Avengers Movies in Order

By Omar Haddad · Updated October 21, 2026

Release order and story order match for this series, so there is no debate about where to start. The real question is which solo films to slot in between, and that is what this guide covers.

Marvel Avengers movies in order, at a glance

Here are the six films, with the saga each belongs to and the solo titles that matter most before it:

The first four are out, Doomsday is next, and Secret Wars closes the Multiverse Saga.

Why the Avengers order is simple (and why it is not)

Each Avengers film is a checkpoint. Marvel builds a few years of solo stories, then pulls those heroes into one room for a team-up that changes the status quo. Watched back to back, the four Infinity Saga entries tell a complete arc: a team forms, cracks, breaks apart and then has to undo the biggest loss in the franchise.

The catch is that the gaps matter. Jumping straight from Age of Ultron to Infinity War works on paper, but you would miss why Steve Rogers and Tony Stark are not speaking, how Thor lost his hammer and where Wakanda came from. The team-ups assume you did the homework.

The Avengers watch order, film by film

The Avengers gathers Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye against Loki. It is the payoff for everything in Phase 1, and the template every later team-up follows.

Avengers: Age of Ultron turns Tony's fear of the next invasion into a new threat of his own making. It introduces Wanda Maximoff and Vision, and its fallout feeds straight into Civil War.

Avengers: Infinity War finally brings Thanos to the front. Almost every hero from the first ten years shows up, which is why the solo films matter so much here.

Avengers: Endgame picks up right after Infinity War and closes the story of the original six. Treat the two as one long film split in half.

Avengers: Doomsday opens the final chapter of the Multiverse Saga, with heroes from several universes on a collision course.

Avengers: Secret Wars is announced as the saga's finale and follows Doomsday directly. Plot details have not been revealed yet.

What to watch before each team-up

Think of it as four short reading lists for the Infinity Saga.

• Before The Avengers: Iron Man and Captain America: The First Avenger are the core. Thor explains Loki, who is the villain here.
• Before Age of Ultron: Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the one that changes the board, since it reshapes S.H.I.E.L.D. and sets Cap on a new path.
• Before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War splits the team, Thor: Ragnarok leads straight into the opening scene, and Black Panther, Doctor Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy introduce characters who carry big parts of the plot.
• Before Endgame: Captain Marvel and Ant-Man and the Wasp. The first gives you Carol Danvers, the second explains the Quantum Realm.

If that still sounds like a lot, our list of essential Marvel movies and shows trims each stage down to the bare minimum.

Short route vs full route

The short route is just the Avengers films themselves. You will follow the broad strokes, and the four released ones fit into a single long weekend. Infinity War and Endgame are close to three hours each, so plan for breaks.

The full route adds every film between them, which is how most fans experienced the saga. It takes weeks rather than days, but Endgame lands much harder when you have spent time with each hero on their own. A middle path works well too: the Avengers films plus Winter Soldier, Civil War and Ragnarok. Those three solo entries do most of the heavy lifting.

To see how the team-ups sit among every other film and series by in-story date, the Marvel chronological order lays out the full timeline. For a schedule built around your free evenings, the Marvel marathon plan works out how long either route will take you.

Common mistakes with the Avengers films

Treating Infinity War and Endgame as separate stories. They are one story split in two. Watch them close together, ideally on consecutive nights.

Expecting Age of Ultron to stand alone. It introduces Wanda and Vision, and both matter later. It is also the film that convinces Tony Stark the world needs a safety net, which leads directly to the debate in Civil War.

Skipping the post-credits scenes. Several Avengers films, especially the first one, end with teases that point to the next big villain.

Jumping from Endgame straight to Doomsday. A lot happens in the Multiverse Saga before the next team-up, so the prep list changes.

Getting ready for Doomsday and Secret Wars

The two newest Avengers films belong to the Multiverse Saga, so the homework is different. Loki explains how the multiverse works, Deadpool & Wolverine brings in characters from another studio's universe, and Thunderbolts* plus The Fantastic 4: First Steps set up the teams most likely to matter. Endgame is still the emotional starting point for where the remaining heroes stand.

Secret Wars then follows Doomsday as the finale, which makes Doomsday the one film you cannot skip before it. Expect the prep lists to grow as both films get closer.