Is This Marvel Watchlist Worth Watching?
I created this watchlist based on release dates.
Do you think this list is worth watching this way?
Is there anything missing or something you’d recommend adding so I don’t miss anything important?
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Blade (1998 - WB)
Blade II (2002 - WB)
Blade: Trinity (2004 - WB)
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Spider-Man (2002 - SONY)
Spider-Man 2 (2004 - SONY)
Spider-Man 3 (2007 - SONY)
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 - SONY)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014 - SONY)
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018 - SONY)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023 - SONY)
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X-Men (2000 - FOX)
X2 (2003 - FOX)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006 - FOX)
Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009 - FOX)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Thor (2011)
X: First Class (2011 - FOX)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The Avengers (2012)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
The Wolverine (2013 - FOX)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014 - FOX)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)
Deadpool (2016 - FOX)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016 - FOX)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Logan (2017 - FOX)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Black Panther (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Deadpool 2 (2018 - FOX)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Venom (2018 - SONY)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019 - FOX)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
WandaVision (Season 1)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Season 1)
Loki (Season 1)
Black Widow (2021)
What If...? (Season 1)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021 - SONY)
Eternals (2021)
Hawkeye (Season 1)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Moon Knight (Season 1)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Ms. Marvel (Season 1)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
I Am Groot (Season 1)
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Season 1)
Werewolf by Night (2022)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Secret Invasion (Season 1)
I Am Groot (Season 2)
Loki (Season 2)
The Marvels (2023)
What If...? (Season 2)
Echo (Season 1)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Venom: The Last Dance (2024 - SONY)
Agatha All Along (Season 1)
What If...? (Season 3)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Season 1)
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Daredevil: Born Again (Season 1)
Thunderbolts\* (2025)
Ironheart (Season 1)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Eyes of Wakanda (Mini Series)
Marvel Zombies (Mini Series)
Wonder Man (Season 1)
Do you think this list is worth watching this way?
Is there anything missing or something you’d recommend adding so I don’t miss anything important?
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Blade (1998 - WB)
Blade II (2002 - WB)
Blade: Trinity (2004 - WB)
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Spider-Man (2002 - SONY)
Spider-Man 2 (2004 - SONY)
Spider-Man 3 (2007 - SONY)
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 - SONY)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014 - SONY)
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018 - SONY)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023 - SONY)
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X-Men (2000 - FOX)
X2 (2003 - FOX)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006 - FOX)
Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009 - FOX)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Thor (2011)
X: First Class (2011 - FOX)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The Avengers (2012)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
The Wolverine (2013 - FOX)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014 - FOX)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)
Deadpool (2016 - FOX)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016 - FOX)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Logan (2017 - FOX)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Black Panther (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Deadpool 2 (2018 - FOX)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Venom (2018 - SONY)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019 - FOX)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
WandaVision (Season 1)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Season 1)
Loki (Season 1)
Black Widow (2021)
What If...? (Season 1)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021 - SONY)
Eternals (2021)
Hawkeye (Season 1)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Moon Knight (Season 1)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Ms. Marvel (Season 1)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
I Am Groot (Season 1)
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Season 1)
Werewolf by Night (2022)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Secret Invasion (Season 1)
I Am Groot (Season 2)
Loki (Season 2)
The Marvels (2023)
What If...? (Season 2)
Echo (Season 1)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Venom: The Last Dance (2024 - SONY)
Agatha All Along (Season 1)
What If...? (Season 3)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Season 1)
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Daredevil: Born Again (Season 1)
Thunderbolts\* (2025)
Ironheart (Season 1)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Eyes of Wakanda (Mini Series)
Marvel Zombies (Mini Series)
Wonder Man (Season 1)
Commentaires
- The Blade Trilogy, Dardevil (2003), Elektra, Fantastic Four (2005), and Fantastic Four; Rise of the Silver Surfer all technically have a place in multiverse canon now.
- If this is for true completion on canon content, then you need to include the Marvel Netflix shows. They are in the MCU and without spoiling, shows like Hawkeye, Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk and Echo all continue that. On top of this Daredevil Born Again is Season 4 in all but name, and its been bringing back characters from the Netflix era. Punisher's Special is bringing back a character from his show. And Punisher is in Brand New Day among other things.
- You can stop the X-Men stuff after Logan and Deadpool 2. Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix are not needed, but I guess if you want to see how that series ends you can keep going. You also dont need the Spider-Verse movies and the Venom trilogy for now even if theres a light connection in the 2nd one to No Way Home, we'll see how that pays off in the future.
If you take away anything, my 2nd bullet is the most important, those characters are still playing roles in current MCU projects.
Agreed on Dark Phoenix, but Apocalypse is needed to fill the plot hole of >!Magneto helping to build Cerebro!<, and it offers a conclusion for the Days of Future past post-credit scene and a fitting conclusion to the prequel era characters, so I would personally still recommend it.
Edit. Also the Venom movies
Blade II is a really fun movie, but technically not relevant to the MCU. If you just want to watch a fun sequel to the relevant Blade movie, watch it. Otherwise you can skip. Blade: Trinity is less fun, but not bad, IMO. But it's also technically not relevant to the MCU and can thus be skipped if you want.
You can also skip Dark Phoenix in your X-Men list. If you want to be an X-Men completionist, you need to add The New Mutants to your list. But if you just want the main story, the best movies in the series, etc., then I'd keep what you have but drop Dark Phoenix.
I also wouldn't bother including Venom: The Last Dance in your list unless you just really like Venom/Eddie and want an end to that character's story. Speaking of, since you've included the Venom movies, the Morbius post-credit scene technically has some MCU implications as well if the scene is maintained as canon, so you may want to include it in your order even though most of us are hoping the scene won't be counted as canon in the future.
I also recommend watching She-Hulk right before Wakanda Forever instead of sticking Werewolf By Night between the two due to a reference that pays off better if there are no projects between She-Hulk and Wakanda Forever.
The other outside-of-the-MCU movies that are relevant at this time are Daredevil, Elektra, and Fantastic Four (Fantastic Four's sequel, Rise of the Silver Surfer is, like Blade II and Blade: Trinity, a continuation of that story but not really relevant to the MCU).
If you're interested in the best of the MCU, I would also consider adding Agents of SHIELD and the Defenders shows to your list (and possibly at least the first season of Agent Carter to give certain elements of Agents of SHIELD more context). The Daredevil show will also add further context to certain scenes and shows as you get further into the MCU. Daredevil: Born Again is more or less a Season 4 to the old Daredevil show, so you'll certainly get more out of it if you've seen the first three seasons of the original Daredevil show (and since The Defenders is essentially Daredevil season 2.5, it's best to include that as well, and that is best watched with the context of Jessica Jones S1, Luke Cage S1, and Iron Fist S1 even though not all of those shows are the best - you could get by with some recap videos for any you aren't vibing with).
And then there's the One-Shots. While I think A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer, Agent Carter, and Item 47 are all pretty skippable, I would make sure to at least catch The Consultant and All Hail the King even if you don't watch the others.
Just that one line 'you never liked me' makes blade trinity worth watching once, which I never thought would be the case.