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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 12 titles

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

The 2010s 29 titles

  3. 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.

  4. 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. 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.

  15. 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.

  18. 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.

  20. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 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.

  25. 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.

  28. 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.

  29. 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 7 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. Baby Groot lounging in a tiny lounge chair beside a small palm tree.

    I Am Groot — Season 1

    Season August 10, 2022 20m Set in Various

    Five very short animated shorts about a small tree causing problems.