MCU release order vs chronological order vs McuWatch order

Release order below is grouped by release year from the McuWatch data; titles that share a year keep their McuWatch order. McuWatch order is a curated preparation order for Avengers: Doomsday. McuWatch does not track in-universe chronological order, so no chronological list is shown here. 51 of 59 titles sit in a different position between the two lists. Fan-made. Not affiliated with Marvel, Disney, or Sony.

Side by side

#	Release order (by year)	McuWatch order
1	X-Men (2000)	Iron Man (2008)
2	X2: X-Men United (2003)	The Incredible Hulk (2008)
3	X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)	Iron Man 2 (2010)
4	Iron Man (2008)	Thor (2011)
5	The Incredible Hulk (2008)	Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
6	Iron Man 2 (2010)	The Avengers (2012)
7	Thor (2011)	Iron Man 3 (2013)
8	Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)	Thor: The Dark World (2013)
9	X-Men: First Class (2011)	Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
10	The Avengers (2012)	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
11	Iron Man 3 (2013)	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
12	Thor: The Dark World (2013)	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
13	Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)	Ant-Man (2015)
14	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)	Captain America: Civil War (2016)
15	X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)	Black Widow (2021)
16	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)	Doctor Strange (2016)
17	Ant-Man (2015)	Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
18	Captain America: Civil War (2016)	Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
19	Doctor Strange (2016)	Black Panther (2018)
20	Deadpool (2016)	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
21	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)	Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
22	Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)	Captain Marvel (2019)
23	Thor: Ragnarok (2017)	Avengers: Endgame (2019)
24	Logan (2017)	Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
25	Black Panther (2018)	WandaVision (2021)
26	Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
27	Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)	Loki Season 1 (2021)
28	Deadpool 2 (2018)	Hawkeye (2021)
29	Captain Marvel (2019)	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
30	Avengers: Endgame (2019)	Eternals (2021)
31	Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
32	Black Widow (2021)	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
33	WandaVision (2021)	Ms. Marvel (2022)
34	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)	Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
35	Loki Season 1 (2021)	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
36	Hawkeye (2021)	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
37	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)	Loki Season 2 (2023)
38	Eternals (2021)	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
39	Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	The Marvels (2023)
40	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)	X-Men (2000)
41	Ms. Marvel (2022)	X2: X-Men United (2003)
42	Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)	X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
43	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)	X-Men: First Class (2011)
44	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)	X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
45	Loki Season 2 (2023)	Deadpool (2016)
46	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)	Logan (2017)
47	The Marvels (2023)	Deadpool 2 (2018)
48	Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)	Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
49	Agatha All Along (2024)	Agatha All Along (2024)
50	Captain America: Brave New World (2025)	Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
51	Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 (2025)	Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 (2025)
52	Thunderbolts* (2025)	Wonder Man (2026)
53	Ironheart (2025)	Thunderbolts* (2025)
54	The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)	Ironheart (2025)
55	Wonder Man (2026)	The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
56	Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 (2026)	Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 (2026)
57	The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)	The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)
58	Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)	Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
59	VisionQuest (2026)	VisionQuest (2026)