What’s the best order to watch each hero’s journey.

So I’m getting a family member into the mcu, they’ve only seen guardians of the galaxy vol 1-3.

They want to watch all of them, but only one character at a time. For example iron man 1-3, and all the thors.

What’s the best order to watch without getting too many spoilers.

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stallion84262025-11-13 07:44

You cant watch the MCU that way, especially if the goal is hero's journey.

Tony, for example, spends all of the 3rd movie dealing with PTSD from the events of Avengers 1. So 3 doesnt make any sense if you dont watch Avengers first

DepressedR0BOT2025-11-13 07:47

Well they watched Guardians vol 3 without knowing why certain characters were very different. It’s how they wanna do it.

Hijjawi2025-11-13 08:04

Guardians are somehow the exception.. somehow.. since all their adventures are in space they dont interact with much of the heros expect Thor I guess.. maybe am forgetting someone.. all other heros are on earth at one point or another.. so there is some degree of cross paths in their stories..

Realistic_Analyst_262025-11-13 16:41

The guardians movies are independent from the rest of the MCU. They only interact in very small ways that aren’t significant to their own movies.

Captain America Civil War is basically Avengers 2.5. Very incomparable to Guardians.

Zeratul_The_Emperor2025-11-14 06:12

Too bad, it’s not gonna happen.

Hijjawi2025-11-13 08:02

Google watching marvel movies in chronological order and u will watch them.. that order introduces character in a better way..

U cant watch them like iron man 1 then 2 then 3.. there are gaps and stories of why something or someone is there..

DepressedR0BOT2025-11-13 08:08

My family member who’s on the fence of watching them wants to do it a certain way. They think seeing call backs and nods from scenes is a fun thing. They also are stubborn. I’ve tried explaining that we should watch them in order but I doubt they’ll ever do that.

Hijjawi2025-11-13 17:15

fair enough.. as long as the movies are enjoyed and celebrated then go ahead.. BUT PLEASE.. do the avengers 1 2 3 4 the last thing as a culmination of things.. do all the characters 1 by 1.. then last do the avengers..

Hijjawi2025-11-13 17:16

and make cap the last character to introduce as 1 2 3 since civil is avenger 2.5 as the other person mentioned..

Latterlol2025-11-13 08:48

They watched GotG without watching Infinity war and Endgame? So they don’t know why and how Gamora died, and came back?

Seany_face2025-11-13 11:54

They probably don't properly pick up on her being a new variant

Latterlol2025-11-13 13:42

Sounds like someone not paying attention to what they are watching

Seany_face2025-11-13 13:46

Yeah id presume so

jmoney7772025-11-13 09:18

There's no good way to do that I'm afraid.

Captain America - The third Captain America movie (Civil War) is basically an Avengers movie. The story itself is about the government trying to regulate the Avengers as an organization due to the events of Avengers 2. It's pretty much an Avengers movie told from Captain America's viewpoint. Avengers 2 (Age of Ultron) and Captain America 3 share about 70% of their cast/characters, and the two movies are basically two sides of one coin - they should not and cannot be separated story-wise. So that's a no-go for Captain America, you gotta watch the Avengers movies in-between.

Iron Man - As another commenter said, in Iron Man 3 Tony deals with PTSD due to the events of Avengers 1. Aside from that since Iron Man 1 and 2 were released so close to one another, and Iron Man 3 was released right after Avengers, you could maybe get away with watching Iron Man 1-3 since all three of them got out before the MCU got too entangled.

Thor - Not possible. In Thor 2 (Dark World), you won't understand why a certain MAJOR character is now in prison unless if you watch Avengers 1. Hulk is also a major character in Thor 3, and his character ark in that movie is a direct continuation of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Spider-Man - Oh gosh this is probably the least independent MCU trilogy. His debut is in the third Captain America movie. In the second movie he deals with grief because of a major character that died in Avengers: Endgame. And in the third movie the multiverse gets involved and characters from the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield movies appear. So if you want to fully understand this one not only do you have to watch the Avengers movies, but you have to watch the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies as well.

Ant-Man - Probably the most doable, but some things to be aware of. Ant-Man appears in Captain America: Civil War, which released in-between Ant-Man 1 and 2. Likewise the second Ant-Man movie refers to events that occurs in Civil War, though it's not too entangled with the plot. As for Ant-Man 3 (Quantumania), Ant-Man's daughter is suddenly much older due to a timeskip that occurs in Avengers: Endgame. But aside from that the story's events are self-contained. (But also Ant-Man 3 is known to be one of the worst MCU movies, and you probably shouldn't watch it anyways)

Hijjawi2025-11-13 17:19

Spider-man ALONE will make people have questions marks.. oh wait why is he here, why is he so down emotionally, wait, how does he have tech.. it will be random lol

Bruises082025-11-13 10:08

So they want to Tarantino this Universe? Could lead to some interesting discoveries and viewing experiences, honestly. Imagine finding out how Statk dies after knowing he is dead in Spider-Man: FFH by watching Endgame after? Or watching all of the Avengers just to learn why Tony and Cap aren't talking by watching the Captain America movies after?

Joshawott272025-11-13 10:20

Just watch the films in release order, and if your family members are being stubborn, emphasise that they’re not made to be watched that way, and won’t make a lot of sense. If they’re being stubborn about that, why don’t you be stubborn about this?

The MCU’s whole appeal was how these stories and characters crossover and interact with each other, so there are plenty of times where one character’s journey informs another, and one character’s narrative arc encompasses multiple “franchises”. For example, *Captain America: Civil War* is a significant part of Iron Man’s journey, directly continuing a storyline from *Avengers: Age of Ultron*, and informing his actions in *Spider-Man Homecoming*, and *Avengers: Infinity War*/*Endgame*.

The biggest issue will be the *Avengers* movies, as they’re like the tentpole events that one phase of movies lead up to, and then the next phase launches off. As others have pointed out, a notable example is the first *Avengers* movie basically setting up all of the Phase 2 movies:
- It explains Iron Man’s PTSD in *Iron Man 3*.
- Why Loki is in prison in *Thor: The Dark World*.
- Why Captain America is working with SHIELD in *Captain America: The Winter Soldier*.

As the MCU goes on, it gets even more complicated as everything intertwined. For example, if you watch *Captain America: Civil War* and then decide to watch the *Spider-Man* movies, *Far From Home* will completely spoil *Avengers: Endgame*.

If your family wants to pace their viewing, then I would instead suggest breaking up into the Phases. Pitch it as the Avengers movies being the big moments that all the individual films lead up to.

If there is absolutely no hope of them budging, then I do hope that they’re nowhere near as stubborn with other parts of their lives. At the very least, I would draw a line with projects released after *Avengers: Endgame* - the impact of that is so big that everything to come after basically spoils it.

BigDaveLikesToMoveIt2025-11-13 10:29

Tell them to stop being so contrary and just watch the whole MCU in the order they came out. It’s impossible to avoid spoilers and confusion any other way

Tristonia72025-11-13 17:29

The hero’s journeys also happen in avengers and other movies. For example to understand hulks journey you have to watch avengers which requires watching captain America and iron man 1-2 and Thor and hulk 1, then you have to watch Thor ragnorok which requires watching Thor 2 and age of ultron to understand then you have to watch avengers infinity war and endgame which requires watching every other movie to understand and finally she hulk.

They aren’t going to enjoy the MCU if they watch it that way

SirLionMan12025-11-13 21:23

To sort of give an actual answer instead of just saying "dont"... Youll probably be rewatching a couple movies if you wanna separately go through each hero's journey lol. For example if you wanna go through iron man's journey first that ***must*** include all the avengers movies. 1st avengers gives him ptsd which leads into iron man 3, age of ultron leads to his choices in civil war, and ofc infinity war and endgame are huge for him. so say you watch through all iron man and avengers movies plus civil war for his journey. Now you move to cap's story and now you need to watch avengers and civil war a 2nd time. There is way too much overlap to reasonable and understandably watched this way, youll be rewatching movies yet still be confused on whats going on.

SirLionMan12025-11-13 21:24

ok sorry i started off intending to actually answer then ended up just saying dont...

DepressedR0BOT2025-11-13 23:23

Hehe, yeah I’m just gonna convince them to watch them in order for our sanity to