faces around her.

    Madame Web

    Movie February 14, 2024 1h 57m Set in 2024

    A paramedic starts seeing a few seconds ahead. It does not go anywhere.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  18. 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
  19. A man in profile with a black creature's head rearing behind him against a red sky.

    Venom: The Last Dance

    Movie October 25, 2024 1h 49m Set in 2024

    The last of the three, and it says so in the title.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  20. A bare-chested man in a fur cloak sitting on a throne of branches and skulls.

    Kraven the Hunter

    Movie December 13, 2024 2h 7m Set in 2024

    The last film Sony made in this vein before stopping.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.

  24. A figure in a hat and long coat crouched on a rooftop in the rain, eyes glowing white.

    Spider-Noir — Season 1

    Season May 25, 2026 45m Set in 1930s

    A private detective in a black coat, in black and white, in the Depression.

    A separate continuity with its own version of these characters. Listing them beside the MCU's would merge two people who share a name and nothing else.