How long would it take to watch every mcu movie
The Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise brought Stan Lee’s artistic visions to life. There are 23 Marvel movies to date (let’s save the TV shows for later).
if you plan to binge on all these mcu movies, how long will it take you to watch them? Let’s find out.
how long would it take to watch all the marvel movies?
With 23 movies in total, it will take you over two days to finish all the superhero movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And that’s without food or bathroom breaks! here is a full summary.
marvel movie title
official runtimes
iron man
2 hours and 6 minutes
the incredible hulk
1 hour and 52 minutes
iron man 2
2 hours and 4 minutes
tor
1 hour and 55 minutes
captain america: the first avenger
2 hours and 4 minutes
the avengers
2 hours and 23 minutes
iron man 3
2 hours and 10 minutes
thor: the dark world
1 hour and 52 minutes
captain america: the winter soldier
2 hours and 16 minutes
guardians of the galaxy
2 hours and 1 minute
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2 hours and 21 minutes
ant-man
1 hour and 57 minutes
captain america: civil war
2 hours and 27 minutes
strange doctor
1 hour and 55 minutes
guardians of the galaxy vol. 2
2 hours and 16 minutes
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2 hours and 10 minutes
thor: ragnarok
2 hours and 13 minutes
black panther
2 hours and 14 minutes
avengers: infinity war
2 hours and 40 minutes
ant man and the wasp
2 hours and 5 minutes
captain marvel
2 hours and 3 minutes
avengers: endgame
3 hours and 2 minutes
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2 hours and 9 minutes
what is the best order to watch the movies?
We recommend watching these wonderful movies in chronological order if you’re looking for story continuity. we think it would also make more sense.
1. captain america: the first avenger
Launched: 2011
The film introduces us to the vital points of the entire MCU: Stark Industries, the Shield, and the Tesseract that holds one of the Infinity Stones.
2. captain marvel
Launched: 2019
In the movie, we get a glimpse of young Nick Fury and his early years in Shield.
3. iron man
Launched: 2008
after seeing howard stark in captain america: first avenger, we finally meet his son, tony.
4. the incredible hulk
Launched: 2008
the incredible hulk movie is connected to the first two movies as it also features the super soldier show and the avengers initiative.
5. iron man 2
Launched: 2010
nick fury recruits tony star to work with the avengers. We also meet Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, in the movie.
6. thor
Launched: 2011
We finally meet the god of thunder in this film franchise. The film also introduced the character of Hawkeye and the continued presence of Shield.
7. the avengers
Launched: 2012
In the movie, we see all of our Marvel Studios heroes meet for the first time. Of course, there’s also Loki and Eric Selvig.
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8. thor: the dark world
Launched: 2013
The story continues for Thor, Loki and Eric Selvig. In this MCU movie, we see the second Infinity Stone, the Reality Stone, and we’re also introduced to the infamous collector.
9. guardians of the galaxy
Launched: 2014
in guardians of the galaxy, we see thanos and learn that he is looking for the infinity stones. In addition to the dark world, we get acquainted with the cosmic universe of the MCU.
10. guardians of the galaxy vol. 2
Launched: 2017
the film continues with the next adventure of the guardians of the galaxy. we see quill/star lord meeting his alien “father” for the first (and last) time.
11. iron man 3
Launched: 2013
Now that the heroes are back on earth, Tony Stark suddenly experiences bouts of anxiety attacks.
12. captain america: the winter soldier
Launched: 2014
Sharing similarities with Iron Man 3, this movie shows exactly where Shield and Captain America were. we also get to meet falcon for the first time.
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13. avengers: age of ultron
Launched: 2015
In Age of Ultron, we first get a glimpse of the Vision and the Scarlet Witch. it is also seen that tony is fighting to try to protect the earth.
14. ant-man
Launched: 2015
We meet cat thief scott lang as ant-man (thanks to dr. hank pym’s pym particles), who tries to sneak into the avengers compound. we learn that there is a different dimension somewhere in the quantum realm.
15. captain america: civil war
Launched: 2016
This movie continues the story of the age of ultron and gives us more details about the wonderful characters of the scarlet witch and the vision. we first hear about wakanda and the black panther in the movie.
16. black panther
Launched: 2018
In this movie, we learn about the indestructible element vibranium that affected the Wakandan environment. Take note that Howard Stark made Captain America’s shield with this element.
17. spider-man: homecoming
Launched: 2017
The film is set on Earth, with simultaneous appearances by Captain America and Iron Man.
18. ant man and the wasp
Launched: 2018
with ant-man and the wasp, we delve a little deeper into how the quantum realm works.
19. strange doctor
Launched: 2016
The concept of time travel is explained in more detail in this film, along with the idea of magic. we see the fourth infinity stone – the time stone here.
20. thor: ragnarok
Launched: 2017
Just when things were finally starting to come together with Thor and Loki, Thanos invades their ship in his search for the Infinity Stones.
21. avengers: infinity war
Launched: 2018
thanos wishes to restore balance to the universe by disintegrating half of all life forms. nick fury points to an unsung hero.
22. avengers: endgame
Launched: 2019
All the heroes we’ve seen in the previous movies come together to restore the earth, but sacrifices had to be made.
23. spider-man: far from home
Launched: 2019
We see a world without Thanos or Iron Man in Far From Home. Spider-Man also reveals his identity to the public.
so how long would it take you to watch all the mcu movies?
It would take you about 50 hours or about 3,000 minutes to watch the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. if you’re planning a movie marathon over the weekend, make sure you have plenty of popcorn on the side.
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