going to see doomsday with my mom, how can we ”catch up” or just recap whats happened so far?

obviously she wont have the time to watch all the mcu stuff since shes got work, ive got school and we’ve both just got limited free time,

so id be super grateful if somebody in the comments could make a list of all the ”essential” movies/series we need to watch. thanks! :)

edit: forgot to say this but my mom knows nothing about marvel aside from knowing the iconic characters (iron man, thor, the hulk etc) so shes pretty much going in completely blind

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MrMegaPhoenix2026-01-14 15:38

Without knowing the story, at least:
- post credits of FF and the marvels
- probably post credits of new Spider-Man too

I bet a ton of the movie references aren’t things you “need” to know. Like why is Bucky with thunderbolts

WillowSmithsBFF2026-01-14 15:40

(Assuming she’s not seen any MCU)

Iron Man 1

Avengers 1

Guardians 1

Avengers 2

Civil War

Black Panther

Doctor Strange

Thor 3

Avengers 3

Avengers 4

Thunderbolts

Fantastic Four

Throw in the Spidey trilogy if you have time and want some more emotional connection to Tony

GAnda1fthe3wh1t32026-01-14 15:45

I would add The Winter Soldier and X-Men 1

WillowSmithsBFF2026-01-14 15:47

If you do winter soldier you probably wanna do cap 1 for the hydra backstory/connection. Don’t think that’s super necessary for an abridged viewing

robslob3332026-01-14 15:55

Add Winter Solider. Black Panther & Doctor Strange are nice but not required (Black Panther introduced in Civil War, Doctor Strange is in Ragnarok).

WillowSmithsBFF2026-01-14 16:12

Black panther is relevant for Wakanda overall. Which have a big part in avengers 3, and looking to have it in 5. Strange is important for the ancient one and multiverse setup

PraiseRao2026-01-14 15:41

Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four, Shang-Chi if you haven't seen it, Cap 4 just incase you haven't seen Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Surprising enough you don't actually have to watch that show for Cap 4 you can skip it from Endgame to Cap 4 you don't miss a beat with those characters other than ther eis a new Falcon.

AnonymousFriend802026-01-14 15:41

You have an entire year. You can start from the beginning and watch one movie a week with your mom and run out of movies.

Sahaal_172026-01-14 16:15

The shows would be the only problem.

There's 37 MCU movies, plus BND coming out before Doomsday. Easily done in the 48 weeks left.

There's also 12 X-Men films and 5 Spider-Man films that should be seen before No Way Home (And will likely tie into Doomsday and/or Secret Wars), so that's a total of 55 movies. A bit more than 1 per week, but still very doable, especially if cuts are made such as the worse X-Men and Spider-Man movies. (Personally I'd skip Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2, The Wolverine, Dark Phoenix and maybe Origins: Wolverine)

But the shows... even ignoring everything pre Disney+ (so no Agents of Shield or Defenders), there's still 16 seasons of shows to watch, including several to be released this year. None of them are particularly long seasons, none over 10 episodes, but they're still a significantly larger time investment than the 1 movie a week. Priorities to watch would be Loki, Wandavision, Agatha, Hawkeye, Ms Marvel, Daredevil and the upcoming Visionquest as those are the ones that most closely tie into the movies and/or introduce characters likely to appear in Doomsday, but it's impossible to say what other characters from the shows might make a surprise appearance.

Plastic_Willow7342026-01-14 16:21

Tbf the shows are probably a lot easier to find fully fledged recaps for than all the movies

ManitouWakinyan2026-01-14 15:41

How many movies can you and your mom watch over the next year or so?

Njm31242026-01-14 15:43

Outside of watching all the movies, the youtube channel "New Rockstars" is doing a weekly Road to Doomsday series where they re-watch and break down basically *everything* Marvel up to this point. I haven't watched the first episode yet but might be worth it for a summary/breakdown of everything so far.

slunksoma2026-01-14 15:45

Imagine that new rockstars will do a 30 recap if you don’t want to trawl all 400 movies and shows.

That being said, I think Disney won’t be relying too much on people having kept pace. They know people haven’t, so this will likely be more a sequel to Endgame than it will pull together all the loose threads since.

lazzzym2026-01-14 16:00

Trust me…. I’m caught up and still have no idea what Doomsday is or is about.

Technical_Koala_19282026-01-14 16:04

Does homie know he has 11 months?

Ok-Campaign69272026-01-14 16:12

I'm assuming Doomsday is gonna have heavy ties to most Marvel movies. With rumors of Blade and Tobey's Spider-Man returning, the OG X-Men confirmed, and the recent stuff like Fantastic Four tying directly into Doomsday, I would genuinely recommend watching as much as you possibly can. You have until December and you can get most if not everything completed. I'd definitely get the X-Men movies if you can, and as much as you can of the characters that are confirmed for Doomsday.

Philosophile422026-01-14 16:13

Any answer is speculation since none of know what’s in the movie or how previous plot lines will impact this film.

If we’re just going by the announced cast, you should basically watch all the films and ignore the all the TV series, with the exception of characters who are in both like Sam and Bucky’s TFaWS and Ms.Marvel.

Also you’ll want to watch the X men movies.

Common-Collection-272026-01-14 16:24

Personally I'd prioritise: - Avengers Endgame
- Loki (Both seasons)
- Shang-Chi
- Spider-Man No Way Home
- Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
- Thor Love and Thunder
- Black Panther Wakanda Forever
- The Marvels
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Thunderbolts*
- The Fantastic Four First Steps
- Spider-Man Brand New Day (When it comes out)
- X-Men
- X-Men 2
- X-Men The Last Stand
- X-Men First Class
- X-Men Days of Future Past