How to watch Chris Hemsworth’s Thor movies in order

Chris Hemsworth’s Thor is one of the most popular recurring characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even with Robert Downey Jr. dons the mantle of Doomsday and Chris Evans is back Coming into the Marvel fold in the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday” movie, Hemsworth remains one of the MCU’s most important staples with a huge number of appearances already under his belt.

If you’re curious about the full Hemsworth Thor experience, here’s the final trailer for every major Thor appearance in the correct chronological order. Enjoy!

Thor’s first eponymous film is the perfect origin story of a down-and-out alien player who likes to draw outside the lines. Its story jumps into action as Thor’s father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), banishes him after he leads a rebellious and politically disastrous attack on the Frost Giant’s home in Jotunheim.

Thor ends up temporarily trapped on Earth, where Odin hopes he will mature and learn some manners. This is also the film in which we meet Loki (Tom Hiddleston) for the first time (and we think we lose him for the first time too) as he fights with his brother for complete control of Asgard and its nine worlds. The entire “Thor” story is fun, funny, and heartwarming, and a great introduction to a character who ends up going through some of the wildest emotional ups and downs in the entire MCU timeline.

Shortly after his introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and his attitude shifting toward Earth as more than just a backwater province of Asgard, Thor found himself back in the Marvel Universe — not in his own franchise, but in the premiere of the group he’d become closest connected to: the Avengers.

In the first “Avengers” movie, Thor arrives on Earth trying to contain an escaped Loki (affected by a scepter filled with the Mind Stone). In his pursuit, he bumps into (literally) Iron Man, Captain America, and the fledgling Avengers team. Together, this emerging group teams up to stop Thor’s brother. Thor’s role in “Avengers” isn’t particularly deep. The Asgardian spends most of this story as the Avengers’ muscle, working to contain the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and stop Loki’s army. However, the film plants the seeds for future Avengers adventures that will profoundly impact the God of Thunder.

Thor’s next adventure comes in the second film in the Thor series: Thor: The Dark World. The sequel not only pits the eponymous hero against the Dark Elf Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), but also sees Thor move into a bigger role as leader of Asgard. He also loses his mother (an early rumbling of the hero’s torrent of loss) and explores his relationship with Jane Foster (Natalie Portman).

“The Dark World” is largely considered one of the low points of the MCUat least technically. However, it is also a necessary part of Thor’s story and introduces the Aether, which ends up becoming the Reality Stone and plays a crucial role in the rest of the Infinity Saga. “The Dark World” has critical reactions to an Avengers movie as well, but we’ll get there in a minute.

Thor brings the thunder once again in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” At this point, the Avengers are already a powerful team, and Thor is playing his typical role, smashing and crushing enemies at superhuman speeds.

Furthermore, he separates from the rest of the group to obtain his vision of the Infinity Stones and returns in time to help activate Vision’s (Paul Bettany) body, setting the third act of the film in motion. Although he’s involved throughout, this isn’t a particularly eventful take on Thor’s story. However, it sets the stage for one of his biggest transformative tales: “Thor: Ragnarok.”

Up until this point, Thor’s personal world had been relatively safe. Yes, he lost his mother, and his love life is a complete mess, but his father is still in control of the kingdom, while his brother is relatively contained. He also has enough time to participate in a lot of extracurricular activities with the Avengers. It’s not until the third film in the franchise that things go off the rails, and we mean completely off the rails.

“Thor: Ragnarok” follows Thor when his father and friends die, his sister Hela (Cate Blanchett) invades his homeworld, and he must temporarily spend time as a captive gladiator on the trash-filled planet Sakaar. While he manages to defeat Hela in the end, the result is the complete annihilation of Asgard. Fortunately, Thor escapes the planet with the survivors, until they run straight into Thanos’ fleet in the end credits.

“Avengers: Infinity War” should mark the lowest point for a tormented Thor. In the opening scene of the film, he loses his family and his home. In “Infinity War,” he loses everything else. But not right away.

Thor begins the film with half of his people destroyed and his brother Loki killed for real (albeit in a heroic manner). He then spends most of his time finding a new weapon in the form of his star axe, Stormbreaker. He then summons the Bifrost and arrives in Wakanda in one of the climactic scenes in MCU history, only to watch it all come crashing down when Thanos gets the upper hand, obtains the last Infinity Stone, snaps his gloved fingers, and wipes out half of everyone. Life in existence.

When Avengers: Endgame begins, Thor helps kill Thanos, but realizes that revenge isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. After a five-year time jump, we find him depressed, overweight, and completely out of tune.

Over the course of the film, Thor helps the Avengers come up with their return plan by joining in on time travel shenanigans. He then faces Thanos in the epic battle over the destroyed Avengers facility in the third act of the film. In the end, all is well, and Thor emerges from his darkest days as a hero somewhat jaded but also wiser, ready for whatever new adventures await him. Oh, right, and he embraces a change of pace by joining the Guardians of the Galaxy.

“Thor: Love and Thunder” finds Thor in good shape, at least on the surface. He’s back to his best and roams around the galaxy helping its Guardians. Eventually, though, the Avenger splits up once again to face a new threat: Jor the Divine Butcher (Christian Bale).

In the adventure that follows, we see the genesis of Jane Foster’s Mighty Thor. Hemsworth’s Thor navigates the plot, learning to work with unlikely partners and resolving old romantic attachments. Despite being part of the Thor film series, Love and Thunder focuses less on the eponymous character than the films that preceded it. However, the God of Thunder emerges from the film with a deeper personality with a new lease on life and a new friend in the form of Jor’s resurrected daughter, Love – all of which sets the stage for more reckless, universe-saving recklessness. Adventures to come.