We already have some lists of movie franchises, but most are about one series of films. This list covers all the original Marvel movies stories in chronological order!
About Marvel
Marvel was originally founded by Martin Goodman in 1939 under the name Timely Comics. Before it was baptized to Marvel Comics in 1961, it was also called Atlas Comics during the 50’s. Once writers like Stan Lee came aboard, the Marvel Universe expanded fast, now sporting character names like Iron Man, the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Hulk, Captain America, the Fantastic Four and so on.
In 2009 The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment for no less than $4.2 billion.
Information sources:
- Marvel.com
- Wikipedia
- IDMB
List of all Marvel Movies until 2018:
1Howard The Duck (1986)
- Original character by: Steve Gerber
- Directed by: Willard Huyck
- Written by: Willard Huyck, co-written by George Lucas
- Starring: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins
- Budget: $37 million
- Box Office: $37.9 million
2 Blade (1998)
- Original character by: Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan
- Directed by: Stephen Norrington
- Written by: David S. Goyer
- Starring: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson
- Budget: $45 million
- Box Office: $131 million
3 X-Men (2000)
- Original characters by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Bryan Singer
- Written by: Tom DeSanto and Bryan Singer
- Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen
- Budget: $75 million
- Box Office: $296 million
4 Blade II (2002)
- Original character by: Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan
- Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
- Written by: David S. Goyer
- Starring: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman
- Budget: $55 million
- Box Office: $155 million
5 Spider-Man (2002)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
- Directed by: Sam Raimi
- Written by: David Koepp
- Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe
- Budget: $140 million
- Box Office: $821.7 million
6 Daredevil (2003)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Bill Everett and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
- Written by: Mark Steven Johnson
- Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell
- Budget: $78 million
- Box Office: $179 million
7 Hulk (2003)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Ang Lee
- Written by: James Schamus
- Starring: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott
- Budget: $137 million
- Box Office: $245 million
8 X2: X-Men United (2003)
- Original characters by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Bryan Singer
- Written by: Zak Penn, David Hayter and Bryan Singer
- Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry
- Budget: $110 million
- Box Office: $407.7 million
9 The Punisher (2004)
- Original character by: Gerry Conway, John Romita, Sr., Ross Andru and Stan Lee
- Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh
- Written by: Jonathan Hensleigh, Michael France
- Starring: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Samantha Mathis
- Budget: $33 million
- Box Office: $54.6 million
10 Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
- Directed by: Sam Raimi
- Written by: Alvin Sargent
- Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina
- Budget: $200 million
- Box Office: $783.7 million
11 Blade: Trinity (2004)
- Original character by: Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan
- Directed by: David S. Goyer
- Written by: David S. Goyer
- Starring: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Parker Posey
- Budget: $65 million
- Box Office: $128.9 million
12 Elektra (2005)
- Original character by: Frank Miller
- Directed by: Rob Bowman
- Written by: Zak Penn, Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner
- Starring: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Will Yun Lee
- Budget: $43 million
- Box Office: $56.6 million
13 Man-Thing (2005)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway
- Directed by: Brett Leonard
- Written by: Hans Rodionoff
- Starring: Jack Thompson, Matthew Le Nevez, Steve Bastoni
- Budget: ?
- Box Office: $7.5 million
14 Fantastic Four (2005)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Tim Story
- Written by: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans
- Starring: Michael France, Mark Frost
- Budget: $100 million
- Box Office: $330.5 million
15 X3: The Last Stand (2006)
- Original characters by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Brett Ratner
- Written by: Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn
- Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry
- Budget: $210 million
- Box Office: $459 million
16 Ghost Rider (2007)
- Original character by: Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas and Mike Ploog
- Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
- Written by: Mark Steven Johnson
- Starring: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott
- Budget: $110 million
- Box Office: $228.7 million
17 Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
- Directed by: Sam Raimi
- Written by: Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi
- Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace
- Budget: $258 million
- Box Office: $890.9 million
18 Doctor Strange (animated movie) (2007)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
- Directed by: Patrick Archibald, Jay Oliva, Dick Sebast, Frank Paur
- Written by: Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle
- Starring: Bryce Johnson, Paul Nakauchi, Kevin Michael Richardson
- Budget: ?
- Box Office: ?
19 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Tim Story
- Written by: John Turman, Mark Frost
- Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans
- Budget: $130 million
- Box Office: $289 million
20 Iron Man (2008)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Jon Favreau
- Written by:Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway
- Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard
- Budget: $140 million
- Box Office: $585 million
21 The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Louis Leterrier
- Written by: Zak Penn
- Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth
- Budget: $150 million
- Box Office: $263 million
22 Punisher: War Zone (2008)
- Original character by: Gerry Conway, John Romita, Sr., Ross Andru and Stan Lee
- Directed by: Lexi Alexander
- Written by: Nick Santora, Matt Holloway, Arthur Marcum
- Starring: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz
- Budget: $35 million
- Box Office: $10 million
23 Hulk Vs. (animated movie) (2009)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Sam Liu, Frank Paur
- Written by: Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost
- Starring: Fred Tatasciore, Matthew Wolf, Graham McTavish
- Budget: ?
- Box Office: ?
24 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
- Original character by: Roy Thomas, Len Wein, John Romita, Sr.
- Directed by: Gavin Hood
- Written by: David Benioff, Skip Woods
- Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds
- Budget: $150 million
- Box Office: $373 million
25 Planet Hulk (animated movie) (2010)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Sam Liu
- Written by: Greg Johnson
- Starring: Rick D. Wasserman, Lisa Ann Beley, Mark Hildreth
- Budget: ?
- Box Office: ?
26 Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Jon Favreau
- Written by: Justin Theroux
- Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow
- Budget: $200 million
- Box Office: $623.9 million
27 Thor (2011)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Kenneth Branagh, Joss Whedon
- Written by: J. Michael Straczynski, Mark Protosevich
- Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman
- Budget: $150 million
- Box Office: $449 million
28 X-Men: First Class (2011)
- Original characters by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
- Written by: Sheldon Turner, Bryan Singer
- Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence
- Budget: $150 million
- Box Office: $353.6 million
29 Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- Original character by: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Joe Johnston
- Written by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
- Starring: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson
- Budget: $140 million
- Box Office: $368.6 million
30 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)
- Original character by: Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas and Mike Ploog
- Directed by: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
- Written by: Scott M. Gimple, Seth Hoffman
- Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba
- Budget: $57 million
- Box Office: $132.5 million
31 Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Joss Whedon
- Written by: Zak Penn
- Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson
- Budget: $220 million
- Box Office: $1.5 billion
32 The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
- Directed by: Marc Webb
- Written by: James Vanderbilt
- Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
- Budget: $230 million
- Box Office: $752 million
33 Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (animated movie) (2013)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Hiroshi Hamasaki
- Written by: Brandon Auman
- Starring: Norman Reedus, Matthew Mercer, Eric Bauza
- Budget: ?
- Box Office: ?
34 Iron Man 3 (2013)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Shane Black
- Written by: Drew Pearce, Shane Black
- Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow
- Budget: $200 million
- Box Office: $1.2 billion
35 The Wolverine (2013)
- Original character by: Roy Thomas, Len Wein, John Romita, Sr.
- Directed by: James Mangold
- Written by: Mark Bomback, Scott Frank
- Starring: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee, Tao Okamoto
- Budget: $120 million
- Box Office: $389 million
36 Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Alan Taylor
- Written by: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus
- Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston
- Budget: $170 million
- Box Office: $644 million
37 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Original character by: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
- Written by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
- Starring: Chris Evans, Frank Grillo, Sebastian Stan
- Budget: $170 million
- Box Office: $710 million
38 Marvel’s Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United (animated movie) (2013)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Eric Radomski, Leo Riley
- Written by: Brandon Auman, Henry Gilroy
- Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Dee Bradley Baker, Fred Tatasciore
- Budget: ?
- Box Office: ?
39 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 2014)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
- Directed by: Marc Webb
- Written by: Alex Kurtzman (screenplay), Roberto Orci
- Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx
- Budget: $255 million
- Box Office: $703 million
40X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 2014)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
- Directed by: Marc Webb
- Written by: Alex Kurtzman (screenplay), Roberto Orci
- Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx
- Budget: $200 million
- Box Office: $702 million
41 Guardians of the Galaxy (August 2014)
- Original character by: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (assembled by)
- Directed by: James Gunn
- Written by: Nicole Perlman
- Starring: Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel
- Budget: $170 million
- Box Office: $772 million
42 Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 2015)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Joss Whedon
- Written by: Joss Whedon
- Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, James Spader
- Budget: $316 million
- Box Office: $1.405 billion
43 Ant-Man (July 2015)
- Original character by: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Edgar Wright
- Written by: Joe Cornish
- Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll
- Budget: $130 million
- Box Office: $519.3 million
44 Captain America: Civil War (May 2016)
- Original character by: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
- Written by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
- Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson
- Budget: $250 million
- Box Office: $1.153 billion
45 Doctor Strange (November 2016)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
- Directed by: Scott Derrickson
- Written by: Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson
- Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams
- Budget: $165 million
- Box Office: $677.7 million
46 Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 2017)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
- Directed by: Jon Watts
- Written by: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley
- Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr.
- Budget: $175 million
- Box Office: $21.9 million
47 Thor: Ragnarok (November 2017)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Taika Waititi
- Written by: Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost
- Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett
- Budget: to be released
- Box Office: to be released
48 Black Panther (February 2018)
- Original character by: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
- Directed by: Ryan Coogler
- Written by: Joe Robert Cole, Ryan Coogler
- Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o
- Budget: to be released
- Box Office: to be released
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