MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
Thematic Architecture Flowchart
M Movie
TV Series
DEF Defenders Saga
A Animation
S Short/One-Shot
[ Iron Man Path ]
Iron Man (2008) M
Iron Man 2 (2010) M
[ Captain America Path ]
Captain America:
The First Avenger (2011) M(st. 1940s)
Captain Marvel (2019) M (st. 1995)
[ Thor Path ]
Thor (2011) M
[ Other Heroes ]
The Incredible Hulk (2008) M
The Avengers (2012) M
Iron Man 3 (2013) M
Captain America:
Winter Soldier (2014) M
Thor: The Dark World (2013) M
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) M
  GotG Vol. 2 (2017) M (st. 2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) M
  Ant-Man (2015) M
Captain America: Civil War (2016) M
  Black Widow (2021) M (st. 2016)
  Black Panther (2018) M
  Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) M
  Doctor Strange (2016) M
  Thor: Ragnarok (2017) M
  Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) M
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) M
(5 YEAR TIME JUMP)
Avengers: Endgame (2019) M
  Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) M
THE MULTIVERSE SAGA
Loki (Seasons 1 & 2) TV
[The Catalyst]
[ Earth / Street-Level ]
The Defenders Saga DEF [Soft Canon — Pre-MCU Disney+]
TV Daredevil (S1–3)
TV Jessica Jones (S1–3)
TV Luke Cage (S1–2)
TV Iron Fist (S1–2)
TV The Punisher (S1–2)
TV The Defenders
Falcon & Winter Soldier (2021) TV
TV Hawkeye (2021)
TV Echo (2024)
Wakanda Forever (2022) M
TV Moon Knight (2022)
TV She-Hulk (2022)
Secret Invasion (2023) TV
Captain America:
Brave New World (2025) M
Thunderbolts* (2025) M
TV Daredevil: Born Again (2025)
TV Ironheart (2025)
[ Multiverse & Magic ]
WandaVision (2021) TV
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) M
Doctor Strange: MoM (2022) M
Ant-Man: Quantumania (2023) M
MULTIVERSE CROSSOVER Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) M Outside main MCU timeline
  Agatha All Along (2024) TV
Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) M
  Spider-Man 4 (2026) M
[ Cosmic & Others ]
Shang-Chi (2021) M
  Eternals (2021) M
  Thor: Love & Thunder (2022) M
  GotG Holiday Special (2022) S
Ms. Marvel (2022) TV
GotG Vol. 3 (2023) M
The Marvels (2023) M
Avengers: Doomsday (2026) M
Avengers: Secret Wars (2027) M
ALTERNATE UNIVERSES
• What If...? (Season 1–3) A : Parallel Animated Timelines.
• Marvel Zombies (2025) A : Zombie Universe Timeline.
• Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025) A : Alternate Peter Parker Animated Story.