The Big Picture The DC Extended Universe movies can be watched in chronological order, with Wonder Woman being the first in the timeline set in 1918 and The Flash set in multple timelines with the multiverse. Some movies, like Black Adam, have portions that take place thousands of years in the past, while others, like Wonder Woman 1984, are largely standalone. Matt Reeves' The Batman is set in another universe from the main fanon of the DCEU. The DC Extended Universe of movies got off to a bit of a rougher start than the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the fact remains there is a timeline of events that occur throughout a series of DC Comics movies released over the past seven years. The first to hit theaters, of course, was Man of Steel – the Christopher Nolan-produced, Zack Snyder-directed gritty reboot of Superman that was intended to kick off an interconnected series of films. The idea was to build towards a two-part Justice League event, all spearheaded by Snyder, but due to a vari...