Timeline
Starting from zero
In what order should I watch?
The first control changes the whole list.
- Release order is how things actually came out, from 2008 onward. It never spoils anything you have not reached.
- Story order is when events happen. Captain Marvel is set in 1995, so it moves in front of Iron Man.
First time? Start with release order.
How much of it do I want?
The second control chooses how much is included. Each step adds to the one before it.
- Films only is the cinema run on its own, which is the spine of the story.
- Plus series adds the television that carries the main story forward. Since 2021 it is not optional.
- Plus everything adds the shorts, the specials, the older television, and the films made by other studios.
To follow the whole story without getting lost, plus series is enough.
What are the separate universes?
Not everything here belongs to the same story.
- The connected run happens on one Earth. Twenty years of X-Men films and the Sony films happen on others, made by other studios under other licences.
- A few entries of the connected run are set elsewhere too, and say so on their own row.
Turn the third control on only when you want those as well.
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The map of connections
Each row is one story, and time runs left to right. A line between two titles means the first sets up the second. The separate universes sit below the divider because they are a different story, not a later part of this one.
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