Five years after losing, the survivors get one attempt to undo it.
The first hour is the unusual part: a film about defeat, grief and the shapes people take when they stop trying. The plan does not begin until the survivors have been shown living with having failed.
It is the end of the run that started in 2008, and it assumes all of it. Watching it without the films before it is technically possible and mostly pointless.
Show detailsIt came back, with four minutes that did not exist
Endgame has been re-released twice, and the second time matters.
In 2019 it returned with seven minutes after the credits: a tribute to Stan Lee, an unfinished deleted scene, and the opening of Spider-Man: Far From Home. Nothing in it changed the film.
On 25 September 2026 it returns as Avengers Endgame: Encore, with a custom introduction, new footage and a new post-credits scene, about four minutes in all. Joe Russo called that re-release “critically important” and said he believed it was “required viewing” to follow the story of Avengers: Doomsday. The new material plays in the IMAX and Infinity Vision screenings, which also carry a further look at Doomsday.
This catalogue keeps one entry per title rather than one per cut, so the runtime above is the film as it was released. The four minutes are not counted in it.
Who is in it
- Alexander PierceSecretary of the World Security CouncilRobert Redford
- Bruce BannerHulkEdward Norton, Mark Ruffalo
- Bucky BarnesThe Winter SoldierSebastian Stan
- Carol DanversCaptain MarvelBrie Larson
- Cassie LangStatureAbby Ryder Fortson, Emma Fuhrmann, Kathryn Newton
- Clint BartonHawkeyeJeremy Renner
- Drax the DestroyerThe DestroyerDave Bautista
- Edwin JarvisThe butlerJames D'Arcy
- F.R.I.D.A.Y.J.A.R.V.I.S.'s replacementKerry Condon
- FriggaQueen of AsgardRene Russo, Chanique Greyling
- GamoraThe deadliest woman in the galaxyZoe Saldaña
- GrootI am GrootVin Diesel
- Hank PymThe original Ant-ManMichael Douglas
- Happy HoganHead of security, then of everything elseJon Favreau
- Hope van DyneThe WaspEvangeline Lilly
- Howard the DuckThe Collector's specimenSeth Green
- James RhodesWar MachineDon Cheadle
- Jasper SitwellAgent SitwellMaximiliano Hernández, Adam Faison
- KorgKronanTaika Waititi
- Loki LaufeysonGod of MischiefTom Hiddleston
- M'BakuLeader of the JabariWinston Duke
- MantisEmpathPom Klementieff
- Maria HillFury's right handCobie Smulders
- May ParkerAunt MayMarisa Tomei
- Natasha RomanoffBlack WidowScarlett Johansson
- NebulaNebulaKaren Gillan
- Ned LeedsThe best friendJacob Batalon
- Nick FuryDirector of S.H.I.E.L.D.Samuel L. Jackson
- OkoyeGeneral of the Dora MilajeDanai Gurira
- Peggy CarterStrategic Scientific ReserveHayley Atwell, Gabriella Graves
- Pepper PottsRescueGwyneth Paltrow
- Peter ParkerSpider-ManTom Holland, Max Favreau
- Peter QuillStar-LordChris Pratt
- RamondaQueen MotherAngela Bassett
- RocketRocket RaccoonBradley Cooper
- Sam WilsonFalcon, then Captain AmericaAnthony Mackie
- Scott LangAnt-ManPaul Rudd
- ShuriPrincess of WakandaLetitia Wright
- Stephen StrangeDoctor StrangeBenedict Cumberbatch
- Steve RogersCaptain AmericaChris Evans
- T'ChallaBlack PantherChadwick Boseman
- Thaddeus RossRed HulkWilliam Hurt, Harrison Ford
- ThanosThe Mad TitanJosh Brolin
- The Ancient OneSorcerer SupremeTilda Swinton
- Thor OdinsonThorChris Hemsworth
- ValkyrieKing of New AsgardTessa Thompson
- Wanda MaximoffScarlet WitchElizabeth Olsen
- WongSorcerer SupremeBenedict Wong
How it connects
Watching these first makes this one land.
Sources
Facts last checked on Sep 7, 2026
Released: April 26, 2019