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Here's a quick look at all Marvel movies released across phases in chronological order
Over the course of a little more than a decade, the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) managed to keep its fans enthralled. The Marvel movies universe commenced with Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man and then introduced the key players of the universe, including the core Avengers, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Hulk and Black Widow. While we had to say goodbye to many favourites in this journey, the MCU brought forth new characters and has plans for more complex phases in its MCU. Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania, has kickstarted Phase 5.
Table of Contents
| Title | IMDB rating | Release date |
| PHASE 1 | ||
| Iron Man | 7.9/10 | May 1, 2008 |
| The Incredible Hulk | 6.6/10 | June 20,2008 |
| Iron Man 2 | 6.9/10 | May 7, 2010 |
| Thor | 7/10 | April 29,2011 |
| Captain America The First Avenger | 6.9/10 | July 29, 2011 |
| The Avengers | 8/10 | April 27, 2012 |
| PHASE 2 | ||
| Iron Man 3 | 7.1/10 | April 2014, 2013 |
| Thor The Dark World | 6.8/10 | Nov 8, 2013 |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | 7.8/10 | April 4, 2014 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 8/10 | August 8, 2014 |
| Avengers Age of Ultron | 7.3/10 | April 24, 2015 |
| Ant-Man | 7.3/10 | July 24, 2015 |
| PHASE 3 | ||
| Captain America: Civil War | 7.8/10 | May 6, 2016 |
| Doctor Strange | 7.5/10 | Nov 4, 2016 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 | 7.6/10 | May 5, 2017 |
| Spider-Man: The Homecoming | 7.4/10 | July 5, 2017 |
| Thor Ragnarok | 7.9/10 | Nov 3, 2017 |
| Black Panther | 7.3/10 | Feb 14, 2018 |
| Avengers: The Infinity War | 8.4/10 | April 24, 2018 |
| Ant Man and the Wasp | 7/10 | July 13, 2018 |
| Captain Marvel | 6.8/10 | March 8, 2019 |
| Avengers Endgame | 8.4/10 | April 26, 2019 |
| Spider-Man Far From Home | 7.4/10 | July 2, 2019 |
| PHASE 4 | ||
| Black Widow | 6.7/10 | July 9, 2021 |
| Shang Chi The Legend of the Ten Rings | 7.4/10 | Sept 2, 2021 |
| The Eternals | 6.3/10 | Nov 5, 2021 |
| Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 6.9/10 | May 6, 2022 |
| Thor Love and Thunder | 6.3/10 | July 6, 2022 |
| Black Panther Wakanda Forever | 6.8/10 | Nov 11, 2022 |
It's the film that started it all. Starring Robert Downey Jr as Iron, Man the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe follows billionaire Tony Stark as he builds a suit of armour to escape from activity. The superhero Iron Man is born, paving the way for the rest of the MCU films. Iron Man grossed over $585 million and became the highest-grossing film of 2008.
Before Mark Ruffalo became the green monster that we've grown to love, Edward Norton took on the role of Bruce Banner. The film, also starring Liv Tyler, sees Banner becoming a reluctant pawn in the military scheme to revive the Super Soldier program. Banner escapes from the military, as he battles with the Hulk within him.
A sequel to the first Iron Man, the film sees Tony Stark evading calls from the US government to hand over the Iron Man technology as his health suffers a serious decline. While the film received much praise, it was considered rather inferior in quality to the first film. Nevertheless, it grossed over $623 million at the worldwide box office.
Directed by Kenneth Branagh, Thor saw Chris Hemsworth take on the role of the powerful Norse God, who is banished from his kingdom of Asgard after reigniting a war. His brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) conspires to usurp the throne, and Thor has to prove himself worthy. The film also starred Natalie Portman.
Directed by John Johnston, the film sees Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, a physically weak man, who is transformed into the super soldier Captain America and is tasked with preventing the enemy Red Skull from using the Tesseract, to overtake the world. The film also starred Hayley Atwell and Sebastian Stan.
All the superheroes including Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) join forces to prevent Thor's brother Loki from conquering Earth. The film grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, breaking new records at the global box office and becoming the first Marvel film to generate 1 billion in sales.
With the events of The Avengers film still fresh in his mind, Tony Stark has a new series of challenges as he has to deal with a national terrorism campaign in the United States, led by the Mandarin. Jon Favreau, who had directed the first two Iron Man films, did not return for the third film, which was instead helmed by Shane Black.
The second film in the Thor franchise, and possibly the most condemned, Thor The Dark World sees Loki being punished for his crimes in The Avengers film. However, darker forces are at play, and once again Thor and Loki need to set aside their differences as they venture to save the Nine Realms from the Dark Elves.
While Steve Rogers struggles to adjust to his new life while working at S.H.I.E.L.D., he is compelled to join forces with Black Widow and Falcon (Anthony Mackie) as they uncover the truth about an assassin named The Winter Soldier. The film was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo.
Leaving the Earth aside for a bit, Marvel introduced the Guardians to us - a group of intergalactic misfits, Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), Groot (Vin Diesel) and Drax (Dave Bautista). Directed by James Gunn, the film sees the group going on the run after tracking down the Power Stone.
The Avengers are back, and they encounter Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, both of whom have tragic backstories. Events spin out of control after Tony Stark and Bruce Banner's 'Ultron' defence plan goes haywire as the artificial intelligence plans to eradicate the earth of all humanity.
Starring Paul Rudd as Ant-Man aka Scott Lang, a thief, the film sees Lang trying to protect Hank Pym's Ant-Man shrinking technology. The film also starred Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas and was the final film of Phase 2 of the MCU.
The Avengers suffer an irreparable rift as they disagree over the international oversight in the aftermath of the Ultron debacle. As the UN plans to pass the Sokovia Accords, the Avengers are fractured into two opposing groups, one led by Tony Stark and the other led by Steve Rogers.
A little bit of sorcery was missing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the introduction of Benedict Cumberbatch's arrogant Dr Strange filled that void. The film follows Strange, a narcissistic surgeon, who suffers an accident. This life-changing incident leads him to the mystic arts. The film also stars Benedict Wong and Rachel McAdams.
Directed by James Gunn, the film sees the return of the Guardians, who are more of a close-knit family now, though Gamora still struggles to understand her sister Nebula (Karen Gillian). The power-crazed Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin) assumes more significance in the film, paving the way for his role later on.
Much to the joy of fans, Marvel acquired the rights to Spider-Man, the popular neighbourhood web-slinging hero. Starring Tom Holland, the film sees his training by Tony Stark as he struggles to understand his newfound powers. The film also stars Zendaya as MJ.
Directed by Taika Waititi, the third film in the franchise was a sharp divergence from the previous films in tone and story. Thor Ragnarok sees the introduction of Cate Blanchett's insidious Hela, Thor and Loki's sister. The two brothers must combine forces again and escape from the planet of Sakaar and save Asguard from Hela and the impending Ragnarok.
Directed by Ryan Coogler, the MCU shifted focus to the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda, where T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) is crowned king. However, he faces a dire threat from Michael Jordan's Killmonger, who has different plans for the nation.
Thanos is on the hunt for the six infinity stones, as he plans to snap away half the universe. The Avengers and Guardians begin a fight to the death to stop him, but with unsuccessful results. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, the film received praise for its performance and emotional weight. It grossed over $2 billion worldwide.
A brief relief from the wounds caused by Avengers Infinity War, the film introduced the Quantum Realm, as the two superheroes struggle to save Janet Von Dyne from the Quantum Realm.
A clear set-up for the events of Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson, follows the backstory of the popular Marvel character as she struggles to piece the memories of her past together. The film sees her caught in the centre of a galactic conflict between two alien civilisations.
The remaining Avengers grieve the loss of their teammates in the wake of Thanos's destruction. Five years later, Scott Lang accidentally returns from the Quantum Realm and finds a new world to deal with---and decides to pull the 'time heist' with the rest of the Avengers and bring back the rest of the superheroes. It's a final showdown between the Avengers and Thanos and was also the final appearance for Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man.
After the rather bittersweet conclusion to Avengers Endgame, the film sees Peter Parker returning to school and trying to recover from losing his mentor, Tony Stark. As he questions his capabilities as a superhero while holidaying with his classmates in Europe, a new villain is at work and has a rather devious plan at hand.
Natasha Romanoff finally gets her own film---though it is not quite the origins story as one would expect. The sequence of Black Widow somehow takes place just after the events of Captain America Civil War and sees Natasha coming to terms with her tragic past before she became an Avenger.
Starring Simu Liu and Awkwafina, the film is a first for Asian culture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and follows Shang-chi as he gets entangled in the Ten Rings organisation. During this journey, he also confronts his past.
An ambitious project with a star-studded cast including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiliani, The Eternals introduces the immortal aliens who emerge from hiding to protect the Earth from ancient counterparts, named the Deviants. However, the film received poor ratings and reviews.
Doctor Strange returns to save the multiverse-hopping teenager America Chevez from the hands of a simmering Wanda Maximoff, who is still grieving the loss of Vision and her children. Strange travels the multiverse while Wanda unleashes destruction and murder everywhere.
The fourth film in the Thor franchise sees Thor struggling to find peace with himself. However, there isn't enough time for that, as he needs to find Valkyrie and Korg to prevent Gor The God Butcher from murdering all Gods.
Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film, which explores the grief in the wake of Chadwick Boseman's death, sees Letitia Wright's Shuri take on the mantle of the Black Panther after Namor declares war on Wakanda.