Marvel is urging movie fans to binge nearly two full days of its films and TV series before watching this winter's mega-blockbuster Avengers: Doomsday. The studio says that to get full enjoyment out of the superhero epic in December, viewers need to catch up on 14 previous movies and two TV series, totalling 42 hours of viewing.
Doomsday Homework on Disney+
The required viewing, dubbed 'Doomsday Homework,' includes everything from Black Panther, Deadpool and Spider-Man hits to the Loki series, not just the Avengers films Infinity War and Endgame. An official curated watchlist has been created on Disney+, which is a fraction of the 38 films and 17 TV shows that make up the entire MCU franchise. It comes in at 41.65 hours altogether.
Marvel's future direction
Marvel president Kevin Feige promised that after the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, it will be a “streamlined, simplified, single universe that’s easier for audiences to follow”.
Full watchlist
The Fox canon films include X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). MCU movies on the list are: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Loki season 1 and 2 (2021, 2023), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Deadpool and Wolverine (2024), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Thunderbolts (2025), and The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).
