Every Marvel Movie Runtime, Ranked (Plus Series Totals for 2026)
The short answer: the 38 released MCU films run about 83 hours. Add every Disney+ series season, special and Marvel One-Shot and it comes to about 191 hours. That is eight full days of watching without a break.
This post breaks those numbers down. It ranks every film by length, lists the series hours, and shows how phases and watch routes compare. It also explains where our numbers come from and why some of them carry a ≈.
Where the numbers come from
- Films: the theatrical runtime in each film’s Wikipedia infobox, in minutes. Extended or IMAX cuts are not counted.
- Series: the episode count multiplied by a typical episode length. That is the middle of the range Wikipedia gives for each series, for example 30–50 minutes for WandaVision. These figures are estimates and are marked ≈.
- Specials and One-Shots: their listed runtimes.
- Scope: titles released by 16 October 2026. Avengers: Doomsday (18 December 2026) is not included yet.
Every MCU film ranked by runtime
| Rank | Film | Year | Runtime | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | 3h 01m | 181 |
| 2 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | 2022 | 2h 41m | 161 |
| 3 | Eternals | 2021 | 2h 36m | 156 |
| 4 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | 2023 | 2h 30m | 150 |
| 5 | Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | 2h 29m | 149 |
| 6 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | 2h 28m | 148 |
| 7 | Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | 2h 27m | 147 |
| 8 | Spider-Man: Brand New Day | 2026 | 2h 25m | 145 |
| 9 | The Avengers | 2012 | 2h 23m | 143 |
| 10 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | 2h 21m | 141 |
| 11 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | 2014 | 2h 16m | 136 |
| 12 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | 2017 | 2h 16m | 136 |
| 13 | Black Panther | 2018 | 2h 14m | 134 |
| 14 | Black Widow | 2021 | 2h 14m | 134 |
| 15 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | 2017 | 2h 13m | 133 |
| 16 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | 2021 | 2h 12m | 132 |
| 17 | Iron Man 3 | 2013 | 2h 10m | 130 |
| 18 | Thor: Ragnarok | 2017 | 2h 10m | 130 |
| 19 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | 2019 | 2h 09m | 129 |
| 20 | Deadpool & Wolverine | 2024 | 2h 08m | 128 |
| 21 | Thunderbolts* | 2025 | 2h 07m | 127 |
| 22 | Iron Man | 2008 | 2h 06m | 126 |
| 23 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022 | 2h 06m | 126 |
| 24 | Iron Man 2 | 2010 | 2h 05m | 125 |
| 25 | Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | 2h 04m | 124 |
| 26 | Captain Marvel | 2019 | 2h 04m | 124 |
| 27 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | 2023 | 2h 04m | 124 |
| 28 | Guardians of the Galaxy | 2014 | 2h 02m | 122 |
| 29 | Thor: Love and Thunder | 2022 | 1h 59m | 119 |
| 30 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | 2018 | 1h 58m | 118 |
| 31 | Captain America: Brave New World | 2025 | 1h 58m | 118 |
| 32 | Ant-Man | 2015 | 1h 57m | 117 |
| 33 | Doctor Strange | 2016 | 1h 55m | 115 |
| 34 | Thor | 2011 | 1h 54m | 114 |
| 35 | The Fantastic Four: First Steps | 2025 | 1h 54m | 114 |
| 36 | The Incredible Hulk | 2008 | 1h 52m | 112 |
| 37 | Thor: The Dark World | 2013 | 1h 52m | 112 |
| 38 | The Marvels | 2023 | 1h 45m | 105 |
The average MCU film runs about 2 hours 11 minutes. Eight films run 2 hours 25 minutes or longer, and only one, The Marvels, comes in under 1 hour 50 minutes.
A few patterns worth knowing
- Team-ups run long. Endgame (181 min), Infinity War (149 min) and Civil War (147 min) are three of the seven longest films.
- Films have got longer. Phase One averages about 2 hours 4 minutes per film. Phase Four, with Eternals and Wakanda Forever, averages about 2 hours 20 minutes.
- Recent films are shorter again. Brave New World (118 min), Thunderbolts* (127 min) and The Fantastic Four: First Steps (114 min) are all well under the Phase Four average.
Series: where the hours really are
Disney+ series add more hours than the films. The 23 released MCU series seasons come to about 105 hours, compared with 83 hours for all 38 films.
| Series | Premiere | Episodes | Typical episode | Season total (≈) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WandaVision | 15 Jan 2021 | 9 | 40 min | 6h 00m |
| The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | 19 Mar 2021 | 6 | 55 min | 5h 30m |
| Loki (season 1) | 9 Jun 2021 | 6 | 48 min | 4h 48m |
| What If…? (season 1) | 11 Aug 2021 | 9 | 33 min | 4h 57m |
| Hawkeye | 24 Nov 2021 | 6 | 51 min | 5h 06m |
| Moon Knight | 30 Mar 2022 | 6 | 49 min | 4h 54m |
| Ms. Marvel | 8 Jun 2022 | 6 | 44 min | 4h 24m |
| I Am Groot (season 1) | 10 Aug 2022 | 5 | 5 min | 25m |
| She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | 18 Aug 2022 | 9 | 34 min | 5h 06m |
| Secret Invasion | 21 Jun 2023 | 6 | 47 min | 4h 42m |
| I Am Groot (season 2) | 6 Sep 2023 | 5 | 5 min | 25m |
| Loki (season 2) | 5 Oct 2023 | 6 | 48 min | 4h 48m |
| What If…? (season 2) | 22 Dec 2023 | 9 | 33 min | 4h 57m |
| Echo | 9 Jan 2024 | 5 | 44 min | 3h 40m |
| Agatha All Along | 18 Sep 2024 | 9 | 39 min | 5h 51m |
| What If…? (season 3) | 22 Dec 2024 | 8 | 33 min | 4h 24m |
| Daredevil: Born Again (season 1) | 4 Mar 2025 | 9 | 51 min | 7h 39m |
| Ironheart | 24 Jun 2025 | 6 | 51 min | 5h 06m |
| Eyes of Wakanda | 1 Aug 2025 | 4 | 31 min | 2h 04m |
| Marvel Zombies (season 1) | 24 Sep 2025 | 4 | 34 min | 2h 16m |
| Wonder Man | 27 Jan 2026 | 8 | 31 min | 4h 08m |
| Daredevil: Born Again (season 2) | 24 Mar 2026 | 8 | 51 min | 6h 48m |
| VisionQuest | 13 Oct 2026 | 8 | 52 min | 6h 56m |
Hours by phase
| Phase | Films | Film hours | All MCU titles | All hours (≈) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase One | 6 | 12.4 | 9 | 12.7 |
| Phase Two | 6 | 12.6 | 8 | 13.1 |
| Phase Three | 11 | 24.9 | 11 | 24.9 |
| Phase Four | 7 | 16.3 | 18 | 59.0 |
| Phase Five | 6 | 12.5 | 15 | 54.1 |
| Phase Six | 2 | 4.3 | 8 | 27.4 |
| Total | 38 | 83.1 | 69 | 191.2 |
How long each watch route takes
You rarely need the whole MCU at once. The tracker’s routes are built for real schedules:
| Route | Titles | Hours (≈) | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road to Doomsday (MCU only) | 14 | 37 | Catching up before 18 December |
| Essentials only | 16 | 41 | The main story with no detours |
| First watch | 38 | 96 | A complete first run of the films plus four key series |
| Everything (MCU) | 69 | 191 | Completionists |
| Everything + Netflix | 82 | 333 | The full Disney+ timeline |
| Everything + Netflix, Fox and Sony | 111 | 390 | Every Marvel title we track |
How long is that in real life?
- Two films a week: about 19 weeks to see all 38 films.
- One hour every evening: about 12 weeks for all films, or 27 weeks for the full MCU with series.
- A long-weekend binge: 10 hours a day gets you through every film in just over 8 days.
The Marvel movies in order checklist on our home page does this maths for you. Pick a route, and the bar at the top shows hours left as you tick titles. Open the planner from the countdown and enter your hours per week to see a finish date.
Frequently asked
Which MCU film is longest?
Avengers: Endgame, at 181 minutes, or 3 hours 1 minute.
Which is shortest?
The Marvels, at 105 minutes. The Marvel One-Shots are shorter, at 4 to 15 minutes, but they are short films rather than features.
Does the total include post-credits scenes?
Yes. Theatrical runtimes include the full credits, so mid- and post-credits scenes are already counted.
For a deeper breakdown by phase and route, see how long is the MCU.