With “Deadpool & Wolverine” merging the X-Men and MCU universes in an exciting new way, you might wonder where it fits in the timeline. The movie starts with a flashback to March 2018 (shortly after “Deadpool 2”) and then jumps to March 2024.
According to the official MCU timeline, “Deadpool & Wolverine” happens around the events of “Shang-Chi” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” in spring 2024.
Even though “Deadpool & Wolverine” is an MCU movie, the previous Deadpool and X-Men movies aren’t officially part of the MCU. For those, check out our X-Men movie order guide.
If you want to rewatch the entire MCU before upcoming movies or shows (good luck!), we’ve got a definitive guide for watching everything in the MCU, including movies, TV shows, TV specials, and One-Shot shorts.
MCU Watching Orders
Release Order
Watching the MCU in release order is straightforward and ensures you experience the series as fans did over the years. This order includes movies, TV shows, and shorts.
Phase 1
- Iron Man (May 2008)
- The Incredible Hulk (June 2008)
- Iron Man 2 (April 2010)
- Thor (April 2011)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (July 2011)
- The Avengers (April 2012)
Phase 2
- Iron Man 3 (April 2013)
- Thor: The Dark World (November 2013)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (March 2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (July 2014)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (April 2015)
- Ant-Man (July 2015)
Phase 3
- Captain America: Civil War (April 2016)
- Doctor Strange (October 2016)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (April 2017)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 2017)
- Thor: Ragnarok (October 2017)
- Black Panther (February 2018)
- Avengers: Infinity War (April 2018)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 2018)
- Captain Marvel (March 2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (April 2019)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 2019)
Phase 4
- Black Widow (July 2021)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 2021)
- Eternals (November 2021)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (December 2021)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 2022)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (July 2022)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 2022)
Phase 5
- Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (February 2023)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (May 2023)
- The Marvels (November 2023)
- Deadpool & Wolverine (July 2024)
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Chronological Order
For those who prefer to watch the MCU in the order events occur, here’s the timeline:
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Agent Carter (one-shot on Iron Man 3 DVD)
- Agent Carter (season 1)
- Agent Carter (season 2)
- Captain Marvel (mid-credit scene set after Infinity War)
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 2
- The Incredible Hulk
- The Consultant (one-shot on the Thor DVD)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer (one-shot on Captain America: The First Avenger DVD)
- Thor
- The Avengers (aka Avengers Assemble)
- Item 47 (one-shot on the Avengers Assemble DVD)
- Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 1-7)
- Thor: The Dark World
- Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 8-16)
- Iron Man 3
- All Hail the King (one-shot on the Thor: The Dark World DVD)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Agents of SHIELD (season 1, eps 17-22)
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
- I Am Groot (season 1)
- I Am Groot (season 2)
- Daredevil (season 1)
- Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 1-10)
- Jessica Jones (season 1)
- Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 11-19)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Agents of SHIELD (season 2, eps 20-22)
- Daredevil (season 2, eps 1-4)
- Luke Cage (season 1, eps 1-4)
- Daredevil (season 2, eps 5-11)
- Luke Cage (season 1, eps 5-8)
- Daredevil (season 2, eps 12-13)
- Luke Cage (season 1, eps 9-13)
- Ant-Man
- Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 1-10)
- Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 11-19 – split due to new story arc)
- Iron Fist (season 1)
- Captain America: Civil War
- Team Thor (one-shot on the Captain America: Civil War DVD)
- Team Thor: Part 2 (one-shot on the Doctor Strange DVD)
- Black Widow (watch credits scene after Avengers: Endgame)
- Agents of SHIELD (season 3, eps 20-22)
- The Defenders (season 1)
- Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 1-6)
- Doctor Strange
- Black Panther
- Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 7-8)
- Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot (season 1, eps 1-6)
- Agents of SHIELD (season 4, eps 9-22)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Team Darryl (one-shot on the Thor: Ragnarok DVD)
- Inhumans (season 1)
- The Punisher (season 1)
- Runaways (season 1)
- Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 1-10) – allowing for time travel craziness
- Jessica Jones (season 2)
- Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 11-18)
- Cloak & Dagger (season 1)
- Cloak & Dagger (season 2)
- Luke Cage (season 2)
- Iron Fist (season 2)
- Daredevil (season 3)
- Runaways (season 2)
- The Punisher (season 2)
- Jessica Jones (season 3)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (watch the credits scene after Infinity War)
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Agents of SHIELD (season 5, eps 19-22) – concurrent with Infinity War
- Agents of SHIELD (season 6) – takes place in Endgame’s five-year time jump
- Agents of SHIELD (season 7) – takes place in Endgame’s five-year time jump
- Runaways (season 3) – seems to take place post-Snap mostly
- Avengers: Endgame
- Loki (season 1) (allowing for timey-wimey, alternate timeline weirdness)
- Loki (season 2)
- What If…? (season 1)
- What If…? (season 2)
- WandaVision
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Eternals
- Spider-Man: Far From Home
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Hawkeye (season 1)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (season 1)
- Ms Marvel
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
- Secret Invasion (season 1)
- Echo (season 1)
- Agatha: Darkhold Diaries (season 1)
- The Marvels
- Daredevil: Born Again (season 1)
- Ironheart (season 1)
- Wonder Man (season 1)
- Armor Wars (movie)
- Spider-Man: Freshman Year (season 1)
- Marvel Zombies (season 1)
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Marvel TV Shows Chronological Order
Marvel TV shows set within the MCU occur before, during, or after key movie events. Here’s a quick chronological order for these:
- Agent Carter (S1-S2)
- Agents of SHIELD (S1-7)
- Daredevil (S1-S3)
- Jessica Jones (S1-S3)
- Luke Cage (S1-S2)
- Iron Fist (S1-S2)
- The Defenders
- The Punisher (S1-S2)
- Runaways (S1-S3)
- Cloak & Dagger (S1-S2)
- Inhumans
Disney+ Series in Release Order
- WandaVision
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Loki (S1)
- What If…? (S1)
- Hawkeye
- Moon Knight
- Ms. Marvel
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
- Secret Invasion
- Echo
- Agatha: Darkhold Diaries
- Daredevil: Born Again
- Ironheart
- Armor Wars
- Spider-Man: Freshman Year
- Marvel Zombies
- Loki (S2)
- What If…? (S2)
- I Am Groot (S1-S2)
Enjoy your journey through the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Upcoming MCU movies and TV shows
• Agatha All Along – September 18, 2024
• Captain America: Brave New World – February 14, 2025
• Daredevil: Born Again – March 2025
• Thunderbolts – May 2, 2025
• The Fantastic Four – July 25, 2025
• Blade – November 7, 2025
• Ironheart – 2025
• Avengers 5 – May 1, 2026
• Avengers: Secret Wars – May 7, 2027
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – TBA
• Wonder Man – TBA
• X-Men – TBA
• Armor Wars – TBA
• Marvel Zombies – TBA
• Eyes of Wakanda – TBA
