Here's a detailed look at the MCU in chronological order, delving deeper into each phase and its offerings:
Phase One (2008-2012):
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): Set during World War II, Steve Rogers, a scrawny young man, is transformed into the super soldier Captain America...
- Iron Man (2008): Playful billionaire Tony Stark becomes Iron Man after being kidnapped by terrorists...
- Iron Man 2 (2010): Tony Stark struggles with balancing his superhero identity with his health issues...
- Thor (2011): The arrogant God of Thunder, Thor, is banished to Earth by his father Odin...
- The Incredible Hulk (2008): Bruce Banner, a scientist on the run after transforming into the green rage monster Hulk...
- The Avengers (2012): Loki, Thor's adopted brother, attempts to conquer Earth with an alien army...
Phase Two (2013-2015):
- Iron Man 3 (2013): Tony Stark struggles with PTSD after the events of The Avengers...
- Thor: The Dark World (2013): Thor returns to Asgard to stop Malekith, a dark elf who wants to plunge the Nine Realms into eternal darkness...
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): Captain America and Black Widow uncover a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D....
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): Peter Quill, a space outlaw, teams up with a ragtag group of aliens...
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): Tony Stark creates Ultron, an artificial intelligence designed to protect Earth...
- Ant-Man (2015): Scott Lang, a former thief, is recruited by Hank Pym and Hope van Dyne to become Ant-Man...
Phase Three (2016-2019):
- Captain America: Civil War (2016): The Sokovia Accords, an international treaty regulating enhanced individuals, creates a rift among the Avengers...
- Doctor Strange (2016): Stephen Strange, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon, loses his career in a car accident and seeks healing in the Himalayas...
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017): The Guardians search for Peter Quill's father, Ego, a living planet with hidden motives...
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017): Peter Parker, a teenager bitten by a radioactive spider, becomes Spider-Man and navigates his newfound abilities...
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017): Thor loses his hammer Mjolnir and Asgard is destroyed by Hela, his vengeful older sister...
- Black Panther (2018): T'Challa returns to Wakanda, a technologically advanced African nation, after his father's death...
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018): Thanos, a powerful warlord, seeks to collect the Infinity Stones, artifacts of immense power...
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018): Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne team up as Ant-Man and the Wasp to rescue Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne...
- Captain Marvel (2019): Carol Danvers, a former Kree soldier with amnesia, rediscovers her past and her true potential as Captain Marvel...
Phase Four (2021-Present):
- WandaVision (2021): Wanda Maximoff and Vision live an idyllic suburban life, but the reality they've created begins to unravel, revealing a strange and dangerous mystery...
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021): Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes team up to take on a new global threat and determine who will next wield Captain America's shield...
- Loki (2021): Loki escapes with the Tesseract during the time heist in Avengers: Endgame and creates havoc across different timelines...
- Black Widow (2021): Natasha Romanoff confronts her dark past as she reunites with her adoptive family, the Red Room assassins...
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021): Shang-Chi, trained in martial arts by his father, must confront his past and the legacy of the Ten Rings...
- Eternals (2021): A group of ancient, immortal aliens called Eternals who have been living on Earth for millennia emerge from hiding to confront a Celestial, a giant cosmic being that threatens...
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021): Peter Parker seeks Doctor Strange's help to erase the world's memory of his identity as Spider-Man, but the spell goes wrong...
- Hawkeye (2021): Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye, teams up with Kate Bishop, a young archer who wants to become a hero...
- Moon Knight (2022): Steven Grant, a mild-mannered museum gift shop employee, discovers he has dissociative identity disorder...
- Ms. Marvel (2022): Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teenager and Captain Marvel fangirl, gains superpowers and becomes Ms. Marvel...
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022): Doctor Strange casts a forbidden spell to help Peter Parker, but it fractures the multiverse...
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022): Thor embarks on a journey of self-discovery with Valkyrie, Korg, and a new weapon – Stormbreaker...
- Werewolf by Night (2022): A black-and-white horror special set in the MCU, where a group of monster hunters gather to compete for a powerful relic...
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022): The Guardians travel to Earth to celebrate Christmas with Star-Lord's old friend, Kevin Bacon...