What Marvel Movie Follows Black Widow Chronologically?

Watched Black Widow and needed to continue the chronological Marvel Cinematic Universe storyline, but got lost in the phases. What's the next film after her solo movie in the MCU timeline?
2026-05-03 15:37:51
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William Montero
William Montero
While Marvel is jumping around the timeline between movies after Black Widow, Disney+ is focusing on the events that unfold immediately after the film with the new series Hawkeye. With a completely different genre, if you enjoy stories where characters work through the trauma of their past to discover strength, From Prison To Power: Rise Of The War Goddess is a great read. This web novel follows the life of a heroine who rose from the ashes of her totally destroyed life and, instead of focusing on superpowers, on the development of her character and her tactics to seek vengeance. It’s a very satisfying read.
2026-08-05
Brianna
Brianna
After Black Widow, the MCU returns to the ‘next’ chronological story, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which follows directly on from the Blip in the post-end credits scene of Black Widow connecting to the events of Infinity War. However, most of the film is a prequel to the present day and we see Shang-Chi returning to his home to take on his father in a wonderful kung fu epic. We also see how the villainous organization the Ten Rings operate in the larger MCU and the film is a great ‘standalone’ story as well as another piece in the overall Marvel Cinema universe.

It’s also fun to note that Hawkeye references Natasha throughout the series, even getting in a nod to her in the final episode with Yelena’s return. The whole series is so much fun to rewatch because of all the little callbacks and references throughout. Marvel’s timeline isn’t always linear, it can hop around from time to time but that’s also kind of like a comic book, where you can read the main story but also enjoy the side stories that give more insight to the main plot.
2026-05-06
Isaac
Isaac
So if you’re going to try to follow the Marvel universe after Black Widow then the next movie in chronological order to that is Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. It is vastly different to the kind of movie that Natasha’s been making, all espionage and big budget sets. Instead it is a deeply mystical and highly physical adventure. Set after Captain America: Civil War, the events of Black Widow in effect run to the post-credits scene and then directly into the start of the events of Avengers: Infinity War. The events of Shang-Chi however take place after the Blip. I love how Marvel have layered all these different stories to create one big puzzle that every now and then gets a different piece added to it.

A note on the release order of the MCU movies: after Black Widow came Eternals (another big, effects-driven blockbuster). But within the world of the movies, Shang-Chi comes next. As I try to work out the the MCU timeline to recaps the best geeky moments in the movies, it feels a bit like reading a long novel full of characters and relationships. The post-credits tag on Hawkeye in the Disney+ series, meanwhile, jumps forward in time to follow Clint after Black Widow, and is a low-key, street-level take on his life, much as Natasha’s explored in her movie. The interweaving of all these storylines? Lovely.
2026-05-08
Vanessa
Vanessa
The next Marvel movie in the timeline after Black Widow is Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. While Black Widow is mostly set in the past (after Civil War), the movie does jump forward in time to the events of Infinity War in the end tags. However, Shang-Chi takes place after the Blip in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so it’s a later chapter in the overall story. I enjoy how the various phases of Marvel movies blend solo movies with the larger universe while also introducing new stories and characters to the greater Marvel lore. This movie’s intro to Shang-Chi feels fresh and, for the most part, is a great setup to the larger story while the action scenes are expertly choreographed to mimic the feel of a comic book.
2026-05-08
Madison Clark
Madison Clark
After watching ‘Black Widow’, which is basically a prequel set in 2016, you naturally would move on to ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ since it takes place right after that. But knowing how ‘Black Widow’ ends for Natasha already from later movies in the MCU makes it kind of weird to watch that one first. For a first-time viewer of this part of the MCU, I would strongly advise against watching these movies in chronological order of the storyline that the filmmakers intended. Instead, watch ‘Shang-Chi’ and have a blast with it. Then move on to ‘Hawkeye’ for more of the same story as ‘Black Widow’. But try to watch all of these in order to follow the timeline perfectly and you’ll get a headache trying to follow it all.
2026-07-31
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