Ever since Disney+ entered the playing field, we’ve been spoiled for choice with Marvel content. The streaming service’s arrival also offers many a chance to go through an entire MCU rewatch, with nearly all the films and series conveniently in one place. If you’re considering taking on one of these rewatches yourself, you may wonder how long it will take.
We’re here to get the maths out of the way for you. Let’s figure out just how long it takes to watch every Marvel movie and series.
What is the runtime of every movie and series?
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Let’s start by breaking down the time needed for every Marvel movie and show that is part of the MCU. I’ve placed the titles in release order rather than chronologically and gathered their runtimes as per IMDb.
Iron Man – 126 minutes
The Incredible Hulk – 112 minutes
Iron Man 2 – 124 minutes
Thor – 115 minutes
Captain America: The First Avenger – 124 minutes
The Avengers – 143 minutes
Iron Man 3 – 130 minutes
Thor: The Dark World – 112 minutes
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – 136 minutes
Guardians of the Galaxy – 121 minutes
Avengers: Age of Ultron – 141 minutes
Ant-Man – 117 minutes
Captain America: Civil War – 147 minutes
Doctor Strange – 115 minutes
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – 136 minutes
Spider-Man: Homecoming – 133 minutes
Thor: Ragnarok – 130 minutes
Black Panther – 134 minutes
Avengers: Infinity War – 149 minutes
Ant-Man and the Wasp – 118 minutes
Captain Marvel – 123 minutes
Avengers: Endgame – 181 minutes
Spider-Man: Far From Home – 129 minutes
WandaVision – (9 episodes) 357 minutes
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – (6 episodes) 324 minutes
Loki – (6 episodes) 297 minutes
Black Widow – 134 minutes
What If…? – (9 episodes) 315 minutes
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – 132 minutes
Eternals – 157 minutes
Hawkeye – (6 episodes) – 294 minutes
Spider-Man: No Way Home – 148 minutes
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – 126 minutes
Moon Knight – (6 episodes) – 287 minutes
Thor: Love and Thunder – 119 minutes
Ms Marvel – (6 episodes) – 271 minutes
I Am Groot (5 episodes) – 25 minutes
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (9 episodes) – 300 minutes
Werewolf By Night – 54 minutes
Here are some interesting statistics out of all that, if you’re interested:
Longest Marvel movie:Avengers: Endgame
Shortest Marvel movie: Tied between Thor: The Dark World and The Incredible Hulk
Longest Marvel series: WandaVision (9 episodes)
Shortest Marvel series: Ms Marvel (6 episodes)
How long does it take to binge-watch all of the MCU?
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe currently stands at 37 different titles, with many more on the way. Be prepared, this is not a binge-watch to take lightly.
By my calculations, the total of all the above runtimes adds up to be: 6311 minutes.
That’s about 105 hours of Marvel movies and TV series to watch. Watching them back to back with no breaks would take over 4 days.
That’s a whole lot of Marvel.
Dozens more projects will soon be added to this list, including Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special in 2022. So make sure you’re up to date before those come out!
If you need help finding where to stream all these MCU projects, we’ve got a guide that will help you. As for which movie is the best? That’s a different debate.
What about other Marvel projects?
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With Disney reacquiring the rights to many of the projects under the Marvel Studios umbrella, a lot of titles are suddenly in the same realm as the MCU, although many aren’t considered “canon” just yet.
If you want to watch everything Marvel, we’ve broken down some more runtimes below.
The Defenders Saga
Daredevil – (39 episodes) 2099 minutes
Jessica Jones – (39 episodes) 2029 minutes
Luke Cage – (26 episodes) 1467 minutes
Iron Fist – (23 episodes) 1252 minutes
The Defenders – (8 episodes) 400 minutes
The Punisher – (26 episodes) 1384 minutes
The total time to watch The Defenders saga comes out at 8631 minutes, which is roughly 144 hours. That’s more than the entire MCU!
If you need the proper watch order for these (ex) Marvel Netflix series, you can find that here.
Agents of SHIELD
I can’t believe I lost so much of my life figuring this out, but here it is, the runtimes for all of Agents of SHIELD:
Agents of SHIELD season 1 – (22 episodes) 978 minutes
Agents of SHIELD season 2 – (22 episodes) 983 minutes
Agents of SHIELD season 3 – (22 episodes) 981 minutes
Agents of SHIELD season 4 – (22 episodes) 977 minutes
Agents of SHIELD season 5 – (22 episodes) 975 minutes
Agents of SHIELD season 6 – (13 episodes) 576 minutes
Agents of SHIELD season 7 – (13 episodes) 573 minutes
In total, that comes to 6043 minutes which is roughly 101 hours.
Agent Carter
Let’s not forget Agent Carter, featuring Hayley Atwell as her character Peggy Carter from the Captain America movies. There were only two seasons of this one which come out at:
Agent Carter season 1 – (8 episodes) 349 minutes
Agent Carter season 2 – (10 episodes) 445 minutes
The total watch time for this one is a more manageable 794 minutes or just over 13 hours.
We’ll continue adding to this list as more Marvel projects are released, so keep checking for updated runtimes.
Until then, enjoy your Marvel movie and TV show binge-watch! Once you’re done there you can weigh up how long a Star Wars marathon will take you.
This article has been updated since its original release date.
