A Marvel fan would love to have a compact listing of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phases. Here you go take a look at the list of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.
1) Captain America: The First Avenger
Phase 1
Date of Release: July 22, 2011
Director: Joe Johnston; Writers: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Premise: It was based on defeating the Axis threats during World War II.
2) Agent Carter
Phase 2
Date of Premiere: January 6, 2015
Showrunners: Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas, and Chris Dingess
Premise: Peggy Carter is consigned to a desk job at the Strategic Scientific Reserve. Here only male agents were permitted to participate in field work. Peggy eventually began moonlighting as an agent that led her to reconnect with her former cohort, Howard Stark.
3) Iron Man
Phase 1
Date of Release: May 2, 2008
Director: Jon Favreau; Writer: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway
Premise: Tony Stark creates a suit of armor to escape from his captives and eventually defeats his captors and comes back to America. He pledges to guard others with the help of his Iron Man suit.
4) Iron Man 2
Phase 1
Date of Release: May 7, 2010
Director: Jon Favreau; Writer: Justin Theroux
Premise: Tony Stark, an international personality, became a target for both the U.S. military and nasty villains who want to take over his technology.
5) Thor
Phase 1
Date of Release: May 6, 2011
Director: Kenneth Branagh; Writers: Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, and Don Payne
Premise: Thor was characterized as arrogant, hot tempered and thoughtless. He eventually sets out to recover his powers.
6) The Incredible Hulk
Phase 1
Date of Release: June 13, 2008
Director: Louis Leterrier; Writer: Zak Penn
Premise: General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross anticipates to escort in a modern-day super soldier program with the help of scientist Dr. Bruce Banner. Because of some fault in the experiment, Banner transforms into the Hulk and Ross wishes to use the Hulk as a military asset. But by the time, Banner literally flees.
7) Marvel’s The Avengers
Phase 1
Date of release: May 4, 2012
Director: Joss Whedon; Writer: Joss Whedon
Premise: To battle the threat and to save the Earth, Nick Fury accumulates the Avengers: Iron Man, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye.
8) Iron Man 3
Phase: 2
Date of release: May 3, 2013
Director: Shane Black; Writers: Drew Pearce and Shane Black
Premise: Six months post the Battle of New York, Tony Stark brawls with post-traumatic stress. When Stark was attacked Stark, like any other true hero, he fought to save the day.
9) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Phase 2
Date of Premiere: September 24, 2013
Showrunners: Jed Whedon, MaurissaTancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell
Premise: Agent Coulson is brought back to life by Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury trusts Coulson’s squad with S.H.I.E.L.D.’s utmost secrets and most hazardous missions: hunting double agents and rogue Hydra operatives.
10) Thor: The Dark World
Phase 2
Date of release: November 8, 2013
Director: Alan Taylor; Writers: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeely
Premise: Loki is locked away in an Asgardian jail cell(courtesy; failed invasion to Earth). Equipped with a hazardous power, known as the Aether, Malekith leads the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim against the Asgardians.Thor needs to join hands with Earth to stop Malekith from destroying the universe.
11) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Phase 2
Date of release: April 4, 2014
Directors: Anthony and Joe Russo; Writers: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Premise: To get back his own organization, Captain America, and Black Widow investigates S.H.I.E.L.D.’s past in order to root out Hydra agents – with the deadly assassin, known at the Winter Soldier, hot on their tales.
12) Guardians of the Galaxy
Phase 2
Date of release: August 1, 2014
Director: James Gunn; Writers: James Gunn and Nicole Perlman
Premise: Peter Quill is kidnapped by a group of space pirates in 1988. After some years, Quill took work as an immense bounty hunter and his new name was Star-Lord. He was sent to a deserted planet in search of a valuable orb and this where the mystery begins.
13) Avengers: Age of Ultron
Phase 2
Date of release: May 1, 2015
Director: Joss Whedon; Writer: Joss Whedon
Premise: After the team ascertains an alien technology, Tony Stark decides that extraterrestrial A.I. could be the solution to protect Earth from future threats.
14) Ant-Man
Phase 2
Date of release: July 17, 2015
Director: Peyton Reed; Writers: Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay, and Paul Rudd
Premise: Though Scott Lang is released from prison but, he is not able to get a decent job. Ironically, he returned to his thieving time. This is when the twists and turns begin.
15) Captain America: Civil War
Phase 3
Date of release: May 6, 2016
Directors: Anthony and Joe Russo; Writers: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Premise: The US government had to introduce a Superhuman Registration Act when there was a battle between the super-powered villains and heroes. The Act basically divided The Avengers, with Iron Man trusting that registration is the only way to hold superhumans accountable. In contrast to this, Captain America believes the Act oversteps an individual’s right to privacy.
16) Doctor Strange
Phase 3
Date of release: November 4, 2016
Director: Scott Derrickson; Writer: Jon Spaihts
Premise: Doctor Stephen Strange, the world’s distinguished neurosurgeon, is injured in a car accident. To overpower his misfortune, he ends up in the Himalayas and everything changes.
17) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Phase 3
Date of release: May 5, 2017
Director: James Gunn; Writer: James Gunn
18) Spider-Man: Homecoming
Phase 3
Date of release: July 7, 2017
Director: Jon Watts; Writers: John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein
19) Thor: Ragnarok
Phase 3
Date of release: November 3, 2017
Director: Taika Waititi; Writers: Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost
