What films and TV shows to watch before the release of Avengers Doomsday?
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Forsaken-Trade-80822025-11-08 21:56
Loki
Objective_Hornet_6862025-11-08 21:59
Loki, Shang-Chi, No Way Home, Multiverse of Madness, Ms. Marvel, Wakanda Forever, Loki S2, The Marvels, Deadpool & Wolverine, Thunderbolts*, and Fantastic Four from this saga. Although Loki, NWH, MoM, Thunderbolts*, and F4 are the most important if limited for time.
Sam_Herneld2025-11-08 22:38
I font see how stuff like Ms. Marvel and Wakanda Forever are gonna be neccesary
Any-Transition952025-11-08 23:03
Definitely not Ms Marvel, since The Marvels did the job pretty well to introduce her. Wakanda Forever is not plot important, but it does introduce Shuri and Namor's dynamic for Doomsday. It's skippable, but probably just need to read the Wiki real quick.
Sam_Herneld2025-11-09 00:28
Holy shit I thought said Eyes of Wakanda Mb guys😭
Objective_Hornet_6862025-11-09 13:12
Figured Ms. Marvel might be important because of the bangles, which along with the Ten Rings, have been speculated to be connected to Kang and/or Doom.
ich-bin-on-that-shit2025-11-08 23:27
You’re right. That’s Tchalla in that slim feminine Black Panther suit.
JyconX2025-11-09 01:53
Wakanda Forever is necessary, because it set up Shuri's, M'Baku's and Namor's situations before they appear in Doomsday.
Sam_Herneld2025-11-09 02:03
Mb I thought it said eyes of Wakanda
Gon_Snow2025-11-08 22:08
Whichever you want at this point. The MCU of 2026 isn’t the mcu of 2019
Careless_Royal82092025-11-08 22:26
The only Disney shows I've seen are WandaVision and Falcan & Winter Soldier, and the only movies I've seen since Endgame are Spider-Man: Far From Home & No Way Home, Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Shang-Chi, Black Widow and Fantastic Four.
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-08 22:45
You need to watch Loki.
It is the number 1 thing that is required viewing imo
Any-Transition952025-11-08 23:06
Honestly, you had it pretty nice. Could probably add Loki, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Thunderbolts to the list, and you're good. Those are good projects too.
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-08 22:44
All
Imaginary_Bed_90612025-11-09 06:40
I guarantee you 90% of people watching avengers doomsday in theatres won't know about every single one of the shows and films marvel released after endgame
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-09 06:41
90 is a bit high but ya most prob won’t have seen everything
Neo-revo2025-11-13 16:23
Its getting mini series that bother me. I dint want to subscribe to Disney. After watching a few of the new movies abs investigations into wtf was happening. Like im actually supposed to have watched some of these things to really ' understand'
Biggest gripes from this. Just watching the movies, Wanda is suddenly evil. The America Chavez introduction was mostly im useless, till the end.. and then in the marvels kinda the same but the movie still kinda 'makes sense' but is also bleh at least compared to how much i thought capt marvel was actually a decent watch.
Eternals was a great film but suffers from isolation. Like how did none of the other heros of earth never encounter any of them at any point. And did the problem really develop so fast into resolution that none showed up at any point. I know they mention the avengers at some point in passing conversation. But I feel like they even could have split to movie into two. A cool prehistory marvel adventure ( not the shortcut used) and then this new present one in the avengers world. Alas the movie wasn't as bad as the trailers led on imo.
Gambitismyheart2025-11-09 15:05
Agreed.
unreasonable-frog2025-11-08 23:05
Frasier, Seasons 2-4
Meizas2025-11-09 00:36
Not season 1? 😂
comehereyoudevillog2025-11-12 00:44
No the first season is weird, he has long hair, it’ll really fuck with your mind when you see it.
RaidenHero1372025-11-11 05:27
honestly all of it. just finished it a little bit a go and i loved it so much i was sad when i was done (dont watch the new one, niles and dafney dont come back and its mainly new characters)
Any-Transition952025-11-08 23:07
None of these are necessary for Doomsday, other than maybe F4, which is an already popular team that doesn't need introduction, and the plot is self contained. It's a good movie, but not required viewing.
Comfortable_Breads2025-11-08 23:19
You need F4 if you haven’t read the f4 comics bc of Franklin
Any-Transition952025-11-08 23:29
Ok, fair point.
Ordinary-Chain-80472025-11-09 00:14
Thunderbolts literally has the new Avengers be created
Any-Transition952025-11-09 00:55
Thunderbolts isn't on the list above, which is what OP asked. It was part of Phase 5.
suhhdude452025-11-09 00:03
All of it? The buildup is what makes Avengers movies work.
Ordinary-Chain-80472025-11-09 00:12
Imma also give you all the stuff to watch before Spider-Man as well but most of it’s for Doomsday
Falcon and Winter Soldier
Wanda vision
Loki
Black Widow (for Thunderbolts)
Shang Chi
Eternals (for BNW which is important
Hawkeye (for Yelena and Kingpin)
Moon knight (kinda there’s this scene where he goes to this place that looks like Latveria and even has a castle there that looks like Dooms palace)
No Way home
Dr Strange 2
Ms Marvel
Wakanda forever
Ant man 3 (probably not important but put it just in case)
The Marvels
Echo (cuz Daredevil and Kingpin appear)
Deadpool and Wolverine
Brave New World
Daredevil BA
Thunderbolts
Fantastic Four
Whatever else comes out like the Punisher special and the next season of BA
What if shows off some of the other earths but not important
threemo2025-11-09 00:25
We don’t know, it doesn’t even come out for another year.
Meizas2025-11-09 00:37
Weirdly, not a lot of the ones on this graphic. I doubt any of the animated ones will tie in, and I'm not sure if they'll bring Daredevil or Publisher in for whatever reason
ricardo510682025-11-09 01:06
Anything you want. They are probably gonna try to make the film as begginer friendly as possible. If I were to say the ones that are important:
Infinity and Endgame - The end of the Infinity Saga and leads to the Multiverse Saga as well as Doomsday
Loki S1 and S2 - The most important show in the saga arguably and introduces main elements of the multiverse.
Shang-Chi - Introduction to the character and he shows up in Doomsday.
Spider-Man: Far From Home - Leads to No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home - Multiverse elements and will lead to Spider-Man: Brand New Day which should be important too.
Wandavision - Gives lots of important context that leads to Dr Strange 2 and Agatha
Dr Strange: Into The Multiverse of Madness - Important multiverse elements. Likely Strange shows up in Doomsday.
Thor: Love and Thunder - Re-introduces Thor and points him to a new direction. Hs shows up in Doomsday.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Establishes Shuri and Namor roles who are in Doomsday.
Ant-Man: Quantumania - Ant-Man story that set up Kang as the big bad before pivoting to Doom. Still old elements of Kang could be changed for Doomsday.
The Marvels - Re-introduces Kamala after her show and an important post credit scene that leads to Doomsday.
Deadpool and Wolverine - Multiverse elements and re-introduces Deadpool and Wolverine who likey will show up in Doomsday.
Captain America: Brave New World - Sets up Sam Wilson as Captain America going forward and shows up in Doomsday.
Thunderbolts - Re-introduces several characters and Bob who will play a role in Doomsday. Has a important post credit scene for Doomsday.
Fantastic Four: First Steps - Introduces the Fantastic Four. Arguably the most important movie in the Multiverse Saga to watch for Doomsday. Has a important post credit scene for Doomsday.
_Prussian2025-11-09 02:40
That's a great list of choices! With all the Doomsday rumors and news coming out, I thought it would be a good time to watch important build up to the film.
HenryOnYt12025-11-09 03:11
funny how you didn't mention gambit for deadpool and wolverine, a character that's been confirmed to be in the movie lol
JDMagican2025-11-09 01:19
All of them
JyconX2025-11-09 01:49
All the projects where either some of the characters have last appeared before Doomsday or Secret Wars, or where multiverse elements have appeared.
From movies, I'd list all except Eternals and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (I do list Black Widow though, because of it being prequel to Thunderbolts*).
And from Disney+ series, I'd list WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki and Ms. Marvel (Loki is the only one directly leading to Doomsday, while the other three act as prequels to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Marvels and Captain America: Brave New World, and partially for Thunderbolts* too). The list may change later, depending on whether any more characters introduced in series may end up appearing in Doomsday or Secret Wars.
HenryOnYt12025-11-09 03:12
no one mentioned the 2000s x-men movie, so i guess watch that if you wanna cheer and know who the hell they are
bchec2025-11-09 03:39
Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Loki are the most important plot & lore-wise for the film (imo).
The Marvels, Shang-Chi, BP: Wakanda Forever & Captain America Brave New World might be helpful too just for character context, since most of the main cast for these will be appearing. And The Marvels end credit will more than likely have a direct follow-up in Doomsday.
RaZkOL952025-11-09 04:16
Anything not marvel. You’re welcome
Objective_Ad44962025-11-09 09:10
Watch all of it but exclude the powers tv show pr 2000s marvel expect:Howard the duck and blade. Also Helstrom isn’t important I can send you an in depth list
the_vole2025-11-09 11:06
This may surprise you, but none of us have seen Doomsday yet.
Forsaken_Tip_5962025-11-09 15:17
Assuming you’ve seen the Infinity Saga, I would start with Avengers: Infinity War & Avengers Endgame double feature. Then I would do the following in order:
Loki Season 1
Loki Season 2
WandaVision
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Deadpool & Wolverine
Agatha All Along
The Marvels
Daredevil: Born Again Season 1
Captain America: Brave New World (this 1 is optional)
Thunderbolts*
Fantastic Four: 1st Steps
WheedMBoise2025-11-09 20:01
Genuinely, knowing Doomsday is heading directly into secret wars, pretty much anything Marvel has made (or anything made with Marvel characters outside the MCU) can potentially be tied to these. You probably won’t NEED to watch that stuff first, but it’ll add to the experience
Additional_Law96752025-11-10 13:19
Loki both Seasons
Thunderbolts
Brave New World
F4
(The plot essential ones)
Wakanda Forever
Shang Chi
Deadpool and Wolverine
(Recommended for the cast)
Armandonerd2025-11-10 15:05
All of them
santa99912025-11-11 17:52
Would bet the only things here that need to be seen are fantastic four and Spider-Man
comehereyoudevillog2025-11-12 00:46
Hopefully none, the required reading days better be over
Supreme_Moharn2025-11-13 16:05
What, wonder man is released already?
Alarmed_Ad_30022025-11-14 07:21
If you don’t watch FF you’re a bozo.
jak25952025-11-23 14:22
ONLY FOR THE MENTALLY UNSTABLE COMPLETIONISTS
FULL LIST(hopefully haven't missed any)
-Movies-
1980s
Howard the Duck (1986) – Lucasfilm/Universal
The Punisher (1989) – New World Pictures
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1990s
Captain America (1990)
The Fantastic Four (1994) – the unreleased Roger Corman version
Blade (1998) – New Line Cinema
2000s
Blade II (2002)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Daredevil (2003) – Fox
Elektra (2005) – Fox
Hulk (2003) – Universal
The Punisher (2004) – Lionsgate
Man-Thing (2005)
Fantastic Four (2005) – Fox
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) – Fox
Ghost Rider (2007) – Sony
Punisher: War Zone (2008) – Lionsgate
X-Men Universe
(Listing all in chronological order)
X-Men (2000)
X2 (2003)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
The Wolverine (2013)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Deadpool (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Logan (2017)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
The New Mutants (2020)
Sony Spider-Man Universe (including Venom, SSU but hopefully not)
-Raimi Trilogy
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
-Amazing Spider-Man Films
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
-Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU)(Venom ok but others watch at your own risk)
Commentaires
It is the number 1 thing that is required viewing imo
Biggest gripes from this. Just watching the movies, Wanda is suddenly evil. The America Chavez introduction was mostly im useless, till the end.. and then in the marvels kinda the same but the movie still kinda 'makes sense' but is also bleh at least compared to how much i thought capt marvel was actually a decent watch.
Eternals was a great film but suffers from isolation. Like how did none of the other heros of earth never encounter any of them at any point. And did the problem really develop so fast into resolution that none showed up at any point. I know they mention the avengers at some point in passing conversation. But I feel like they even could have split to movie into two. A cool prehistory marvel adventure ( not the shortcut used) and then this new present one in the avengers world. Alas the movie wasn't as bad as the trailers led on imo.
Falcon and Winter Soldier
Wanda vision
Loki
Black Widow (for Thunderbolts)
Shang Chi
Eternals (for BNW which is important
Hawkeye (for Yelena and Kingpin)
Moon knight (kinda there’s this scene where he goes to this place that looks like Latveria and even has a castle there that looks like Dooms palace)
No Way home
Dr Strange 2
Ms Marvel
Wakanda forever
Ant man 3 (probably not important but put it just in case)
The Marvels
Echo (cuz Daredevil and Kingpin appear)
Deadpool and Wolverine
Brave New World
Daredevil BA
Thunderbolts
Fantastic Four
Whatever else comes out like the Punisher special and the next season of BA
What if shows off some of the other earths but not important
Infinity and Endgame - The end of the Infinity Saga and leads to the Multiverse Saga as well as Doomsday
Loki S1 and S2 - The most important show in the saga arguably and introduces main elements of the multiverse.
Shang-Chi - Introduction to the character and he shows up in Doomsday.
Spider-Man: Far From Home - Leads to No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home - Multiverse elements and will lead to Spider-Man: Brand New Day which should be important too.
Wandavision - Gives lots of important context that leads to Dr Strange 2 and Agatha
Dr Strange: Into The Multiverse of Madness - Important multiverse elements. Likely Strange shows up in Doomsday.
Thor: Love and Thunder - Re-introduces Thor and points him to a new direction. Hs shows up in Doomsday.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Establishes Shuri and Namor roles who are in Doomsday.
Ant-Man: Quantumania - Ant-Man story that set up Kang as the big bad before pivoting to Doom. Still old elements of Kang could be changed for Doomsday.
The Marvels - Re-introduces Kamala after her show and an important post credit scene that leads to Doomsday.
Deadpool and Wolverine - Multiverse elements and re-introduces Deadpool and Wolverine who likey will show up in Doomsday.
Captain America: Brave New World - Sets up Sam Wilson as Captain America going forward and shows up in Doomsday.
Thunderbolts - Re-introduces several characters and Bob who will play a role in Doomsday. Has a important post credit scene for Doomsday.
Fantastic Four: First Steps - Introduces the Fantastic Four. Arguably the most important movie in the Multiverse Saga to watch for Doomsday. Has a important post credit scene for Doomsday.
From movies, I'd list all except Eternals and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (I do list Black Widow though, because of it being prequel to Thunderbolts*).
And from Disney+ series, I'd list WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki and Ms. Marvel (Loki is the only one directly leading to Doomsday, while the other three act as prequels to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Marvels and Captain America: Brave New World, and partially for Thunderbolts* too). The list may change later, depending on whether any more characters introduced in series may end up appearing in Doomsday or Secret Wars.
The Marvels, Shang-Chi, BP: Wakanda Forever & Captain America Brave New World might be helpful too just for character context, since most of the main cast for these will be appearing. And The Marvels end credit will more than likely have a direct follow-up in Doomsday.
Loki Season 1
Loki Season 2
WandaVision
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Deadpool & Wolverine
Agatha All Along
The Marvels
Daredevil: Born Again Season 1
Captain America: Brave New World (this 1 is optional)
Thunderbolts*
Fantastic Four: 1st Steps
Thunderbolts
Brave New World
F4
(The plot essential ones)
Wakanda Forever
Shang Chi
Deadpool and Wolverine
(Recommended for the cast)
FULL LIST(hopefully haven't missed any)
-Movies-
1980s
Howard the Duck (1986) – Lucasfilm/Universal
The Punisher (1989) – New World Pictures
---
1990s
Captain America (1990)
The Fantastic Four (1994) – the unreleased Roger Corman version
Blade (1998) – New Line Cinema
2000s
Blade II (2002)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Daredevil (2003) – Fox
Elektra (2005) – Fox
Hulk (2003) – Universal
The Punisher (2004) – Lionsgate
Man-Thing (2005)
Fantastic Four (2005) – Fox
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) – Fox
Ghost Rider (2007) – Sony
Punisher: War Zone (2008) – Lionsgate
X-Men Universe
(Listing all in chronological order)
X-Men (2000)
X2 (2003)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
The Wolverine (2013)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Deadpool (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Logan (2017)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
The New Mutants (2020)
Sony Spider-Man Universe (including Venom, SSU but hopefully not)
-Raimi Trilogy
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
-Amazing Spider-Man Films
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
-Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU)(Venom ok but others watch at your own risk)
Venom (2018)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
Morbius (2022)
Madame Web (2024)
Venom: The Last Dance (2024)
Kraven the Hunter (2024)
--Marvel Cinematic Universe (Marvel Studios)(2008–present)
Phase 1
Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Thor (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The Avengers (2012)
Phase 2
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)
Phase 3
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Black Panther (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Phase 4
Black Widow (2021)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Eternals (2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Phase 5
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
The Marvels (2023)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Thunderbolts* (2025)
Fantastic 4: First steps (2025)
Spider-Man: Brand new day (2026)
-Tv Shows-
-ABC Series
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020)
Agent Carter (2015–2016)
Inhumans (2017)
-Netflix – The Defenders Saga
Daredevil (2015–2018)
Jessica Jones (2015–2019)
Luke Cage (2016–2018)
Iron Fist (2017–2018)
The Defenders (2017)
The Punisher (2017–2019)
Hulu
Runaways (2017–2019)
Cloak & Dagger (2018–2019) is MCU-adjacent and crossed over with Runaways.
-FX
Legion (2017–2019)
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-MARVEL STUDIOS (Fully Canon, Primary MCU Continuity)(Disney+)
WandaVision (2021)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Loki – Season 1 (2021) ⭐
What If…? – Season 1 (2021)
Hawkeye (2021)
Moon Knight (2022)
Ms. Marvel (2022)
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
I Am Groot (2022, shorts)
Werewolf by Night (2022, special)
Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
Loki – Season 2 (2023) ⭐
(One of the most important Multiverse Saga titles)
Secret Invasion (2023)
Echo (2024)
X-Men ’97 (2024–, animated but canon multiverse)
What If…? – Season 2 (2023)
Agatha All Along (2024)
Daredevil: Born Again (2025)
Eyes of Wakanda (2025, animated)
Ironheart (2025)
Marvel Zombies (2025)