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Six phases, two sagas
Chronological order
Sorted by the year events take place inside the story. Where a film spans several periods, it is placed at its main setting.
| In-universe | Title | Phase | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942–1945, with a framing sequence in 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Phase 1 | 2011 |
| 1973 and a 2023 dystopian future on Earth-10005, resetting the Fox timeline | X-Men: Days of Future Past | — | 2014 |
| 1995 — the earliest modern-era MCU film, with a 2023 post-credits coda | Captain Marvel | Phase 3 | 2019 |
| 1997 onward in the continuity of X-Men: The Animated Series — not part of the MCU's numbered phases | X-Men '97 | — | 2024 |
| 2010 — the first film chronologically in the MCU's modern era | Iron Man | Phase 1 | 2008 |
| 2011 — roughly a year after Iron Man, running concurrently with Iron Man 2 and Thor | The Incredible Hulk | Phase 1 | 2008 |
| 2011 — six months after Iron Man, concurrent with The Incredible Hulk and Thor | Iron Man 2 | Phase 1 | 2010 |
| 2011 — days after Iron Man 2's stinger, concurrent with The Incredible Hulk | Thor | Phase 1 | 2011 |
| 2012 — the Battle of New York, roughly a year after Thor and Captain America's revival | The Avengers | Phase 1 | 2012 |
| 2013 — roughly a year after The Avengers, with a prologue five thousand years earlier | Thor: The Dark World | Phase 2 | 2013 |
| 2014 — two years after the Battle of New York | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Phase 2 | 2014 |
| 2014 — with a 1988 prologue on Earth | Guardians of the Galaxy | Phase 2 | 2014 |
| 2014 — a few months after the first Guardians film | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Phase 3 | 2017 |
| 2015 — the Battle of Sokovia, roughly a year after The Winter Soldier | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Phase 2 | 2015 |
| 2015 — shortly after the Battle of Sokovia, with a 1989 prologue | Ant-Man | Phase 2 | 2015 |
| 2016 — one year after Sokovia | Captain America: Civil War | Phase 3 | 2016 |
| 2016–2017 — beginning shortly after Civil War and running into Ragnarok | Doctor Strange | Phase 3 | 2016 |
| 2016 — a few months after Civil War, though the film's on-screen '8 years later' card is an acknowledged continuity error | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Phase 3 | 2017 |
| 2016 — one week after Captain America: Civil War, with a 1992 Oakland prologue | Black Panther | Phase 3 | 2018 |
| 2016 — between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, with a 1995 Ohio prologue and a 2024 coda | Black Widow | Phase 4 | 2021 |
| 2017 — two years after Age of Ultron, ending immediately before Infinity War | Thor: Ragnarok | Phase 3 | 2017 |
| 2018 — two years after Civil War, ending with the Snap | Avengers: Infinity War | Phase 3 | 2018 |
| 2018 on Earth-10005, the Fox X-Men timeline, with time-travel excursions | Deadpool 2 | — | 2018 |
| 2018 — immediately before the Snap, ending during it | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Phase 3 | 2018 |
| 2018 and 2023 — beginning days after the Snap, then jumping five years to the post-Blip present | Avengers: Endgame | Phase 3 | 2019 |
| 2023 — roughly three weeks after Avengers: Endgame | WandaVision | Phase 4 | 2021 |
| 2024 — eight months after Endgame, in the post-Blip world | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Phase 3 | 2019 |
| 2024 — six months after Avengers: Endgame | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Phase 4 | 2021 |
| 2024 — after the Blip, contemporary with Hawkeye and Ms. Marvel | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Phase 4 | 2021 |
| 2024 — days after Far From Home's mid-credits reveal | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Phase 4 | 2021 |
| 2024 in Earth-10005, plus the Void and the TVA outside time | Deadpool & Wolverine | Phase 5 | 2024 |
| 2025 — unconnected to any other MCU project, the only series with no crossover characters | Moon Knight | Phase 4 | 2022 |
| 2025 — after Spider-Man: No Way Home and WandaVision | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Phase 4 | 2022 |
| 2025 — contemporary with Hawkeye and Shang-Chi | Ms. Marvel | Phase 4 | 2022 |
| 2025 — after Endgame and roughly concurrent with Wakanda Forever | Thor: Love and Thunder | Phase 4 | 2022 |
| 2025 — after Shang-Chi, roughly concurrent with Ms. Marvel | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Phase 4 | 2022 |
| 2025 — one year after T'Challa's death, roughly concurrent with Thor: Love and Thunder | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Phase 4 | 2022 |
| 2025 — after Thor: Love and Thunder and the Guardians Holiday Special | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Phase 5 | 2023 |
| 2025 — five months after Hawkeye | Echo | Phase 5 | 2024 |
| 2026 — after Wakanda Forever, the furthest forward the MCU had gone at the time | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Phase 5 | 2023 |
| 2026 — after Ms. Marvel, before The Marvels | Secret Invasion | Phase 5 | 2023 |
| 2026 — after Ms. Marvel and Secret Invasion | The Marvels | Phase 5 | 2023 |
| 2026 — three years after WandaVision | Agatha All Along | Phase 5 | 2024 |
| 2026 onward — after Echo and Hawkeye, in a New York under Fisk's mayoralty | Daredevil: Born Again | Phase 5 | 2025 |
| 2026 — after Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ironheart | Phase 5 | 2025 |
| 2026 — contemporary, in a Los Angeles where superhero films are an industry | Wonder Man | Phase 6 | 2026 |
| 2027 — roughly a year after The Marvels and Ms. Marvel | Captain America: Brave New World | Phase 5 | 2025 |
| 2027 — shortly after Captain America: Brave New World | Thunderbolts* | Phase 5 | 2025 |
| 2029 on Earth-TRN414, the divergent future of the Fox X-Men timeline | Logan | — | 2017 |
| 5000 BC to 2024 — the present-day sections take place after the Blip | Eternals | Phase 4 | 2021 |
| An alternate reality distinct from the main MCU timeline, though Doctor Strange appears in the premiere | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | — | 2025 |
| An alternate universe branching from What If…? season one's zombie episode | Marvel Zombies | — | 2025 |
| December 2012 — roughly six months after the Battle of New York, with a 1999 Bern prologue | Iron Man 3 | Phase 2 | 2013 |
| December 2024 — Christmas, after Black Widow's post-credits scene | Hawkeye | Phase 4 | 2021 |
| Earth-1610 and five other universes — outside both the MCU and Sony's live-action films | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | — | 2018 |
| Earth-1610, Earth-65, Nueva York in 2099 and Mumbattan — continuing directly from Into the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | — | 2023 |
| Earth-828, in an alternate 1960s — outside the main MCU timeline, connecting to it in the mid-credits scene | The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Phase 6 | 2025 |
| Expected shortly after Spider-Man: No Way Home, in a world with no memory of Peter Parker | Spider-Man: Brand New Day | Phase 6 | 2026 |
| Expected to follow WandaVision and Agatha All Along, with White Vision reconstructing his pre-Westview memories | Vision Quest | Phase 6 | 2026 |
| Expected to follow Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, converging multiple universes on the main MCU timeline | Avengers: Doomsday | Phase 6 | 2026 |
| Expected directly after Avengers: Doomsday, concluding the Multiverse Saga | Avengers: Secret Wars | Phase 6 | 2027 |
| Expected after Avengers: Secret Wars, launching the post-reset MCU | The X-Men | Phase 7 | 2028 |
| Multiple alternate timelines branching from across the MCU's history | What If…? | Phase 4 | 2021 |
| Outside time, at the TVA — branching from 2012 during Endgame's time heist | Loki | Phase 4 | 2021 |
| Unknown — Blade's only canonical appearance is the voice in Eternals' second post-credits scene | Blade | Phase 6 | 2026 |